2008 in esports

Overview of the events of 2008 in esports
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  • American football
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  • Badminton
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    • Shooting
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  • Rugby union
  • Snooker
  • Strength sports
    • Weightlifting
  • Squash
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball

2008 in esports

Date Game Event Location Winner/s
February 16 StarCraft: Brood War 2007 Shinhan Bank Proleague Song "Stork" Byung-gu
February 24 Warcraft III NGL-One Season 4
February 28 F.E.A.R.
World in Conflict 		CPL World Tour Finals 2007
March 8 StarCraft: Brood War GOMTV MSL #4 2008 Lee Jae-dong
March 9 numerous games WCG 2008 Samsung Euro Championship
March 9 Counter-Strike
WarCraft III 		Extreme Masters (EM) II - Finals
March 15 StarCraft: Brood War Bacchus OSL 2008 Lee "Flash" Young-ho
March 16 Unreal Tournament 3 Play.com UT3 National Championship (5v5 iCTF) London Soulreapers/pure.gaming
April 13 Gears of War
Halo 3 		MLG Meadowlands 2008
May 3 Halo 3 Halo 3 US Championship New York City
Counter-Strike KODE5 2008
WarCraft III
June 15 numerous games MLG San Diego 2008
June 29 StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft III
World of WarCraft 		Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2008
July 6 ESWC 2008 Masters of Paris
July 12 StarCraft: Brood War EVER OSL 2008 Park "July" Sung-joon
July 13 Gears of War
Halo 3
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
World of WarCraft 		MLG Orlando 2008
July 26 StarCraft: Brood War Arena MSL 2008 Park "fOrGG" Ji-soo
July 27 WarCraft III WEG e-Stars 2008
July 28 Counter-Strike: Source
Dead or Alive 4
FIFA 08
Forza Motorsport 2 		2008 Championship Gaming Series Season
August 8 numerous games ESL Pro Series Germany Season 12 Finals
August 8–10 fighting games Evolution 2008 Tropicana Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
August 10 StarCraft: Brood War Averatec-Intel Classic #1
August 24 Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Source 		ENC Finals 2008
August 24 Gears of War
Halo 3
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 		MLG Toronto 2008
August 27 numerous games ESWC 2008
October 5 Gears of War
Halo 3
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
World of WarCraft 		MLG Dallas 2008
October 5 Counter-Strike
World of WarCraft 		EM III - Los Angeles
October 11 StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft III
World of WarCraft 		BlizzCon 2008
October 19 Counter-Strike
World of WarCraft 		EM III - Montreal
October 24 Counter-Strike EM III - Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates mousesports
November 2 Counter-Strike
WarCraft III 		World e-Sports Masters 2008 Team NoA (CS)
Wang "Infi" Xu Wen (WarCraft III)
November 9 World Cyber Games 2008 Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
November 16 Counter-Strike
WarCraft III
World of WarCraft 		EM III - Asian Finals - WoW
November 22 StarCraft: Brood War ClubDay MSL 2008 Kim "Bisu" Taek-yong
November 23 MLG Vegas 2008 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Gears of War
Halo 3
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 		Las Vegas
November 23 Counter-Strike
World of WarCraft 		EM III - American Finals
November 30 numerous games DreamHack Winter 2008
December 7 numerous games EPS Germany Season 13 Finals
December 18 Counter-Strike
Starcraft: Brood War
WarCraft II 		International e-Sports Festival 2008 Kim "Bisu" Taek-yong (Starcraft)

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