Championship Gaming Series
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| Championship Gaming Series | |
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| Current season or competition 2007 Championship Gaming Series season |
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| Sport | Electronic sports |
| Founded | 2006 |
| No. of teams | 18 |
| Country(ies) |  United States |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Chicago Chimera (Region 1 Champion) |
| TV partner(s) | DirecTV, British Sky Broadcasting, STAR TV (Asia) |
| Official website | TheCGS.com |
The Championship Gaming Series is an international electronic sports league based in the United States of America, though they have expanded to every continent except Antarctica for Season Two. The league was founded in 2007 and is owned and operated by DirecTV in association with British Sky Broadcasting and STAR TV (Asia)[1]. The league is organized like the major North American sports leagues in that it will have a draft and teams allocated to cities. The series aired live on DirecTV's channel The 101 on July 9, 2007.
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[edit] Games
Season 1 supported the following games:
Season 2 supported the following games:
[edit] Regions
| Title | Location | |
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| Region 1 | North America | United States, Canada |
| Region 2 | Latin America | Mexico, Caribbean, South America |
| Region 3 | Europe | Europe |
| Region 4 | Africa/Middle East | Middle East, Africa, South Asia |
| Region 5 | Asia | China, East Asia |
| Region 6 | Australia | Australia, Oceania |
[edit] Franchises
For the first season of the league there was six franchises from six different major cities throughout Region 1 (the U.S. and Canada) plus a total of ten more franchises from the other Global Regions around the world. Each franchise consists of a total of ten players: five Counter-Strike:Source players, two Dead or Alive 4 players (one male and one female), one FIFA 2007 player, and two Project Gotham Racing 3 players.
The Region 1 Grand Finals were held on July 30th, 2007 in Los Angeles. The Chicago Chimera defeated the Carolina Core 22-21 to become the first CGS Regional Champions. Both Chicago and Carolina competed in the World Finals on December 14, 2007 and Chicago won the World Championship.
[edit] Region 1
| Team Name | Franchise Location | General Manager |
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| Carolina Core | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Mark Dolven |
| Chicago Chimera | Chicago, Illinois |
Brian "DKT" Flander |
| Dallas Venom | Dallas, Texas |
Alex "JaX" Conroy |
| Los Angeles Complexity | Los Angeles, California |
Jason "1" Lake |
| New York 3D | New York City, New York |
Dave "moto" Geffon |
| San Francisco Optx | San Francisco, California |
Kathleen "kathunter" Hunter |
[edit] Region 2
| Team Name | Franchise Location | General Manager |
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| Mexico City Furia |  Mexico City, Mexico |
 Augusto "NoobZaibot" Zapata |
| Rio Sinistro |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Paulo "pvell" Velloso |
[edit] Region 3
| Team Name | Franchise Location | General Manager |
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| Berlin Allianz |  Berlin, Germany |
 Jonas "bESEL" Vikan |
| Birmingham Salvo |  Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Michael "ODEE" O'Dell |
| London Mint | London, United Kingdom |
Ben Woodward |
| Stockholm Magnetik |  Stockholm, Sweden |
Emil "HeatoN" Christensen |
[edit] Region 4
| Team Name | Franchise Location | General Manager |
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| Dubai Mirage |  Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Shariff Ibrahim |
[edit] Region 5
| Team Name | Franchise Location | General Manager |
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| Wuhan Dragon |  Wuhan, China |
Chao Ma |
| Singapore Sword |  Singapore, Singapore |
Steven Yong (interim) |
| Seoul Jinhwa |  Seoul, South Korea |
"Crystal" Sung Eun Kim |
| Kuala Lumpur Taufan |  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Mohd Irman Nawawi |
[edit] Region 6
| Team Name | Franchise Location | General Manager |
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| Sydney Underground |  Sydney, Australia |
Ben "Racs" Thomas |
[edit] See also
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