If you come to Eilat this coming weekend, we have a warm recommendation for you: The World Gaming Championship, which kicks off on Tuesday and will last until Friday at noon - then the winners will be announced in 5 different games in which gamers will compete.
The Israeli gaming team, Photo: Morag Bitan
The championship, which will be held for the first time in Israel, will be attended by about 300 participants who will come from 85 countries and compete as a team in titles: DOTA 2, Counter Strike, and individually in titles: TEKKEN 7, eFootball 2022 and Audition.
The contestants were selected from over 10,000 contestants who competed in the preliminary competitions.
TEKKEN 7,
This is the 13th championship in number, with the first being held in South Korea in 2008. Israel will be represented by the Overwolf Israel team, on behalf of the gaming association that manages the national team.
Ido Brosh, Chairman of the Association for Competitive Gaming in Israel:
"For the first time in history, we were able to bring a significant and unique event of its kind to the world of gaming in Israel.
Despite the challenges of the corona and the logistics involved in bringing representatives from 85 countries, the unique collaboration between the association and competitive gaming, Maccabi World Movement, Eilat Municipality and the Ministry of Tourism, managed to produce the necessary infrastructure to host the event in a prestigious format. ".
Roy Hsing, VP of Maccabi World Movement:
"Alongside the pursuit of sports and education," Maccabi World Movement "has made a decision to enter the technological worlds as well.
As part of the Maccabiah Year events, we won together with the Eilat Municipality, the Association for Competitive Gaming in Israel and the Ministry of Tourism to host the World Gaming Championship.
We are happy for the arrival of the hundreds of participants who will land in Israel and the hundreds of millions who will watch the world championships that will be held in Israel for the first time online. "
