India's Total Gaming lifts World Esports Cup 2021 title

The team outshone opponents from Pakistan and Nepal to win the South Asian tournament.

Demonstrating top skills and outclassing opponents from Pakistan and Nepal in the Global Finals, India’s Total Gaming lifted the title as the action-packed inaugural edition of the World Esports Cup 2021 (WEC ’21) concluded with a bang.

The South Asia’s premier tri-nation esports tournament, World Esports Cup ’21, which was sponsored by smartphone maker Infinix Smartphones, witnessed a huge participation with 1.2 million registrations from India, Pakistan and Nepal and also saw a massive viewership across the social channels of India Today Gaming (ITG). 

Global Finals saw a thrilling competition between twelve of the most impressive and skilled teams from India, Pakistan and Nepal. Teams from India—Total Gaming, Chemin Esports, Orangutan Elite and Arrow Esports—put up a solid show right from the Day 1 of the five-day final stage of the World Esports Cup . With a brilliant attacking as well as defensive strategy, tactics and coordination, they dominated the teams from Pakistan and Nepal and finished in the top four. 

A neck-to-neck competition saw Total Gaming, comprising of skilled and renowned players including captain Ajay Sharma, Hora Vetkumar, Narai Yadav, Daksh Garg, and Rohit Sarraf (sub), getting past the other teams across three countries for the prestigious title with 342 total points (RP 198, KP 144) as they also took home the INR 35 lakh for their top spot finish. Chemin Esports and Orangutan Elite secured second and third position respectively and won prize money of INR 15 lakh and INR 8 lakh at the World Esports Cup . 

For his impressive show throughout the tournament, Total Gaming’s Daksh aka Mafia, with 53 kills, adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament and also received INR 50,000. 

Talking about a successful conclusion of the World Esports Cup 2021, Mr. Vishwalok Nath, Director, WEC ’21 said: “The esports athletes across three countries showcased their A-game in the global finals and the competition was nothing short of top-class. We are driven by our association by working with a bunch of talented players across India, Pakistan and Nepal and this serves as the perfect set up to take our marque property to new heights. The five-day global finals witnessed top-notch performances by the participating teams and players. I congratulate all the teams as there is nothing called losing but learning which everyone got from this tournament. I hope these athletes will further utilise this experience and win medals for their country in the coming time,"

The final leaderboard of World Esports Cup in order to their ranks with total points and prize money that teams received is as below;

WEC 2021 | FINAL LEADERBOARD
Country	Teams	Total Points	Rank Points	Kill Points	Prize Money
India	Total Gaming	342	198	144	35,00,000
India	Chemin Esports	314	176	138	15,00,000
India	Orangutan Elite	304	176	128	8,00,000
India	Arrow Esports	299	159	140	6,00,000
Nepal	2B Gamers	273	149	124	4,00,000
Pakistan	Legend Style ES	258	162	96	2,00,000
Nepal	DADA Gang	220	129	91	1,50,000
Nepal	KM Brotherhood	219	124	95	1,00,000

“This inaugural edition has been a stupendous success in every possible way. As tournaments like these become bigger and grander. We are continuing to see a growing interest among the youth to take up esports professionally. We are also thankful to all our sponsors and stakeholders for their endless support and belief. We’re already looking forward to season 2 of our popular IP Esports Premier League,” Nath concluded.

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