| Date |
Game |
Event |
Location |
Winner/s |
| January 18 |
Counter-Strike
WarCraft III |
IEM Season III - Asian Finals - CS1.6 |
|
|
| February 8 |
StarCraft: Brood War |
Averatec-Intel Classic #2 |
|
Kim "Bisu" Taek-yong |
| March 5 |
Counter-Strike World of Warcraft |
ESL Intel Extreme Masters (EM) III - European Finals |
|
|
| March 8 |
Counter-Strike
World of Warcraft |
IEM Season III - Global Finals |
|
Fnatic
H O N |
| March 21 |
StarCraft: Brood War |
Lost Saga MSL 2009 |
|
Park "Luxury" Chan-soo |
| April 4 |
StarCraft: Brood War |
Batoo OSL 2009 |
|
Lee Jae-dong |
| April 5 |
Gears of War 2
Halo 3 |
MLG Meadowlands 2009 |
|
|
| May 6 |
Counter-Strike
StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft III |
ESWC 2009 Masters of Cheonan |
Cheonan, South Korea |
|
| June 7 |
Gears of War 2
Halo 3
World of Warcraft |
MLG Columbus 2009 |
|
|
| June 14 |
Various games |
EPS Germany Season 14 Finals |
|
|
| June 28 |
Warcraft III
World of Warcraft |
BlizzCon 2009 NA/EU Regional Finals |
|
|
| July 17–19 |
Fighting games |
Evolution 2009 |
Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, US |
|
| July 26 |
Counter-Strike
StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft III |
WEG e-Stars 2009 |
|
|
| August 16 |
StarCraft: Brood War |
Averatec-Intel Classic #3 |
|
Lee "Flash" Young-ho |
| August 22 |
WarCraft III
StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft III |
BlizzCon 2009 |
|
|
| August 22 |
StarCraft: Brood War |
Bacchus OSL 2009 |
|
Lee Jae-dong |
| August 30 |
Gears of War 2
Halo 3
World of Warcraft |
MLG Dallas 2009 |
|
|
| August 30 |
StarCraft: Brood War |
Avalon MSL 2009 |
|
|
| October 3 |
Counter-Strike
Defense of the Ancients
WarCraft III |
IEM Season IV - Chengdu |
Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
|
| October 27 |
League of Legends released |
| November 1 |
Counter-Strike
WarCraft III
StarCraft: Brood War |
International e-Sports Festival 2009 |
|
|
| November 8 |
Various games |
MLG Anaheim 2009 |
Anaheim, California |
|
| November 15 |
Various games |
World Cyber Games 2009 |
Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
|
| November 27 |
Various games |
DreamHack Winter 2009 |
|
|
| December 13 |
Counter-Strike
Quake Live
World of Warcraft |
IEM Season IV - American Championship Finals |
|
|
| December 19 |
Counter-Strike
Warcraft III |
World e-Sports Masters 2009 |
|
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