Bronze for Bangladesh at WCG
Bangladeshi Arafat Jani made sure that the team returned home from the WCG 2010 Asian Championship with something to smile about after the younster bagged the bronze medal in FIFA 2010 play. Arafat's third place finish and subsequent medal was the first time ever that Bangladesh has been awarded in the World Cyber Games arena. Arafat started off in Group B facing off against Australia and China. He convincingly defeated Australia, 5-2 and 3-2, home and away before suffering a minor hiccup against China. He qualified for the quarterfinals as group runnerup where he decimated Thailand 4-1 at home and 3-2 away. Arafat's fantastic run ended in the semifinal after he narrowly lost out to Singapore by 1-2 at home and 1-1 away. But his disappointment at not making the final was alleivated after he did away with China, making sure of sweet revenge after the first round upset. Arafat defeated his Chinese counterpart by 3-1 in his home match, and drew the second game. Arafat's medal made up for a disappointing performance from Team ShadowPlay who lost both their matches in the group stage of DOTA. Ashik, playing Forza, put up a brave show and muscled his way into the quarterfinals defeating Korea and Thailand, before falling to Malaysia in the last eight. The World Cyber Games (WCG) is an international e-sports event (or "Cyber Games Festival") operated by Korean company World Cyber Games Inc. and backed by Samsung and, since 2006, Microsoft. The World Cyber Games were set up in 2000 with the first festival being held in 2001. The festival is influenced by the Olympic Games with a players village for competitors and since 2004 a different host city every year.
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