Bangladesh has been invited in the WCG 2009 Asian Championship this year for the first time.

World Cyber Games (WCG) is the world cup for all the gamers around the world, a chance to truly see just how you good you are with keyboard and mouse against other human players. For the last couple of years, F1 Management Limited has been organising the National Round in Bangladesh, selecting the winners who will face the players from all over the world.

The Asian Championship of WCG will be held in Singapore from 3rd to 5th July, where all the past Asian Championships has been held, along with the WCG Grand Finals back in 2005. The official games this year are DoTA (Defense of The Ancients), a modified version of Warcraft III Frozen Throne, FIFA '09 and Guitar Hero: World Tour.

The participating countries are among others Bangladesh, Australia, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Thailand, and New Zealand.

The event is more than just a gathering of thousands of gamers around the world. It is the benchmark of the Asian gaming world. This is where the high scores and records are set and broken.

F1 Management Limited in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh will host a Qualifier round at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (Dhanmondi Campus) from June 11 to 13th purposing to select the best gamers to represent Bangladesh in the Asian meet. The games to be played at the Bangladesh Qualifiers shall be FIFA09 (1vs1), DOTA (5vs5), Guitar Hero (1vs1).

About 500 gamers registered for the Bangladesh Qualifiers. For more information log on to WCG Bangladesh's official site www.wcg.com.bd

The winners of the WCG 2009 Asian Championship Qualifiers shall be heading to Singapore this July. (5 player of DOTA, 1 player of FIFA, 1 player of Guitar Hero and 1 Team Leader. Total 8players shall be going to Singapore).