The competition featured some of the most intense and competitive matches of the 2007 World Cyber Games tournament series, as many familiar faces once again squared off in the finals.
Team USA had a very strong showing, with nine top three finishes, including three first place prizes. Winning American gamers included:
- Vanessa "PMS Vanessa" Arteaga (Dead or Alive 4) - 1st place
- Sean "Day" Plott (Starcraft) - 1st place
- Wesley "ch0mper" Cwiklo (Project Gotham Racing 3) - 1st place
- Emmanuel "Master" Rodriguez (Dead or Alive 4) - 2nd place
- Team Darkside (CS 1.6) - 2nd place
- Felipe "KreeganBG" Stoyne (FIFA '07) - 2nd place
- Sean "Maximus" Heffelfinger (Project Gotham Racing 3) - 2nd place
- Milo "MrMilo" Phillips-Brown (Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs) - 2nd place
- Randy "Hippo" Solberg (Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs) - 3rd place
"The city of Cancun opened its doors to the World Cyber Games and put on the best Pan-American games yet," said Mr. Hyoung Seok Kim, CEO of ICM. "With an incredible list of sponsors and a great venue, Cancun was an ideal location to host a major e-Sports competition."
The Pan-American Championship Opening Ceremony began Saturday and included welcome speeches from: Hyoung Seok Kim, CEO of ICM (the worldwide organizing committee of WCG); Joo Ho Song, President of Samsung Electronics Mexico; Daniel Cervantes, Director of Latin America for Microsoft XBOX and Mario Valle, Sales & Marketing Manager for Electronic Arts Mexico.
Members of the Pan-American Team USA will next compete in the US National Finals, taking place at Universal Studios in Orlando this September. Winners of the US National Finals will represent the United States at the 2007 World Cyber Games Grand Final in Seattle, Washington in October.