The World Cyber Games Committee (WCGC) today announced its host city bidding plan for the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2009 Grand Final. All applications must be received by July 15th in order to be considered as proper candidate. All applying cities will go through a vigorous evaluation process, where factors such as location, financing, government support, facilities, promotion and city infrastructure will be reviewed. The announcement of 2009 host city is scheduled for March, 2008.

WCG first introduced a host city concept in 2002 when Daejeon, a major city in Korea, held the Grand Final with tremendous success. Following Daejeon, a number of great destinations around the world played host to the premiere event in e-Sports, including: San Francisco, USA (2004), Singapore (2005) and Monza, Italy (2006). This year, the competition returns to the United States as Seattle plays host to the Grand Final, while the event will take place in Cologne, Germany in 2008.