25.11.2009
Establishment of eSIF
Announcing the establishment of the Electronic Sports International federation (eSIF), headed by the Saudi "Yasser Bahjatt" and based in Los Angeles, California, USA.
It was founded by five members: "Electronic Entertainment Technology Ltd." From Saudi Arabia, "Global Gaming League Co. Ltd." from USA, "Youngstone e-Sports Lab. Co. Ltd." From South Korea, "Arhetip d.o.o" from Slovenia AND "Arena Gaming" from South Africa.
The project has been in the works for almost 18 months to establish the Statues of the Federation.
The eSIF Executive Board are Eng. Yasser Mohammad Bahjatt from Saudi Arabia as the President, Young-Seok SEO from South Korea as the Senior Vice Presented, Mitja Simcic from Slovenia as the Vice President, Patrick Wyrick from USA as Treasurer, Secretary possession is yet to filled.
Yasser Bahjatt was quoted "The main objective of establishing this federation is to make eSports more exciting and become a mainstream sports within the next 10 years. We also intend to promote eSports across the globe by working with and supporting current projects as well as developing new exciting formats that will appeal to the general population"
He has also noted that eSIF expects membership application for 8-15 new members within the next year. The eSIF will try to achieve its objectives by drastically changing the approach and business modules currently used by all existing eSporting projects.
eSIF website:www.eSportsIF.org
eSIF email:info@eSportsIF.org