| Date | Game | Event | Location | Winner/s |
|---|
| January 18 | Counter-Strike
WarCraft III | IEM Season III - Asian Finals - CS1.6 | | |
| February 8 | StarCraft: Brood War | Averatec-Intel Classic #2 | | Kim "Bisu" Taek-yong |
| March 5 | Counter-StrikeWorld of Warcraft | ESL Intel Extreme Masters (EM) III - European Finals | | |
| March 8 | Counter-Strike
World of Warcraft | IEM Season III - Global Finals | | Fnatic
H O N |
| March 21 | StarCraft: Brood War | Lost Saga MSL 2009 | | Park "Luxury" Chan-soo |
| April 4 | StarCraft: Brood War | Batoo OSL 2009 | | Lee Jae-dong |
| April 5 | Gears of War 2
Halo 3 | MLG Meadowlands 2009 | | |
| May 6 | Counter-Strike
StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft III | ESWC 2009 Masters of Cheonan | Cheonan,South Korea | |
| June 7 | Gears of War 2
Halo 3
World of Warcraft | MLG Columbus 2009 | | |
| June 14 | Various games | EPS Germany Season 14 Finals | | |
| June 28 | Warcraft III
World of Warcraft | BlizzCon 2009 NA/EU Regional Finals | | |
| July 17–19 | Fighting games | Evolution 2009 | Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas,Nevada,US | |
| July 26 | Counter-Strike
StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft III | WEG e-Stars 2009 | | |
| August 16 | StarCraft: Brood War | Averatec-Intel Classic #3 | | Lee "Flash" Young-ho |
| August 22 | WarCraft III
StarCraft: Brood War
WarCraft III | BlizzCon 2009 | | |
| August 22 | StarCraft: Brood War | Bacchus OSL 2009 | | Lee Jae-dong |
| August 30 | Gears of War 2
Halo 3
World of Warcraft | MLG Dallas 2009 | | |
| August 30 | StarCraft: Brood War | Avalon MSL 2009 | | |
| October 3 | Counter-Strike
Defense of the Ancients
WarCraft III | IEM Season IV - Chengdu | Chengdu,Sichuan,China | |
| October 27 | League of Legends released |
| November 1 | Counter-Strike
WarCraft III
StarCraft: Brood War | International e-Sports Festival 2009 | | |
| November 8 | Various games | MLG Anaheim 2009 | Anaheim,California | |
| November 15 | Various games | World Cyber Games 2009 | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | |
| November 27 | Various games | DreamHack Winter 2009 | | |
| December 13 | Counter-Strike
Quake Live
World of Warcraft | IEM Season IV - American Championship Finals | | |
| December 19 | Counter-Strike
Warcraft III | World e-Sports Masters 2009 | | |
