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2024 LEC Season
The 2024 LEC season is the 12th season of the ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game ''League of Legends''. The season is divided into three splits, Winter, Spring, and Summer, and will culminate with the LEC Season Finals. Three team changes occurred leading up to the 2024 season, with Astralis selling their LEC franchise slot to Karmine Corp, KOI effectively rebranding to Rogue, and Excel Esports rebranding to GIANTX. League changes Format and eligibility In contrast to previous season, the LEC merged the group and playoff stages into one double-elimination tournament playoff for the 2024 season. It will maintain the same number of best-of-three and best-of-five series as the previous year. Additionally, teams that can face can face each other in the upper bracket of the playoffs will not face each other in the lower bracket, aside from the lower bracket final. The league also put increased emphasis on the Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends European Championship
The ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) is the professional ''League of Legends'' esports league run by Riot Games in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region, in which ten teams compete. Each annual season is divided into three splits: Winter, Spring and Summer. At the end of the season, the top performing teams qualify for various international events: the First Stand Tournament by winning the Winter Split, the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) for the top two teams of the Spring Split, the ''League of Legends'' World Championship for the top three teams of Summer Split. The LEC represents the highest level of ''League of Legends'' play in the EMEA region. With the exception of some touring events, all games of the LEC are played live at the Riot Games Arena in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. In addition to a small studio audience, all games are streamed live in several languages on Twitch and YouTube, with broadcasts regularly attracting over 300,000 viewers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot Esports
The GAMURS Group, simply known as Gamurs, is an esports media and entertainment publisher. Established in 2014, the group operates multiple brands focusing on the esports and entertainment news markets, including the websites: ''Dot Esports'', ''We Got This Covered,'' ''The Mary Sue'', ''Prima Games'', and ''the Escapist (magazine), Escapist''. GAMURS is based in Sydney, Sydney, Australia, with an office in Austin, Texas. History In 2010, Riad Chikhani, Phillip Luu, and Malik Akl established Rune Gear, a forum for the game ''RuneScape''. They sold the business at the age of 17 to focus on school. Their experience inspired them to develop a similar business, but for a wider variety of games. In December 2014, they joined with Carl Oehme and Halim Yoo to form GAMURS Group. GAMURS began as a social network for gamers after joining the NRMA Jumpstart program run by the Slingshot Accelerator. Shortly after the program ended, the company raised $500,000 in a seed round. GAMURS acquire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 In Esports
This topic lists the esports events for the 2024 year. If tournaments are held entirely online, it is denoted in the list below. For those tournaments that are held either partially or entirely offline, the host city that hosts the Grand Final is indicated last, if there are multiple host cities. ''Apex Legends'' ''Counter-Strike 2'' 2024 ESL Pro Tour ''Dota 2'' ''EA Sports FC 24'' ''Football Manager'' ''Fortnite'' ''League of Legends'' ''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' ''Overwatch 2'' ''PUBG: Battlegrounds'' ''Rocket League'' ''Teamfight Tactics'' ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' ''Tetris'' * June 7–9: 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship in Pasadena Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial d ... *: Alex Thach (" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Esports World Cup
The 2024 Esports World Cup (EWC) was the first edition of the Esports World Cup, an annual international esports tournament series run by the Esports World Cup Foundation. It took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from July 3 to August 25, 2024 and was the world's largest esports event, featuring 23 events in 22 different video game titles and a combined prize pool of , the largest in esports history. Background The initial five game titles were announced on February 20, 2024, with additional events being added over the course of the next four months; the final initial titles—the 20th being '' Call of Duty: Warzone'' and the 21st being '' Modern Warfare III''—were added on June 12. '' Strinova'' was added as an additional title on August 1, 2024. The eight-week event took place in a venue in Riyadh's Boulevard City that featured four separate esports arenas: the SEF Arena (known as the Qiddiya Arena for sponsorship purposes), the 5V5 Arena (known as the Amazon Arena for spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Esports World Cup – League Of Legends
The multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game ''League of Legends'' had a tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from July 4 to 7, 2024. Eight teams took part in this tournament, marketed as Esports World Cup presenting League of Legends, two each from the four major competitive regions – LCS (North America), LEC (EMEA), LCK (Korea) and LPL (China). T1 would win the tournament, beating Top Esports 3-1 in the final. Format The eight teams that participate in the tournament were put into a single-elimination bracket, not unlike the one used at the ''League of Legends'' World Championship. The only difference to the Worlds bracket was that the quarter-finals and semi-finals were best-of-3 games; the final was a traditional best-of-5 series. Due to the top 8 teams at each EWC tournament gaining Club Championship points, all 8 teams participating will earn points, with each organization able to qualify for the Club Championship it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamereactor UK
''Gamereactor'' is a Nordic online media network covering video games in multiple languages and a former print magazines network. In 2013, it was "one of the biggest games publications in Europe" according to Develop. History The Gamereactor website was started by Egmont Digital in 1998. Also in 1998, brothers Morten Reichel and Claus Reichel launched online and print magazine Gamez.dk in Denmark, which took over the online sites Gamereactor Denmark, Sweden and Norway (.dk/.se/.no) from Egmont in January 2002. In 2001, they released Gamereactor Magazine in Norway and soon after in Sweden. Since late 2007 Gamereactor has also been available in Finland, and it also launched in Germany (Online only) in 2009. In 2010 they launched in Italy (Online only), and a Portuguese version came online in 2013. Gamereactor later opened outlets in France in November 2016, The Netherlands in January 2017, and China in January 2018. On 1 September 2008, Gamereactor International was launched, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Sama
Steven Liv, better known as Hans Sama, is a French professional ''League of Legends'' player for G2 Esports. Liv has previously played for Team Liquid in the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), as well as Rogue and Misfits in the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC). Professional career Misfits Hans joined Misfits at age 16, in June 2016. At the time, Misfits was a new organization in the European Challenger Series (CS). The team placed first in the CS regular season, and were eligible for the European promotion tournament, where they defeated FC Schalke 04 and claimed their spot in the EU LCS; the highest level of professional play in Europe. At the end of the year, Hans signed a 2-year contract with Misfits, before even playing a single game in the EU LCS. The following year, Hans and Misfits found spring success, qualifying for playoffs and reaching the Semifinals, and in summer, they made it all the way to the finals match, before falling to G2. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caps (gamer)
Rasmus Borregaard Winther (; born 17 November 1999), better known by his in-game name Caps, is a Danish professional ''League of Legends'' player for G2 Esports, and is widely considered the greatest western ''League'' player of all time. Career 2018 season During the 2018 EU LCS Season, Caps managed to win both the Spring and Summer Split with his then team, Fnatic. In both splits, he secured a spot on the 1st All-Pro Team. Additionally, he managed to win the title of most valuable player (MVP) in the Summer Split. At the 2018 League of Legends World Championship, 2018 World Championship, Fnatic was seeded into Group D alongside 100 Thieves, Invictus Gaming, and G-Rex. They picked up five wins in the group, allowing them to advance into the knockout stage of the tournament. In the quarterfinals, Fnatic defeated EDward Gaming by 3–1. Caps' performance on Azir and LeBlanc helped Fnatic win the semifinals against Cloud9 League of Legends, Cloud9 without losing a single game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Vitality
Team Vitality, or simply Vitality, is a French esport club founded in 2013 by Fabien "Neo" Devide, Nicolas Maurer, Corentin "Gotaga" Houssein, and Kevin "BrokyBrawks" Georges. Team Vitality has teams in eleven PC/console esports titles (''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', ''Counter-Strike 2'', ''Rocket League'', ''EA FC'', ''StarCraft II'', ''Tekken'', '' Rennsport'', ''Street Fighter 6'', ''Call of Duty Warzone'' and ''Teamfight Tactics''), with several professional teams and content creators from across Europe and South Korea. Vitality also has teams in four mobile esports titles ('' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'', ''Honor of Kings'', '' Free Fire'' and '' PUBG Mobile'') under the name "Bigetron by Vitality" after they acquired the Indonesian organization Bigetron Esports in 2025. The organization has previously fielded teams in numerous other titles, including ''Call of Duty'', ''Call of Duty Mobile'', ''Fortnite'', ''Rainbow Six: Siege'', ''PUBG'', '' H1Z1'', ''Clash R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Germany that has teams across the world competing in different titles. SK is particularly known for their success in '' Counter-Strike'' (CS) tournaments. SK's Brazilian ''CS'' team won the ESL One Cologne 2016 Major. SK currently has players and teams competing in ''League of Legends'' and '' Hearthstone''. SK Gaming was founded in 1997 by a small group of '' Quake'' players in Oberhausen. History Beginnings Schröt Kommando was founded in 1997 as a German '' Quake'' clan by four brothers and three accomplices in Oberhausen. The original line-up of Schroet Kommando consisted of Ralf "Griff" Reichert, Daniel "Godlike" Beames, Tim "Burke" Reichert, Benjamin "Kane" Reichert, Kristof "Speed" Salwiczek, Carsten "Storch" Kramer and Sven "Ramses" Tümmers. According to Ralf Reichert, the original naming of the organization originated from one of the members repeatedly shouting "Schröt!" This was a common occurre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming, commonly referred to simply as Giants, was a Spanish professional esports organisation. The ''League of Legends'' (LoL) team competed in the European League of Legends Championship Series. The organisation had two Rainbow Six Siege teams, a Singaporean team competing Southeast Asian Pro League and a Spanish team competing in the Spanish Nationals. Giants Gaming was founded in 2008 in Málaga, Spain. On 14 December 2023, Giants Gaming and Excel Esports announced a merger, forming GIANTX. ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Tournament results 2017 * 13th-16th - CEVO Main Season 12 Europe * 2nd - ESL Masters Spain Spring 2017 Finals * 2nd - 4Gamers CS:GO Masters Porto * 5th-6th - ESL Clash of Nations * 3rd-4th - ESL Masters Spain Winter 2017 Finals * 3rd-4th - Superliga Orange Season 13 Finals 2018 * 1st - Master League Portugal * 3rd-4th - Moche XL eSports CS:GO Cup * 1st - Superliga Orange Finals 2018 * 3rd-4th - ESL Masters Spain Spring 2018 Finals * 7th-8th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OverActive Media
OverActive Media (OAM), previously known as The Ledger Group, is a esports and entertainment company that fields teams across multiple esports titles through its subsidiaries, including the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League. They also own esports organization Movistar KOI that compete in ''League of Legends'' as part of the League of Legends European Championship and ''Valorant'' in the Valorant Champions Tour EMEA. History OverActive Media's was originally branded as The Ledger Group, a Toronto-based group focused on blockchain-enabled companies. In April 2018, the company announced that it would look to expand in esports franchises. The Ledger Group went on to make investments in Askott Entertainment and Enthusiast Gaming, and after a $1.5 million investment in Splyce, they shifted from an investment platform to an ownership platform and rebranded to OverActive Media. In 2018, OAM and Splyce agreed to purchase a team, later branded as the Toronto Defiant, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
