LDLC OL is a French
esports
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organization with players competing in ''
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''
Fortnite Battle Royale'', ''
League of Legends'', ''
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'' and ''
World Rally Championship''.
On January 7, 2020, Team LDLC officially renamed to LDLC OL, following an announcement of partnership with the French football club
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...
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History
''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''
LDLC placed 5–8th at the CS:GO Major
EMS One Katowice 2014. They later won the CS:GO Major
DreamHack Winter 2014 in November. Team LDLC's ''Counter-Strike'' team won the
X Games
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''CS:GO'' tournament in January 2015. On 2 February, LDLC's roster left the team and was acquired by
Team EnVyUs.
On 27 February, the team announced that it had signed the former Awsomiac squad whose players were Kevin "madc" Ducourtioux, Charbel "BouLy" Naoum, David "HEdm" Thalien, Guillame "XpG" Veron, and Julien "PetitSkel" Marcantoni.
Shortly after competing at
ESL One Cologne 2014 as a player for Team LDLC, Hovik "KQLY" Tovmassian received a
Valve Anti-Cheat
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When the software detects a cheat on a player's system, it will ban them in the fu ...
ban for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, permanently restricting his account from playing. The timing of the ban caused speculation among followers of the game's professional play that his performance at the tournament was influenced by cheating software. Tovmassian took an opportunity shortly after the incident to state he had not cheated during any LAN tournaments.
In March 2015, LDLC signed the Platinum Esports roster as a second CS:GO team, dubbed LDLC Blue.
In November 2017, Team LDLC won the ESWC 2017 at the Paris Games Week after already winning in 2015.
''League of Legends''
On 28 November 2019, Markos "Comp" Stamkopoulos left the team, leaving it without an active League of Legends roster.
Rally games
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Current rosters
Organization
References
External links
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{{Olympique Lyonnais
Esports teams based in France
Counter-Strike teams
FIFA (video game series) teams
European Regional League teams