PSG.LGD is a professional ''

Dota 2 ''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game is a sequel to '' Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created mod for Blizzard Entertainment's '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.'' ''Dota ...

'' team based in China. They were formed as a partnership between

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and

LGD Gaming LGD Gaming is a Chinese professional esports organization based in Hangzhou. It is one of the oldest esports organizations in China and currently has players competing in ''Dota 2'', ''Honor of Kings'', ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch'', and ...

in April 2018. PSG.LGD has finished as the runner-up in

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and

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History

The original ''Dota 2'' division of the Chinese-based esports organization LGD Gaming was founded in 2009. The team had varying degrees of success, participating in and winning multiple tournaments and events over a nine-year span. In April 2018, French football club

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invested in the organization, sponsoring and rebranding the ''Dota 2'' team as PSG.LGD. The team found instant success by winning two Majors of the 2017-2018

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, which helped them secure a direct invite to

. There, they advanced to the grand finals but lost against OG again in five games. Following that, the roster remained together for the next season, where they received a direct invite to

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after securing a top 12 finish in that year's

rankings. The team was placed in Group A, finishing with a 13–3 record which guaranteed a place in the upper bracket. There, the team defeated

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and

Vici Gaming Vici Gaming (VG) is a Chinese professional esports organization based in Shanghai. It has teams competing in ''Dota 2'', ''League of Legends'', ''StarCraft II'', ''WarCraft III'', '' FIFA'', ''Hearthstone'' and '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensi ...

before losing once again to OG in the upper bracket grand final. The team was placed in the lower bracket final against

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, losing the series 2–1 to earn them 3rd place and therefore a total of $3,089,706. After that loss, the team went through various changes, with notable members Xu "fy" Linsen and Lu "Maybe" Yao leaving the organization in September 2020, while Yang "Chalice" Shenyi and Yap "xNova" Jian Wei were transferred to

EHOME EHOME is a Chinese ''Dota 2'' team. The team was founded in 2004 which consist of Warcraft III and Counter-Strike teams. The ''Defense of the Ancients, Dota'' division was started in 2007. EHOME is one of the most successful ''Dota'' teams of a ...

later that month. To replace them, the team signed former member Wang "Ame" Chunyu, Cheng "NothingToSay" Jin Xiang, Zhao "XinQ" Zixing, along with Zhang "Faith_bian" Ruida and Zhang "y`" Yiping, who won

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with

Wings Gaming Wings Gaming was a Chinese ''Dota 2'' esports team based in Chongqing. They were best known for winning over US$9 million at The International 2016 (TI6), which was one of the most lucrative esports tournaments in history. Wings were founded in ...

. The team found immediate success by winning the WePlay AniMajor against

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3–0. The team continued with their strong form during

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, going 15–1 in the group stage to advance to the upper bracket. There, the team won every series to advance to the grand finals by defeating T1,

and

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but ultimately falling to

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in the best-of-five series 3–2, after nearly staging a reverse-sweep.

Roster

References

External links

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