Edward Gaming
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| Short name | EDG |
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| Founded | September 2013 |
| League | League of Legends Pro League |
| Based in | Shanghai, China |
| Arena | Hongkou Football Stadium |
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| Partners | Hycan Huya Live Red Bull Intel Razer Inc. ExxonMobil Dior TCL Technology Bixin Luckin Coffee Coca-Cola |
Edward Gaming[a] (EDG) is a professional esports organization based in Shanghai, China.
EDG's League of Legends team, officially called EDG Hycan,[1] competes in the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) and plays home games at the Shanghai Electric Industrial Park. It is the only LPL team to have won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the World Championship, in 2015 and 2021 respectively.
History
2014
Edward Gaming (EDG) first entered the professional
On 29 April, EDG placed first at the 2014 International Esports Tournament in Yiwu, Zhejiang.[6]
EDG gained a reputation as a "super team", emerging as the champions of the 2014 LPL Spring Split on 25 May.
They continued to perform well into the 2014 LPL Summer Split, finishing in first place in both the regular season and playoffs. In the finals of the playoffs on 24 August, they defeated
On 12 September, EDG won the X Championship Season I. On 26 October, EDG placed first at the 2014 NVIDIA Game Festival. On 2 November, EDG finished in second place at the 2014 National Electronic Sports Tournament (NEST 2014). Samsung Galaxy Blue AD carry Deft announced on 11 November that he had joined EDG.[7] On 2 December, mid laner PawN joined EDG from Samsung Galaxy White.[8] EDG won the 2014 National Electronic Sports Open, defeating LGD Gaming in the finals on 7 December. On 13 December, they placed first at Demacia Cup Season 2. On 17 December, Azure, now known as Meiko, joined the team.[9]
On 28 December, EDG placed first at G-League 2014.
2015
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On 4 January, NaMei left the team and joined Star Horn Royal Club.[10] On 15 January, the day before the beginning of the 2015 LPL Spring Split, fzzf announced his retirement.[11] He was replaced temporarily by Mouse, who played with the team at the G-League 2014 Finals, and in the first two weeks of the LPL Spring Split.
On 16 January, EDG started a Hearthstone division with lvxiaobu, yutian and longshi.[12]
From week three of the split, Meiko played as the team's support. On 26 April, Reapered joined as a coach. EDG finished first in the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs, defeating LGD 3–2 in the finals.[13] EDG's LPL Spring title qualified them for the inaugural Mid-Season Invitational.
EDward Gaming beat
At the 2015 World Championship, EDG lost in the quarterfinals to the European team Fnatic 0–3.[15]
2016
In January 2016, EDG's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive division was established.
In January 2016, in the 2015 GHL Storm Hero Gold Finals, EDG lost to eStar 2–4 and finished runners-up.[clarification needed] In June 2016, EDG E-sports Club officially announced the suspension of the Storm Hero Project.[16]
On 23 April 2016, in the 2016 LPL Spring Final, EDG lost to Royal Never Give Up (RNG) 1–3 and finished runners-up.[17][18]
EDG qualified for the 2016 LPL Summer Playoffs thanks to their placement in the regular season.[19] EDG lost to RNG 0–3 in the 2015 LPL Summer Final and received the second seed for the LPL at the 2016 World Championship.[20]
EDG tied with AHQ after the group stage, and the former qualified for the quarterfinals after beating the latter in a tiebreaker match.
2017
In April 2017, EDG lost to RNG 1–3 in the LPL Spring Playoffs semifinals and followed up with a 3–2 victory over OMG, finishing third.[24] In the LPL Summer Split, the EDG defeated Invictus Gaming (IG) in the second round of playoffs to advance to the finals. In the final, EDG defeated RNG to win their fifth LPL title and qualify for the 2017 World Championship. EDG was eliminated from the 2017 World Championship after failing to place top two in their group, ending with a 2–4 record.[25]
In 2017, the club officially established EDG.M as its mobile division and acquired the original 2016 World Cyber Games champion roster.[clarification needed] In the Kings Glory Champions Cup, EDG lost 2–4 to the Qiao Gu Reapers in the quarterfinals.[26]
In July 2017, EDG and Tyloo announced their new strategic partnership, stating that they would jointly train new players and help cultivate CS:GO talent in China.
On 31 October 2017, EDG and Lyon Esports announced their joint venture to establish "Lyon China" to compete in FIFA Online 3 esports tournaments.[29]
2018
On 7 January 2018, EDG won the Demacia Cup Winter with a 3–1 victory over
In the 2018 LPL Spring Split, EDG advanced to the playoffs after finishing first in the regular season, defeating
On 4 May 2018, EDG announced the completion of a nearly ¥100 million Pre-A round of financing, with the joint lead investor being the China Idol Entertainment Industry Fund, which is dominated by Capital and CIC Zhongcai.[32]
2020
EDG placed sixth in the regular season of the 2020 LPL Spring Split with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses. In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated RNG and advanced to the second round. In the second round, they lost 1–3 to FunPlus Phoenix (FPX). EDG placed ninth in the regular season of the 2020 LPL Summer Split with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses and failed to qualify for the playoffs; the team's worst domestic performance to date.
2021
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EDG won the 2021 World Championship, and became the first team to do so while playing three full best-of-five series.[citation needed]
2022
During the 2022 League of Legends World Championship, Edward Gaming finished 5-8th after losing 2-3 to DRX, becoming the second team in World Championship history to be reverse swept at the event.[33]
Roster
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Ming "Clearlove" Kai
Chang "Poppy" Po-Hao Yi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legend:
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Honours
Domestic
League
- League of Legends Pro League (LPL)
- Winners (6): 2014 Spring, 2014 Summer, 2015 Spring, 2016 Summer, 2017 Summer, 2021 Summer
Cup
- Demacia Cup
- Winners (5): 2014 Season 2, 2015 Spring, 2015 Summer, 2016 Season, Championship 2017 Season
International
- Mid-Season Invitational
- Winners (1): 2015
- League of Legends World Championship
- Winners (1): 2021
Notes
- ^ Previously stylized as EDward Gaming.
References
- ^ Chen, Hongyu (14 April 2021). "Edward Gaming Partners With Electronic Automobile Maker HYCAN". theesportsobserver.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Luwei, Ryan (29 August 2014). "Seeking Greatness: The story behind the formation of Edward Gaming". onGamers. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ Edward Gaming's Tencent Weibo Post (Chinese) Archived 26 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine t.qq.com
- ^ Edward Gaming's Tencent Weibo Post (Chinese) Archived 26 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine t.qq.com
- ^ Edward Gaming's Tencent Weibo Post (Chinese) Archived 17 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine t.qq.com
- ^ Moser, Kelsey (17 June 2014). "OMG vs EDG: Classic in the Making". LoL Esports. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ Deft's Twitter Post twitter.com
- ^ Sashao's Tencent Weibo Post Archived 17 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine t.qq.com
- ^ L.ACE冬季转会期名单及公告 (Chinese) acelol.com
- ^ Edward Gaming's Tencent Weibo Post (Chinese) Archived 26 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine t.qq.com
- ^ Edward Gaming's Tencent Weibo Post (Chinese) Archived 23 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine t.qq.com
- ^ EDG (16 January 2015). "EDG's Hearthstone division is founded". t.qq.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Lingle, Samuel (27 April 2015). "Deft's pentakill secures LPL championships for EDward Gaming". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "MSI季中邀请赛2015" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Halliwell, Paul (21 October 2015). "League of Legends World Championship 2015: Fnatic Sweep EDG to Advance to Semis". Power Up Gaming. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "GHL2015风暴英雄黄金总决赛".
- ^ "RNG勇夺2016LPL春季赛冠军 晋级季中赛". 23 April 2016.
- ^ "EDG首夺官方世界冠军上演热血盛况 1亿人观看比赛". 18 May 2015.
- ^ "LPL夏季赛常规赛收官 EDG16连胜创造新纪录". 8 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "EDG勇夺LPL夏季赛冠军 厂长野区压制起大作用". 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "lols6总决赛10月8日AHQvs EDG 顶住压力EDG获胜出线". 8 October 2016.
- ^ "S6综述：EDG未能打破八强魔咒 负于ROX". 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "德杯决赛综述：EDG第五次捧杯 周董率队力克体育队". 13 November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Koro1与Clearlove7上阵助力EDG摘得季军". 23 July 2017.
- ^ "EDG梦碎武汉，大量粉丝场馆外不愿离去". 15 October 2017.
- ^ "2017QGC夏季赛决赛：RNGM VS EDGM".
- ^ "战略结盟 TYLOO与EDG俱乐部正式达成合作". 30 July 2017.
- ^ "绝地求生成电竞赛事新关注点，超竞集团EDG与Tyloo强强联合". 9 November 2017. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "里昂EDG电竞俱乐部成立！ 将战FIFA Online 3". 31 October 2017.
- ^ "第四局：EDG完美节奏势不可挡 再夺德杯冠军". 7 January 2018.
- ^ "RNG击败宿敌EDG夺冠 挺进季中冠军赛". 28 April 2018.
- ^ "EDG完成近亿元Pre-A轮融资，要继续"造星"？". 4 May 2018.
- ^ Garcia, Ethan (24 October 2022). "Deft advances to first Worlds semifinals with DRX after reverse sweep". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
External links
- EDward Gaming on Weibo Archived 13 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine