LGD Gaming

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LGD Gaming
LGD Gaming logo.png
Nickname老干爹 ("Old Godfather")
乐观家族 ("Optimistic Family")
Short nameLGD
Divisions Dota 2
Honor of Kings
League of Legends
Overwatch
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Founded2009 (2009)
Based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Location China
CEOPan Fei
Vice PresidentHu "Bigbiao" Biao

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 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds .

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LGD's Dota 2 team was notably in a partnership with PSG Esports, [1] and is known for making it to the grand finals of The International 2018 and The International 2021. [2] The partnership expired in September 2023. [3] [4] Its League of Legends team competes in the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), the top level of professional League of Legends in China. [5] [6]

Dota 2

2018–2019

LGD Gaming's original Dota 2 division was founded along with the organization in 2009. In April 2018, French football club Paris Saint-Germain F.C. partnered with LGD, sponsoring and rebranding the Dota 2 team to PSG.LGD. [1] [7] After winning two Dota Pro Circuit majors in 2017 and 2018, the team secured a directive invite to The International 2018, [8] [9] where they advanced to the grand finals but lost to OG 2–3. [2] [10] [11]

Following that, the roster remained together for the next season, where they received a direct invite to The International 2019 after securing a top 12 finish in that year's Dota Pro Circuit 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 Virtus.pro and Vici Gaming before losing once again to OG in the upper bracket grand final. [12] The team was placed in the lower bracket final against Team Liquid, losing the series 2–1 to earn them 3rd place and therefore a total of $3,089,706. [13]

2020–2022

The team continued with their strong form during The International 2021, going 15–1 in the group stage to advance to the upper bracket. [14] There, the team won every series to advance to the grand finals by defeating T1, Virtus.pro and Team Secret but ultimately falling to Team Spirit in the best-of-five series 3–2, after nearly staging a reverse-sweep. [15]

With the organization electing to not make any roster changes, the team continued their strong form into the 2022 season after facing off against in a series of rematches against Team Spirit. The first of two rematches led to a second-place finish at the PGL Arlington Major after losing the final 3–1, while the team won the inaugural Riyadh Masters with a 2–0 score. [16] [17]

The team secured an invite to The International 2022, where despite being touted as favorites to win the event, the team placed 5th–6th at the event after losing to Team Aster. [18] [19]

2023

Before the start of The International 2023, the partnership between the two teams expired in September 2023. With this change, the roster will revert back to playing under the LGD Gaming banner. [3] [4]

Roster

LGD Gaming Dota 2 roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
CarryshiroGuo XuanangChina
MidlaneEmoZhou YiChina
OfflaneniuLi KongboChina
SupportPywXiong JiahanChina
Supporty`Zhang YipingChina
Supportplanet (I)Lin HaoChina
OfflaneXiangyu (I)Li LongwuChina
Head coach
  • Zhang "xiao8" Ning
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: 11 December 2023.

League of Legends

LGD Gaming
GameLeague of Legends
Founded20 February 2012
League LPL
StadiumLGD Allied Esports Stadium
Championships1× LPL (Summer 2015)

History

LGD Gaming created their League of Legends division on 20 February 2012, with Zhou "Bug" Qilin leading the team. After the TGA Grand Prix 2012, LGD qualified for the Season 2 China Regional Finals, but fell short after losing to Invictus Gaming. In 2013 Tencent created China's first championship series, the League of Legends Pro League (LPL). LGD failed to join the league through the qualifiers in both the spring and summer seasons of 2013, but was successful the next year, qualifying for the 2014 LPL Spring Split. The team placed fifth in the regular season of the 2014 LPL Spring Split, failing to qualify for playoffs. In the regular season of the 2014 LPL Summer Split however, LGD placed fourth and qualified for playoffs, where they lost to EDward Gaming 0–3 in the first round and Star Horn Royal Club 1–3 in the loser's bracket, remaining in 4th. LGD was unable to qualify for the 2014 World Championship after losing the final qualifying round in the 2014 China Regional Finals to OMG.

After failing to qualify for the 2014 World Championship, LGD decided to sign Korean players in hopes of qualifying the next year. Bot laner Gu "imp" Seung-bin [20] and top laners Choi "Acorn" Cheon-ju and Lee "Flame" Ho-jong were acquired from Samsung White, Samsung Blue, and CJ Entus Blaze respectively. LGD placed sixth in the regular season of the 2015 LPL Spring Split with a 7–5–10 record, qualifying for playoffs. In playoffs the team surprised expectations by beating both OMG and Snake Esports, who were 3rd and 2nd respectively in the regular season, in two 3–0 sweeps. This qualified LGD for the finals, [21] where they lost 2–3 to EDward Gaming in a close series.

Roster

Hangzhou LGD Gaming League of Legends roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
TopBurdolNoh Tae-yoonSouth Korea
JungleMeteorZeng Guo-HaoChina
MidhaichaoZhang Hai-ChaoChina
MidKeplerZou Jia-LeChina
BotShaoyeQiu Guo-binChina
SupportJinjiaoXie JinshanChina
Head coach

Chen "1874" Li-Xin

Assistant coach(es)

Xian "Chelizi" Han-Xi

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated 9 January 2024.

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