Weibo Gaming

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Weibo Gaming
Weibo Gaming logo.png
Short nameWBG, WBG FAW Audi (League of Legends division)
Divisions
Founded21 November 2021 (2021-11-21)
Partners
Parent group Weibo Corporation
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 微博电子竞技俱乐部
Traditional Chinese 微博電子競技俱樂部
Literal meaningWeibo Esports Club
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Wēibó Diànzǐ Jìngjì Jùlèbù

Weibo Gaming [n 1] is a Chinese esports organization owned by the Weibo Corporation. [1]

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Its League of Legends team competes in the LPL, the top-level league for the game in China. [2] [3] It was owned by e-commerce company Suning.com for most of its history and was previously known as Suning. [4]

Weibo are also members of the Esports World Cup Foundation Club Support Program, funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which gives teams monetary rewards for painting the Esports World Cup tournament series in a positive light and driving engagement to the tournament, which is seen to some as a sportswashing tool that Saudi Arabia is using to distract the public from their poor human rights record. [5]

League of Legends

History

The League of Legends team was founded as Suning Gaming on 28 December 2016, following Suning.com's acquisition of the League of Legends team T.Bear Gaming. A roster was formed to compete in the LSPL, China's secondary pro league; it consisted of XiaoAL (now Langx), Avoidless, dian, Fury, and Yoon. Suning placed second in the 2017 LSPL spring regular season and later swept Young Miracles in the spring finals to qualify for the LPL. [6]

Roster

Weibo Gaming League of Legends roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
TopBreatheChen ChenChina
JungleTianGao TianliangChina
MidXiaohuLi YuanhaoChina
BotLightWang GuangyuChina
SupportHangFu MinghangChina
Head coach

Jeong "NoFe" No-chul

Assistant coach(es)
  • Lyu "Rui" Rui
  • Zhao "Tselin" Ze-Lin
  • Feng "Medusa" Jun-Da
  • Kim "Fly" Sang-cheol
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated 18 December 2024.

Tournament results

PlacementEventFinal result (W–L)

Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly known as:
    • T.Bear Gaming (2015 – March 2016, 10 May – 28 December 2016)
    • SNS Esports (March – 10 May 2016)
    • Suning Gaming (28 December 2016 – 11 December 2018)
    • Suning (11 December 2018 – 21 November 2021)

References

  1. ↑ Kelly, Michael (22 November 2021). "Suning officially renamed Weibo Gaming with LPL slot ownership purchase". Dot Esports. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Lupasco, Cristian (15 August 2020). "Suning eliminate Victory Five from LPL playoffs". Dot Esports. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Suning wins eighth straight at LPL Summer Split". Field Level Media via Reuters. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Chen, Hongyu (12 June 2020). "League of Legends Pro League Partners With Chinese E-commerce Company Suning". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 18 August 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Fudge, James (6 May 2024). "30 Teams Selected for the Esports World Cup Club Support Program". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Moser, Kelsey (14 April 2017). "Suning Gaming join LPL". Yahoo Esports. Retrieved 18 August 2020.


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