Wings Gaming
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| Location | Chongqing, China |
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| Founded | August 2014 |
| Divisions | Dota 2 |
Wings Gaming are a Chinese professional Dota 2 eSports team based in Chongqing. They are best known for winning over US$9 million at The International 2016, which was the most lucrative eSports tournament in history, winning a Guinness World Record for it in the process.[1][2] Wings were founded in the aftermath of post-The International 2014 roster shuffles in China, with the current roster being put together in August 2015.[3]
In 2016, Wings Gaming were nominated in the best non-Olympic athlete category of the Chinese Top 10 Laureus Sport Awards, becoming the first eSports club or player to be nominated.[4] Wings Gaming were also nominated as eSports team of the year at The Game Awards 2016.[5]
Roster
| In-game alias | Name | Position | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|
| shadow | Chu Zeyu | 1 | 2015-08-25 |
| bLink | Zhou Yang | 2 | 2015-08-25 |
| Faith_bian | Zhang Ruida | 3 | 2015-08-25 |
| y` (Captain) | Zhang Yiping | 4/5 | 2015-08-25 |
| iceice | Li Peng | 4/5 | 2015-08-25 |
Notable achievements
2015
- 17–20th – Dota 2 Asia Championships[3]
2016
- 1st – ESL One Manila 2016[3]
- 13–16th – Manila Major[3]
- 2nd – Nanyang Dota 2 Championships Season 2[6]
- 1st – The Summit 5[7]
- 1st – The International 2016[1]
- 1st – Nanyang Cruise Cup[8]
- 1st – Northern Arena BEAT Invitational[9]
- 4th – The Summit 6[10]
References
- 1 2 Erzberger, Tyler. "Teenage captain leads esports team to $9.1 million prize". ESPN. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ Swatman, Rachel. "Chinese Dota 2 gaming team wins largest prize for an eSports competition ever". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Gies, Arthur. "Here are the winners of Valve's $20+ million 2016 International Dota 2 Championships". Polygon. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ Esanu, Andreea. "Wings Gaming nominated in the 2016 China top 10 Laureus Sport Awards". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ↑ Sarkar, Samit (November 16, 2016). "Here are the nominees for The Game Awards 2016". Polygon. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ↑ Van Allen, Eric. "Previewing Group B of The International 6". ESPN. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ Van Allen, Eric. "Wings Gaming return to form at The Summit 5". ESPN. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ Van Allen, Eric. "The prelude to Boston: Breaking down The Summit 6". ESPN. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ↑ Van Allen, Eric. "Wings' dominating win streak continues post-TI". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ Van Allen, Eric. "EG clips Wings to advance to The Summit 6's top three". ESPN. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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