Founded in 2019, TEC is a global esports entertainment company that owns, operates and partners with premier esports franchises. TEC esports club established its VALORANT division in November 2023 and participated in the VALORANT China Evolution Series Act 3: Heritability, achieving a top-six finish. TEC esports entered into a long-term partnership with VALORANT Champions Tour CN on December 10, 2023.TEC’s mission is to elevate esports by providing a platform for others to experience the thrill of competitive gaming through our events. They aim to build communities around the world through our tournaments, leagues and other initiatives. They create, produce and broadcast premium content for gamers to enjoy while allowing sponsors to reach a large audience.
Valorant is a character-based 5v5 tactical shooter set on the global stage. The Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is a global competitive esports tournament series for the video game Valorant organized by Riot Games, the game's developers.
Team WE, formerly known as World Elite, is the very first esports club based in China, formed their first League of Legends team in March of 2011. Initially gaining recognition for their Warcraft 3 division, StarCraft II, and Dota. Team WE is a pioneering esports organization based in Shanghai, China. They were originally a Warcraft 3 based team, housing many renown players such as Li "Sky" Xiaofeng, a legendary human-main dubbed as the "Human Emperor". The team turned 18 years old as of April 14, 2023.
Team Aster is a Chinese esports organization. It was initially a Dota 2 team created by Xu "BurNIng" Zhilei and "XiaoFei". In 2019, a second team "Aster.Aries" was formed.
Nova Esports is a professional esports organization based in Hong Kong. It was founded in September 2016. Nova Esports currently fields players in League of Legends: Wild Rift, Game for Peace, PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, and FIFA 20. Both the 2020 and 2021 PUBG Mobile Global Championships (PMGC) were won by Nova Esports' PUBG Mobile / Game for Peace squad, and they also won the Peace Eite Championship (PEC) twice.
FACEIT Major: London 2018 is the 13th Valve-sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the second Major of 2018. The prize pool is once again $1,000,000 and the 24-team format introduced at the previous Major will be used again. This is the first Major to be held by FACEIT.