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PSG eSports

Paris Saint-Germain
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Full name Paris Saint-Germain eSports
Short name PSG, Paris SG
Divisions League of Legends
FIFA
Rocket League
Founded 2016; 1 year ago (2016)
Owner(s) Oryx Qatar Sports Investments (QSi)
Manager Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim
Parent group Paris Saint-Germain
Website psg-esports.com
Departments of
Paris Saint-Germain
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Football (Men's) Football (Youth Men's) Football (Women's)
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Handball (Men's) eSports Judo
(Men's)
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Boxing (Men's) League (Men's)

Paris Saint-Germain eSports, commonly known as Paris Saint-Germain (French pronunciation: ​[paʁi sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]) and familiarly as PSG or Paris SG, is a French professional eSports club founded in 2016, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club is the eSports department of Paris Saint-Germain.

On October 2016, Paris Saint-Germain partenered with Webedia, who owns professional team Millennium and tournament organiser ESWC, to launch PSG eSports. The club acquired Team Huma's slot in the European League of Legends Challenger Series (EU CS), for the 2017 Spring Split. Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim has been appointed as Head of eSports, and the team will compete out of the Riot Games' Am Studio 20D in Adlershof, Berlin.

PSG eSports also announced its participation to FIFA video gaming competitions; the club recruited FIFA world champions August “Agge” Rosenmeier and Lucas “DaXe” Cuillerier. DaXe became ESWC FIFA 17 world champion at the Paris Games Week, this is the first title for PSG eSports. Agge won the Legia eSports Cup, a tournament featuring 10 FIFA players from professional football clubs, as well as the DreamHack Winter 2016.

On 22 September, 2017, PSG eSports announced its participation in the Rocket League Championship Series after picking up the previous Frontline roster, including Chausette45, Ferra, and Bluey.


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