| Formerly | TGA |
|---|---|
| Industry | Esports |
| Founded | December 9, 2016 |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Mars Hou (general manager)[1] |
| Parent | Tencent Holdings Ltd.[2] |
| Website | esports |
Tencent Esports (simplified Chinese: 腾讯电竞; traditional Chinese: 騰訊電競), also spelled as Tencent E-sports,[3] is a Chinese esports brand[4] founded in 2016.[5] It is the esports arm of Tencent,[6] and a founding partner of the Global Esports Federation.[7] It focuses on esports tournaments, esports education and esports technologies. It has several professional leagues,[8] including LPL, KPL, KGL, PEL, and CFPL.[9] It initiated the Tencent Esports Tech-Union,[10] of which Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm are members.[11]
Established by Tencent Interactive Entertainment,[12] it is part of Tencent's Neo-Culture Creativity operations.[13] In 2018, the China esports team, composed of the brand's athletes, won two gold and one silver medals at the Jakarta Asian Games.[14] In 2019, it cooperated with the GEF.[15] In 2022, it partnered with the Asian Electronic Sports Federation.[3] In 2023, it supported the Road to Asian Games (RDAG), an esports event organized by the OCA and AESF.[16]
- ^ Zheping Huang (September 24, 2023). "China Hosts Biggest Esports Moment With Tencent at the Wheel". Bloomberg News.
- ^ Teng Jing Xuan; Shi Rui; Liu Xiaojing; Huang Rong (February 10, 2017). "Competitive Video-Gaming Gets Attention of Major Entertainment Companies". Caixin.
- ^ a b Nazvi Careem (January 24, 2022). "Tencent-OCA esports alliance can put Hong Kong on global map". South China Morning Post.
- ^ Liang Shihuang (April 19, 2019). "Fortune Announces the List of World's Greatest Leaders, Pony Ma Ranks 4th". Yahoo News.
- ^ Takashi Kawakami (July 29, 2023). "Tencent, Douyin press play on esports ahead of Asian Games". Nikkei Asia.
- ^ Tom Hancock (March 3, 2019). "Tencent eyes more esports competitions in China". Financial Times.
- ^ Cai Xingxiu (December 17, 2019). "Global Esports Federation Officially Established". Yahoo News.
- ^ Yanhong Luo (July 10, 2020). "Chinese video-sharing website Bilibili seeks secondary listing in Hong Kong". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Forbes Staff. "Esports Flourishing in China". Forbes. May 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024.
- ^ Steven Lee (August 27, 2019). "China Unicom partners with Tencent Esports". Yahoo News.
- ^ Hongyu Chen (June 26, 2019). "Tencent Esports Partners with Manchester City F.C." The Esports Observer.
- ^ Liu Jiaxuan; Zheng Shuai; Lin Dandan (August 23, 2018). "China's Esports Industry Set to Enter Golden Era". Xinhua News Agency.
- ^ Surin Murugiah (May 9, 2024). "Tencent signs up as founding partner with Global Esports Federation". The Edge.
- ^ "2019 China Game Industry Annual Conference held in Haikou". IGN. December 19, 2019.
- ^ Bashir, Dale (December 17, 2019). "Tencent Partners with the Newly Established Global Esports Federation". IGN. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024.
- ^ Hongyu Chen (July 3, 2023). "First phase of the Road to Asian Games 2022 concludes in Macau". Sports Business Journal.