Excel Esports
{{Short description|British esports organisation}}
{{about|the British esport organisation|the esport tournament using Microsoft Excel|Financial Modeling World Cup}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox sports team
| name = Excel Esports
| short_name = EXCEL, XL
| logo = Excel Esports logo (2021).png
| logo_size =
| alt = Logo of Excel Esports
| caption =
| city = London, United Kingdom
| parent_group =
| founded = {{Start date|2014|12}}
| folded =
| league =
| ceo = Tim Reichert
| gm =
| partners = JD Sports, EE Limited, HSBC Bank, Sony Inzone, PCSPECIALIST.
| sport_label = Divisions
| sport = League of Legends
Fortnite Battle Royale
Valorant
| website = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes =
| fanclub =
| blank_label = Motto
}}
Excel Esports (previously stylized as exceL Esports) was a British esports organisation. Its main League of Legends division was one of ten teams competing in the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), the top level of professional League of Legends in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.{{cite web |title=exceL Esports |url=https://eu.lolesports.com/en/team/excel-esports |website=eu.lolesports.com |publisher=LoL Esports |accessdate=26 January 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Ashton |first1=Graham |title=EXCEL Rebrands Ahead of Debut LEC Season |url=https://esportsobserver.com/excel-rebrands-lec-season/ |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=The Esports Observer |date=8 January 2019}}
On 14 December 2023, Excel Esports and Giants Gaming announced a merger, forming GIANTX.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=A New Era: EXCEL ESPORTS and Giants Gaming announce merger, forming GIANTX |url=https://giantx.gg/news/a-new-era-excel-esports-and-giants-gaming-announce-merger-forming-giantx |access-date= |website=A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS |language=en}}
''League of Legends ''
= History =
{{Update|section|date=November 2020}}
== 2018 ==
Riot Games announced on 20 November 2018 that Excel Esports would be one of ten franchise partners participating in the newly rebranded League of Legends European Championship (LEC).{{cite news |last1=Rietkerk |first1=Remer |last2=Pecchia |first2=Joe |title=Take a closer look at the LEC |url=https://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/league-of-legends-european-championship-is-here |accessdate=13 January 2019 |work=LoL Esports (Riot Games) |date=20 November 2018 |language=en}} On 3 January 2019, Excel Esports announced that it would house a training facility in Twickenham Stadium.{{cite news |last1=Abbas |first1=Malcolm |title=ExceL Esports to house training facility in Twickenham Stadium |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/excel-esports-to-house-training-facility-in-twickenham-stadium |accessdate=13 January 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=3 January 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Ringng |first1=Oliver |title=exceL Esports announce League of Legends training facility at Twickenham Stadium |url=https://esportsinsider.com/2019/01/excel-esports-announce-league-of-legends-training-facility-at-twickenham-stadium/ |accessdate=13 January 2019 |work=Esports Insider |date=4 January 2019}}
== 2019 ==
For the 2019 LEC Spring Split, Excel signed top laner Ki "Expect" Dae-han,{{cite news |last1=Binkowski |first1=Justin |title=Expect joins exceL Esports for the 2019 LEC season |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/expect-joins-excel-esports-for-the-2019-lec-season |accessdate=13 January 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=7 December 2018}} jungler Marc "Caedrel" Lamont,{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Veronika |title=Caedrel Officially Joins ExceL Esports for 2019 LEC |url=https://www.dbltap.com/posts/6237434-caedrel-officially-joins-excel-esports-for-2019-lec |accessdate=26 January 2019 |work=DBLTAP |date=2 December 2018 |language=en |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126164338/https://www.dbltap.com/posts/6237434-caedrel-officially-joins-excel-esports-for-2019-lec |url-status=dead }} mid laner Fabian "Exile" Schubert, bot laner Jesper "Jeskla" Stromberg,{{cite news |last1=Chouadria |first1=Adel |title=Jeskla joins exceL Esports for 2019 LEC season |url=https://www.phasedive.com/jeskla-excel-esports-2019-lec/ |accessdate=26 January 2019 |work=Phase Dive |date=30 November 2018 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126114122/https://www.phasedive.com/jeskla-excel-esports-2019-lec/ |url-status=dead }} and support Raymond "kaSing" Tsang.{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Xing |title=Excel Esports signs Kasing as its first LEC player |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/excel-esports-signs-kasing-as-its-first-lec-player |accessdate=13 January 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=28 November 2018}} In addition to the team's main roster, five other players were also signed as substitutes who would alternate games with players on the main roster.{{cite news |last1=Newell |first1=Adam |title=ExceL Esports rebrands heading into the 2019 LEC season |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/excel-esports-rebrands-heading-into-the-2019-lec-season |accessdate=13 January 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=6 January 2019}} However, the only substitutes who played on-stage in the LEC were mid laner Joran "Special" Scheffer{{cite news |last1=Matuschak |first1=Darius |title=Excel will sub in Academy Midlaner Special for Exile for Week 5 of LEC |url=https://theshotcaller.net/excel-will-sub-in-academy-midlaner-special-for-exile-for-week-5-of-lec/ |accessdate=27 April 2019 |work=The Shotcaller |date=12 February 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and support Patryk "Mystiques" Piórkowski.{{cite news |title=Kasing to play in UKLC for Excel this week as Mystiques gets LEC call-up |url=https://esports-news.co.uk/2019/03/05/kasing-mystiques-excel-swap/ |accessdate=27 April 2019 |work=Esports News UK |date=5 March 2019}}
On 28 May 2019, Son "Mickey" Young-min officially joined Excel as starting mid laner.{{cite news |last1=Esguerra |first1=Tyler |title=Excel Esports signs Mickey as starting mid laner for 2019 Summer Split |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/excel-esports-signs-mickey-as-starting-mid-laner-for-2019-summer-split |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=28 May 2019}} However, he did not play until the second week of the 2019 LEC Summer Split due to visa issues.{{cite news |last1=Esguerra |first1=Tyler |title=Misfits move Kirei to starting LEC roster over Maxlore, Excel to start Mickey over Special |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/misfits-kirei-starting-over-maxlore-excel-mickey-over-special |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=13 June 2019}} On 20 June 2019, it was announced that Jeskla and Mystiques would replace Hjarnan and kaSing in the bot lane, and that the latter two would play for Excel UK.{{cite news |last1=Esguerra |first1=Tyler |title=Misfits and Excel Esports make some changes to starting LEC lineups for week 3 of the Summer Split |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/misfits-excel-lineup-changes-2019-lec-week-3-summer |accessdate=27 July 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=20 June 2019}}
==2022==
In November 2022, it was announced Excel had acquired the Stuttgart-based esports e-learning platform, Hitcap.{{Cite web |last=Šimić |first=Ivan |date=2022-11-15 |title=EXCEL ESPORTS acquires Hitcap assets |url=https://esportsinsider.com/2022/11/excel-esports-acquires-hitcap-assets |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Esports Insider |language=en-GB}}
''Valorant''
= History =
Excel Esports announced on 8 March 2021 that they would be entering the competitive Valorant scene with their signing of Ignition Series Champion David "Davidp" Prins, who would be the team's captain.{{Cite web|last=Dzhelil|first=Barasch|date=8 March 2021|title=EXCEL ESPORTS Expands into VALORANT Competitive With Signing of DavidP|url=https://gamezo.co.uk/excel-esports-expands-into-valorant/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309003124/https://gamezo.co.uk/excel-esports-expands-into-valorant/|archive-date=9 March 2021|access-date=9 March 2020|website=Gamezo}}
= Game Changers =
In 2022, EE in partnership with EXCEL ESPORTS entered the VALORANT Champions Tour: Game Changers EMEA, a women-only esports team.
''World of Warcraft''
= History =
In August 2018, Excel Esports acquired the WoW roster of Kjell's Angels, which consisted of Rory "Cirra" Singer, Rasmus "Divinefield" Andersen, Hakon
"Dorullkjell" Walberg, Lari "Ashine" Strandberg and Kristoffer "Herudra" Jensen. The team participated in the Mythic Dungeon Invitational under the name Excel's Angels.{{cite news |last1=Hollingsworth |first1=David |title=exceL Esports, Icy Veins and Enthusiast Gaming announce WoW partnership |url=https://esportsinsider.com/2018/10/excel-esports-icy-veins-and-enthusiast-gaming-announce-wow-partnership/ |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Esports Insider |date=23 October 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
{{League of Legends European Championship}}
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