Tencent Esports

Tencent Esports, also spelled as Tencent E-sports, is a Chinese esports brand founded in 2016. It is the esports arm of Tencent, and a founding partner of the Global Esports Federation. It focuses on esports tournaments, esports education and esports technologies. It has several professional leagues, including LPL, KPL, KGL, CFPL, and PEL. It initiated the Tencent Esports Tech-Union, of which Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm are members.

Established by Tencent Interactive Entertainment, it is part of Tencent's Neo-Culture Creativity operations. In 2018, the China esports team, composed of the brand's athletes, won two gold and one silver medals at the Jakarta Asian Games. In 2019, it cooperated with the GEF. In 2022, it partnered with the Asian Electronic Sports Federation. In 2023, it supported the Road to Asian Games (RDAG), an esports event organized by the OCA and AESF.

History
Originally started in 2010 as TGA, Tencent Esports was officially launched as an independent brand in 2016. In 2018, it worked with the University of Oxford to set up esports courses and host esports tournaments.

In August 2020, the brand collaborated with FC Barcelona. Arena of Valor, the international version of Honor of Kings (a Tencent Esports product), became an official game title of the 2019 SEA Games.

In August 2021, a Tim Hortons & Tencent Esports coffee store opened in Shenzhen. It is a venue to showcase professional video gaming. In the same year, it introduced the #worldconnected initiative.