Best Esport Teams

August 23, 2019

What would the Esport scene be without the incredible diversity linked to these teams? Whether these are an extension of an amateur association, or a specialized company developing through its professional team, there are almost as many different courses as there are different teams. We are delighted to offer you to learn more about each of them through their presentation!

The end of each year is an excellent time to take stock and publish lists with the best of the year. In the report an overview of eSports in Europe posted by the market analysis firm Newzoo we find the summary with the best teams and players of the year in CS: GO, League of Legends and Hearthstone. And since we know that the readers of Marca eSports will be curious to know the names of the great winners of this 2017 that is about to end, we do not beat around the bush anymore. You are listed below:

The best CS teams

In CS: GO, Europe has been the great dominator of the competitive scene throughout the year. Up to eight European teams of eSports have slipped into the top 10. Only Cloud9 and Optical Gaming, both from North America, appear in this classification:

SK Gaming
FaZe Clan
Cloud9
Astralis
Ninjas in Pajamas
North
Fnatic
Mousesports
OpTic Gaming
G2 Esports

The best League of Legends teams

League of Legends is a game monopolized by Asian stars and clubs and is shown in the report published by Newzoo. Only two teams from other regions of the world (G2 Esports de Europa and Lyon Gaming de Latin-American) face the South Korean and Chinese Esports teams:

Samsung Galaxy
SK Telecom T1
Royal Never Give Up
Team WE
Longzhu Gaming
Edward Gaming
Invictus
Cloud9
G2 Esports
Lyon Gaming

The best Hearthstone players

In Hearthstone, 2017 has been dominated by Europeans and Americans, although decanter’s balance on the side of the former by getting six players in the top ten of the year:

Muzahidul “Muzzy” I
Pavel “Pavel” Beltukov
Stanislav “StanCifka” Cifka
Jon “Orange” Westberg
Frederik “Hoej” Nielsen
David “Dog” Cairo
Paul “Zalae” Nemeth
Druskininkai
Dima “Rdu” Radu
Thijs “ThijsNL” Molendijk

Mithy, Spain’s favorite player

Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre is considered one of the best Spanish players of League of Legends in all of history, so we are not surprised that it has been appointed by Newzoo as the favorite of the year by the fans of eSports in our country. Former G2 Esports member, recently signed by Team SoloMid, has more than 100,000 followers on Twitter and 5,000 fans on Facebook.

By the way, among the 689 professional players registered in Spain have managed to accumulate 2’2 million dollars in prizes throughout 2017.