Overwatch league teams grow with eight new franchises

We knew Eve The league is growing when several expansion sales took place last month. Now, we know the eight teams that join Eve League for the 2019 season: Atlanta, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Paris, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, DC This brings the total number of teams to twenty.

This is good news for the future of Eve League, which also entered into a multi-year broadcast agreement with ABC, Disney and ESPN earlier in 2018. But as pointed out Pete Vlastelica, President and CEO of Activision Blizzard Esports Leaves, he does not enough supports them. He stated:

We know that the difference between a good league and a big league is due to its owners, and we have set a high bar for our first season with the caliber of the homeowner groups. Each of these expansion franchises has crossed this bar and will make our league even better.

For this reason, you can familiarize yourself with the owners of these new teams. As true sports fans know, a bad property can be just as damaging to the players as anything that goes wrong during a game:

• Aquilini Group"A diversified family-owned business that owns the Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena of the National Hockey League and manages a global portfolio of conglomerates will operate the team in Vancouver, Canada.
• bilibili-A major online entertainment company in China, covering a wide range of genres and multimedia formats – including videos, live broadcasts and mobile games – will lead the team in Hangzhou, China.
• DM Esports-A global company specializing in entertainment and investments in the field of esport will operate the team in Paris, France.
• HUYA Inc.– A leading video game broadcasting platform in China will operate the team in Chengdu, China
• Active media-An integrated sports entertainment and video game company in the Canadian market will operate the team in Toronto, Canada
• Washington Esports Ventures– A sports organization founded by Mark Ein, owner of the Washington Kastles of World Team Tennis, to build and promote sports businesses, will lead the team in Washington, DC.

We will have to wait a little longer for the names of the teams, the logos and the lists, but as soon as we have this information, we will be sure to update you.

[Source: Overwatch League]