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Wang Junjie
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2 mins read
Wang Junjie
10:30 AM
November 9, 2021
2 mins read
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese
esports
fans when the Shanghai-based
Edward Gaming (EDG) team
won the world championship for
League of Legends
on Sunday.
Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
Nearly 500 million viewers
stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the
Chinese streaming site Bilibili
. Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ (
#EDG 夺冠#
) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong
opined
.
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them
running naked
on China’s TikTok platform
Douyin
.
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the
first-ever Chinese team to win
in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional
League of Legends
scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with
more than 6 million
followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now
the world’s biggest
, with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to
play down profits
and
enforce time limits on minors
.
Cover photo via Weibo
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Netizens Go Crazy After Chinese Team Wins “League of Legends” Worlds
Wang Junjie
6:30 PM HKT, Tue November 9, 2021
2 mins read
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese
esports
fans when the Shanghai-based
Edward Gaming (EDG) team
won the world championship for
League of Legends
on Sunday.
Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
Nearly 500 million viewers
stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the
Chinese streaming site Bilibili
. Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ (
#EDG 夺冠#
) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong
opined
.
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them
running naked
on China’s TikTok platform
Douyin
.
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the
first-ever Chinese team to win
in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional
League of Legends
scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with
more than 6 million
followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now
the world’s biggest
, with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to
play down profits
and
enforce time limits on minors
.
Cover photo via Weibo
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Netizens Go Crazy After Chinese Team Wins “League of Legends” Worlds
Wang Junjie
10:30 AM
November 9, 2021
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10:30 AM
November 9, 2021
2 mins read
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese
esports
fans when the Shanghai-based
Edward Gaming (EDG) team
won the world championship for
League of Legends
on Sunday.
Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
Nearly 500 million viewers
stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the
Chinese streaming site Bilibili
. Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ (
#EDG 夺冠#
) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong
opined
.
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them
running naked
on China’s TikTok platform
Douyin
.
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the
first-ever Chinese team to win
in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional
League of Legends
scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with
more than 6 million
followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now
the world’s biggest
, with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to
play down profits
and
enforce time limits on minors
.
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Netizens Go Crazy After Chinese Team Wins “League of Legends” Worlds
Wang Junjie
10:30 AM
November 9, 2021
2 mins read
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese
esports
fans when the Shanghai-based
Edward Gaming (EDG) team
won the world championship for
League of Legends
on Sunday.
Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
Nearly 500 million viewers
stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the
Chinese streaming site Bilibili
. Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ (
#EDG 夺冠#
) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong
opined
.
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them
running naked
on China’s TikTok platform
Douyin
.
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the
first-ever Chinese team to win
in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional
League of Legends
scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with
more than 6 million
followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now
the world’s biggest
, with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to
play down profits
and
enforce time limits on minors
.
Cover photo via Weibo
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# Netizens Go Crazy After Chinese Team Wins “League of Legends” Worlds

## [Wang Junjie](https://radii.co/author/wang-junjie)
- 6:30 PM HKT, Tue November 9, 2021
## 2 mins read

## [Wang Junjie](https://radii.co/author/wang-junjie)
- 10:30 AM
- November 9, 2021
2 mins read
[](https://radii.co/article/china-edg-league-of-legends-worlds)
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese [esports](https://radii.co/tags/esports/) fans when the Shanghai-based [Edward Gaming (EDG) team](https://weibo.com/u/5235726837) won the world championship for [*League of Legends*](https://radii.co/tags/league-of-legends/) on Sunday.

Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
[Nearly 500 million viewers](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-11-07/doc-iktzqtyu5937999.shtml) stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the [Chinese streaming site Bilibili](https://radii.co/tags/bilibili/). Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ ([\#EDG 夺冠\#](https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23EDG%E5%A4%BA%E5%86%A0%23)) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong [opined](https://weibo.com/1594052081/L0ilskF8b?refer_flag=1001030103_).
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them [running naked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ho3cCPgt0) on China’s TikTok platform [Douyin](https://radii.co/article/how-douyin-tik-tok-became-the-most-popular-app-in-the-world/).
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the [first-ever Chinese team to win](https://radii.co/article/invictus-gaming-become-chinas-first-ever-league-of-legends-world-champions-2/) in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional *League of Legends* scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with [more than 6 million](https://weibo.com/n/EDG%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%9E%E6%8A%80%E4%BF%B1%E4%B9%90%E9%83%A8) followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now [the world’s biggest](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2020-12-24/doc-iiznezxs8641797.shtml), with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to [play down profits](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/tech/tencent-netease-video-games-intl-hnk/index.html) and [enforce time limits on minors](https://radii.co/article/authorities-push-gaming-companies-to-enforce-new-rules-for-minors/).
*Cover photo via Weibo*
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# Netizens Go Crazy After Chinese Team Wins “League of Legends” Worlds

## [Wang Junjie](https://radii.co/author/wang-junjie)
- 6:30 PM HKT, Tue November 9, 2021
2 mins read
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese [esports](https://radii.co/tags/esports/) fans when the Shanghai-based [Edward Gaming (EDG) team](https://weibo.com/u/5235726837) won the world championship for [*League of Legends*](https://radii.co/tags/league-of-legends/) on Sunday.

Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
[Nearly 500 million viewers](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-11-07/doc-iktzqtyu5937999.shtml) stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the [Chinese streaming site Bilibili](https://radii.co/tags/bilibili/). Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ ([\#EDG 夺冠\#](https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23EDG%E5%A4%BA%E5%86%A0%23)) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong [opined](https://weibo.com/1594052081/L0ilskF8b?refer_flag=1001030103_).
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them [running naked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ho3cCPgt0) on China’s TikTok platform [Douyin](https://radii.co/article/how-douyin-tik-tok-became-the-most-popular-app-in-the-world/).
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the [first-ever Chinese team to win](https://radii.co/article/invictus-gaming-become-chinas-first-ever-league-of-legends-world-champions-2/) in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional *League of Legends* scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with [more than 6 million](https://weibo.com/n/EDG%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%9E%E6%8A%80%E4%BF%B1%E4%B9%90%E9%83%A8) followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now [the world’s biggest](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2020-12-24/doc-iiznezxs8641797.shtml), with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to [play down profits](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/tech/tencent-netease-video-games-intl-hnk/index.html) and [enforce time limits on minors](https://radii.co/article/authorities-push-gaming-companies-to-enforce-new-rules-for-minors/).
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## [Wang Junjie](https://radii.co/author/wang-junjie)
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2 mins read
[](https://radii.co/article/china-edg-league-of-legends-worlds)
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese [esports](https://radii.co/tags/esports/) fans when the Shanghai-based [Edward Gaming (EDG) team](https://weibo.com/u/5235726837) won the world championship for [*League of Legends*](https://radii.co/tags/league-of-legends/) on Sunday.

Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
[Nearly 500 million viewers](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-11-07/doc-iktzqtyu5937999.shtml) stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the [Chinese streaming site Bilibili](https://radii.co/tags/bilibili/). Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ ([\#EDG 夺冠\#](https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23EDG%E5%A4%BA%E5%86%A0%23)) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong [opined](https://weibo.com/1594052081/L0ilskF8b?refer_flag=1001030103_).
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them [running naked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ho3cCPgt0) on China’s TikTok platform [Douyin](https://radii.co/article/how-douyin-tik-tok-became-the-most-popular-app-in-the-world/).
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the [first-ever Chinese team to win](https://radii.co/article/invictus-gaming-become-chinas-first-ever-league-of-legends-world-champions-2/) in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional *League of Legends* scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with [more than 6 million](https://weibo.com/n/EDG%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%9E%E6%8A%80%E4%BF%B1%E4%B9%90%E9%83%A8) followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now [the world’s biggest](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2020-12-24/doc-iiznezxs8641797.shtml), with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to [play down profits](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/tech/tencent-netease-video-games-intl-hnk/index.html) and [enforce time limits on minors](https://radii.co/article/authorities-push-gaming-companies-to-enforce-new-rules-for-minors/).
*Cover photo via Weibo*
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## [Wang Junjie](https://radii.co/author/wang-junjie)
- 10:30 AM
- November 9, 2021
2 mins read
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese [esports](https://radii.co/tags/esports/) fans when the Shanghai-based [Edward Gaming (EDG) team](https://weibo.com/u/5235726837) won the world championship for [*League of Legends*](https://radii.co/tags/league-of-legends/) on Sunday.

Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
[Nearly 500 million viewers](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-11-07/doc-iktzqtyu5937999.shtml) stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the [Chinese streaming site Bilibili](https://radii.co/tags/bilibili/). Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ ([\#EDG 夺冠\#](https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23EDG%E5%A4%BA%E5%86%A0%23)) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong [opined](https://weibo.com/1594052081/L0ilskF8b?refer_flag=1001030103_).
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them [running naked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ho3cCPgt0) on China’s TikTok platform [Douyin](https://radii.co/article/how-douyin-tik-tok-became-the-most-popular-app-in-the-world/).
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the [first-ever Chinese team to win](https://radii.co/article/invictus-gaming-become-chinas-first-ever-league-of-legends-world-champions-2/) in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional *League of Legends* scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with [more than 6 million](https://weibo.com/n/EDG%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%9E%E6%8A%80%E4%BF%B1%E4%B9%90%E9%83%A8) followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now [the world’s biggest](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2020-12-24/doc-iiznezxs8641797.shtml), with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to [play down profits](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/tech/tencent-netease-video-games-intl-hnk/index.html) and [enforce time limits on minors](https://radii.co/article/authorities-push-gaming-companies-to-enforce-new-rules-for-minors/).
*Cover photo via Weibo*
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[](https://radii.co/article/china-edg-league-of-legends-worlds)

[Wang Junjie](https://radii.co/author/wang-junjie)
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## 2 mins read

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[](https://radii.co/article/china-edg-league-of-legends-worlds)
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese [esports](https://radii.co/tags/esports/) fans when the Shanghai-based [Edward Gaming (EDG) team](https://weibo.com/u/5235726837) won the world championship for [*League of Legends*](https://radii.co/tags/league-of-legends/) on Sunday.

Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
[Nearly 500 million viewers](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-11-07/doc-iktzqtyu5937999.shtml) stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the [Chinese streaming site Bilibili](https://radii.co/tags/bilibili/). Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ ([\#EDG 夺冠\#](https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23EDG%E5%A4%BA%E5%86%A0%23)) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong [opined](https://weibo.com/1594052081/L0ilskF8b?refer_flag=1001030103_).
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them [running naked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ho3cCPgt0) on China’s TikTok platform [Douyin](https://radii.co/article/how-douyin-tik-tok-became-the-most-popular-app-in-the-world/).
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the [first-ever Chinese team to win](https://radii.co/article/invictus-gaming-become-chinas-first-ever-league-of-legends-world-champions-2/) in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional *League of Legends* scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with [more than 6 million](https://weibo.com/n/EDG%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%9E%E6%8A%80%E4%BF%B1%E4%B9%90%E9%83%A8) followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now [the world’s biggest](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2020-12-24/doc-iiznezxs8641797.shtml), with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to [play down profits](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/tech/tencent-netease-video-games-intl-hnk/index.html) and [enforce time limits on minors](https://radii.co/article/authorities-push-gaming-companies-to-enforce-new-rules-for-minors/).
*Cover photo via Weibo*
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“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese [esports](https://radii.co/tags/esports/) fans when the Shanghai-based [Edward Gaming (EDG) team](https://weibo.com/u/5235726837) won the world championship for [*League of Legends*](https://radii.co/tags/league-of-legends/) on Sunday.

Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
[Nearly 500 million viewers](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-11-07/doc-iktzqtyu5937999.shtml) stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the [Chinese streaming site Bilibili](https://radii.co/tags/bilibili/). Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ ([\#EDG 夺冠\#](https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23EDG%E5%A4%BA%E5%86%A0%23)) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong [opined](https://weibo.com/1594052081/L0ilskF8b?refer_flag=1001030103_).
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them [running naked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ho3cCPgt0) on China’s TikTok platform [Douyin](https://radii.co/article/how-douyin-tik-tok-became-the-most-popular-app-in-the-world/).
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the [first-ever Chinese team to win](https://radii.co/article/invictus-gaming-become-chinas-first-ever-league-of-legends-world-champions-2/) in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional *League of Legends* scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with [more than 6 million](https://weibo.com/n/EDG%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%9E%E6%8A%80%E4%BF%B1%E4%B9%90%E9%83%A8) followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now [the world’s biggest](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2020-12-24/doc-iiznezxs8641797.shtml), with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to [play down profits](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/tech/tencent-netease-video-games-intl-hnk/index.html) and [enforce time limits on minors](https://radii.co/article/authorities-push-gaming-companies-to-enforce-new-rules-for-minors/).
*Cover photo via Weibo*
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“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese [esports](https://radii.co/tags/esports/) fans when the Shanghai-based [Edward Gaming (EDG) team](https://weibo.com/u/5235726837) won the world championship for [*League of Legends*](https://radii.co/tags/league-of-legends/) on Sunday.

Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
[Nearly 500 million viewers](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-11-07/doc-iktzqtyu5937999.shtml) stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the [Chinese streaming site Bilibili](https://radii.co/tags/bilibili/). Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ ([\#EDG 夺冠\#](https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23EDG%E5%A4%BA%E5%86%A0%23)) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong [opined](https://weibo.com/1594052081/L0ilskF8b?refer_flag=1001030103_).
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them [running naked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ho3cCPgt0) on China’s TikTok platform [Douyin](https://radii.co/article/how-douyin-tik-tok-became-the-most-popular-app-in-the-world/).
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the [first-ever Chinese team to win](https://radii.co/article/invictus-gaming-become-chinas-first-ever-league-of-legends-world-champions-2/) in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional *League of Legends* scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with [more than 6 million](https://weibo.com/n/EDG%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%9E%E6%8A%80%E4%BF%B1%E4%B9%90%E9%83%A8) followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
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At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to [play down profits](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/tech/tencent-netease-video-games-intl-hnk/index.html) and [enforce time limits on minors](https://radii.co/article/authorities-push-gaming-companies-to-enforce-new-rules-for-minors/).
*Cover photo via Weibo*
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“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep”
It was a big night for Chinese [esports](https://radii.co/tags/esports/) fans when the Shanghai-based [Edward Gaming (EDG) team](https://weibo.com/u/5235726837) won the world championship for [*League of Legends*](https://radii.co/tags/league-of-legends/) on Sunday.

Edward Gaming team celebrates their championship on Weibo. Image via Weibo
[Nearly 500 million viewers](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-11-07/doc-iktzqtyu5937999.shtml) stayed up late on the night of November 7 to watch China’s EDG team competing with the defending champion South Korea DK team on the [Chinese streaming site Bilibili](https://radii.co/tags/bilibili/). Bilibili was the official livestreaming site for the final in China.
The competition ended tight with a score of 3-2.
The hashtag ‘EDG wins’ ([\#EDG 夺冠\#](https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23EDG%E5%A4%BA%E5%86%A0%23)) quickly topped charts on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. It had garnered 3 billion views at the time of writing.
“Congrats! But please stop screaming, I want to sleep,” a netizen posted on Weibo right after the game.
“Ah! EDG! EDG! EDG! You made it! Champions 🏆 !” Chinese actor Zhu Yilong [opined](https://weibo.com/1594052081/L0ilskF8b?refer_flag=1001030103_).
Enthusiastic fans celebrated the victory by taking to the streets and posting on various social media sites, including posting videos of them [running naked](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ho3cCPgt0) on China’s TikTok platform [Douyin](https://radii.co/article/how-douyin-tik-tok-became-the-most-popular-app-in-the-world/).
While the fanfare would have you assume it’s the first time a Chinese team has won the Worlds, this is not the case. Invictus Gaming was the [first-ever Chinese team to win](https://radii.co/article/invictus-gaming-become-chinas-first-ever-league-of-legends-world-champions-2/) in 2018, and another group, FunPlus Phoenix, secured the top spot the following year.
EDG entered the professional *League of Legends* scene eight years ago and has become one of China’s most popular gaming teams, with [more than 6 million](https://weibo.com/n/EDG%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%9E%E6%8A%80%E4%BF%B1%E4%B9%90%E9%83%A8) followers on Weibo. It is the only team in China’s top-level professional league that has won both the Mid-Season Invitational and the Worlds.
China’s esports industry is now [the world’s biggest](https://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2020-12-24/doc-iiznezxs8641797.shtml), with more than 488 million gamers and a market scale of 100 billion RMB (around 16 million USD), according to the Chinese media outlet Sina Tech.
At the same time, Chinese officials have made moves to crack down on the gaming sector for youth. In September, the Chinese government urged leading online gaming companies like Tencent and NetEase to [play down profits](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/09/tech/tencent-netease-video-games-intl-hnk/index.html) and [enforce time limits on minors](https://radii.co/article/authorities-push-gaming-companies-to-enforce-new-rules-for-minors/).
*Cover photo via Weibo*
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