The
esports
Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although orga ...
department of
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...
was established on 29 December 2016. In order to launch the team, the club partnered with ''CowboyTV'', a local game tournament organiser and owner of professional eSports team ''Void Gaming'' (established in late 2012). The latter will remain active as the youth academy and official scrim partner of the club for League of Legends.
Information
The first teams that were announced will competed in the following titles: ''
League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for War ...
'',
''Hearthstone'', and
''FIFA''.
The establishment of an
NBA 2K
''NBA 2K'' is a series of basketball sports simulation video games developed by Visual Concepts and released annually since 1999. The premise of the series is to emulate the sport of basketball, and more specifically, the National Basketball A ...
team was announced on 2 April 2020.
Current
''NBA 2K''
''FIFA 20''
''Hearthstone''
''eFootball''
Coaches
Defunct teams
Final ''League of Legends'' roster
Honours
Domestic
* 1 League Of Legends, Gameathlon: 2018
* 1 League Of Legends,
TIF: 2018
* 1 PUBG, Gameathlon: 2018
* 1 FIFA 20, VPG Super League: 2020
* 1 Greek National Championship in eFootball of the Hellenic Federation of Pro Evolution Soccer: 2021
* 1 Greek National Championship in FIFA21 VGL Superliga Greece: 2021
* 1 Greek Cup FIFA21 VGL: 2021
* 1 Greek National Championship in PUBG (Greek Series, PGS Summer Showdown): 2022
* 2 Championships Rainbow Six Siege ( Gameathlon ): 2022, 2023
International
* 1 Cup HFP Gaming - Esports Leagues (HFP LEGENDARY CUP): 2022
References
External links
* of the department
Official website of the clubCowboyTV _ eSports Entertainment and Gaming Events GreecePage of "eGaming" tournament
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Panathinaikos A.O.
2016 establishments in Greece
Esports teams based in Greece
Hearthstone teams
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds teams
FIFA (video game series) teams
NBA 2K teams
Defunct and inactive League of Legends teams