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''. On January 7, 2020, Team LDLC officially renamed to LDLC OL, following an announcement of partnership with the French football club

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History

''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''

LDLC placed 5–8th at the CS:GO Major

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. They later won the CS:GO Major

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in November. Team LDLC's ''Counter-Strike'' team won the

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''CS:GO'' tournament in January 2015. On 2 February, LDLC's roster left the team and was acquired by

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. On 27 February, the team announced that it had signed the former Awsomiac squad whose players were Kevin "madc" Ducourtioux, Charbel "BouLy" Naoum, David "HEdm" Thalien, Guillame "XpG" Veron, and Julien "PetitSkel" Marcantoni. Shortly after competing at

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as a player for Team LDLC, Hovik "KQLY" Tovmassian received a

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ban for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, permanently restricting his account from playing. The timing of the ban caused speculation among followers of the game's professional play that his performance at the tournament was influenced by cheating software. Tovmassian took an opportunity shortly after the incident to state he had not cheated during any LAN tournaments. In March 2015, LDLC signed the Platinum Esports roster as a second CS:GO team, dubbed LDLC Blue. In November 2017, Team LDLC won the ESWC 2017 at the Paris Games Week after already winning in 2015.

''League of Legends''

On 28 November 2019, Markos "Comp" Stamkopoulos left the team, leaving it without an active League of Legends roster.

Rally games

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Current rosters

Organization

References

External links

* {{Olympique Lyonnais Esports teams based in France Counter-Strike teams FIFA (video game series) teams European Regional League teams