Ence (esports)

ENCE
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Founded2013 (2013)
Based inHelsinki, Finland
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Ence (stylized as ENCE) is a Finnish esports organization with teams and players competing in Counter-Strike 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, StarCraft II, and NHL 22.[1][2] ENCE was founded in 2013[3] and the organization takes inspiration for its name from the Enceladus of Greek mythology.[4] It is currently based in Helsinki[5] and is the most popular esports organization in Finland.[6] The organization also competed in Hearthstone and Overwatch until 2018,[7][8] and in League of Legends for the 2020 season.[9] ENCE is best known for its success in Starcraft II and CS:GO. Serral was the first non-Korean to win a StarCraft II World Championship and the CS:GO team finished second at IEM Katowice Major 2019.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ "Teams". ENCE. 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ Heath, Jerome (15 January 2019). "Red Bull partners with Finnish team ENCE". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ^ Hayward, Andrew (17 July 2019). "ENCE CEO on Effects of CS:GO Success, Sustaining Without External Funding – ARCHIVE – The Esports Observer". Esports Observer. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ^ @ence (22 July 2018). "For clarification! ENCE stands for Enceladus, one of the giants in Greek Mythology and it is a variation of that #tentacles" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Hartikainen, Nico (22 December 2021). "IS selvitti: Esportsilla ei tehdä rahaa Suomessa – melkein kaikki firmat tekevät rumaa tappiota". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  6. ^ Hartikainen, Nico (7 April 2019). "Jääkiekko menetti asemansa nuorten miesten suosikkilajina – vedonlyöntiennätykset rikottiin toisaalla". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  7. ^ Hartikainen, Nico (14 May 2018). "Menestystä ei tullut – koko joukkue sai potkut". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  8. ^ Hayward, Andrew (21 August 2019). "ENCE and Red Bull Expanded Sponsorship with Jersey Branding – ARCHIVE – The Esports Observer". Esports Observer. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  9. ^ Stubbs, Mike. "ENCE has a remarkable new LoL team". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  10. ^ Ashton, Graham (31 December 2019). "Top 10 Esports Team Organizations of 2019 by Competition Results – ARCHIVE – The Esports Observer". Esports Observer. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  11. ^ Murray, Trent (16 January 2019). "Red Bull Partners With ENCE – ARCHIVE – The Esports Observer". Esports Observer. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Review of IEM Katowice Major 2019". egamersworld. Retrieved 6 March 2019.