Twenty esports teams, along with tournament organizer ESL and the German Games Industry Association (BIU), announced the foundation of the Esport-Bundes Deutschland (ESBD), according to Angelos Anastasopoulos of THE ESPORTS OBSERVER. One of the organization’s goals is to "bridge the gap" between the local esports associations and Esports.BIU, a group of game publishers within BIU, "focused on the competitive scene." Out of the 20 teams that signed the founding documents, six are amateur organizations and 14 are professionals, the latter of which includes H2k Gaming, Unicorns of Love, Euronics Gaming and the newly-founded Fraport Skyliners’ esports department. The ESBD wants to promote esports in Germany, a "key region within the market." Aside from being home to some of the largest events, such as Gamescom and ESL One Cologne and Hamburg, the EU LCS is "filmed and broadcast out of Berlin, where all top European League of Legends teams are also de facto headquartered." The ESBD will also create national teams to join int'l competitions, organize national leagues, certify referees and coaches and sit at the table with the German Olympic Sports Confederation (THE ESPORTS OBSERVER, 11/27).
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