Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming
China
Rank #3
B3ar
Yang Zhanxiong (杨瞻雄)
whzy
Wang Haozhe (王昊哲)
Levius
Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中)
rushia
Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰)
nephh
Marcus Tan
Knight
Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔)
have announced the departure of veteran player Zhong "Biank"
Jianfei (钟剑飞) in place of Lo "Flex1n"
Rui (罗瑞) as the former transfers to
Trace Esports
Trace Esports
China
Rank #2
LuoK1ng
Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏)
Kai
Lu Zhinan (卢智楠)
FengF
Song Xuefeng (宋学锋)
heybay
Ho Shun Hei
Biank
Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞)
Zhao
. This roster change leaves only three original members of the squad that upset
NRG Esports
NRG Esports
North America
Rank #3
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
s0m
Sam Oh
Verno
Andrew Maust
mada
Adam Pampuch
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
last year at Los Angeles' Champions.
Biank was one of the many Chinese players that yearned for a chance in the spotlight as
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
S1Mon
Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋)
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
dominated the regional competition in 2023. After missing out on Masters Tokyo, a new hope for the roster appeared in the form of the Chinese Champions Qualifier, where Bilibili secured one of the three spots and became the fourth Chinese team to ever make an international appearance.
Slotted into Group C and expected to exit winless, the underdogs shocked the crowd by taking down NRG in a clean 2-0 fashion, then doing it again to prove it was not a fluke in their deciding rematch against North America's prospects. Despite making it out of groups, the team quickly crumbled against
DRX
DRX
Korea
Rank #5
Flashback
Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
Athan
Na Ha-jun (나하준)
freeing
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
and were sent home by their Chinese brothers at EDG to end their most successful year yet.
Biank was a part of the second Chinese squad to ever reach international playoffs. (Photo: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)
As the regional leagues were introduced, Bilibili struggled in the regular season and failed to qualify for Masters Madrid and Shanghai, prompting roster changes. Biank's replacement Flex1n most recently played for TYLOO, who also failed to break past the group stage of the regular season. However, the Controller player also represented Trace and was one match off of qualifying for Madrid back in March.
Biank joins Trace in place of Yip "YOU"
Man Ho and will attempt to make a run into this year's Champions. While EDG and
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #5
Autumn
Kale Dunne
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
BerLIN
Zhang Bolin (張柏霖)
yosemite
Wang Lei (王磊)
currently hold a vast amount of Championship points, the rest of the regional teams are neck-and-neck, opening up an opportunity for redemption.
Trace Esports
Trace Esports
China
Rank #2
LuoK1ng
Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏)
Kai
Lu Zhinan (卢智楠)
FengF
Song Xuefeng (宋学锋)
heybay
Ho Shun Hei
Biank
Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞)
Zhao
is now:
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