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London Spitfire
British professional esports team / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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London Spitfire is a professional Overwatch team representing the city of London, United Kingdom. The Spitfire compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's West region. Founded in 2017, London Spitfire is one of the league's twelve founding members and is the only professional Overwatch team representing a European city. The team is owned by Jack Etienne and the esports organization Cloud9, who also own British Hurricane, an academy team for the Spitfire that competed in Overwatch Contenders (OWC).
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Founded | 9 March 2016 |
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League | Overwatch League |
Region | West |
Team history | Cloud9 (2016–2017) London Spitfire (2017–present) |
Based in | London, United Kingdom |
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Owner | Jack Etienne |
Head coach | Christopher "ChrisTFer" Graham |
General manager | Ysabel "Noukky" Müller |
Affiliation(s) | British Hurricane |
Championships | 2018 |
Main sponsor | Microsoft |
Website | Official website |
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Lee "Bishop" Beom-joon was appointed the team's first head coach and guided London to claim the league's first stage championship in 2018. While the team parted ways with Bishop later that season, the team went on win the inaugural season Grand Finals.