Team LDLC, will Shut Their Operations Down!

The French electronics retailer LDLC has introduced that their esports division LDLC OL (Crew LDLC) will shut down on the finish of July 2023.

Ultimately, Groupe LDLC and Olympique Lyonnais, the house owners of LDLC OL, selected to cancel their partnership. After greater than a decade within the business, the group is quitting esports.

Principally identified for his or her Counter-Strike rosters, Crew LDLC is a widely known French group. The group was based in 2010, and earlier than becoming a member of CS:GO in 2012, they competed in each the unique CS and CS:Supply. One of many first CS:GO Main championships, DreamHack Winter 2014, was the workforce’s greatest achievement.

The group partnered with the Lyon-based soccer workforce Olympique Lyonnais in 2020, and in consequence, they moved their headquarters to town. Moreover, the group’s identify was modified to LDLC OL.

Not too long ago, LDLC has loved success in different video video games, particularly League of Legends. Along with successful the European Masters Spring 2020, the group dominated France’s high regional league, the LFL. For the reason that league’s starting in 2019, Crew LDLC has taken house 5 LFL break up victories, together with the newest season of the competitors. The workforce additionally positioned second on the EU Masters Spring 2022 competitors.

LDLC Group acknowledged within the announcement that it is going to be dismantled however didn’t specify why, apart from to comment that “the groups didn’t handle to carve out a ample positioning among the many basic public, regardless of their finest efforts.” Provided that LDLC was a competitively profitable workforce in France, it’s noteworthy to watch this.

The Crew LDLC possession issued a press release through which it acknowledged: “The LDLC Group and OL Group have selected the early termination of their LDLC OL partnership with impact from the tip of July 2023. The tip of this partnership can even mark LDLC Occasion’s withdrawal from the esports scene and the cessation of its operational actions on this sector.”