[Japan’s first feat] Professional e-sports team “FENNEL” Pokemon UNITE division wins the world tournament “Pokemon World Championships 2024”
*FENNEL*
Press release: August 19, 2024
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[Japan’s first feat] Professional e-sports team “FENNEL” Pokemon UNITE division wins the world tournament “Pokemon World Championships 2024” Fennel Co., Ltd. (Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and Chairman: Masaya Endo, hereinafter referred to as
The professional e-sports team “FENNEL” operated by FENNEL)
participated in the Pokemon world championship “Pokemon World Championships 2024” (hereinafter referred to as “Pokemon World Championships 2024”) held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th (Japan time).
WCS2024)” became the first Japanese team to win the world championship in the Pokemon UNITE category.
This is the first time that a Japanese professional e-sports team has won a world championship in the MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) game.
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This is UNITE’s world championship. FENNEL participated in the Japanese tournament “Pokémon Japan Championships 2024” held in June of the same year.
We won the UNITE category and earned the right to participate in WCS2024 as a representative of Japan.
At WCS2024, where the world’s strongest teams gather, FENNEL demonstrated overwhelming ability and continued an undefeated run from the preliminaries to the main tournament, advancing to the finals. In the final match against South Korean powerhouse XoraTigersGaming, which is well-known as a MOBA powerhouse, they won with an
overwhelming score of 3-0, and were crowned champions.
FENNEL is this Pokemon
Taking advantage of winning the world tournament in the UNITE category, we aim to make further progress, and as Japan’s leading professional e-sports team, we will always demonstrate our highest level of ability in domestic and international tournaments, and show the power and appeal of Japanese e-sports to the world. We will continue to demonstrate this.
About Pokemon UNITE
『Pokemon』
UNITE is a team strategy battle game where you form a team with other players and compete for points within the time limit. You can play for free (some in-game purchases may apply).
Nintendo
Compatible with both Switch and smartphones, you can enjoy Pokémon team strategy battles together no matter which device you use.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1512321575
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.pokemon.pokemonunite
About FENNEL
Established in 2019. Currently, it holds divisions in eight esports titles, including VALORANT. Winner of numerous domestic and
international competitions, VALORANT women’s division (FENNEL) HOTELAVA) is a professional e-sports team that ranks among the top eight in the world and boasts one of the best competitive records in Japan.
We are one of the first in the esports industry to develop tournament management and apparel businesses. The sponsored e-sports competition “FFL” holds weekly events, international competitions, student competitions, etc., and the maximum number of simultaneous users is 120,000. The apparel business collaborates with DIESEL, and the team’s total social media followers. With 4.8 million people and over 700 million total YouTube views, we also conduct marketing and
entertainment businesses that leverage our strong fan base in the e-sports scene and our knowledge of the youth scene, including e-sports fans.
Company Profile
Company name: Fennel Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and Chairman: Masaya Endo
Representative Director and President: Ryo Takashima
Location: 6th floor, Daiwa Shibuya Square Building, 16-28
Nanpeidai-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Establishment date: October 2019
Homepage: https://fennel-esports.com
Official X: https://twitter.com/FENNEL_official
Official online store: https://fennel-store.com/
FENNEL STUDIO: https://www.fennel-studio.com/
Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FENNEL_official
FFL Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrQOCBkjJ3_ozfjFDf_AgQw