UK organisation Caz Esports have entered the League of Legends scene, following rumours.
They have acquired Barrage Esports’ Academy side and their spot in the upcoming ESL UK & Ireland Premiership Autumn Season.
After reaching a deal with @Barrage we are excited to announce our first League of Legends roster for the upcoming @ESLUK season! #CAZarmy pic.twitter.com/uh3ZbUOfAF
— CAZ eSports (@CAZeSports) July 18, 2017
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The news comes after the final four League of Legends teams qualified for the upcoming ESL Prem last week.
Singularity UK, MacroManiacs, Barrage Esports and Barrage’s Academy side (now playing under Caz) all qualified.
They are joined by Excel Esports, MnM Gaming, NerdRage.Pro and Enclave Gaming, who qualified two weeks ago.
Caz Esports are known for their CSGO team, having won the first CSGO UK Masters last year. We interviewed their former manager and controversial figure in UK esports, Ben Bagg, last year.
Caz also compete in SMITE and Hearthstone.
The org have been looking to enter League of Legends for a while, and put a post out in May saying they were seeking a team.
The ESL Premiership LoL Autumn Season gets underway this evening (July 19th) from 7pm.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
