Team Vitality Launches All-Women’s League of Legends Team

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Paris-based esports organization Team Vitality announced Friday the formation of  an all-women’s League of Legends team, in collaboration with its partner, grocery store chain ALDI. The team will be called the “French Bees” and will join Team Vitality’s other roster of professional esports teams.

Team Vitality said in a release that the goal of the team in 2023 will be to compete in several key French competitions in 2023, starting with the MasterCard Nexus Tour (formerly Open Tour France), to play for the title in the Women’s League, and participate in French LANs.

The French Bess will be coached by Shac Nicholson  and will include players Coline “Chubby Daddy” Reiter (Top Laner), Lexa “Lexa” Grellier (Jungler), Alyssa “saï” Lenoir (Midlaner), Emeline “Kasane” Baudouin (Support),  and Velouria “Viki” Baty, Paris (ADC and Captain). The French Bees team will wear the Team Vitality colors via the new Hummel jersey along with patches featuring ALDI.

Team Vitality currently competes Fortnite, Valorant, Call of Duty Mobile, League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Its current sponsors include Streamcoi, apparel brand hummel (a brand of Hummel International), sponsorship analytics firm Shikenso Analytics, ALDI, Secretlab, JBL Quantum, Socios.com, Samsung, Garnier Fructis, EVNIA, TEZOS, Kingston Fury, GGBet, and more. The company has also worked with apparel brand Adidas for special activations and apparel drops.