Team Leisure becomes first German esports organization in ECL Elite

NHLGamers,

German elite team Deadly Phantoms HC will be joining the ranks of Team Leisure, a German esports organisation that will now be represented in the ECL 11 Elite season. Team Leisure was founded in 1999 and in their history they have had teams in several games such as Diablo, Counter Strike, FIFA, Call of Duty and League of Legends. In addition to their new NHL team, the organization currently has teams in Counter Strike and FIFA. There has also been success in their history, with their CS:GO team winning the ESL Meisterschaft in 2016 - a tournament known as the German Championship.

"The main reason for partnering with Team Leisure was to get introduced to the nature of a true esports organisation. We had a partnership before but our former partner wasn't quite familiar with the world of esports. Therefore we decided to part ways and get to know a real esports organisation. We hope that they can help us with the next step forwards and with the whole project of an NHL esports club. They already have a FIFA Pro Clubs team in their organization which means to us that they are familiar with team sports which is a big plus.", commented team captain Frank @Franky__2768 Muench.

The Team Leisure organization is also excited about expanding to NHL esports: "We will be taking the next logical step for us with the engagement of the NHL team as we want to boost our portfolio of sport simulations. Anybody who watched a team match of the sport simulation category knows how that team spirit so important. When it comes to NHL, "action" will be the added factor. We are very excited to take on the upcoming tasks on the international stage together with the team."

Deadly Phantoms HC was established in 2010. One of the team's founders - Stefan @Rayman Mieth continues to play actively for the team. A few years ago, the team under experienced a complete rebuild, with which the team started their ECL 5 season from the Lite division and has made a steady ascent to the highest level since. The team has also had domestic success, winning the German championship five times in a row.

"We have different goals for the season which have to be completed step by step. The first goal is always to stay in the division. Over the last seasons the ranks 6-16 were pretty tight so basically one or two bad days can get you from playoff bound to relegation. Hopefully we will qualify for the playoffs again and then everything is possible, while we are aware that if you get matched against the big guns, it's kind of an impossible task.", @Franky__2768 states.

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