17/11/2021
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Malaysian esports organization SEM9 announced today their acquisition of esports team Berjaya Dragons. The acquisition will see SEM9 own all assets under Berjaya Esports Sdn Bhd including their professional teams from Berjaya Corporation Berhad, the Malaysian diversified consumer group.
“Berjaya Dragons'' or "BJD" is a Malaysian esports organization, known for representing Malaysia in the prestigious Pacific Championship Series in League of Legends esports. In 2021, Berjaya Dragons made a strong debut in mobile esports in the Icon Series of League of Legends Wild Rift esports. In both esports, Berjaya Dragons have earned fans and a professional reputation with their talented players.
Kevin Wong, Managing Director of SEM9, on the acquisition:
"𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘑𝘋 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘧𝘵. 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘌𝘔9 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 (𝘗𝘊𝘚), 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦."
Tommy Chieng, Chairman of SEM9, is excited about this new development:
“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴: 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘌𝘔9 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦.”
The acquisition of BJD synergizes with SEM9's competitive esports strategy. As an esports organization with global aspirations, the consolidation of Wild Rift and League of Legends players under SEM9 will further strengthen their presence in the Southeast Asian region. By focusing on esports players and team development in the region, SEM9 aims to break the language barrier of this diverse region and unify esports fans under a single banner.
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