Nova Esports

Nova Esports is a Hong Kong-based esports organization who won the first Icons Global Championship in 2022.

2021: Creation and qualifying for the WRL
On 9 August 2021, Nova Esports signed Y1ze, Long, Find, Remake, Sunflower, Yami, and Aqun.

The team's first appearance was in the August 2021 Douyu Master Legends. They would immediately drop out of the tournament, losing against EDG.

A few days later, Nova Esports would participate in the 2021 Spark Invitational. They managed to get out of the group stage alongside Da Kun Gaming, the 2021 Horizon Cup champions. Nova would go on to beat Regans Gaming three-to-two, but lose against Team For Champion, only managing to win one game in the best-of-seven.

Their next tournament appearance at the Emperor Penguin Champion Invitational would be their worst performance, bombing out in 13th–16th place after losing zero to two games in their first match.

On 20 October 2021, Sunflower and Aqun would leave. Nova signed FangHua as manager, HuiYao as training director, and Ahao as coach.

Almost two weeks later, Nova would win the Bilibili Budo Club Season 1 in a four game clean sweep in the finals to qualify for the WRL National Qualifier.

Before 2022, Find changed his name to GuoGuo.

2022: Roster changes and international success
In the WRL National Qualifier, Nova Esports topped their group and went on to the grand finals, losing to FunPlus Phoenix in a seven-game series. This qualified them to the first season of the League of Legends: Wild Rift League in China.

Before WRL began, they would sign Nian, re-sign Sunflower, and bring in assistant coach Fadi.

In the WRL, Nova placed second in Stage 1, just behind J Team. In Stage 2, Nova would not drop a single game. In the playoffs, Nova Esports lost two games to zero against JD Gaming, sending them to the Icons Global Championship Last Chance Qualifier. There, Nova would win four games to two against JT.

Before Icons began, Nova signed ScarL.

Heading into the first Global Championship, Nova Esports had roster issues. GuoGuo could not attend due to visa issues, forcing Nian to switch roles to mid lane and play as a starter, while ScarL would become a substitute.

Nova Esports were placed in the play-ins. They topped their group without much issue. The same pattern would remain as they also would not drop a single game in the group stage. Nova Esports dropped their first game against South Korea's representative, KT Rolster Y. However, they would beat them three games to one. In the semifinals, they upset FunPlus Phoenix, only dropping a single game in the entire series. In the best-of-seven grand finals, they would sweep JT four games to zero and win Riot Games' first Icons Global Championship.