G2 Esports, Team Secret, and Riot Games were among the biggest winners at the 2020 Esports Awards. Sadly, a virtual ceremony meant that viewers couldn’t spot their favourite esports star making good use of a free bar, but it was still great to see so many being awarded for their efforts this year.
G2 scooped one of the most prestigious awards of the night in Esports Organisation of the Year, plus its CEO Carlos ‘ocelote’ Rodriguez was crowned Esports Personality of the Year and its Spanish Twitch star Ibai ‘Ibai’ Llanos was awarded Streamer of the Year. There was also a bundle of awards for Riot Games. As well as being awarded Publisher of the Year, League of Legends was voted Esports Game of the Year, and the LEC’s content team also scooped an award.
Team Secret’s Dota 2 roster was crowned the best esports team in 2020 and its Polish youngster Michal ‘Nisha’ Jankowski scooped PC Player of the Year. The team’s coach, Lee ‘Heen’ Seung Gon, was also awarded Coach of the Year.
Elsewhere, 2020 Call of Duty League MVP Anthony ‘Shotzzy’ Cuevas-Castro picked up two awards, winning both Console Rookie and Console Player of the Year.
Check out the full list of winners of the Esports Awards 2020 below:
- Esports Mobile Game of the Year presented by Verizon – Freefire
- Esports Publisher of the Year In Association with LiveCGI from Esports Supply – Riot Games
- Esports Game of the Year in association with The Koyo Store – League of Legends
- Esports PC Rookie of the Year In Association with Matrix Keyboards – Ryu ‘Keria’ Min-seok (T1)
- Esports Console Rookie of the Year in Partnership with SCUF – Anthony ‘Shotzzy’ Cuevas-Castro (Dallas Empire)
- Esports Mobile Player of the Year – Made Bagas ‘Zuxxy’ Pramudita (Bigetron RA)
- Esports Console Player of the Year in Partnership with SCUF – Anthony ‘Shotzzy’ Cuevas-Castro (Dallas Empire)
- Esports PC Player of the Year – Michał ‘Nisha’ Jankowski (Team Secret)
- Esports Team of the Year – Team Secret (Dota 2)
- Esports Coach of the Year – Lee ‘Heen’ Seung Gon (Team Secret)
- Esports Personality of the Year presented by Lexus – Carlos ‘ocelote’ Rodríguez
- Streamer of the Year Presented by Lexus – Ibai
- Esports Organisation of the Year – G2 Esports
- Esports Play of the Year in association with Respawn – İsmailcan ‘XANTARES’ Dörtkardeş (BIG)
- Esports Collegiate Award – Tyrelle Appleton
- Esports Supporting Agency of the Year in association with Grind Gaming – CSA
- Esports Coverage Website of the Year in association with Sizzle Creative – Esports Observer
- Esports Creative/Creative Team of the Year in Association with eBeatz – Paper Crowns
- Esports Hardware Provider of the Year – Elgato
- Esports Commercial Partner of the Year – Logitech
- Esports Journalist of the Year – Emily Rand
- Esports Content Team of the Year – League of Legends European Championship
- Esports Content Creator of the Year In Association with Esports Stadium Arlington – UpUpDownDown
- Esports Caster of the Year (Play by Play) – Clayton ‘CaptainFlowers’ Raines
- Esports Caster of the Year (Colour) – Michael ‘KiXSTAr’ Stockley
- Esports Host of the Year – Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Deporteere
- Esports Analyst of the Year – Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill
- Esports Content Series of the Year – Eavesdrop Podcast
- Esports Photographer of the Year – Rich Loch
- Esports Videographer of the Year – Logan Dodson
- Esports Cosplay of the Year – Glory Lamothe
- Esports Creative Piece of the Year in association with eBeatz – LoL season opening
Lifetime Achievement in Esports – Class of 2020
- Johnathan ‘Fatality’ Wendel
- Daigo Umehara
- Richard Lewis
- Craig ‘Torbull’ Levine
- Michael Sepso
- Lim ‘Boxer’ Yo-Hwan
Panel’s Choice Award
- Michal Slowinski and Steve Dudenhoeffer
