Banana
Wang after winning The International 4
Current team
TeamNewbee
RoleCoach
GameDota 2
Personal information
NameWang Jiao
NationalityChinese
Career information
GamesDota
Dota 2
Playing career2009–2016
Coaching career2016–present
Team history
As player:
2009–2010xFy
2010–2011Nirvana.cn
2012Radiance
2012–2013For.Love
2013TongFu
2013–2014Invictus Gaming
2014–2016Newbee
As coach:
2016–2017LGD Gaming
2017–2018LGD.Forever Young
2018–presentNewbee
Career highlights and awards

Wang Jiao (Chinese: 王蛟), known by his tag Banana, is a Chinese Dota 2 player who is currently the coach for Newbee.[1] He was part of the Newbee team that won what was then the single largest money prize in video game history, a US$5,028,308 payout at The International 4 (TI4) at the KeyArena, in Seattle, Washington.[2][3] Newbee defeated ViCi Gaming three game to one.[4] e-Sports Earnings estimates that Banana has won a total of US$1,192,049.89 individually from tournaments. As of April 14, 2015, after TI4 Wang "Banana" Jiao was the highest ranking player in terms of prize money won across all competitive video games. Banana joined Newbee in March 2014.[5][6][7]

Tournament placings

Defense of the Ancients

Team Date Placing Event
XFy 2009-12-01 1st Alienware Dota League 2009
Nirvana.cn 2010-11-07 1st The DotA Razer Global Challenge
Nirvana.cn 2010-11-14 1st World DotA Championship 2010
Nirvana.cn 2011-12-04 2nd SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011

Dota 2

Team Date Placing Event
TongFu 2013-05-15 1st AMD Premier League Season 1
TongFu 2013-07-06 1st Dota 2 Super League
TongFu 2013-08-11 4th The International 2013
NewBee 2014-05-25 1st MarsTV Dota 2 League 2014
NewBee 2014-07-21 1st The International 2014
NewBee 2014-09-26 5 - 8th i-league
NewBee 2014-10-05 1st World Cyber Arena 2014
NewBee 2014-12-07 1st National Electronic Sports Open 2014
NewBee 2014-12-30 1st ECL 2014 Autumn
NewBee 2015-02-01 13 - 16th Dota 2 Asia Championships
NewBee 2015-08-03 13 - 16th The International 2015
NewBee 2015-11-16 13 - 16th Frankfurt Major 2015

References

  1. "The International - Dota 2 Championships - Players". Dota 2. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  2. Lynch, Kevin (July 31, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee sets video game prize money record with $5million Dota 2 championship win". Guinness World Record.
  3. "The International 2015: The oldest players". Natus Vincere. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  4. Molina, Brett (July 21, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee wins Dota 2 championship". USA Today. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  5. Bailey, Matthew 'Cyborgmatt'; Lee, Josh 'AutumnWindz' (March 9, 2014). "Jiao 'Banana' Wang joins the Newbee team". OnGamers. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  6. "韬光养晦只为TI 追忆王蛟Banana不平凡的职业路". 178.com. July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  7. "香蕉Banana以转会形式正式加入Newbee战队". 17173.com. March 10, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2015.


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