Banana (gamer)

Banana
Banana
Current team
Team	LGD Gaming
Games	Dota ; Dota 2
Status	Active
Personal information
Name	Wang Jiao
Born	born 1988/1989
Nationality	China

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Wang Jiao (Chinese: 王蛟), known by his tag Banana, is a Chinese Dota 2 coach and player for LGD Gaming.^[1] He was part of the Newbee eSports Club team that won 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.^[5]^{[better source needed]} Banana joined NewBee in March 2014.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Tournament placings

Defense of the Ancients

Team	Date	Placing	Event
XFy	2009-12-01	1st	Alienware Dota League 2009^[9]
Nirvana.cn	2010-11-07	1st	The DotA Razer Global Challenge^[10]
Nirvana.cn	2010-11-14	1st	World DotA Championship 2010^[11]
Nirvana.cn	2011-12-04	2nd	SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011^[12]

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

^ "The International - Dota 2 Championships - Players". Dota 2. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
^ Lynch, Kevin (July 31, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee sets video game prize money record with $5million Dota 2 championship win". Guinness World Record.
^ "The International 2015: The oldest players". Natus Vincere. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
^ Molina, Brett (July 21, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee wins Dota 2 championship". USA Today. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
^ "Jiao "Banana" Wang". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
^ Bailey, Matthew 'Cyborgmatt'; Lee, Josh 'AutumnWindz' (March 9, 2014). "Jiao 'Banana' Wang joins the Newbee team". OnGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
^ "韬光养晦只为TI 追忆王蛟Banana不平凡的职业路". 178.com. July 23, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
^ "香蕉Banana以转会形式正式加入Newbee战队". 17173.com. March 10, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
^ "Alienware Dota League 2009". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
^ "The DotA Razer Global Challenge". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
^ "World DotA Championship 2010". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
^ "SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

External links

Preceded by Alliance (Na'Vi)	The International winner 2014 With: Chen "Hao" Zhihao Zhang "Mu" Pan Zhang "xiao8" Ning Wang "Banana" Jiao Wang "SanSheng" Zhaohui	Succeeded by Evil Geniuses

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[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. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

[4] Molina, Brett (July 21, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee wins Dota 2 championship". USA Today. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

[5] "Jiao "Banana" Wang". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved April 10, 2015.

[6] Bailey, Matthew 'Cyborgmatt'; Lee, Josh 'AutumnWindz' (March 9, 2014). "Jiao 'Banana' Wang joins the Newbee team". OnGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

[7] "韬光养晦只为TI 追忆王蛟Banana不平凡的职业路". 178.com. July 23, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

[8] "香蕉Banana以转会形式正式加入Newbee战队". 17173.com. March 10, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

[9] "Alienware Dota League 2009". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

[10] "The DotA Razer Global Challenge". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

[11] "World DotA Championship 2010". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

[12] "SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

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