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.[citation needed] Banana joined Newbee in March 2014.[5][6][7]

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

Tournament placings

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Defense of the Ancients

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

Dota 2

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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

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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. 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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