Federal State Associations for Esports in Lower Saxony Founded
Last Sunday, representatives from 12 organisations from the fields of e-sports, sport and business met to found the E-Sport-Verband Niedersachsen. This is the fourth state association to begin work under the umbrella of the E-Sport-Bund Deutschland e.V. (ESBD).
As was already apparent at the beginning of May, a fourth association for esports was founded at the federal state level last weekend. Representatives from 12 organisations from the fields of esports, sport and business met to formally establish the E-Sport-Verband Niedersachsen e.V. (e-sport.nds) (Lower Saxony Esports Association). Lara Arendt from E-Sport-Verein Osnabrück Gaming e.V. will serve as president and Björn Benke (Esport Innovation Hub) as first vice president. The board is complemented by three vice presidents: Jan Knaack from E-Sport Union Göttingen as vice president of organisation, Mike Hillen from Esport Arcade Osnabrück for finance and Sascha Bartsch from Osnabrücker Sportclub for youth. The association will be based in the state capital, Hanover.