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Chiefs Esports Club
Short nameThe Chiefs; CHF
DivisionsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
League of Legends
Founded13 August 2014 (2014-08-13)
LeagueOceanic Pro League (OPL)
LocationAustralia
OwnerFrank "Sangy" Li
Parent groupICON Esports[1][2][3]
Websitechiefsesc.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Chiefs Esports Club is a professional esports club with teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[4] and League of Legends.[5] It is based in Australia and is one of the most well known esports clubs in Oceania.[3] The Chiefs' League of Legends team competed in Oceania's top level professional league, the Oceanic Pro League (OPL).[6]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

History

The Chiefs Esports Club first entered the professional CS:GO scene with its acquisition of the Qlimax Crew in 2015.[7]

Roster

Nat. ID Name Role Join date
New Zealand val Timothy Youn Player 14 February 2021
Australia zeph Charlie Dodd Player 22 May 2020[8]
Australia apocdud Tom Henry Player 3 February 2020[9]
Australia Gump Maclane Cross Player 14 February 2021
Australia HUGHMUNGUS⁠ Hugh Anderson Player 3 February 2020[9]
Turkey yam Yaman Ergenekon Coach 18 April 2020[10]

League of Legends

History

In August 2014, the roster of Team Immunity left their organisation and formed Exodus Gaming, later rebranded as the Chiefs Esports Club. Their initial roster consisted of top laner Brandon "Swip3rR" Holland, jungler Samuel "Spookz" Broadley, mid laner Simon "Swiffer" Papamarkos, bot laner Derek "Raydere" Trang, and support Andrew "Rosey" Rose, and that five-man lineup became the longest-standing active roster without any substitutions or changes in history, unbroken for 608 days. In May 2015, that streak was broken when Rosey left the team to join Sin Gaming and was replaced by EGym. Despite their roster change, the Chiefs' lineup remained at the top of their region for the duration of the 2015 season, with OPL victories all four periods of the OPL; i.e. Split 1, Split 1 playoffs, Split 2, and Split 2 playoffs. Internationally, they fared less well, placing 5th at the International Wildcard Invitational in April and 2nd at the International Wildcard Qualifier for Worlds 2015.[11]

In 2016, the Chiefs placed 2nd for the first time domestically in the first OPL split, but still upset the 1st place Legacy Esports in the playoffs, to return to the IWCI once again.[12] They then qualified for IEM Challenger for IEM Season 11 - Oakland—their first competition against teams from major regions—but lost 0–2 against Longzhu Gaming despite standout performances from Swiffer on Orianna.

The Chiefs placed 3rd in the OPL 2017 Split 1 regular season and 4th in playoffs after losing 2–3 to Sin Gaming in the second round. In the OPL 2017 Split 2 regular season, the Chiefs once again placed 3rd in the regular season, but managed to advance all the way to the finals in playoffs, where they lost 1–3 to the Dire Wolves.[13]

For all four iterations of the 2018 OPL season (i.e. Split 1 and 2 regular seasons and playoffs), the Chiefs placed 2nd, losing to Dire Wolves in both finals.[14] The Chiefs placed 2nd again in the OPL 2019 Split 1 regular season,[15] but lost 3-0 to ORDER in the third round of playoffs and failed to make it to the finals.[16] The 2019 OPL split 2 saw the Chiefs come first in the regular season, and coming second in playoffs, losing to Mammoth in the finals of the split 3-0. [17]

The Chiefs came second in the regular season of the 2020 OPL Split 1, and lost 3-2 to Dire Wolves in playoffs to come third for the Split 1 Playoffs. After coming 4th in Split 2 of the 2020 OPL regular season, they then went on come third once again in the split to playoffs, losing to ORDER 3-1.[18]

After the deletion of the OPL by Riot Games, and the creation of the LCO, the Chiefs Esports joined the league as one of the 8 teams playing.[19] The change of leagues saw much of the 2020 roster leave, with only Support Dragku staying on.

Roster

Nat. ID Name Role Joined
Australia Lived Tristan Fulcher Top Feb 2021
Australia Swathe Ryan Gibbons Jungle Feb 2021
Australia Kisee Mid Feb 2021
Australia Mboma Matthew Lionel Desa Bot Feb 2021
Australia Dragku Dragon Guu Support Feb 2021
Australia Cuden Mike Le Coach Feb 2021


References

  1. ^ Leckie-Zaharic, Alex (26 June 2019). "ICON Esports acquires Chiefs Esports Club in historic move for Oceanic esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ Byrne, Seamus (19 July 2019). "ICON Buys Chiefs, Guinevere To Sell Dire Wolves". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Gaworczyk, Jagoda (28 June 2019). "Chiefs signed under ICON Esports, works towards Oceanic growth". WIN Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ Mannering, Michelle (29 April 2019). "Grayhound and Chiefs — Aussies confirmed for IEM Sydney". Daily Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Stalling Legacy: Interview with The Chiefs LoL". Red Bull. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ^ Amos, Andrew (24 February 2019). "OPL power rankings: Mid-Split 1 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. ^ "The Chiefs Esports Club on Facebook: 'The Chiefs have made their foray into the Counter Strike: Global Offensive scene!...'". The Chiefs Esports Club. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. ^ https://www.hltv.org/news/29683/chiefs-complete-lineup-with-trio
  9. ^ a b https://www.hltv.org/news/28975/chiefs-part-ways-with-2019-lineup-sign-ex-genuine
  10. ^ https://www.hltv.org/news/29485/yam-joins-chiefs-as-coach
  11. ^ Geracie, Nick (21 April 2019). "League of Legends: On this day in LoL Esports History: The Inaugural IWCI kicks off [2015]". Inven Global. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  12. ^ Te, Zorine (13 April 2016). "League of Legends Oceanic Region to Be Represented by Australian Team Chiefs". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  13. ^ "OPL/2017 Season". Leaguepedia. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Chiefs Esports Club/Tournament Results". Leaguepedia. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  15. ^ Amos, Andrew (23 March 2019). "Bombers secure a spot in the OPL final and Rift Rivals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  16. ^ Amos, Andrew (30 March 2019). "Order complete the dream OPL gauntlet run after defeating Chiefs". Dot Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  17. ^ O'Dwyer, Samuel (31 August 2019). "Team Mammoth sweep Chiefs in the OPL finals to secure a spot at Worlds". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  18. ^ "OPL/2020 Season". Leaguepedia. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  19. ^ Kay, Meg (4 February 2021). "League of Legends Oceanic Circuit to begin Feb. 23". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

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