Samsung Galaxy (esports)
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Founded | 2000 |
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Folded | 2017 |
Location | South Korea |
Manager | Choi Yoon-Sang (LoL) |
Partners | Samsung Electronics |
Website | www.samsungkhan.co.kr |
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Samsung Galaxy, (Hangul:삼성 갤럭시) formerly known as Samsung KHAN, was an eSports works team of the South Korean corporation Samsung Electronics that fields teams in League of Legends (LoL).
On September 7, 2013, the Samsung team acquired the MVP work team's LoL team, and the entire team was subsequently renamed "Samsung Galaxy."[1] Samsung Galaxy White won the 2014 League of Legends World Championship. Samsung Galaxy also finished as the runners-up in the 2016 League of Legends World Championship and won the 2017 League of Legends World Championship.
Results
StarCraft
- 2008 Shinhan Bank StarCraft Pro League Champions
League of Legends
- 1st Ongamenet League of Legends Champions Spring 2014
- 1st 2014 League of Legends World Championship
- 2nd 2016 League of Legends World Championship[2]
- 1st 2017 League of Legends World Championship
Players
StarCraft 2
Terran
- Kim Ki-Hyun (June 6, 1993), known under the pseudonym Reality
Protoss
- Song Byung-Gu (August 3, 1988), known under the pseudonym Stork[gm], commonly abbreviated as Stork
- Baek Dong-Jun (April 25, 1994), known under the pseudonym Dear[ScM], commonly abbreviated as Dear
Zerg
- Lee Young Han (August 24, 1991), known under the pseudonym Shine
- Kang Min-Soo (May 9, 1996), known under the pseudonym Solar
Former Members
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Terran
- Park Dae-Ho (December 20, 1992) known under the pseudonym TurN
Protoss
- Heo Yeong-Moo (May 3, 1989), known under the pseudonym Dream.t)JangBi, commonly abbreviated as JangBi. Heo Yeong-Moo won two back to back OSL Championships (OnGameNet Starleague) from 2011 to 2012. Both final matches were against Jung Myung-hoon from team SK Telecom T1
- Yoo Byung-Joon (June 26, 1993), known under the pseudonym KT.MGW)Grape, commonly abbreviated as Grape. Byung-Joon now plays League of Legends under team Najin e-mFire as their midlaner Ggoong
Zerg
- Shin No-Yeol (January 19, 1991), known under the pseudonym NsP_RorO, commonly abbreviated as RorO
League of Legends
Former Members
Samsung GALAXY
Lee "CuVee" Seong-jin (이성진)
Kang "Ambition" Chan-yong (강찬용)
Kang "Haru" MinSeung (강민승)
Lee "Crown" Min-ho (이민호)
Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk (박재혁)
Lee "Stitch" Seung-ju (이승주)
Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in (조용인)
Kwon "Wraith" Ji-min (권지민)
After their World Championship winning run at the 2017 League of Legends World Championship, Samsung set their professional League Of Legends-team for sale, eventually selling it to American entrepreneur Kevin Chou. Chou later rebranded the roster to Gen.G .
Samsung White
Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok
Choi "DanDy" In-kyu
Heo "PawN" Won-seok
Gu "imp" Seung-bin
Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong
Samsung Blue
Choi "Acorn" Cheon-ju
Lee "Spirit" Da-yoon
Bae "dade" Eo-jin
Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu
Lee "Heart" Gwan-hyung
References
- ^ "삼성전자, 갤럭시 프로게임단으로 새출발". This Is Game. 7 September 2013.
- ^ Lam, Kien. "SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again". LoL eSports. Riot Games. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
External links
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