Flamengo Esports

Flamengo Esports is the esports department of traditional sports club Flamengo.[1] It has a League of Legends team competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLoL), Brazil's top professional league for the game.[2]

Flamengo Esports
Short nameFLA
Founded6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
LeagueCBLoL
LocationBrazil
Championships1× CBLoL (2019 Split 2)
Parent groupClube de Regatas do Flamengo
Active departments of Flamengo
FootballFootball
(women's)		Basketball
RowingSwimmingVolleyball
(men's)
Volleyball
(women's)		GymnasticsJudo
American
football		Esports

History

On 6 October 2017 Flamengo announced the creation if its esports department and its acquisition of the BRCC (Brazilian equivalent of North America and Europe's former challenger series) spot of Merciless Gaming.[1] For its inaugural roster, Flamengo signed top laner Park "Jisu" Jin-cheol,[3] jungler Thúlio "Sirt" Carlos,[4] mid laner Danniel "Evrot" Franco,[5] bot laner Felipe "brTT" Gonçalves, and support Eidi "esA" Yanagimachi.[6] The team debuted in BRCC 2018 Split 1 and finished as runner-ups, qualifying for the BRCC 2018 Split 2 promotion tournament. Flamengo qualified for the CBLoL after defeating Team oNe eSports 3–2 in the "access series" match.[7]

Flamengo finished as runner-ups in the team's first CBLoL appearance, in both the regular season and playoffs after losing 2–3 to KaBuM! e-Sports in the finals. In preparation for the 2019 CBLoL season, Flamengo replaced its entire roster excluding brTT, signing top laner Leonardo "Robo" Souza,[8] jungler Lee "Shrimp" Byeong-hoon, mid laner Bruno "Goku" Miyaguchi,[9] and support Han "Luci" Chang-hoon.[10] The team dominated the regular season of Split 1, losing only a single game to KaBuM.[7] However, in playoffs Flamengo once again fell short, losing to INTZ e-Sports 2–3 in the finals.[7] After placing first once again in the regular season of Split 2, Flamengo managed to defeat INTZ 3–2 to finally win their first CBLoL title.[7] This also qualified the team for play-in stage[11] of the 2019 World Championship.[2][12]

For the 2019 World Championship play-in stage round robin, Flamengo was placed in Group D, along with South Korean team DAMWON Gaming and Turkish team Royal Youth.[13] Despite a good showing against DAMWON Gaming[14] and Royal Youth in the first round robin (the latter of which Flamengo defeated),[15] Flamengo faltered in the second, losing to both teams[16][17] and tying Royal Youth for second in Group D. After losing the tiebreaker match to Royal Youth, Flamengo was eliminated from the tournament.[18]

Roster
Flamengo Esports roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Top Bankai  Boal, Felipe   Brazil  KaBuM! e-Sports 
Jungle Ranger  Brombilla, Filipe   Brazil  KaBuM! e-Sports 
Mid Goku  Miyaguchi, Bruno   Brazil  ProGaming Esports 
Bot Bvoy  Ju Yeong-hoon  South Korea  Misfits Gaming 
Support Luci  Han Chang-hoon  South Korea  Winners 
Head coach

Jean-François "Nuddle" Caron

Assistant coach(es)

Seong "Reven" Sang-hyeon
Gidd "Gidd" Sasser
Tyler "Crazylegs" Oelling

Legend
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: 26 May 2020.

Tournament results
Placement Event Final result (W–L)
3rd–4th Desafio Promo Arena CCXP 2017 0–2 (against IDM Gaming)
2nd BRCC 2018 Split 1 3–2–0
2nd BRCC 2018 Split 1 Playoffs 1–3 (against IDM Gaming)
Qualified CBLoL 2018 Split 2 Promotion 3–2 (against Team oNe eSports)
2nd CBLoL 2018 Split 2 5–2
2nd CBLoL 2018 Split 2 Playoffs 2–3 (against KaBuM! e-Sports)
1st Oi Game Arena CCXP 2018 3–2 (against Team oNe eSports)
1st CBLoL 2019 Split 1 20–1
2nd CBLoL 2019 Split 1 Playoffs 2–3 (against INTZ e-Sports)
2nd DreamHack Rio 2019 Showmatch 1–2 (against INTZ e-Sports)
1st CBLoL 2019 Split 2 16–5
1st CBLoL 2019 Split 2 Playoffs 3–2 (against INTZ e-Sports)
21st–24th 2019 World Championship 1–3
2nd CBLoL 2020 Split 1 13–8
2nd CBLoL 2020 Split 1 Playoffs 0–3 (against KaBuM! e-Sports)
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References
  1. Tibúrcio, Matheus (6 October 2017). "Focando no LoL, Flamengo anuncia seletiva e apresenta planos nos e-sports". Sportv (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. "Meet the League of Legends World Championship qualifiers — Part II". ESPN. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. "Para matar a ansiedade da Nação, temos o orgulho de anunciar Jincheol "Jisu" Park como nosso novo top laner! ..." Facebook (in Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. "Voltando direto dos Estados Unidos, SirT chegou ao Brasil gankando aqui na Gávea! ..." Facebook (in Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. "Reconhecido pela sua rápida evolução e talento explosivo, temos o orgulho de anunciar, Danniel "Evrot" Franco! ..." Facebook (in Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. "Deem as boas vindas ao nosso Suporte! Eidi esa Yanagimachi! ..." Facebook (in Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. Baker, Thomas (30 September 2019). "2019 Play-In Profile: Flamengo Esports (FLA)". The Game Haus. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. @flaesports (21 November 2018). "Boa tarde, Nação! Continuando o ciclo de contratações para 2019, oficializamos a chegada do Leonardo "Robo" Souza como Top Laner do Mais Querido! ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
  9. @flaesports (22 May 2018). "Tem anúncio de Mid também, Nação! O @gokucplol é o novo reforço do Mengão e chegou pra completar nosso time de craques. Seja bem-vindo! Vamos juntos em busca do título!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
  10. @flaesports (27 November 2018). "Fala, Nação! Apresentamos oficialmente Han "Luci" Chang-hoon como o nosso novo suporte. ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
  11. Li, Xing (30 September 2019). "Who will make it out of the Worlds 2019 play-in stage?". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  12. "2019 League of Legends World Championship team power rankings". ESPN. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  13. Goslin, Austen (23 September 2019). "2019 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage draw show results". The Rift Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  14. Esguerra, Tyler (3 October 2019). "DAMWON Gaming vs. Flamengo Esports had 957,000 peak viewers at Worlds 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  15. Ashton, Graham (4 October 2019). "Play-In Profile: Flamengo eSports Brings Brazil's Soccer Passion to Berlin". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  16. Endres, Elena (5 October 2019). "DAMWON Gaming breeze through play-ins undefeated". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  17. "Damwon Gaming cruise to play-ins bracket at League of Legends World Championships". ESPN. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  18. Li, Xing (5 October 2019). "Royal Youth beat Flamengo in tiebreaker to qualify for the Worlds 2019 play-in knockouts". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
INTZ e-Sports		 CBLoL winner
2019 Split 2
With: Robo, Shrimp, Goku, brTT, Luci		 Succeeded by
KaBuM! e-Sports
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