Samsung Galaxy (esports)
Samsung Galaxy (Korean: 삼성 갤럭시) was a professional esports works team of the South Korean corporation Samsung Electronics. During its existence it had teams competing in League of Legends, StarCraft and StarCraft II.
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| Short name | SSG |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| Folded | 2017 |
| Location | South Korea |
| Partners | Samsung Electronics |
| Website | www |
Samsung Galaxy players at the StarCraft II Proleague in 2012.
Samsung's League of Legends division was created on September 7, 2013, after MVP's two teams, MVP Blue and MVP White, were acquired by Samsung.[1] Samsung Galaxy White won the 2014 World Championship.[2][3] The two teams later merged and Samsung Galaxy went on to finish as the runners-up of the 2016 World Championship and the champions of the 2017 World Championship.
Former players
StarCraft II
Heo Yeong-Moo in 2012.
Terran
- Kim Ki-Hyun (June 6, 1993), known under the pseudonym Reality
- Park Dae-Ho (December 20, 1992) known under the pseudonym TurN
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
- 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
- Lee Young Han (August 24, 1991), known under the pseudonym Shine
- Kang Min-Soo (May 9, 1996), known under the pseudonym Solar
- Shin No-Yeol (January 19, 1991), known under the pseudonym NsP_RorO, commonly abbreviated as RorO
League of Legends
Samsung Galaxy
Samsung White
Samsung Blue
Tournament 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[4]
- 1st — 2017 League of Legends World Championship
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References
- "삼성전자, 갤럭시 프로게임단으로 새출발". This Is Game. September 7, 2013.
- "Side by side comparison of 2014 World Champions Samsung White versus 2015 SK Telecom T1". Dot Esports. October 22, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- "One of these things is not like the others: Samsung's unlikely Worlds appearance". theScore esports. September 19, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- Lam, Kien. "SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again". LoL eSports. Riot Games. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
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| Preceded by SK Telecom T1 |
League of Legends World Championship winner 2014 |
Succeeded by SK Telecom T1 |
| Preceded by SK Telecom T1 |
League of Legends Champions Korea winner Spring 2014 |
Succeeded by KT Rolster Arrows |
| Preceded by SK Telecom T1 |
League of Legends World Championship winner 2017 |
Succeeded by Invictus Gaming |
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