Samsung Galaxy
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Samsung Galaxy
Team Information
Location:
Region:
KoreaApprox. Total Winnings:
$2,772,053
Links
Achievements
History
Created:
2013-09-07
Disbanded:
2017-11-30
Upcoming Tournaments
No Upcoming Tournaments
Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team is a South Korean professional League of Legends team which participates in LoL Champions Korea, and is a part of the Korea e-Sports Association. Throughout its history as a professional Brood War team, and until September 2013 as a StarCraft II team, it was known as Samsung KHAN. The organisation entered League of Legends after acquiring the rosters of MVP Ozone and MVP Blue. [1]
History
[edit]After the 2014 World Championship and the announcement by KeSPA of a new format for Korean competition which prohibited organizations from fielding multiple teams, Samsung was unable to retain any of its players from either Samsung White or Samsung Blue. The team was invited to compete in 2015 LCK Spring and on December 2nd 2014 announced a preliminary roster for the season consisting of CuVee, Eve, BlisS, Fury, and Wraith. [2] In Champions Spring Samsung's new roster struggled and finished in last place with a record of 2-12, forcing them to play in the summer promotion tournament. The team managed to qualify for LCK Summer by beating Prime and Xenics. Crown and Luna joined the roster before the season started, [3] helping Samsung to an improved record of 6-12 and avoiding relegation with a 7th place finish.
Samsung competed in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup, where they were upset by the eventual champions Ever in the first round. Afterwards, Samsung announced roster changes resulting in Eve, Ace, BlisS, Fury and Luna leaving the team while Ambition, Helper, CoreJJ, and Stitch joined the lineup. [4][5]
In 2016 LCK Spring Samsung showed improvement over the previous year. After looking like they could clinch the fifth and final seed for the playoffs, Samsung were denied by the surging Afreeca Freecs who beat them by the game score tiebreaker and giving Samsung a sixth place finish for the split with a 10-8 record. In the midseason, Samsung Galaxy picked up a new AD Carry in Ruler, while CoreJJ moved to Support. During the 2016 summer split, Samsung showed considerable improvement, notably taking a 2-0 win against the ROX Tigers in the opening week. They ended the regular season in fourth place with a 12-6 series record, seeding them into the playoffs. They defeated the Afreeca Freecs in the first round, but were then matched against KT Rolster and swept 3-0 resulting in a fourth place finish. Samsung managed to qualify as the second seed in the LCK Regional Finals by accumalated circuit points. In the rematch against the Afreeca Freecs, Samsung lost the first game before swapping out veteran support Wraith for new ADC-turned-support CoreJJ. With this swap, Samsung managed to beat the Freecs 3-1 and move on to play against KT Rolster. Samsung, using this new roster, upset the heavy favorites 3-2 breaking a 19 game losing streak against KT and qualifying for the 2016 World Championship.
At the World Championship, Samsung were drawn into Group D along with North America's Team SoloMid, China's Royal Never Give Up, and Europe's Splyce. What followed was considered by many the most impressive team performance of the first two Weeks, as they won five of their six matches in what was arguably the hardest group at Worlds in convincing fashion. The team advanced to the Bracket Stage and was drawn against Cloud9, which they handily won 3-0 and moved on to the Semifinals, where they once again swept a Western team, this time Europe's H2k-Gaming. Their opponent in the Grand Finals were fellow Korean team SK Telecom T1: after losing the first two games, the Samsung squad went on to almost pull off a reverse sweep by winning Games 3 and 4. In the end, however, Samsung fell to SKT in a 49 minute game.
After winning the 2017 World Championship, Samsung Galaxy's roster was acquired by KSV.[6]
Timeline
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Player Roster
[edit]Former
[edit]| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| BlisS | (Park Jong-won) Park Jong-won | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2014-12-02 [7] | Leave Date: 2015-11-30 [10] |  Apex Gaming | ||||
| Eve | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2014-12-02 [7] | Leave Date: 2015-11-30 [10] | Apex Gaming | |||||
| Fury | (Lee Jin-yong) Lee Jin-yong | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2014-12-02 [7] | Leave Date: 2015-11-30 [10] |  Longzhu Gaming | ||||
| Luna | Position: Support | Join Date: 2015-05-19 [9] | Leave Date: 2015-11-30 [10] | ||||||
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Helper | (Kwon Young-jae) Kwon Young-jae | Position: Top | Join Date: 2015-12-01 [12] | Leave Date: 2016-11-30 [16] |  Ever8 Winners | ||||
| CoreJJ | (Jo Yong-in) Jo Yong-in | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2015-12-01 [12] | Leave Date: 2016-05-19 [14] |  Samsung Galaxy | ||||
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Ambition | (Kang Chan-yong) Kang Chan-yong | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2015-11-30 [11] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] |  KSV eSports | ||||
| CoreJJ | (Jo Yong-in) Jo Yong-in | Position: Support | Join Date: 2016-05-19 [14] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] | KSV eSports | ||||
| Crown | (Lee Min-ho) Lee Min-ho | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2015-05-19 [9] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] | KSV eSports | ||||
| CuVee | (Lee Seong-jin) Lee Seong-jin | Position: Top | Join Date: 2014-12-02 [7] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] | KSV eSports | ||||
| Haru | (Kang Min-seung) Kang Min-seung | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2016-12-19 [18] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] | KSV eSports | ||||
| Ruler | (Park Jae-hyuk) Park Jae-hyuk | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2016-05-17 [13] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] | KSV eSports | ||||
| Stitch | (Lee Seung-ju) Lee Seung-ju | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2015-12-01 [12] | Leave Date: 2017-11-28 [19] |  G-Rex | ||||
| Stitch | (Lee Seung-ju) Lee Seung-ju | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2015-12-01 [12] | Leave Date: 2017-11-28 [19] | G-Rex | ||||
| Wraith | (Kwon Ji-min) Kwon Ji-min | Position: Support | Join Date: 2014-12-02 [7] | Leave Date: 2017-11-28 [20] |  Jin Air Green Wings | ||||
Organization
[edit]Former
[edit]| Former Organization | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Kim | (Kim Jung-su) Kim Jung-su | Position: Coach | Join Date: 2015-12-01 [12] | Leave Date: 2016-11-30 [16] |  Team Dignitas | ||||
| Former Organization | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Edgar | (Choi Woo-beom) Choi Woo-beom | Position: Head Coach | Join Date: 2014-12-02 [7] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] | KSV eSports | ||||
| oDin | (Ju Young-dal) Ju Young-dal | Position: Coach | Join Date: 2016-09-08 [15] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] | KSV eSports | ||||
| TrAce | (Yeo Chang-dong) Yeo Chang-dong | Position: Coach | Join Date: 2016-12-02 [17] | Leave Date: 2017-11-30 [21] | KSV eSports | ||||
Results
[edit]| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-04 | 1st | S-Tier | | 2017 World Championship | | 3 : 0 |  | $1,855,114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-04-15 | 3rd | S-Tier |   | LCK 2017 Spring | | 0 : 3 |  | $26,394 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-12-18 | 1st | A-Tier |  | IEM Season XI - Gyeonggi | | 3 : 1 |  | $50,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-10-29 | 2nd | S-Tier |  | 2016 World Championship | | 2 : 3 | | $760,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-10-19 | 1st | S-Tier |  | 2014 World Championship | (SSW) | 3 : 1 |  | $1,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-10-11 | 3rd - 4th | S-Tier | | 2014 World Championship | (SSB) | 0 : 3 | | $150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-08-16 | 2nd | S-Tier | | Champions 2014 Summer | (SSB) | 2 : 3 | | $39,247 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-08-06 | 3rd | S-Tier | | Champions 2014 Summer | (SSW) | 3 : 0 |  | $23,548 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-05-24 | 1st | S-Tier | | Champions 2014 Spring | (SSB) | 3 : 1 |  | $78,140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-01-25 | 2nd | S-Tier | | Champions 2013-2014 Winter | (SSO) | 0 : 3 |  | $37,291 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Score | vs. Opponent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2017 - 17:00 KST | A-Tier |  | KeSPA Cup 2017 - Playoffs | 1 : 2 | ||
| November 28, 2017 - 17:00 KST | A-Tier | | KeSPA Cup 2017 - Playoffs | 2 : 0 | ||
| November 4, 2017 - 15:00 CST | S-Tier | | Worlds 2017 - Playoffs | 3 : 0 | ||
| October 29, 2017 - 15:30 CST | S-Tier | | Worlds 2017 - Playoffs | 3 : 1 | ||
| October 19, 2017 - 16:00 CST | S-Tier | | Worlds 2017 - Playoffs | 3 : 0 | ||
| October 13, 2017 - 17:00 CST | S-Tier | | Worlds 2017 - Group Stage - Group C | 0 : 1 | ||
| October 13, 2017 - 14:00 CST | S-Tier | | Worlds 2017 - Group Stage - Group C | 1 : 0 | ||
| October 13, 2017 - 13:00 CST | S-Tier | | Worlds 2017 - Group Stage - Group C | 1 : 0 | ||
| October 8, 2017 - 19:00 CST | S-Tier | | Worlds 2017 - Group Stage - Group C | 1 : 0 | ||
| October 7, 2017 - 18:00 CST | S-Tier | | Worlds 2017 - Group Stage - Group C | 0 : 1 |
Awards
[edit]| Date | Tier | Tournament | Award | Player | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-11-04 | S-Tier | | 2017 World Championship | Finals MVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-04-22 | S-Tier | | LCK 2017 Spring | Group Stage MVP | | $4,399 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Only the 10 latest awards are shown here, for the full list click here.
Gallery
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Samsung White are crowned champions at Worlds 2014.
Samsung Galaxy are crowned champions at Worlds 2017.
Media
[edit]Interviews
- [e] 2017-12-18 | SSG Crown: "After Worlds, I was considering the idea of retiring." of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-11-04 | SSG Ruler: "I knew I was going to be the series MVP" by Laffa and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-10-29 | SSG Ruler: "I think the picks/bans will be the critical decider in our match up." by Laffa and Bick of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-10-20 | Ruler discusses defeating Longzhu and his dream semifinal/final opponents by Andrew Kim of Slingshot
- [e] 2017-10-19 | SSG CuVee: "I would like to give myself an 8 out of 10. As for Khan, I'd give him a score of 6" by Haao of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-10-19 | Samsung Galaxy Ruler: "The head coach told me that I am a better ADC player than PraY" by Laffa and Bick of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-10-17 | Ambition discusses his long career, thoughts on other veterans, chances in quarters by Travis Gafford at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-11 | Crown believes without improvement, SSG ranks around the mid to bottom rankings of the Worlds teams by Travis Gafford at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-08 | Samsung Galaxy CoreJJ: "We are going to try our best to improve for next week or die trying" by Haao and Bick of Inven Global at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-05 | Samsung Galaxy Crown: "You just have to sit back and watch it unfold" by Laffa and Bick of Inven Global at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-04 | Samsung's AD Carry Ruler talks about laning against RNG's Uzi by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-02 | SSG Ruler, “It feels weird but happy that I was placed No. 1 in solo-ranked a day before leaving for the Worlds” by Lasso and Youii of Inven Global at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-02 | SSG CuVee, “So pleased that we don’t have C9 in the same group” by Lasso and Youii of Inven Global at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-09-07 | Crown on who he wants to face at worlds: “Bjergsen.” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-09-04 | SSG Ruler: "Kalista's teamfight? just Focus the front line and you can't lose" by Youii and Bick of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-07-14 | SSG Ruler on his new nickname, playing better and cooling himself off in booth by ttipi and Koth of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-07-13 | SSG Ambition: "It feels unreal that SKT's only 2 defeats are from us." by Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-07-11 | SSG Ruler: "CoreJJ takes care of me outside the game. He is like a big brother to me" by Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-06-26 | SSG Ruler: "Caitlyn is the most broken champion in all of League" by Roxxy and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-06-01 | Samsung Galaxy CuVee: Interview about victory against SKT T1, Kled master, and the King Jajang by Youii and Meii of Inven Global at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-03-29 | SSG Ruler: "I regained my confidence after watching my old replays" by Irro and Koth of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-03-21 | SSG Ruler: “I watched the match replays from a long time ago and..." by Roxyy and Yullie of Inven Global
- [e] 2016-12-15 | '룰러' 박재혁 "여창동 코치님 합류, 깜짝 놀랐다" by Daily eSports of Daily eSports
- [e] 2016-10-15 | Ruler on Samsung’s journey to the semifinals, who he’d rather play and crowd noise by Vince Nairn of Slingshot
- [e] 2016-10-09 | Ruler: ‘Having faced the famous duos of TSM and RNG and won, it feels really good’ by Lisa Doan of theScore esports
- [e] 2016-09-30 | Samsung Galaxy's Ruler: 'We should have had an easier win' by Tyler Erzberger of ESPN Esports
- [e] 2014-09-22 | 'Reflections' with Deft by Thorin of G League
Articles
- [e] 2017-11-06 | Our MVP of Worlds 2017 is Ruler by Mike Stubbs of Red Bull Esports
- [e] 2017-10-14 | Misfits end Flash Wolves' hopes of advancing at Worlds by Malcolm Abbas of Dot Esports at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-13 | Samsung punch their way to the quarterfinals by dispatching G2 by Xing Li of Dot Esports at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-13 | Royal Never Give Up destroy Samsung Galaxy to secure first in Group C by Adam Newell of Dot Esports at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-07 | Samsung Galaxy enter day four of Worlds with a chip on their shoulder by Malcolm Abbas of Dot Esports at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-01 | Samsung Ruler Feels Good To Leave To China After Reaching Rank 1 in KR Solo Queue. by Its and Bick of Inven Global at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-09-18 | Worlds 2017 Group C - Twisted by Fate: Samsung Galaxy and RNG's story then and now by Its and Bick of Inven Global at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-09-16 | Worlds Group C preview: The Group of Death™, or a song of Fire and Ice by Jared MacAdam of The Game Haus at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-09-14 | Who is the Sixth player for SKT-Longzhu-Samsung? ‘Blank-Rascal-Haru’ by Arra and Bick of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-09-05 | SSG Ruler: "If I win the World Championship, I want a Xayah skin made for me." by Its and Koth of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-06-06 | Afreeca Freecs can't hold on against Samsung in the LCK by Wyatt Lyles of ESPN at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-06-06 | Samsung Galaxy reverse sweep the Afreeca Freecs by Malcolm Abbas of Dot Esports at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-05-31 | Samsung Wins The First Telecom War of Summer 2017 by Zechs_ of GosuGamers at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-05-31 | SSG Ambition: "My wife let me live in the team house... I'm doing my best to be devoted to her." by Its and Koth of Inven Global at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-05-31 | CuVee: “I didn’t feel pressure because we were facing SKT as our first opponent.” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-05-31 | Samsung Galaxy coach: “You can’t improve when you’re satisfied with the present.” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-05-31 | 롤챔스 최우범 삼성 감독, "현재에 만족하면 발전할 수 없다" by Ko Yong-jun of OSEN at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-05-31 | 롤챔스 '큐베' 이성진 "SK텔레콤 이겼다고 방심하지 않겠다" by Choi Min-sook of Fomos at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-05-30 | Crown on LCK summer split: “Right now, the chances of us winning the championship are zero percent at our current level of skill.” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2017-05-25 | '크라운' 이민호 "다시 기초부터 닦아나갈 생각이다" by Lee Yoon-ji of Daily Esports at LCK Summer 2017
- [e] 2016-12-15 | Ruler didn’t expect Samsung Galaxy to stay together by Andrew Kim of Slingshot
- [e] 2016-10-18 | To Rule the Bot Lane by Airheart, Zess and danblat of TL.net
Videos
2017
- [e] 2017-11-04 | 2017 World Championship Finals Opening Tease Pt. 2 of LoL Esports at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-11-03 | 2017 World Championship Finals Opening Tease of LoL Esports at 2017 World Championship
- [e] 2017-10-27 | 2017 World Championship Semifinals Opening Tease of LoL Esports at 2017 World Championship
Highlights
Spotlight
2017
- [e] 2017-09-18 | Chase Your Legend - Crown - Worlds 2017 of LoL Esports at 2017 World Championship
Data
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References
[edit]- ↑ 박상진 (2013-09-07). "삼성전자 MVP 인수하며 LOL 팀 창단, 팀명은 '삼성 갤럭시 프로게임팀'" (in Korean). inven.co.kr. Translation / Liquidlegends.net thread
- ↑ 박범 (2014-12-02). "별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개" (in Korean). inven.co.kr.
- ↑ Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger (2015-05-19). "Champions Korea Summer 2015 Rosters for Round 1 Announced" (in
English). thescoreesports.com.
- ↑ Samsung Galaxy Facebook (2015-11-30). "Samsung contract terminations" (in English). facebook.com.
- ↑ Samsung Galaxy Facebook (2015-12-01). "introducing new players" (in English). facebook.com.
- ↑ 조진호 (2017-12-01). "롤드컵 우승팀 '삼성 갤럭시' KSV에 매각 [Worlds Winner 'Samsung Galaxy' Sold to KSV]" (in ). 경향신문.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "Transfer reference". 2014-12-02.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Transfer reference". 2015-01-09.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Transfer reference". 2015-05-19.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "Transfer reference". 2015-11-30.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Transfer reference". 2015-11-30.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "Transfer reference". 2015-12-01.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Transfer reference". 2016-05-17.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Transfer reference". 2016-05-19.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Transfer reference". 2016-09-08.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Transfer reference". 2016-11-30.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Transfer reference". 2016-12-02.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Transfer reference". 2016-12-19.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Transfer reference". 2017-11-28.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Transfer reference". 2017-11-28.
- ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 Young Jae Jeon (2017-11-30). "KSV acquires Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team".
