Samsung Galaxy (esports)

Summary

Samsung Galaxy (SSG, 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.

Samsung Galaxy
Short nameSSG
SSW (Samsung White)
SSB (Samsung Blue)
Founded2013
Folded2017
LocationSouth Korea
PartnersSamsung Electronics
Websitewww.samsungkhan.co.kr Edit this at Wikidata
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 Ozone (formerly MVP White), were acquired by Samsung as Samsung Blue (SSB) and Samsung Ozone (later Samsung White - SSW).[1] Samsung Blue won the 2014 LCS Summer Split. Samsung White won the 2014 World Championship, while Samsung Blue finished at semifinals.[2][3] The two teams later merged due to "one organization - one pro team" rules by Riot Games for every top leagues. Samsung Galaxy went on to finish as the runners-up of the 2016 World Championship and the champions of the 2017 World Championship. Samsung Galaxy's rosters and LCK spot later was acquired by KSV Esports, now Gen.G.

Tournament results edit

StarCraft edit

League of Legends edit

Samsung White's world championship-winning roster:

  • Looper - Top
  • Dandy - Jungler
  • PawN - Middle
  • imp - AD carry
  • Mata - Support

References edit

  1. ^ "삼성전자, 갤럭시 프로게임단으로 새출발". This Is Game. September 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Side by side comparison of 2014 World Champions Samsung White versus 2015 SK Telecom T1". Dot Esports. October 22, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "One of these things is not like the others: Samsung's unlikely Worlds appearance". theScore esports. September 19, 2016. Archived from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  4. ^ Lam, Kien. "SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again". LoL eSports. Riot Games. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
SK Telecom T1
SK Telecom T1
League of Legends World Championship winner
2014
2017
Succeeded by
SK Telecom T1
Invictus Gaming
Preceded by
SK Telecom T1
League of Legends Champions Korea winner
Spring 2014
Succeeded by