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Gambit Gaming
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United Kingdom
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EU
Europe
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Created2013-01-14
Disbanded2015-12-09
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Gambit Gaming is a European esports organization that was formed in January 2013 after the acquisition of the previous roster of Moscow Five.

History[]

Formation of Gambit Gaming[]

On January 10, the now-defunct e-Sports organization Moscow Five released their League of Legends roster, due the arrest of Moscow Five's CEO in July of the previous year, which left the organization with a lack of funding.[1][2] Four days later, on January 14, it was announced that Gambit Gaming had acquired the former M5 roster.[3]

Pre-Season 3[]

Marking their first appearance in an offline event as Gambit Gaming, in late January of 2013, the Russian team would compete in IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice as one of the eight qualified teams. Gambit Gaming would go 1-2 in the group stage, winning against MYM, while losing to Curse Gaming EU and Azubu Blaze. Because of this, the round robin had a tie between MYM, Gambit and Curse Gaming EU, who all went 1-2. A time coefficient was used to break the tie, giving Gambit Gaming a spot in the semi-finals. Gambit Gaming, as the underdogs, would defeat Azubu Frost 2-0, then go on to take first place by knocking out Korean powerhouse Azubu Blaze, who they had lost to in the group stage. Gambit Gaming took home $15,000 USD (~11,609 Euros) as well as a direct seed into the IEM World Championship.

Season 3[]

Spring EU LCS[]

Having qualified as Moscow Five, Gambit Gaming would compete in the European Season 3 League of Legends Championship Series. Gambit would be a highly respected threat throughout Spring, being one of the most feared teams to play. They would complete the European Spring LCS Split in 2nd place, with a record of 21-7. This ensured their LCS spot for the summer split portion of the league. They would then take second place in the Season 3 EU Spring Playoffs, losing 2-3 to Fnatic in the final.

IEM World Championship & MLG Winter Championship[]

Gambit attended the IEM Season VII - World Championship in Hannover, Germany in March. The team dominated their group, going undefeated with a 5-0 score, placing them in the semi-finals. They then faced CJ Entus Frost and lost the set 2-1, knocking Gambit out of the tournament and seeing them finish in 3rd overall.

The Russian team was invited to play in an international exhibition at 2013 MLG Winter Championship, playing first against Americans Team Dignitas, they won 2-0, by constantly pressuring their opponent. Gambit then faced Korean top contender KT Rolster B in the exhibition finals but were unable to beat them and secure 1st place, losing the match 2-1.

LCS All Stars[]

In April, Gambit Gaming players Danil "Diamondprox" Reshetnikov, Aleksei "Alex Ich" Ichetovkin, Evgeny "Genja" Andryushin, and Edward "Edward" Abgaryan were publicly voted to represent their respective positions on the Europe LCS All Star team, to compete at All-Star Shanghai 2013 and play against the world's best All Star teams, chosen in the same fashion. However, a rule stating that only 3 members of any team, could be inducted onto the team caused Genja to be replaced as AD Carry by Evil Geniuses' Yellowpete. The team's top lane was sOAZ from Fnatic. The EU LCS first faced off against heavy favorites Korean OGN Champions, and although good early game play from jungler Diamondprox looked promising for the team, the Koreans overtook them in a 2-0 set. Their next opponent was from their sibling league, the North America LCS. Both teams played an explosive two games of up and down fighting, however, NA LCS ended up being the victor, knocking the EU LCS out of the tournament.

Summer EU LCS[]

A few days before Summer EU LCS started, long time support player Edward would leave the team, stating "First of all, the main reason of such end is misunderstandings between me and Genja. Despite to the fact that we played together for more than one year we didn't fit to each other. Secondly, I don't like the current atmosphere in the team after few bad results in a row. Due to these factors I have decided to leave the team." [4]

Edward was then replaced by Darker who eventually lost his spot to Voidle, who was then released on November 4.

On August 17, Gambit Gaming would finish the Summer Split tied up for 2nd place, at 15-13, along with Fnatic, Evil Geniuses and Ninjas in Pyjamas. However they managed to secure a 4th place finish after losing the tie breaker against Evil Geniuses, going on to defeat Ninjas in Pyjamas in the losers bracket then losing again to Evil Geniuses in the deciders match, which granted Gambit Gaming a spot on the Summer Playoffs.

Gambit would then play against Ninjas in Pyjamas in the Summer Playoffs, defeating them 2-0 and advancing to the Semifinals where they would lose 0-2 against Lemondogs, dropping the Third-Place Match to face Evil Geniuses, in a match that decided the third team that would represent Europe in the Season 3 World Championship. Gambit was victorious and claimed the win over Evil Geniuses, 2-1.

Season 3 World Championship[]

Gambit was placed into a tough group with fellow European rivals Fnatic, North American third seed Team Vulcun, Korean OGN Spring Winners Samsung Galaxy Ozone and Filipino champions Mineski. They earned an undefeated 3-0 their first day of the group stage, looking extremely strong as Europe's third seed. Gambit continued to play solidly throughout the groups, finishing in a tie for 2nd place with Samsung Galaxy Ozone at 5-3. In a close tiebreaker game against the Korean team, Gambit emerged victorious and advanced to the playoffs with fellow European competitor Fnatic.

Gambit faced off against the Korean first seed NaJin Black Sword in the quarterfinals. NaJin Black Sword was called a "dark horse threat" by caster MonteCristo since they had not competed in the previous two months and had recently replaced their starting mid laner, SSONG, with substitute player Nagne. After winning the first game, Gambit succumbed to the Koreans 1-2 in a close match, thus being eliminated from the tournament and taking home seventh place.

2014 Season[]

Gambit's first tournament in the new season was the IEM World Championship. The team perfomed well, but were knocked out in the semifinals by KT Rolster Bullets.

Spring EU LCS[]

The Spring Split was a slight disappointment for Gambit. Also, due to visa issues, Darien, Diamondprox, Alex Ich, and Genja were unable to play in the 6th week of the Spring Season. Zorozero, Hulberto, Nukeduck, and fury III substituted for Top, Jungle, Mid, and ADC respectively. [5] The team only managed a 5th place finish in the split. This was a fall from Gambit's high standards, but still meant that they had a spot in the Spring Playoffs. The team ended up coming in 5th in the tournament, after losing to Team ROCCAT in the quarterfinals.

Summer EU LCS[]

Alex Ich's departure from Gambit ultimately meant that the Summer Split would be worse for the team than the spring split. Gambit struggled throughout, with Darien, Diamondprox and Genja becoming subsitutes for periods over the the split. The team finished in 7th place, meaning that they would have to fight for their LCS status in the Spring Promotion. With Krislund substituting for Genja, Gambit held on to their place in the LCS, beating SK Gaming Prime in their promotion matchup.

2015 Preseason[]

On November 5 Gambit announced that Cabochard was joining the team as the new top laner,[6] dispelling rumors of a potential return to the team by Alex Ich in the toplane position. Two days later the team announced that Krislund was permanently joining the team as the starting AD carry. At the same time, he switched his ID to P1noy.[7] After these two additions, the starting roster going into the 2015 season was Cabochard, Diamondprox, niQ, P1noy, and EDward.

Gambit was one of the fan-voted teams to IEM Cologne, along with Team Dignitas and Counter Logic Gaming. They won the tournament after beating Counter Logic Gaming in the final. At the start of the 2015 EU LCS Spring Split, Gambit moved into a gaming house in Berlin.[8]

2015 Season[]

Due to their 1st place finish at IEM Cologne, the team were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 loss against CJ Entus, Gambit Gaming were knocked out of the tournament, losing to Team WE in Round 1 of the losers bracket. Domestically, they finished fourth in the spring LCS round robin and then tied for fifth with Copenhagen Wolves in the playoffs after a quarterfinal loss to Unicorns Of Love. After the playoffs, the team released Leviathan from his position as head coach, citing commitment issues in the latter half of the season.[9]

Gambit Gaming had an unsuccessful Summer Split. After a rocky early start to the season and a combined 0-4 record in the first two weeks, Gambit improved to fifth place after 8 weeks, largely thanks to the coaching of Shaunz. At one point the team had the potential of finishing as high as fourth. However, going into the last week of the split, FORG1VEN received a four-game-long penalty from Riot as the result of toxic behavior in soloqueue.[10] Moopz subbed in as the team's AD carry for the last 2 games of the split. Losing these 2 games, the team finished the regular season in 8th place, meaning that they would be playing in the 2016 Spring Promotion. The team faced mousesports, winning the series and securing their place in the 2016 Spring Season.

2016 Preseason[]

On December 9, 2015, Gambit Gaming announced that Team Vitality had purchased their 2016 LCS slot and that all remaining members of the team were leaving.[11]

Timeline[]

  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015

Player Roster[]

Former[]

Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.

Dates:Approx|Exact
PlayerNameRoleJoinedLeftNext Team
EU

BetsyFelix Edling
Mid Laner
Feb 20152015-02-19Dec 20152015-12-09Team ROCCATlogo stdROC
EU

ImSoFreshKarim Bbahla
Sub/Jun
Jul 20152015-07-15Dec 20152015-12-09Team ROCCATlogo stdROC
EU

GenjaEvgeny Andryushin
Sub/Bot
Jan 20132013-01-13Dec 20152015-12-09Retiredlogo stdRetired
EU

MoopzAmaury Minguerche
Sub/Bot
Jul 20152015-07-15Dec 20152015-12-09Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT
EU

P1noyKristoffer Albao Lund Pedersen
Sub/Bot
Nov 20142014-11-07Dec 20152015-12-09Copenhagen Wolveslogo stdCW
EU

FORG1VENKonstantinos-Napoleon Tzortziou
Sub/Bot
May 20152015-05-13Dec 20152015-12-08H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
EU

DiamondproxDanil Reshetnikov
Jungler
Jan 20132013-01-13Dec 20152015-12-02Unicorns of Lovelogo stdUOL
EU

SteeelbackPierre Medjaldi
Sub/Bot
Jul 20152015-07-15Nov 20152015-11-18Unicorns of Lovelogo stdUOL
EU

GoSu PepperEdward Abgaryan
Support
Nov 20132013-11-07Nov 20152015-11-13Team ROCCATlogo stdROC
EU

CabochardLucas Simon-Meslet
Top Laner
Nov 20142014-11-05Oct 20152015-10-25Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT
EU

DarienEvgeny Mazaev
Sub/Top
Jan 20132013-01-13≈Jul 2015≈2015-07-??Retiredlogo stdRetired
EU

niQSebastian Robak
Sub/Mid
Jun 20142014-06-04Apr 20152015-04-20HWA Gaminglogo stdHWA
EU

KubonJakub Turewicz
Top Laner
Jul 20142014-07-08Oct 20142014-10-31Reason Gaminglogo stdRG
EU

KrislundKristoffer Albao Lund Pedersen
Bot Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Aug 20142014-08-27Sep 20142014-09-11Gambit Gaminglogo stdGMB
EU

loulexJean-Victor Burgevin
Jungler
Jul 20142014-07-08Jul 20142014-07-15Ninjas in Pyjamaslogo stdNIP
EU

CabochardLucas Simon-Meslet
Top Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Jun 20142014-06-18Jun 20142014-06-22Ninjas in Pyjamaslogo stdNIP
EU

loulexJean-Victor Burgevin
Jungler
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Jun 20142014-06-18Jun 20142014-06-22Gambit Gaminglogo stdGMB
EU

Fury IIIJakob Burke
Bot Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Jun 20142014-06-18Jun 20142014-06-22H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
EU

HiivaAleksi Kaikkonen
Support
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Jun 20142014-06-18Jun 20142014-06-22SK Gaming Primelogo stdSKP
EU

Alex IchAlexey Ichetovkin
Mid Laner
Jan 20132013-01-13May 20142014-05-03Ninjas in Pyjamaslogo stdNIP
EU

ZorozeroMorten Rosenquist
Top Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Feb 20142014-02-20Feb 20142014-02-22Retiredlogo stdRetired
EU

HulbertoJohan Johansson
Jungler
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Feb 20142014-02-20Feb 20142014-02-22H2k-Gaminglogo stdH2K
EU

nukeduckErlend Våtevik Holm
Mid Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Feb 20142014-02-20Feb 20142014-02-22Ninjas in Pyjamaslogo stdNIP
EU

fury IIIJakob Burke
Bot Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Feb 20142014-02-20Feb 20142014-02-22Gambit Gaminglogo stdGMB
EU

VoidleErih Sommermann
Support
Aug 20132013-08-01Nov 20132013-11-04Cloud9 Eclipselogo stdC9E
EU

DarkerAndrey Plechistov
Support
Jun 20132013-06-26Aug 20132013-08-01No Remorse eSportslogo stdNoRe
EU

SpontexxEric Peugeot
Top Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Jun 20132013-06-27Jun 20132013-06-30Salade Tomate Oignonlogo stdSTO
EU

EdwardEdward Abgaryan
Support
Jan 20132013-01-13Jun 20132013-06-04Team Curselogo stdCRS

Temporary Subs[]

ID Name Role Replacing Tournament
Moopz Amaury Minguerche 14Bot
FORG1VEN
2015 League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 9
Betsy Felix Edling 13Mid
niQ
2015 League Championship Series Europe Spring Week 5 & 6
Krislund Kristoffer Pedersen 14Bot None 2015 Season EU LCS Spring Promotion
Kubon Jakub Turewicz 11Top None 2014 Season League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 8 & 9
loulex Jean-Victor Burgevin 12Jungle None 2014 Season League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 8
Cabochard Lucas Simon-Meslet 11Top
Darien
2014 Season League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 5
loulex Jean-Victor Burgevin 12Jungle
Diamondprox
Fury III Jakob Burke 14Bot
Genja
Hiiva Aleksi Kaikkonen 15Support
Edward
niQ Sebastian Robak 13Mid None 2014 Season League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 1 & 2
Zorozero Morten Rosenquist 11Top
Darien
2014 Season League Championship Series Europe Spring Week 6
Hulberto Johan Johansson 12Jungle
Diamondprox
Nukeduck Erlend Våtevik Holm 13Mid
Alex Ich
Fury III Jakob Burke 14Bot
Genja
Voidle Erih Sommermann 15Support
Darker
Season 3 League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 7
Spontexx Eric Peugeot 11Top
Darien
Season 3 League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 3
Darker Andrey Plechistov 15Support None DreamHack Summer 2013
Season 3 League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 1 & 2

Player League Participation[]

Playoff games are NOT included, but regular-season tiebreaker games ARE.

LEC

Player201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Games
SpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerWinterSpringSummerWinterSpringSummer
EdwardGambit Gaminglogo stdGambit Gaminglogo stdGambit Gaminglogo stdGambit Gaminglogo stdGambit Gaminglogo stdTeam ROCCATlogo std123
CabochardGambit Gaminglogo stdGambit Gaminglogo stdGambit Gaminglogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitalitylogo stdKarmine Corplogo std272

Organization[]

Former[]

C ID Name Position Next Team
groove Konstantin Pikiner 80General Manager Gambit Esportslogo stdGambit Esports
Shaunz Kévin Ghanbarzadeh 80Head Coach Team Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality
Vae Romain Chanu Analyst Team Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality
iVillain William Hoag Head Analyst None
Leviathan Jordan Thwaites 80Head Coach Frank Fang Gaminglogo stdFrank Fang Gaming
Moo Dmitry Sukhanov 80Manager Samadder Gaminglogo stdSamadder Gaming
Moo Dmitry Sukhanov 80Analyst Gambit Gaminglogo stdGambit Gaming

Tournaments[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Minimum place

Gambit Gaming Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2015-09-05Q EU LCS 2016 Spring Promotion
3 : 0Mousesportslogo stdMOUZ
 Cabochard,  Diamondprox,  Betsy,  P1noy,  GoSu Pepper,  Shaunz
2015-07-248 EU LCS 2015 Summer
7 - 11Blanklogo stdRR
 Cabochard,  Diamondprox,  Betsy,  FORG1VEN,  Moopz,  GoSu Pepper,  Moo,  Shaunz
2015-04-195 - 6 EU LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs
1 : 3Unicorns of Lovelogo stdUOL
 Cabochard,  Diamond,  Betsy,  P1noy,  Edward,  Leviathan
2015-03-274 EU LCS 2015 Spring
10 - 8Blanklogo stdRR
 Cabochard,  Diamond,  niQ,  Betsy,  P1noy,  Edward,  Leviathan
2015-03-147 - 8$2,500$ 2,500€ 2,375 IEM Season 9 World Championship
0 : 1Team WElogo stdWE
 Cabochard,  Diamond,  Betsy,  P1noy,  Edward,  Leviathan
2014-12-221$12,500$ 12,500€ 10,125 IEM Season 9 Cologne
3 : 1Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
 Cabochard,  Diamondprox,  niQ,  P1noy,  Edward
2014-09-11Q EU LCS 2015 Spring Promotion
3 : 1SK Gaming Primelogo stdSKP
 Kubon,  Diamond,  niQ,  Krislund,  EdWard
2014-07-317 EU LCS 2014 Summer
8 - 20Blanklogo stdRR
 Darien,  Cabochard,  Kubon,  Diamond,  loulex,  niQ,  Genja,  Fury,  EDward,  Hiiva
2014-04-175 EU LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs
2 : 1Copenhagen Wolveslogo stdCW
 Darien,  Diamond,  Alex Ich,  Genja,  EDward
2014-04-035 EU LCS 2014 Spring
14 - 14Blanklogo stdRR
 Darien,  Zorozero,  Diamond,  Hulberto,  Alex Ich,  nukeduck,  Genja,  Fury,  EDward
Total Prize: USD 15,000

Images[]

Media[]

  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2021

See Also[]

Links[]

References[]

  1. Moscow Five Releases League of Legends Team English moscowfive.ru
  2. Moscow Five Releases League of Legends Team Russian moscowfive.ru
  3. Gambit Gaming: New Home For Alex Ich & Co. in2lol.com
  4. Gambit Gaming Facebook Post facebook.com
  5. Report: Gambit Subs Leaked esportsheaven.com
  6. Cabochard joins Gambit
  7. Krislund changes his nickname and joins Gambit
  8. Gambit Got a Gaming House for 2015 LCS Season gambit-gaming.com
  9. Leviathan is released from Gambit gambit-gaming.com
  10. Competitive ruling: Konstantinos ‘FORG1VEN’ Tzortziou lolesports.com
  11. Team Vitality acquires Gambit Gaming's LCS spot gambit-gaming.com
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Gambit Gaming: New Home For Alex Ich & Co. in2lol.com
  13. Gambit Gaming's Facebook Post facebook.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 Gambit Gaming's Facebook Post facebook.com
  15. 15.0 15.1 Gambit Gaming's Facebook Post facebook.com
  16. 16.0 16.1 Gambit uses "Spontexx" for top lane in Week 3 gosugamers.net
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Gambit Gaming's Facebook Post facebook.com
  18. 18.0 18.1 Pre-Season 4 roster changes strike Gambit Gaming gambit-gaming.com
  19. 19.0 19.1 Interview with Gambit's new support player (Russian) youtube.com
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Noi's Tweet twitter.com
  21. 21.0 21.1 Gambit parts ways with Alex Ich gambit-gaming.com
  22. 22.0 22.1 niQ has officially joined Gambit Gaming gambit-gaming.com
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 Gambit release statement regarding week 5 roster changes gamespot.com
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 Gambit's line-up at LCS Summer Week 8 gambit-gaming.com
  25. 25.0 25.1 Diamond Returns to Gambit's starting lineup gambit-gaming.com
  26. 26.0 26.1 Krislund Replaces Genja at LCS Promotion Tournament gambit-gaming
  27. 27.0 27.1 Kubon leaves Gambit Gaming gambit-gaming.com
  28. 28.0 28.1 Cabochard joins Gambit gambit-gaming.com
  29. 29.0 29.1 Krislund changes his nickname and joins Gambit gambit-gaming.com
  30. 30.0 30.1 Leviathan joins Gambit Gaming as a Head Coach gambit-gaming
  31. Betsy Joins Gambit Gaming gambit-gaming.com
  32. 32.0 32.1 Leviathan is released from Gambit gambit-gaming.com
  33. 33.0 33.1 FORG1VEN joins Gambit gambit-gaming.com
  34. 34.0 34.1 Shaunz Joins Gambit on a Full-Time Basis gambit-gaming.com
  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 Moopz, Steelback and ImSoFresh join Gambit as subs gambit-gaming.com
  36. Competitive Ruling: Konstantinos ‘FORG1VEN’ Tzortziou euw.lolesports.com
  37. LCS EU Week Nine Roster gambit-gaming.com
  38. FORG1VEN loses a spot in our starting line-up gambit-gaming.com
  39. 39.0 39.1 Cabochard's Facebook Post facebook.com
  40. 40.0 40.1 GoSu Pepper's Facebook Post facebook.com
  41. 41.0 41.1 Unicorns Of Love's Facebook Post facebook.com
  42. 42.0 42.1 Moo's Tweet twitter.com
  43. 43.0 43.1 Gambit Gaming's Facebook Post facebook.com
  44. 44.0 44.1 H2K.lol - IEM Line-up h2k-gaming.eu
  45. 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 45.4 45.5 45.6 Vitality acquiert un spot LCS team-vitality.fr


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