Samsung Galaxy
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| LOCATION: | South Korea 
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| NO. OF PLAYERS: | 8 | |
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| COACHES: | Choe "Edgar" Woo-bum (최우범) Ju "oDin" Yeong-dal (주영달) Yeo "TrAce" Chang-dong (여창동) | |
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| HISTORY | ||
| CREATED: | 2013-09-07 | |
| FORMER: | Samsung Galaxy White SG Blue | |
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Samsung Galaxy is a Korean a professional gaming team based in South Korea, part of KeSPA. The organization previously sponsored two sister teams, Samsung White and Samsung Blue.
History
Samsung initially acquired the rosters of MVP Ozone and MVP Blue in September 2013 and held those two sister teams competing in the Korean circuit from then until September 2014. The organization competed in the Masters 2014 tournament, finishing second in the round robin and then beating CJ Entus 2-0 and SK Telecom T1 3-0 to win the tournament. With that victory and both Samsung White and Samsung Blue placing well in multiple seasons of Champions and qualifying for Worlds in 2014, with White winning, the Samsung organization was recognized as one of the strongest in the history of OGN Champions, considering the strength of both of its teams.
When KeSPA announced their new format for OGN and the prohibition against one organization holding multiple rosters, Samsung released all of its players on both rosters. The team was invited to compete in 2015 LCK Preseason Spring. On December 2nd, 2014 a preliminary roster for that tournament was announced, including CuVee, Eve, BlisS, Fury, and Wraith[1]
Season 5
With the new roster, Samsung finished 2015 LCK Spring in 8th place and 7th in the Summer Split. The team also ended at 9th-14th in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup. In the off season, Ambition and CoreJJ joined the team followed by the release of its previous roster, Eve, Ace, Bliss, Fury and Luna.
Season 6
In 2016 LCK Spring, the team finished 6th and although they did not make it to the playoffs, they were able to secure a spot for themselves in the Summer Split. Prior to the start of the 2nd split, the team added Ruler to the roster, a rookie ADC that will replace CoreJJ, while CoreJJ will move to Support position and Wraith to Sub.
Come 2016 LCK Summer, the team ended the round robin stage at 4th place. Qualifying to the playoffs, they were seeded in the Wildcard round of the gauntlet, where they won against Afreeca Freecs. Unfortunately, the team lost in the 2nd round against KT Rolster, thus ending their run at 4th place. Samsung, however, has earned enough points to secure themselves a spot in the 2016 LCK Regional Qualifiers, where they beat Afreeca Freecs in the 2nd round and KT Rolster in the Finals, taking the #3 seed for the Korean region in the 2016 World Championship.
At Worlds, Samsung came out of Group D as the #1 seed with Royal Never Give Up at #2, leaving both Team SoloMid and Splyce behind. In the knockout stage, they were seeded against NA LCS' #3 seed Cloud9, whom they defeated. Advancing to the Semifinals, Samsung faced Europe's 2nd seed H2k-Gaming and defeated said team as well, propelling their way to the Finals where they faced SK Telecom T1. Their series with SKT went to 5 games but Samsung were unable to overpower the now 3-time World Champions, ending their run at 2nd place.
Prior to the end of the season, Samsung also played in the 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup where they finished at 5th-8th and at IEM Gyeonggi where they finished 1st and qualified for IEM XI World Championship.
During the off season, Samsung did not make much changes to their lineup. Aside from the Helper who decided to part ways with the team, the organization renewed the contracts of all its players with the addition of Haru as substitute Jungler and TrAce as coach, the team will be fielding the same roster in 2017 LCK Spring Split.
Timeline
- January 13th, Coach Joo Young-dal, is fined KRW 500,000 + 20 hours community service for using harsh language.[2]
- May 17th, Bung joins.[3][4]
- May 19th, CoreJJ moves to Support position.[5][6]
- November 30th, CuVee, Ambition, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ and Stitch renew their contracts with the team.[7] Helper and coach Kim Jung-su leave.[8]
- December 2nd, TrAce joins as coach.[9]
- December 7th, Wraith renews contract with the team.[10]
- December 19th, Haru joins.[11]
- June 11th, Samsung Ozone renames to Samsung White.
- October-November, all members of Samsung White and Samsung Blue leave the organization.
- December 2nd, preliminary partial roster is announced, including CuVee, Eve, BlisS, Fury and Wraith
Player Roster
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CuVee | Lee Seong-jin (이성진) | 11/19/2018 |
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Ambition | Kang Chan-yong (강찬용) | 11/20/2017 |
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Crown | Lee Min-ho (이민호) | 11/19/2018 |
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Ruler | Park Jae-hyuk (박재혁) | 11/30/2017 |
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CoreJJ | Jo Yong-in (조용인) | 11/20/2017 |
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Haru | Park Min-seung (강민승) | 11/20/2017 |
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Stitch | Lee Seung-ju (이승주) | 11/30/2017 |
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Wraith | Kwon Ji-min (권지민) | 11/20/2017 |
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Helper | Kwon Young-jae (권영재) | Ever8 Winners |
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Luna | Jang Kyung-ho | |
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Ace | Kim ji-hoon (김지훈) | |
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Eve | Seo Jun-cheol (서준철) | Apex Gaming |
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BlisS | Park Jong-won (박종원) | Apex Gaming |
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Fury | Lee Jin-yong (이진용) | Longzhu Gaming |
Organization
| ID | Name | Position | |
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Edgar | Choi Woo-bum (최우범) | Head Coach |
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oDin | Ju Yeong-dal (주영달) | Coach |
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TrAce | Yeo Chang-dong (여창동) | Coach |
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Kim Jung-su (김정수) | Coach |
Team Achievements
| 2017 Tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2017-08-15 | 
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4th | 2017 LCK Summer Playoffs | 0 : 3 | SK Telecom T1 |
20,000,000 KRW |
| 2017-08-06 |
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3rd | 2017 LCK Summer Split | 13 - 5 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2017-07-09 | 
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2nd | 2017 Rift Rivals - Red | 1 : 3 | LPL |
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| 2017-04-15 |
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3rd | 2017 LCK Spring Playoffs | 0 : 3 | KT Rolster |
30,000,000 KRW |
| 2017-04-02 |
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2nd | 2017 LCK Spring Split | 14 - 4 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2016 Tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2016-12-18 | 
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1st | IEM XI Gyeonggi | 3 : 1 | Kongdoo Monster |
50,000 USD |
| 2016-11-13 | 
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5 - 8th | 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup | 1 : 2 | Ever |
5,000,000 KRW |
| 2016-10-29 | 
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2nd | 2016 World Championship | 2 : 3 | SK Telecom T1 |
1,005,000 USD |
| 2016-09-03 |
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Q | 2016 LCK Regional Qualifiers | 3 : 2 | KT Rolster |
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| 2016-08-10 |
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4th | 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs | 0 : 3 | KT Rolster |
20,000,000 KRW |
| 2016-08-06 |
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4th | 2016 LCK Summer Split | 12 - 6 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2016-04-09 |
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6th | 2016 LCK Spring Split | 10 - 8 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | 10,000,000 KRW |
| 2015 Tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2015-11-07 |
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9 - 14th | 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup | 0 : 2 | Ever |
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| 2015-08-13 |
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7th | 2015 LCK Summer Split | 16 : 27 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | 10,000,000 KRW |
| 2015-04-11 |
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8th | 2015 LCK Spring | 2 : 12 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | 10,000,000 KRW |
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2014-06-08 | 
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1st | SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 | 3 : 0 | SK Telecom T1 |
50,000,000 KRW |
Interviews
- October 2nd - Samsung coach on post-exodus rebuilding: “Honestly, I didn’t even think 1 percent that we would make it to worlds.” with Slingshot
- October 12th - Samsung coach on player growth and why he hates talking about the team’s “golden age.” with Slingshot
- October 13th - SAMSUNG GALAXY COACH: 'IF I HAD TO PICK [BETWEEN BJERGSEN AND JENSEN] I WOULD PICK BJERGSEN' with Esports Heaven
Other Contents
- May 31st - Samsung Galaxy coach: “You can’t improve when you’re satisfied with the present.” by Andrew Kim (slingshotesports.com)
- June 6th - 빅토르 승리의 날! 단독 1위 오른 삼성, 힘겨운 승리 거둔 kt (종합) by 장민영 (inven.co.kr)
- July 3rd - [Rift Rivals Preview] SSG Head Coach Edgar: "We hope to return to LCK feeling refreshed after RR" by Jaeic Lee (invenglobal.com)
- July 6th - RIFT RIVALS RED EXCLUSIVE: SPOTLIGHT ON SAMSUNG by Tania Mae (gameishard.gg)
- September 13th - A Look at a few of Samsung’s Tendencies by Brendan Schilling (medium.com)
- September 15th - WORLDS 2016 TEAM PROFILE: SAMSUNG GALAXY by HeckMaister (esportsheaven.com)
- September 19th - One of these things is not like the others: Samsung's unlikely Worlds appearance by Emily Rand (thescoreesports.com)
- September 29th -
- How Samsung Galaxy re-built itself piece by piece by Colin "CD-Mangaka" Nimer (slingshotesports.com)
- VIDEO: Worlds Feature: Samsung's Journey by LoL Esports
- October 2nd - What TSM, SSG, and RNG need to do to survive the brutal League of Legends Worlds Group D by Taylor Cocke (esports.yahoo.com)
- October 8th -
- Samsung Galaxy qualify for Worlds quarterfinals by Daniel Rosen (thescoreesports.com)
- RNG and SSG join the final eight by Kien Lam (lolesports.com)
- October 12th - UZI'S ULTIMATE REVENGE AND 5 OTHER STORYLINES FOR WORLDS TOP 8 by CD Mangaka (esportsheaven.com)
- October 13th -
- Samsung Galaxy sweep Cloud9, advance to Worlds semifinals by Sasha Erfanian (thescoreesports.com)
- Top Dead: SSG advance to the Semifinals by Paul Marshall (lolesports.com)
- Cloud9 swept by Samsung Galaxy, NA eliminated from Worlds by Pete Volk (riftherald.com)
- BLOWN AWAY: SAMSUNG ADVANCE by Phillip "Riot Costy" Costigan (eu.lolesports.com)
- VIDEO: Cloud9 vs. Samsung Galaxy: 2016 Worlds Quarterfinal Preview by theScore Esports
- How Samsung Galaxy turned boos into silence and, finally, cheers by Austen Goslin (riftherald.com)
- October 18th - At Worlds, Regional Skill Gaps Refuse to Close by Robert Zacny & Cass Marshall (redbull.com)
- October 20th - H2K vs. Samsung Galaxy at Worlds 2016: Four players to watch by Taylor Cocke (esports.yahoo.com)
- October 21st - DO OR DIE: H2K VS SSG by Phillip "Riot Costy" Costigan (eu.lolesports.com)
- October 22nd -
- Samsung Galaxy defeat H2k-Gaming 3-0, advance to Grand Finals at Worlds by Preston Dosza (thescoreesports.com)
- Samsung Galaxy sweeps H2K, advances to the 2016 League of Legends World Championship grand finals by Taylor Cocke (esports.yahoo.com)
- Galactic Sweep: SSG flies into the Finals by Kien Lam (lolesports.com)
- SAMSUNG HEAD TO THE FINAL! by Phillip "Riot Costy" Costigan (eu.lolesports.com)
- SK Telecom Turn Heel at Worlds, Samsung Try Charm by Cass Marshall & Amanda Stevens (redbull.com)
- October 26th -
- STATS DIVE: SK TELECOM T1 VS SAMSUNG GALAXY by Amelia Savery (eu.lolesports.com)
- VIDEO: Hindsight #6: H2K vs Samsung Galaxy Baron fight by YAHOO! Esports
- October 27th -
- A place in the stars: Why Samsung Galaxy are the second best team at Worlds by Kelsey Moser (thescoreesports.com)
- SSG coach on long losing streak against SKT: “We made it to worlds (by) breaking our 0-19 record against KT Rolster.” by Andrew Kim (slingshotesports.com)
- October 28th - A GALAXY STANDS BETWEEN SKT AND ITS 3RD WORLDS TITLE by Phillip "Riot Costy" Costigan (eu.lolesports.com)
- October 29th -
- A Little Bit of History Repeating: Samsung Galaxy vs. SK Telecom T1 by Emily Rand (thescoreesports.com)
- Underdog status is nothing new for Samsung Galaxy by Andrew Kim (slingshotesports.com)
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Discussions
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- ↑ [별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개 inven.co.kr
- ↑ Riot fines Umti, four LCK coaches and orders them to complete community service for saying bad words slingshotesports.com
- ↑ Samsung Galaxy's Facebok Post facebook.com
- ↑ Samsung Galaxy signs new AD carry Bung thescoreesports.com
- ↑ Samsung Galaxy ADC CoreJJ role-swaps to the support position thescoreesports.com
- ↑ '코어장전' 조용인, 원거리 딜러에서 서포터로 변경 fomos.kr
- ↑ [삼성 갤럭시, 롤드컵 멤버와 재계약...권지민 거취 고민 중 fomos.kr
- ↑ Samsung Galaxy's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ [Samsung Galaxy's Facebook Post] facebook.com
- ↑ '레이스' 권지민, 삼성 갤럭시 잔류 선택 fomos.kr
- ↑ '하루' 강민승, 삼성 갤럭시 공식 입단 fomos.kr
- ↑ CJ Entus' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ @KefkaLoL's Twitter Post twitter.com
- ↑ 삼성 갤럭시, 이경민 코치 포함 선수 5명과 결별 m.fomos.kr
