Flamengo Esports

Flamengo Esports is the esports department of traditional sports club Flamengo.[1] It had a League of Legends team competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLoL), Brazil's top professional league for the game.[2]

Flamengo Esports
Short nameFLA
Games
Founded6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
LocationBrazil
Championships1× CBLoL (2019 Split 2)
Parent groupClube de Regatas do Flamengo
Active departments of Flamengo
FootballYouth
Academy		Football
(women's)
BasketballRowingSwimming
Volleyball
(men's)		Volleyball
(women's)		Gymnastics
JudoAmerican
football		Esports

League of Legends

History

On 6 October 2017 Flamengo announced the creation if its esports department and its acquisition of the BRCC (Brazilian equivalent of North America and Europe's former challenger series) spot of Merciless Gaming.[1] For its inaugural roster, Flamengo signed top laner Park "Jisu" Jin-cheol,[3] jungler Thúlio "Sirt" Carlos,[4] mid laner Danniel "Evrot" Franco,[5] bot laner Felipe "brTT" Gonçalves, and support Eidi "esA" Yanagimachi.[6] The team debuted in BRCC 2018 Split 1 and finished as runner-ups, qualifying for the BRCC 2018 Split 2 promotion tournament. Flamengo qualified for the CBLoL after defeating Team oNe eSports 3–2 in the "access series" match.[7]

Flamengo finished as runner-ups in the team's first CBLoL appearance, in both the regular season and playoffs after losing 2–3 to KaBuM! e-Sports in the finals. In preparation for the 2019 CBLoL season, Flamengo replaced its entire roster excluding brTT, signing top laner Leonardo "Robo" Souza,[8] jungler Lee "Shrimp" Byeong-hoon, mid laner Bruno "Goku" Miyaguchi,[9] and support Han "Luci" Chang-hoon.[10] The team dominated the regular season of Split 1, losing only a single game to KaBuM.[7] However, in playoffs Flamengo once again fell short, losing to INTZ e-Sports 2–3 in the finals.[7] After placing first once again in the regular season of Split 2, Flamengo managed to defeat INTZ 3–2 to finally win their first CBLoL title.[7] This also qualified the team for play-in stage[11] of the 2019 World Championship.[2][12]

For the 2019 World Championship play-in stage round robin, Flamengo was placed in Group D, along with South Korean team DAMWON Gaming and Turkish team Royal Youth.[13] Despite a good showing against DAMWON Gaming[14] and Royal Youth in the first round robin (the latter of which Flamengo defeated),[15] Flamengo faltered in the second, losing to both teams[16][17] and tying Royal Youth for second in Group D. After losing the tiebreaker match to Royal Youth, Flamengo was eliminated from the tournament.[18]

Tournament results
Placement Event Final result (W–L)
3rd–4th Desafio Promo Arena CCXP 2017 0–2 (against IDM Gaming)
2nd BRCC 2018 Split 1 3–2–0
2nd BRCC 2018 Split 1 Playoffs 1–3 (against IDM Gaming)
Qualified CBLoL 2018 Split 2 Promotion 3–2 (against Team oNe eSports)
2nd CBLoL 2018 Split 2 5–2
2nd CBLoL 2018 Split 2 Playoffs 2–3 (against KaBuM! e-Sports)
1st Oi Game Arena CCXP 2018 3–2 (against Team oNe eSports)
1st CBLoL 2019 Split 1 20–1
2nd CBLoL 2019 Split 1 Playoffs 2–3 (against INTZ e-Sports)
2nd DreamHack Rio 2019 Showmatch 1–2 (against INTZ e-Sports)
1st CBLoL 2019 Split 2 16–5
1st CBLoL 2019 Split 2 Playoffs 3–2 (against INTZ e-Sports)
21st–24th 2019 World Championship 1–3
2nd CBLoL 2020 Split 1 13–8
2nd CBLoL 2020 Split 1 Playoffs 0–3 (against KaBuM! e-Sports)
6th CBLoL 2020 Split 2 10–11

References
  1. Tibúrcio, Matheus (6 October 2017). "Focando no LoL, Flamengo anuncia seletiva e apresenta planos nos e-sports". Sportv (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. "Meet the League of Legends World Championship qualifiers — Part II". ESPN. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. "Para matar a ansiedade da Nação, temos o orgulho de anunciar Jincheol "Jisu" Park como nosso novo top laner! ..." Facebook (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. "Voltando direto dos Estados Unidos, SirT chegou ao Brasil gankando aqui na Gávea! ..." Facebook (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. "Reconhecido pela sua rápida evolução e talento explosivo, temos o orgulho de anunciar, Danniel "Evrot" Franco! ..." Facebook (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. "Deem as boas vindas ao nosso Suporte! Eidi esa Yanagimachi! ..." Facebook (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. Baker, Thomas (30 September 2019). "2019 Play-In Profile: Flamengo Esports (FLA)". The Game Haus. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. @flaesports (21 November 2018). "Boa tarde, Nação! Continuando o ciclo de contratações para 2019, oficializamos a chegada do Leonardo "Robo" Souza como Top Laner do Mais Querido! ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
  9. @flaesports (22 May 2018). "Tem anúncio de Mid também, Nação! O @gokucplol é o novo reforço do Mengão e chegou pra completar nosso time de craques. Seja bem-vindo! Vamos juntos em busca do título!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
  10. @flaesports (27 November 2018). "Fala, Nação! Apresentamos oficialmente Han "Luci" Chang-hoon como o nosso novo suporte. ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
  11. Li, Xing (30 September 2019). "Who will make it out of the Worlds 2019 play-in stage?". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  12. "2019 League of Legends World Championship team power rankings". ESPN. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  13. Goslin, Austen (23 September 2019). "2019 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage draw show results". The Rift Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  14. Esguerra, Tyler (3 October 2019). "DAMWON Gaming vs. Flamengo Esports had 957,000 peak viewers at Worlds 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  15. Ashton, Graham (4 October 2019). "Play-In Profile: Flamengo eSports Brings Brazil's Soccer Passion to Berlin". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  16. Endres, Elena (5 October 2019). "DAMWON Gaming breeze through play-ins undefeated". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  17. "Damwon Gaming cruise to play-ins bracket at League of Legends World Championships". ESPN. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  18. Li, Xing (5 October 2019). "Royal Youth beat Flamengo in tiebreaker to qualify for the Worlds 2019 play-in knockouts". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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