Samsung Galaxy (esports)

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
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

StarCraft

League of Legends

SSWs Roster:

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

References
  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.


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