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Kkoma
Kim Jeong-gyun ( ko, 김정균; born December 23, 1985), better known as kkOma, is a South Korean professional '' League of Legends'' coach. As the coach of SK Telecom T1 and later DWG KIA, kkOma was a three-time world champion, two-time Mid-Season Invitational champion, and ten-time LCK champion. kkOma is widely considered the greatest coach in ''League of Legends'' history. He is known for his strict coaching attitude and aptitude for developing talented rookies. He was also a finalist for the 2017 and 2021 World Championship. Prior to becoming a coach, kkOma enjoyed a short professional career in esports. He competed in StarCraft II competing under the ID "LittleBoy" for "Team Old Generations". After unsuccessful attempts to qualify for Global StarCraft II League, he quit Starcraft II and competed for one season of League of Legends Champions Korea for the team "Startale". He played as the jungler for Startale. kkOma is the only coach who owns a ward skin in ''League o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was the third annual Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) - a tournament for the MOBA video game ''League of Legends'' was hosted by Riot Games. The tournament was held from April 28 to May 21, 2017, in Brazil. This was the first time MSI had been extended. Each of 13 premier League of Legends leagues had a team that won the Spring Split represent them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China ( LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in a "Play-in Stage" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event. SK Telecom T1 from South Korea defended successfully their championship in last year after defeating G2 Esports from Europe 3–1 at the final. Qualified teams and roster Qualified team Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2015–2016), 3 teams from Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (LCK), and China (LPL) are started in Main Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends Champions Korea
''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK) is the primary competition for ''League of Legends'' esports in South Korea. Contested by ten teams, the league runs two seasons per year and serves as a direct route to qualification for the annual ''League of Legends'' World Championship. The LCK is administered in cooperation between Riot Games and KeSPA. The league was formerly named ''League of Legends'' Champions before undergoing a major restructuring in late 2014, which saw a change in the competition's format and a rebranding to its current name. OGN reserved exclusive broadcasting rights of the league until 2016 when rights were split with SPOTV Games. In 2019, Riot Games took over the broadcasting of LCK. In 2021 the LCK franchised, and Challengers Korea (CK) and the LCK promotion tournament were discontinued. The LCK is considered one of the strongest ''League of Legends'' competitions in the world, with teams from the league winning the World Championship a record sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESports
Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although organized competitions have long been a part of video game culture, these were largely between amateurs until the late 2000s, when participation by professional gamers and spectatorship in these events through live streaming saw a large surge in popularity. By the 2010s, esports was a significant factor in the video game industry, with many game developers actively designing and providing funding for tournaments and other events. The most common video game genres associated with esports are multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), first-person shooter (FPS), fighting, card, battle royale and real-time strategy (RTS) games. Popular esports franchises include ''League of Legends'', ''Dota'', ''Counter-Strike'', ''Valorant'', ''Overwatch'', ''Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Telecom T1
T1 (previously known as SK Telecom T1 or SKT T1) is a South Korean esports organization operated by the T1 Entertainment & Sports, a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor. At the end of 2003, SK Telecom took the StarCraft Team Orion (formerly 4U) by Lim Yo-hwan under contract and set up the team under the conglomerate's banner. Lim Yo-hwan took the role of team captain.Lim Yo-Hwan,''Crazy as Me''(임요환,''나만큼 미쳐봐''), 2004, Bookroad, (03810) T1's ''League of Legends'' team has won the 2013, 2015, and 2016 editions of the ''League of Legends World Championship''. Honours Domestic League * League of Legends Champions Korea ::Winners (10): 2013 Summer, 2013–14 Winter, 2015 Spring, 2015 Summer, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2019 Spring, 2019 Summer, 2020 Spring, 2022 Spring ::Runners-up (3): 2017 Summer, 2021 Summer, 2022 Summer International *League of Legends World Championship ::Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2016 ::Runners-up: 2017, 2022 *Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esports At The 2022 Asian Games – League Of Legends
The '' League of Legends'' event at the 2022 Asian Games took place from 25 to 29 September 2023 in Hangzhou, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... Draw Eleven teams are drawn to three groups of three and a group with just two teams. Hosts China, Malaysia, India, and Saudi Arabia got byes to the quarterfinals and faced the winners of each group. Squads Results Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Final round Source: Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal match Gold medal match References {{reflist League of Legends Asian Games 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esports At The 2022 Asian Games
Esports at the 2022 Asian Games were held at the China Hangzhou Esports Center in Hangzhou, China from 24 September to 2 October 2023. This was the first edition of the Asian Games that featured esports as a medal event, after debuting as a demonstration sport in 2018 Asian Games, 2018, and the second major multi-sport event to do so after the SEA Games since 2019 SEA Games, 2019. A qualification tournament called ''Asian Esports Federation, AESF Road to Asian Games 2022'' was played in Macau, China from June 15 to July 15 for all titles featured. The results of this tournament were also used to determine the countries' seedings for the upcoming Games, with no participants being eliminated through this event. South Korea and Japan didn't take part in this stage. Schedule Events Esports were featured at the 2018 Asian Games as a demonstration sport, thus medals won in the event weren't counted in the official overall medal tally. With the 2022 Asian Games, a total of 7 medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games. There have been nine nations that have hosted the Asian Games. Forty-six nations have participated in the Games, including Israel, which was excluded from the Games altogether after Israel managed to win a silver medal (in their last participation) at the 1974 Asian Games in Iran. The most recent games was held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The next games are scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esports
Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although organized competitions have long been a part of video game culture, these were largely between amateurs until the late 2000s, when participation by professional gamers and spectatorship in these events through live streaming saw a large surge in popularity. By the 2010s, esports was a significant factor in the video game industry, with many game developers actively designing and providing funding for tournaments and other events. The most common video game genres associated with esports are multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), first-person shooter (FPS), fighting, card, battle royale and real-time strategy (RTS) games. Popular esports franchises include ''League of Legends'', ''Dota'', ''Counter-Strike'', ''Valorant'', ''Overwatch'', ''Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of League Of Legends Leagues And Tournaments
''League of Legends'' is an esports game widely played at both amateur and professional levels. This is a list of ''League of Legends'' competitions organized or sponsored by the game's publisher, Riot Games. International tournaments Tier 1 leagues As of 2021, there are 12 professional leagues for ''League of Legends'' around the world. For the World Championship, the LEC, LPL, LCS and LCK are allocated three spots each, the PCS and VCS is allocated two spots, and the six emerging regions are allocated one spot each. One spot is awarded at the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) to the region of the MSI champion, and one last spot is awarded to the highest ranked region that did not win that year's MSI. League cups Tier 2 and lower leagues Former tier 1 and 2 leagues Other tournaments "Established" and "ended" refers to the years the tournament hosted a ''League of Legends'' tournament, not necessarily the years the competition itself was held. Collegiate le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KeSPA Cup
The KeSPA Cup (Hangul: 케스파컵) is an annual esports event organized by the Korean eSports Association. As of the 2021 edition, the tournament is organized for ''League of Legends''. Until 2016, the tournament was also organized for ''StarCraft II''. History The first KeSPA cup was hosted in 2005 as a tournament to allow professional ''StarCraft'' teams to play against amateur teams. Events were also held for '' Special Force'', ''Kartrider'', and '' FreeStyle Street Basketball''. The second event was held in 2007 at Sejong University and also included ''WarCraft III'' and ''Counter-Strike''. In 2014, seven years since the last event, KeSPA Cup was brought back for its modern iteration and it has been held every year since. ''StarCraft II'' was the only game that had a tournament in the relaunch of the initiative and it featured 16 of the year's best players playing for 8 million South Korean won. The following year, two tournaments for StarCraft II were held, the first in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends All-Star
The ''League of Legends'' All-Star event (ASE) is an international off-season '' League of Legends'' tournament featuring fan-voted players from each of the twelve professional regions' top level leagues. The tournament is typically held in December, after the World Championship, and features professional ''League of Legends'' players competing in various unconventional game modes. Overview References All-star games All-Star Riot Games competitions {{Videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 League Of Legends Rift Rivals
The 2019 ''League of Legends'' Rift Rivals was the third Rift Rivals – a series of cross-regional ''League of Legends'' tournaments organised by Riot Games. The tournament was held on 27–29 June 2019 in Los Angeles for the North America and Europe region, and 4–7 July 2019 in Seoul for China, South Korea, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau and Vietnam region. The Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau region and Vietnam region sent their top two teams for Spring season to Rift Rivals 2019 respectively. Riot Games had discontinued the Rift Rivals event for play-in region this year. Format LCS/LEC * Participants: Top three teams from each region * Group Stage ** Single Round Robin best of one * Finals ** Best of five relay race LCK/LPL/LMS-VCS * Participants: Top four teams from each region ** LMS-VCS is treated as a single region, each region sends their top two teams for the tournament * Group Stage ** Best of one ** Each win will attribute to the team's home region ** Top region advances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
