Giants Gaming, commonly referred to simply as Giants, is a Spanish professional
esports organisation that has teams competing in ''
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''
League of Legends
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'', ''
Call of Duty'', ''
FIFA,
Fortnite
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,'' and
''Rainbow Six Siege''''.'' The ''League of Legends'' (LoL) team competes in the
European League of Legends Championship Series
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. The organisation has two
Rainbow Six Siege
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teams, a Singaporean team competing Southeast Asian Pro League and a Spanish team competing in the Spanish Nationals. Giants Gaming was founded in 2008 in
Málaga,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''
Tournament results
2017
* 13th-16th - CEVO Main Season 12 Europe
* 2nd -
ESL
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Masters Spain Spring 2017 Finals
* 2nd - 4Gamers CS:GO Masters
Porto
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* 5th-6th -
ESL
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Clash of Nations
* 3rd-4th -
ESL
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Masters Spain Winter 2017 Finals
* 3rd-4th - Superliga Orange Season 13 Finals
2018
* 1st - Master League Portugal
* 3rd-4th - Moche XL eSports CS:GO Cup
* 1st - Superliga Orange Finals 2018
* 3rd-4th - ESL Masters Spain Spring 2018 Finals
* 7th-8th - DreamHack Open
Valencia
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2018
* 9th-16th -
ESEA Advanced Season 28 Europe
* 1st -
IeSF EWC Portugal 2018
*1st - Worten Game Ring Master League Portugal
*1st - ESL Masters Spain Winter 2018 Finals
2019
* 9th-12th - LOOT.BET HotShot Series Season 1
* 1st -
BLAST Pro Series
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Madrid 2019 Play-in
* 1st -
BLAST Pro Series
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Madrid 2019 Play-in Finals
*6th -
BLAST Pro Series
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Madrid 2019
''League of Legends''
Tournament results
2013
* 7th —
2013 Spring EU LCS
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Albums
* ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013
...
2016
* 3rd —
2016 Summer EU LCS
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* 5th/6th —
2016 Summer EU LCS Playoffs
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''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege''
Giants Gaming first acquired a ''Rainbow Six Siege'' team on 8 June 2018.
The Spanish team would remain one of the top teams in Spain until it disbanded in October of the following year.
On 8 August 2019, Giants Gaming picked up top European team, Looking For Org shortly before the Six Major Raleigh. The original roster consisted of Maurice "AceeZ" Erkelenz, Léo "Alphama" Robine, Théophile "Hicks" Dupont, Lukas "Korey" Zwingmann, Valentin "Risze" Liradelfo, and Laurent "Crapelle" Patriarche as coach along with Robin "Robz" Planus as the team's manager. Giants placed 5-8th after defeating
Evil Geniuses
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and
Ninjas in Pyjamas
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but falling to
ForZe Esports
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in the quarter finals. After unsatisfactory results at the Pro League Season 10 Finals, Alphama was kicked and later joined American team, .
The roster, along with the addition of AceeZ and Korey's former teammate, Jan "Ripz" Hucke, was later bought by
Rogue, who previously fielded an American team.
On 9 January 2020, Giants Gaming picked up their third team, the Singaporean squad
Aerowolf.
Before the acquisition, Aerowolf decisively defeated the best teams in Australia and Japan in the Season 10 APAC Finals,
Fnatic
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and
Nora-Rengo respectively, before beating the previous Giants roster and challenging eventual runner-ups, American
DarkZero Esports, at the Season 10 Finals. At the Six Invitational 2020, Giants lost to
MiBR
Made in Brazil (MIBR) is a professional esports organization with players competing in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,'' '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege'' and ''VALORANT''. It was a member of the G7 Teams. MIBR was founded on March 1, ...
and
Team Liquid
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in the group stage.
Rosters
Valorant
Notable Achievements
''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege''
Spanish Team
References
External links
Official website Official website @GiantsGaming on Twitter@GiantsGamingENG on Twitter
{{League of Legends Championship Series Europe
Former European League of Legends Championship Series teams
Call of Duty teams
2008 establishments in Spain
FIFA (video game series) teams
Esports teams based in Spain
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege teams