Nongshim RedForce ( ko, 농심 레드포스) is a South Korean professional ''

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'' team owned by food and beverage company

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. The team's name and logo are a reference to Nongshim's popular instant noodle brand

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. For most of its history the team competed in Challengers Korea (CK), the

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of professional ''League of Legends'' in South Korea. However, as Team Dynamics, the team qualified for South Korea's primary league, ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK), after winning the 2020 LCK Summer promotion tournament. In late 2020

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Korea announced that Team Dynamics would be one of ten permanent franchise partners of the LCK. Nongshim became the main sponsor of Team Dynamics on 17 June 2020, and stated that it would acquire the team after the

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. On 17 December 2020, Team Dynamics was rebranded as Nongshim RedForce.

Current roster

Tournament results

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* Esports teams based in South Korea League of Legends Champions Korea teams {{Esports-organization-stub