Команда киберспортсменов Samsung Galaxy стала чемпионом мира по League of Legends

Команда Samsung Galaxy (SSG) стала чемпионом мира по League of Legends. 
В финале со счётом 3:0 SSG буквально разгромила действующих чемпионов мира, также представляющих Южную Корею - SK Telecom 1.
Финальная игра проходила в Шанхае (Китай) на крытом стадионе "Птичье гнездо" при забитых до отказа трибунах.
В 2016 году команды уже встречались в финале и тогда победу одержала SKT. Начиная с 2013 года только Samsung Galaxy и SK Telecom одерживали победы на главном турнире года: в активе SKT три кубка, у Samsung Galaxy - два.

How Samsung Galaxy rebuilt to take down the SKT dynasty

Three years ago, days after winning the 2014 League of Legends World Championship, Samsung Galaxy was at the lowest point in the organization's long history. The entirety of its title-winning team, Samsung Galaxy White, left the club to pursue higher salaries in China, as did every starting player from its sister team Samsung Blue. Over the next year, Samsung Galaxy would become a punchline, a roster filled with no-names and rookies languishing at the bottom of the Korean league.
On Saturday, in front of over 40,000 fans at the Bird's Nest in Beijing, Samsung Galaxy completed its rebuild, ending the dynasty of fellow South Korean side SK Telecom T1 to win the organization's second world title. The team's 3-0 triumph was a result of trusting the process, slowly putting together a roster that could take down the greatest player in the world.
Looking back, Samsung's lost year of 2015 is part of its success story. Even though it spent the season bottom of the LCK standings, the team stuck by the two starters who stood out: Lee "CuVee" Seong-jin and Lee "Crown" Min-ho. Then, adding veteran Kang "Ambition" Chan-yong before the 2016 season took it to the next level. Samsung made a surprising run to last year's Worlds final before being stopped in the final by SKT, losing a classic five-game series at a sold-out Staples Center.
When a majority of teams would have made sweeping changes after failing to win Worlds, signing a superstar free agent or making a flashy trade, Samsung did the opposite. It stuck with the same five players, only adding a young jungler in Kang "Haru" Min-seung to take the load off Ambition's shoulders. The team didn't stray from the rebuild.
Now, in this year's rematch with SKT, led by the game's all-time best player/coach combination in Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok and mastermind Kim "kkOma" Jung-gyun, Samsung saw its patience rewarded, its blueprint succeed. The longest-tenured member of the team, CuVee, who endured jeers and taunts during the team's darkest season, played a pivotal role on the night, quieting the pro-Faker and SKT crowd with the performance of his life.
But no player took a longer road to the Summoner's Cup than Samsung's captain Ambition. Once regarded as the best mid laner in South Korea before transitioning into the jungler role, he was the first victim of Faker's legend five years ago. At every upswing in his career, Ambition met with an even better performance from Faker. But over the course of this World Championships, the recently married jungler played the best games of his career, when just two years ago people believed it might be time for him to retire.
"It's been seven to eight years of my professional career, [and] I was never the best," he said. "I was one of the top but never the best. I think winning this Worlds in this moment pays back for all those times that I struggled. Maybe all that time struggling was meant for this moment."
Together, Samsung Galaxy did the unthinkable: taking down the SK Telecom T1 dynasty in a one-sided victory. Head coach Choi "Edgar" Woo-beom, who has watched his team rise, fall and rise again, sees his players not as subordinates or pieces on a chessboard, but as a family. "I have two sons, but besides my own sons they [the players] are like my sons," he said.
Tonight, there is no bad to speak of. The rebuild is complete, and Samsung Galaxy is the champion of the world once more.

Команда киберспортсменов Samsung Galaxy вышла в финал Чемпионата мира по League of Legends

После прохода SK Telecom T1 в финал, Samsung Galaxy были обязаны оказаться там же, несмотря на все претензии Team WE. Так и получилось: южнокорейский коллектив использовал несколько ошибок китайской команды, чтобы подвести итог под своим великолепным выступлением в плей-офф, и теперь фанатов League of Legends (LoL) ждёт повтор прошлогоднего грандфинала в Staples Center.
Samsung Galaxy, действующие вице-чемпионы мира приехали в Китай, как и год назад, в качестве главной тёмной лошадки всего турнира. Ни одного финала LCK, 3-е место весной и 4-е летом - какой ещё коллектив мог бы рассчитывать на путёвку на ЧМ с такими результатами? Вовремя вернувшийся в состав Ambition стабилизировал положение в матче против Afreeca Freecs, вдохнув в команду жизнь, а с KT Rolster расправились даже быстрее, чем в 2016. Два поражения в группе от Royal Never Give Up сменились победой в четвертьфинале над главными претендентами на титул из Longzhu Gaming. Стабильный Ambition и добавивший Crown, прекрасный CuVee и успокоившийся ботлейн - на трёхлетнюю годовщину триумфа Samsung White на стадионе в Сеуле SSG вновь заставили поверить в сказку.
После четвертьфиналов показалось, что SSG не показали ничего сверхъестественного, а первая игра полуфинала с Team WE лишь усилила впечатление, что это просто были проблемы Longzhu Gaming. Оказалось, что нет: Samsung Galaxy почти не допускали ошибок, в спокойном стиле выиграв три игры подряд, а в грандфинале будут едва ли не фаворитом против менее стабильной команды соотечественников SK Telecom T1.
4 ноября в Пекине на стадионе “Птичье Гнездо” состоится матч-реванш прошлогоднего финала Чемпионата мира. Faker и SK Telecom T1 будут защищать свой титул в третий раз кряду, а против них сыграют Ambition и Samsung Galaxy, словно это Лос-Анджелес и 2016 год на календаре. Тот же состав SSG против Huni и Peanut, которые сыграют в решающем матче впервые - если и есть серия, которую нельзя было пропустить в этом году, так это грядущая баталия. Не пропустите.

Команда Samsung Galaxy вышла в полуфинал Чемпионата мира по League of Legends

Команда киберспортсменов Samsung Galaxy вышла в полуфинал чемпионата мира по League of Legends (LoL). В четвертьфинале они разгромили Longzhu Gaming со счётом 3:0.
Royal Never Give Up в четвертьфинале обыграла Fnatic со счётом 3:1.
Ещё одна пара полуфиналистов - SK Telecom T1 и RNG разыграют путёвку в финал 28 октября.
В полуфинале 29 октября Samsung Galaxy встретится с Team WE, которые 22-го числа обыграли Cloud9 со счётом 3:2. Longzhu Gaming, в свою очередь, закончила своё выступление на турнире и не поднимется выше 5-го места в итоговом зачёте.
Полуфинальные матчи пройдут на арене спорткомплекса "Восток" (Шанхай, КНР). Турнир завершится 4 ноября.
В настоящее время призовой фонд чемпионата составляет $4,1 миллиона.

Samsung Galaxy sweep Longzhu Gaming to become the first team through to the League of Legends Worlds 2017 semifinals

The first day of the League of Legends Worlds 2017 Knockouts kicked off with a huge upset as Samsung Galaxy decimated Longzhu Gaming. 
In the first quarterfinal match of the esports championships, everyone expected the Korean champions Longzhu Gaming to come out the victors. 
However Samsung Galaxy, Korea's third seed, defied expectations and played out of their skin to take a 3-0 victory and progress to the semifinals.
Surprising turn of events means that there are are no first seeds remaining from any region, as Team SoloMid, Edward Gaming, G2 Esports, Gigabyte Marines, and Flash Wolves are all out.
Longzhu Gaming were strong favourites for the tournament after beating reigning champions SK Telecom T1 in the Korean final earlier this year, and after going through the Group Stage completely undefeated.
There were talks of them even winning the Grand Final without losing a game in the entire tournament. However, Samsung Galaxy took three games off them and sent them crashing out.
The players from Longzhu Gaming will go to bed hoping it's all been a bad dream, as they certainly had a nightmare on Summoner's Rift.
Not only did Samsung Galaxy play well mechanically, they also seemed to have the beating of Longzhu strategically. 

Game 1 

Longzhu's mid laner Kwak 'Bdd' Bo-seong was licking his lips in the first game where he was Syndra matched up against the Malzahar of SSG's Lee 'Crown' Min-ho. And indeed, he picked up a solo kill early in the game to take first blood. 
It was fairly even in the early game though. A dive in the top lane looked to be going all wrong for SSG, until Kim 'Khan' Dong-ha chased a little too far and lost his life.
The teams traded kills in the middle of the map a number of times, and Longzhu came out slightly on top in a couple of team fights.
They went on to win a big team fight in their own jungle around the 35 minute mark, but Samsung won a far more important one a few minutes later near Baron. 
This was the turning point in the match, and Samsung were able to steamroll LZ from then on, until they barged into their base with the ace and the victory in the 45th minute.

Game 2

Longzhu took down Crown early in the game once again, but SSG turned it around a few minutes later with an unexpected four man stack in the mid lane to pick up two kills.
The kills kept coming for Samsung too, and although LZ picked up a dragon in the 19th minute, SSG swarmed them to pick up an ace, losing just two members of their team. 
Longzhu simply had no answer to the gold disadvantage they faced, and it only took SSG half an hour to surge into their base and take game two. 
Crown had a monumental game on Taliyah, securing 100% kill participation with his score of 9/1/7.

Game 3

Crown took the spotlight in game three even before the players loaded onto the Rift by locking in Lissandra.
He also took first blood in the game after the team invaded the enemy jungle to take down Lee 'Cuzz' Woo-jin on Gragas. Cuzz had a difficult series, often failing to make a meaningful impact.
Meanwhile, the veteran jungler Kang 'Ambition' Chan-yong from SSG was seemingly all over the map, and immensely tanky playing Sejuani in every game in the series.
Building on yet another early lead, Samsung Galaxy snowballed the game, and Longzhu simply didn't have enough damage. 
Every time it seemed like LZ were getting back into the game with a kill or two, Samsung were taking an objective on the other side of the map.
In another relatively quick game, Samsung were able to take Longzhu's nexus after 34 minutes, securing a surprising whitewash, and a place in the next round.
Samsung have now shot up the prediction list, but the slight favourites now have to be SK Telecom T1, three time winners and Korea's second seed.
For now, Samsung Galaxy can relax before preparations begin for their semifinal match on October 29.

Команда геймеров Samsung Galaxy вышла в плэй-офф чемпионата мира по League of Legends

Команды Royal Never Give Up и Samsung Galaxy вышли в плэй-офф чемпионата мира League of Legends (LoL). По результатам завершившихся матчей RNG заняла 1-е место в группе со статистикой 5:1 по картам. Samsung Galaxy заняла 2-ю строчку таблицы. G2 Esports и 1907 Fenerbahce покинули турнир, оставшись на итоговом 13-16-м месте. 
Ранее определились победители группы B. По результатам матчей 12 октября в плэй-офф вышли Longzhu Gaming и Fnatic. LG на групповом этапе не проиграла ни одной карты. 
14 октября прошли последние матчи группы D, по результатам которых определились ещё два участника плей-офф. В следующий четверг, 19 октября состоятся четвертьфинальные матчи. Соперником Samsung будет команда Longzhu Gaming.
Чемпионат мира по LoL проходит в Шанхае (Китай). Призовой фонд соревнований составляет $ 2,13 миллиона.

Команда Samsung Galaxy завоевала последний южнокорейский слот на чемпионат мира по League of Legends

Команда киберспортсменов Samsung Galaxy обыграла соперников в лице KT Rolster на LCK Regionals 2017 по League of Legends (LoL) со счётом 3:0. Таким образом, Samsung Galaxy завоевала путёвку на групповой этап чемпионат мира по LoL. 
Ранее слоты, предназначенные для Южной Кореи, поделили финалисты Summer Split Longzhu Gaming и SKT Telecom1. Первый коллектив попал на 2017 World Championship благодаря победе в LCK Summer Split 2017, а SKT T1 набрала больше всего очков за два прошедших сезона. 
League of Legends World Championships 2017 пройдёт с 23 сентября по 11 ноября в Китае. Призовой фонд турнира в настоящее время составляет $2,1 миллиона. Он может вырасти благодаря продажам внутриигровой продукции.

Samsung Galaxy demolish KT Rolster to qualify for the 2017 World Championship

The LCK regional finals took place against the looming backdrop of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship in China. kt Rolster had more championship points than Samsung Galaxy, but none of that mattered. The third place spot at Worlds always goes to the winner of the Regional Finals.
Samsung will advance in dramatic fashion to the World Championships in China. Other teams will have to consider changes for the coming season, while Samsung will be wondering what they can do to topple the two other Korean giants.
A 3-0 series is impressive in any situation, but to do so in the LCK regional finals against kt Rolster lays down a gauntlet and demands that other teams pay attention.
Samsung will want replicate this kind of form and determination. Whether or not that’s possible remains to be seen. One thing is for sure though, with the likes of Longzhu, SKT T1 and Samsung in the World Championships, other leagues will need to be at their very best to topple the Korean giants.