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Samsung Galaxy
Short name	SSG; SSW (Samsung White); SSB (Samsung Blue)
Founded	2013
Folded	2017
Location	South Korea
Partners	Samsung Electronics
Website	www.samsungkhan.co.kr

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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'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 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[edit]

StarCraft[edit]

2008 — Shinhan Bank StarCraft Pro League Champions

League of Legends[edit]

Ongamenet League of Legends Champions Spring 2014 — 1st
2014 League of Legends World Championship — 1st (Samsung White), 3rd (Samsung Blue)
2016 League of Legends World Championship^[4] — 2nd
2017 League of Legends World Championship — 1st

Samsung White's world championship-winning roster:

Looper - Top
Dandy - Jungler
PawN - Middle
imp - AD carry
Mata - Support

References[edit]

^ "삼성전자, 갤럭시 프로게임단으로 새출발". This Is Game. September 7, 2013.
^ "Side by side comparison of 2014 World Champions Samsung White versus 2015 SK Telecom T1". Dot Esports. October 22, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
^ "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.
^ Lam, Kien. "SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again". LoL eSports. Riot Games. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by SK Telecom T1 SK Telecom T1	League of Legends World Championship winner 2014 2017	Succeeded by SK Telecom T1 Invictus Gaming
Preceded by SK Telecom T1	League of Legends Champions Korea winner Spring 2014	Succeeded by KT Rolster Arrows

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[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.

[2016_LoL_Championship_finals-4] Lam, Kien. "SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again". LoL eSports. Riot Games. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

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+{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
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-| name         = Samsung Galaxy
+| name = Samsung Galaxy
-| short_name   =
+| short_name = SSG<br>SSW (Samsung White)<br>SSB (Samsung Blue)
-| logo         = Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team.png
+| logo = Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team.png
-| logo_size    =
+| logo_size = 150px
-| alt          =
+| alt =
-| caption      =
+| caption =
-| location     = [[South Korea]]
+| location = [[South Korea]]
 | parent_group =
-| founded      = 2000
+| founded = 2013
-| folded       = 2017
+| folded = 2017
-| manager      = Choi Yoon-Sang (''LoL'')
+| manager =
-| partners     = [[Samsung Electronics]]
+| partners = [[Samsung Electronics]]
-| sport_label  = Divisions
+| sport_label =
-| sport        =
+| sport =
+| website = {{Official URL}}
-| website      = [http://www.samsungkhan.co.kr www.samsungkhan.co.kr]
-| footnotes    =
+| footnotes =
-| fanclub      =
+| fanclub =
 }}
+[[File:Samsung elec khan.jpg|thumb|right|Samsung Galaxy players at the StarCraft II Proleague in 2012]]
-{{Samsung Sports sections}}
-[[Image:Samsung elec khan.jpg|thumb|right|Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game team players]]
-'''Samsung Galaxy''', ([[Hangul]]: 삼성 갤럭시) formerly known as '''Samsung KHAN''', was an [[eSports]] [[works team]] of the [[South Korea]]n corporation [[Samsung Electronics]] that fields teams in ''[[League of Legends]]'' (LoL).
+'''Samsung Galaxy''' ('''SSG''', {{lang-ko|삼성 갤럭시}}) was a professional [[esports]] [[works team]] of the [[South Korea]]n corporation [[Samsung Electronics]]. During its existence it had teams competing in ''[[League of Legends]]'', ''[[StarCraft (video game)|StarCraft]]'' and ''[[StarCraft II]]''.
-On September 7, 2013, the Samsung team acquired the MVP work team's ''LoL'' team, and the entire team was subsequently renamed "Samsung Galaxy."<ref>{{Cite news|title=삼성전자, 갤럭시 프로게임단으로 새출발 |url=http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=e_sports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=439&article_id=0000000310 |publisher=This Is Game |date=7 September 2013}}</ref> Samsung Galaxy White won the [[2014 League of Legends World Championship]]. Samsung Galaxy also finished as the runners-up in the [[2016 League of Legends World Championship]] and won the [[2017 League of Legends World Championship]].
+Samsung's ''League of Legends'' division was created on September 7, 2013, after [[MVP (esports)|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).<ref>{{Cite news|title=삼성전자, 갤럭시 프로게임단으로 새출발 |url=http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=e_sports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=439&article_id=0000000310 |publisher=This Is Game |date=September 7, 2013}}</ref> Samsung White won the [[2014 League of Legends World Championship|2014 World Championship]], while Samsung Blue finished at semifinals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Side by side comparison of 2014 World Champions Samsung White versus 2015 SK Telecom T1 |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/side-by-side-comparison-of-2014-world-champions-samsung-white-versus-2015-sk-tel-6900 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=One of these things is not like the others: Samsung's unlikely Worlds appearance |url=https://www.thescoreesports.com/lol/news/10247-one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others-samsung-s-unlikely-worlds-appearance |access-date=August 4, 2019 |work=theScore esports |date=September 19, 2016 |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804055440/https://www.thescoreesports.com/lol/news/10247-one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others-samsung-s-unlikely-worlds-appearance |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 League of Legends World Championship|2016 World Championship]] and the champions of the [[2017 League of Legends World Championship|2017 World Championship]]. Samsung Galaxy's rosters and LCK spot later was acquired by KSV Esports, now [[Gen.G]].
-== Results ==
+== Tournament results ==
-=== StarCraft ===
+=== ''StarCraft'' ===
-* 2008 [[Shinhan Bank]] StarCraft Pro League Champions
+* 2008 — [[Shinhan Bank]] StarCraft Pro League Champions
-=== League of Legends ===
+=== ''League of Legends'' ===
-* 1st Ongamenet League of Legends Champions Spring 2014
+* Ongamenet League of Legends Champions Spring 2014 — 1st
-* 1st [[2014 League of Legends World Championship]]
+* [[2014 League of Legends World Championship]] — 1st (Samsung White), 3rd (Samsung Blue)
-* 2nd [[2016 League of Legends World Championship]]<ref name="2016 LoL Championship finals">{{cite web|last1=Lam|first1=Kien|title=SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again|url=http://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/sk-telecom-t1-wins-world-championship-again|website=LoL eSports|publisher=Riot Games|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref>
+* [[2016 League of Legends World Championship]]<ref name="2016 LoL Championship finals">{{cite web|last1=Lam|first1=Kien|title=SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again|url=http://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/sk-telecom-t1-wins-world-championship-again|website=LoL eSports|publisher=Riot Games|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref> — 2nd
-* 1st [[2017 League of Legends World Championship]]
+* [[2017 League of Legends World Championship]] —  1st
+Samsung White's world championship-winning roster:
-== Players ==
-=== StarCraft 2 ===
-==== Terran ====
-*  Kim Ki-Hyun (June 6, 1993), known under the pseudonym ''Reality''
+* Looper - Top
-==== Protoss ====
+* Dandy  - Jungler
-* [[Song Byung-Gu]] (August 3, 1988), known under the pseudonym ''Stork[gm]'', commonly abbreviated as ''Stork''
+* PawN   - Middle
-* Baek Dong-Jun (April 25, 1994), known under the pseudonym ''Dear[ScM]'', commonly abbreviated as ''Dear''
+* imp    - AD carry
+* Mata   - Support
-==== Zerg ====
-* Lee Young Han (August 24, 1991), known under the pseudonym ''Shine''
-* Kang Min-Soo (May 9, 1996), known under the pseudonym ''Solar''
-===Former Members===
-[[File:Heo Yeong Moo from acrofan.jpg|thumb|right|Heo Yeong-Moo in 2012]]
-====Terran====
-*Park Dae-Ho (December 20, 1992) known under the pseudonym ''TurN''
-====Protoss====
-* Heo Yeong-Moo (May 3, 1989), known under the pseudonym ''Dream.t)JangBi'', commonly abbreviated as ''JangBi''. Heo Yeong-Moo won two back to back OSL Championships (OnGameNet Starleague) from 2011 to 2012. Both final matches were against [[Jung Myung-hoon]] from team SK Telecom T1
-* Yoo Byung-Joon (June 26, 1993), known under the pseudonym ''KT.MGW)Grape'', commonly abbreviated as ''Grape''. Byung-Joon now plays League of Legends under team Najin e-mFire as their midlaner ''Ggoong''
-====Zerg====
-* Shin No-Yeol (January 19, 1991), known under the pseudonym ''NsP_RorO'', commonly abbreviated as ''RorO''
-=== League of Legends ===
-====Former Members====
-=====Samsung GALAXY=====
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Lee "CuVee" Seong-jin (이성진)<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Kang "Ambition" Chan-yong (강찬용)<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Kang "Haru" MinSeung (강민승)<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Lee "Crown" Min-ho (이민호)<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk (박재혁)<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Lee "Stitch" Seung-ju (이승주)<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in (조용인)<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Kwon "Wraith" Ji-min (권지민)<br/>
-After their World Championship winning run at the [[2017 League of Legends World Championship]], Samsung set their professional League Of Legends-team for sale, eventually selling it to American entrepreneur Kevin Chou. Chou later rebranded the roster to Gen.G .
-=====Samsung White=====
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Choi "DanDy" In-kyu<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} [[Heo "PawN" Won-seok]]<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} [[Gu "imp" Seung-bin]]<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong<br/>
-=====Samsung Blue=====
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Choi "Acorn" Cheon-ju<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Lee "Spirit" Da-yoon<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} [[Bae "dade" Eo-jin]]<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu<br/>
-{{flagicon|Korea}} Lee "Heart" Gwan-hyung<br/>
 == References ==
+{{Reflist|30em}}
-<references/>
-== External links ==
-* [https://www.webcitation.org/65EIoualt?url=http://www.samsungkhan.co.kr/ Official Website] {{ko}}
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 {{Succession box
  | title  = [[League of Legends World Championship|''League of Legends'' World Championship]] winner
- | years  = [[2014 League of Legends World Championship|2014]]
+ | years  = [[2014 League of Legends World Championship|2014]] <br> [[2017 League of Legends World Championship|2017]]
  | with   =
- | before = [[SK Telecom T1]]
+ | before = [[T1 (esports)|SK Telecom T1]] <br> SK Telecom T1
- | after  = [[SK Telecom T1]]
+ | after  = SK Telecom T1 <br> [[Invictus Gaming]]
 }}
 {{Succession box
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  | years  = Spring 2014
  | with   =
- | before = [[SK Telecom T1]]
+ | before = SK Telecom T1
  | after  = [[KT Rolster|KT Rolster Arrows]]
-}}
-{{Succession box
- | title  = [[League of Legends World Championship|''League of Legends'' World Championship]] winner
- | years  = [[2017 League of Legends World Championship|2017]]
- | with   =
- | before = [[SK Telecom T1]]
- | after  = [[Invictus Gaming]]
 }}
 {{S-end}}
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