Flamengo Esports
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| Short name | FLA |
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| Founded | 6 October 2017 |
| Location | Brazil |
| Championships | 1× CBLoL (2019 Split 2) |
| Parent group | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo |
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Flamengo Esports is the esports department of traditional sports club Flamengo.[1] It had a League of Legends team competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLoL), Brazil's top professional league for the game.[2]
League of Legends
History
On 6 October 2017 Flamengo announced the creation if its esports department and its acquisition of the BRCC (Brazilian equivalent of North America and Europe's former challenger series) spot of Merciless Gaming.[1] For its inaugural roster, Flamengo signed top laner Park "Jisu" Jin-cheol,[3] jungler Thúlio "Sirt" Carlos,[4] mid laner Danniel "Evrot" Franco,[5] bot laner Felipe "brTT" Gonçalves, and support Eidi "esA" Yanagimachi.[6] The team debuted in BRCC 2018 Split 1 and finished as runner-ups, qualifying for the BRCC 2018 Split 2 promotion tournament. Flamengo qualified for the CBLoL after defeating Team oNe eSports 3–2 in the "access series" match.[7]
Flamengo finished as runner-ups in the team's first CBLoL appearance, in both the regular season and playoffs after losing 2–3 to KaBuM! e-Sports in the finals. In preparation for the 2019 CBLoL season, Flamengo replaced its entire roster excluding brTT, signing top laner Leonardo "Robo" Souza,[8] jungler Lee "Shrimp" Byeong-hoon, mid laner Bruno "Goku" Miyaguchi,[9] and support Han "Luci" Chang-hoon.[10] The team dominated the regular season of Split 1, losing only a single game to KaBuM.[7] However, in playoffs Flamengo once again fell short, losing to INTZ e-Sports 2–3 in the finals.[7] After placing first once again in the regular season of Split 2, Flamengo managed to defeat INTZ 3–2 to finally win their first CBLoL title.[7] This also qualified the team for play-in stage[11] of the 2019 World Championship.[2][12]
For the 2019 World Championship play-in stage round robin, Flamengo was placed in Group D, along with South Korean team DAMWON Gaming and Turkish team Royal Youth.[13] Despite a good showing against DAMWON Gaming[14] and Royal Youth in the first round robin (the latter of which Flamengo defeated),[15] Flamengo faltered in the second, losing to both teams[16][17] and tying Royal Youth for second in Group D. After losing the tiebreaker match to Royal Youth, Flamengo was eliminated from the tournament.[18]
Tournament results
| Placement | Event | Final result (W–L) |
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| 3rd–4th | Desafio Promo Arena CCXP 2017 | 0–2 (against IDM Gaming) |
| 2nd | BRCC 2018 Split 1 | 3–2–0 |
| 2nd | BRCC 2018 Split 1 Playoffs | 1–3 (against IDM Gaming) |
| Qualified | CBLoL 2018 Split 2 Promotion | 3–2 (against Team oNe eSports) |
| 2nd | CBLoL 2018 Split 2 | 5–2 |
| 2nd | CBLoL 2018 Split 2 Playoffs | 2–3 (against KaBuM! e-Sports) |
| 1st | Oi Game Arena CCXP 2018 | 3–2 (against Team oNe eSports) |
| 1st | CBLoL 2019 Split 1 | 20–1 |
| 2nd | CBLoL 2019 Split 1 Playoffs | 2–3 (against INTZ e-Sports) |
| 2nd | DreamHack Rio 2019 Showmatch | 1–2 (against INTZ e-Sports) |
| 1st | CBLoL 2019 Split 2 | 16–5 |
| 1st | CBLoL 2019 Split 2 Playoffs | 3–2 (against INTZ e-Sports) |
| 21st–24th | 2019 World Championship | 1–3 |
| 2nd | CBLoL 2020 Split 1 | 13–8 |
| 2nd | CBLoL 2020 Split 1 Playoffs | 0–3 (against KaBuM! e-Sports) |
| 6th | CBLoL 2020 Split 2 | 10–11 |
References
- ^ a b Tibúrcio, Matheus (6 October 2017). "Focando no LoL, Flamengo anuncia seletiva e apresenta planos nos e-sports". Sportv (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Meet the League of Legends World Championship qualifiers — Part II". ESPN. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Para matar a ansiedade da Nação, temos o orgulho de anunciar Jincheol "Jisu" Park como nosso novo top laner! ..." Facebook (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Voltando direto dos Estados Unidos, SirT chegou ao Brasil gankando aqui na Gávea! ..." Facebook (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Reconhecido pela sua rápida evolução e talento explosivo, temos o orgulho de anunciar, Danniel "Evrot" Franco! ..." Facebook (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Deem as boas vindas ao nosso Suporte! Eidi esa Yanagimachi! ..." Facebook (in Brazilian Portuguese). Flamengo eSports via Facebook. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d Baker, Thomas (30 September 2019). "2019 Play-In Profile: Flamengo Esports (FLA)". The Game Haus. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ @flaesports (21 November 2018). "Boa tarde, Nação! Continuando o ciclo de contratações para 2019, oficializamos a chegada do Leonardo "Robo" Souza como Top Laner do Mais Querido! ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ @flaesports (22 May 2018). "Tem anúncio de Mid também, Nação! O @gokucplol é o novo reforço do Mengão e chegou pra completar nosso time de craques. Seja bem-vindo! Vamos juntos em busca do título!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ @flaesports (27 November 2018). "Fala, Nação! Apresentamos oficialmente Han "Luci" Chang-hoon como o nosso novo suporte. ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Li, Xing (30 September 2019). "Who will make it out of the Worlds 2019 play-in stage?". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 League of Legends World Championship team power rankings". ESPN. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Goslin, Austen (23 September 2019). "2019 League of Legends World Championship Group Stage draw show results". The Rift Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Esguerra, Tyler (3 October 2019). "DAMWON Gaming vs. Flamengo Esports had 957,000 peak viewers at Worlds 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Ashton, Graham (4 October 2019). "Play-In Profile: Flamengo eSports Brings Brazil's Soccer Passion to Berlin". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Endres, Elena (5 October 2019). "DAMWON Gaming breeze through play-ins undefeated". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Damwon Gaming cruise to play-ins bracket at League of Legends World Championships". ESPN. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Li, Xing (5 October 2019). "Royal Youth beat Flamengo in tiebreaker to qualify for the Worlds 2019 play-in knockouts". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
