MVP (esports)

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MVP is a professional esports organization in South Korea with teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Honor of Kings, League of Legends, Overwatch, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. It formerly had players competing in Dota 2, Heroes of the Storm, and StarCraft II.

MVP
DivisionsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
Honor of Kings
League of Legends
Overwatch
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Starcraft 2
Heroes
FoundedOctober 15, 2010 (2010-10-15)
FoldedDecember 2, 2019 (2019-12-02)
LocationSouth Korea
CEOChoi "Hyunmoo" Yoon-sang
COOLim "Dopani" Hyeon-seok
CBOYang "Can Yang" Seon-il

MVP's League of Legends team formerly competed in the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), the highest level of professional League of Legends in South Korea, before being relegated in late 2018 to the secondary league, Challengers Korea (CK).

Dota 2

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MVP previously had four Dota 2 teams: MVP Phoenix,[1][2] MVP HOT6ix, MVP Aegis, and MVP Revolution. MVP Phoenix was the primary Dota team[3] and the last to disband when it did so on January 9, 2017.[4]

Tournament results

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League of Legends

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MVP
GameLeague of Legends
FoundedMay 7, 2012
FoldedDecember 2, 2019
LeagueChallengers Korea
LCK (formerly)
Team historyMVP White/Blue/Red (2012–2013)
MVP Ozone (2013)
MVP (2013–2019)
Based inSeoul, South Korea
Head coachKwon "Hell" Jae-hwan
ManagerShin "Flyn Shin" Dong-geun
Championships1

History

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MVP Ozone after winning Champions Spring 2013.

MVP joined the professional League of Legends scene on May 7, 2012, when it formed three teams: MVP White, MVP Blue, and MVP Red. MVP Red disbanded a few months later, but MVP White and MVP Blue went on to participate in multiple seasons of the Champions league. In February 2013, the organization shuffled the rosters of the two teams, and MVP White (now renamed to MVP Ozone) became the flagship team. With a roster consisting of top laner Yoon "Homme" Sung-young, jungler Choi "DanDy" In-kyu, mid laner Bae "Dade" Eo-jin, bot laner Gu "imp" Seung-bin, and support Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong, MVP Ozone won Champions Spring 2013 with a 3–0 sweep of CJ Blaze in the finals. In September 2013, Samsung Electronics acquired both MVP rosters, forming Samsung Ozone and Samsung Blue.

MVP announced in November 2015 that it would return to League of Legends,[5] and in December they announced a new roster of relatively unknown players: top laner Kang "ADD" Geon-mo, Kim "Beyond" Kyu-seok, mid laner An "Ian" Jun-hyeong, bot laner Oh "MaHa" Hyun-sik, and support Cha "ChaResh" In-myeong.

References

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  1. ^ "MVP Phoenix Replay Season 3". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "MVP Phoenix pit Evil Geniuses". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Erzberger, Tyler (May 3, 2016). "The Kingmaker of Korean Esports: MVP". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Te, Zorine (January 9, 2017). "South Korea's most prominent Dota 2 team MVP Phoenix disbands". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "MVP, 리그오브레전드팀 재창단 한다". www.fomos.kr (in Korean). November 2, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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