Chiefs Esports Club

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The Chiefs Esports Club
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Short nameThe Chiefs; CHF
DivisionsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
League of Legends
Founded13 August 2014 (2014-08-13)
LocationAustralia
OwnerFrank "Sangy" Li
Parent groupICON Esports[1][2][3]
Websitechiefsesc.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Chiefs Esports Club, often shortened to The Chiefs, is a professional esports club with teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[4] and League of Legends.[5] It is based in Australia and is one of the most well known esports clubs in Oceania.[3] The Chiefs' League of Legends team competes in the LCO, Oceania's top-level league for the game.[6]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[]

History[]

The Chiefs Esports Club first entered the professional CS:GO scene with its acquisition of the Qlimax Crew in 2015.[7]

Roster[]

Nat. ID Name Role Join date
New Zealand val Timothy Youn Player 14 February 2021
Australia zeph Charlie Dodd Player 22 May 2020[8]
Australia apocdud Tom Henry Player 3 February 2020[9]
Australia Gump Maclane Cross Player 14 February 2021
Australia HUGHMUNGUS⁠ Hugh Anderson Player 3 February 2020[9]
Turkey yam Yaman Ergenekon Coach 18 April 2020[10]

League of Legends[]

History[]

In August 2014, the roster of Team Immunity left their organisation and formed Exodus Gaming, later rebranded as the Chiefs Esports Club. Their initial roster consisted of top laner Brandon "Swip3rR" Holland, jungler Samuel "Spookz" Broadley, mid laner Simon "Swiffer" Papamarkos, bot laner Derek "Raydere" Trang, and support Andrew "Rosey" Rose, and that five-man lineup became the longest-standing active roster without any substitutions or changes in history, unbroken for 608 days. In May 2015, that streak was broken when Rosey left the team to join Sin Gaming and was replaced by EGym. Despite their roster change, the Chiefs' lineup remained at the top of their region for the duration of the 2015 season, with OPL victories all four periods of the OPL; i.e. Split 1, Split 1 playoffs, Split 2, and Split 2 playoffs. Internationally, they fared less well, placing fifth at the International Wildcard Invitational in April and second at the International Wildcard Qualifier for Worlds 2015.[11]

In 2016, the Chiefs placed second for the first time domestically in the first OPL split, but still upset first place Legacy Esports in the playoffs, to return to the IWCI once again.[12] They then qualified for IEM Challenger for IEM Season 11 - Oakland—their first competition against teams from major regions—but lost 0–2 against Longzhu Gaming despite standout performances from Swiffer on Orianna.

The Chiefs placed third in the OPL 2017 Split 1 regular season and fourth in playoffs after losing 2–3 to Sin Gaming in the second round. In the OPL 2017 Split 2 regular season, the Chiefs once again placed third in the regular season, but managed to advance all the way to the finals in playoffs, where they lost 1–3 to the .[citation needed]

For all four iterations of the 2018 OPL season (i.e. Split 1 and 2 regular seasons and playoffs), the Chiefs placed second, losing to Dire Wolves in both finals.[citation needed] The Chiefs placed second again in the OPL 2019 Split 1 regular season,[13] but lost 3–0 to ORDER in the third round of playoffs and failed to make it to the finals.[14] The 2019 OPL split 2 saw the Chiefs come first in the regular season, and coming second in playoffs, losing to Mammoth in the finals of the split 3–0.[15]

The Chiefs came second in the regular season of the 2020 OPL Split 1, and lost 2–3 to Dire Wolves in the playoffs, finishing third overall. After finishing fourth in the regular season of the 2020 OPL Split 2, the team went on to finish third once again in playoffs, losing to ORDER 1–3.[citation needed]

The Chiefs were selected as one of the eight teams of the LCO following the dissolution of the OPL.[6] Much of the team's 2020 roster left during the 2021 preseason, with only support Dragku remaining.

Roster[]

Nat. ID Name Role Joined
Australia Lived Tristan Fulcher Top Feb 2021
Australia Swathe Ryan Gibbons Jungle Feb 2021
Australia Kisee Mid Feb 2021
Australia Mboma Matthew Lionel Desa Bot Feb 2021
Australia Dragku Dragon Guu Support Feb 2021
Australia Cuden Mike Le Coach Feb 2021

References[]

  1. ^ Leckie-Zaharic, Alex (26 June 2019). "ICON Esports acquires Chiefs Esports Club in historic move for Oceanic esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ Byrne, Seamus (19 July 2019). "ICON Buys Chiefs, Guinevere To Sell Dire Wolves". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Gaworczyk, Jagoda (28 June 2019). "Chiefs signed under ICON Esports, works towards Oceanic growth". WIN Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ Mannering, Michelle (29 April 2019). "Grayhound and Chiefs — Aussies confirmed for IEM Sydney". Daily Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Stalling Legacy: Interview with The Chiefs LoL". Red Bull. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Kay, Meg (4 February 2021). "League of Legends Oceanic Circuit to begin Feb. 23". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. ^ "The Chiefs Esports Club on Facebook: 'The Chiefs have made their foray into the Counter Strike: Global Offensive scene!...'". The Chiefs Esports Club. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. ^ https://www.hltv.org/news/29683/chiefs-complete-lineup-with-trio
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b https://www.hltv.org/news/28975/chiefs-part-ways-with-2019-lineup-sign-ex-genuine
  10. ^ https://www.hltv.org/news/29485/yam-joins-chiefs-as-coach
  11. ^ Geracie, Nick (21 April 2019). "League of Legends: On this day in LoL Esports History: The Inaugural IWCI kicks off [2015]". Inven Global. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  12. ^ Te, Zorine (13 April 2016). "League of Legends Oceanic Region to Be Represented by Australian Team Chiefs". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  13. ^ Amos, Andrew (23 March 2019). "Bombers secure a spot in the OPL final and Rift Rivals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  14. ^ Amos, Andrew (30 March 2019). "Order complete the dream OPL gauntlet run after defeating Chiefs". Dot Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  15. ^ O'Dwyer, Samuel (31 August 2019). "Team Mammoth sweep Chiefs in the OPL finals to secure a spot at Worlds". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

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