T1 (esports)

T1
Divisions	Apex Legends; League of Legends; Fortnite; Hearthstone; PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds; Super Smash Bros; Dota 2; Pokémon; Valorant; Overwatch; League of Legends: Wild Rift
Founded	2003
League	League of Legends Champions Korea
Based in	Seoul
Location	South Korea
Colors	Red and white
CEO	Joe Marsh
Championships	3× World Championship (2013, 2015, 2016); 2× Mid-Season Invitational (2016, 2017); Intel Extreme Masters: 2016
League titles	2013 Summer, 2013–14 Winter, 2015 Spring, 2015 Summer, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2019 Spring, 2019 Summer, 2020 Spring
Local media	Ongamenet
Partners	SK Telecom, DouYu, Nike, Red Bull, Samsung Electronics, BMW, Twitch, Hana Bank, SteelSeries
Parent group	SK Telecom (54%); Comcast Spectacor (34%); Highland Capital (12%)
Website	t1.gg

T1 (previously known as SK Telecom T1 or SKT T1) is a South Korean esports organization operated by the T1 Entertainment & Sports, a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor.^[1] At the end of 2003, SK Telecom took the StarCraft Team Orion (formerly 4U) by Lim Yo-hwan under contract and set up the team under the conglomerate's banner. Lim Yo-hwan took the role of team captain.^[2] T1's League of Legends team has won the 2013, 2015, and 2016 editions of the League of Legends World Championship.

Honours[]

Domestic[]

League[]

League of Legends Champions Korea

Winners (9): 2013 Summer, 2013–14 Winter, 2015 Spring, 2015 Summer, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2019 Spring, 2019 Summer, 2020 Spring

Runners-up (2): 2017 Summer, 2021 Summer

International[]

League of Legends World Championship

Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2016

Runners-up: 2017

Mid-Season Invitational

Winners (2): 2016, 2017

Runners-up: 2015

Intel Extreme Masters

Winners: 2016

Tournament results[]

League of Legends[]

League of Legends World Championship[]

Year	Event	Season	Place	Last match	Result
2013	League of Legends World Championship	Season 3	1st	SKT v. Royal Club	3–0
2015		Season 5	1st	SKT v. Koo Tigers	3–1
2016		Season 6	1st	SKT v. Samsung Galaxy	3–2
2017		Season 7	2nd	SKT v. Samsung Galaxy	0–3
2019		Season 9	3–4	SKT v. G2 Esports	1–3
2021		Season 11	3–4	T1 v. DWG KIA	2–3

Mid-Season Invitational[]

Year	Event	Place	Last match	Result
2015	Mid-Season Invitational	2nd	SKT v. EDG	2–3
2016		1st	SKT v. CLG	3–0
2017		1st	SKT v. G2 Esports	3–1
2019		3–4	SKT v. G2 Esports	2–3

Intel Extreme Masters – World Championship[]

Year	Event	Season	Place	Last match	Result
2016	Intel Extreme Masters^[3]	Season X	1st	SKT v. Fnatic	3–0

League of Legends Champions Korea[]

Split

Year	Event	Place	Result (W/L)
2015	LCK Spring	2nd	11–3
2016		3rd	12–6
2017		1st	16–2
2018		4th	9–9
2019		2nd	14–4
2020		2nd	14–4
2021		4th	11–7

Year	Event	Place	Result (W/L)
2015	LCK Summer	1st	17–1
2016		2nd	13–5
2017		4th	13–5
2018		7th	8–10
2019		4th	11–7
2020		4th	13–5
2021		4th	11–7

Playoffs

Year	Event	Place	Last match	Result
2015	LCK Spring	1st	SKT v. GE Tigers	3–0
2016		1st	SKT v. ROX Tigers	3–1
2017		1st	SKT v. KT Rolster	3–0
2018		4th	SKT v. KT Rolster	1–3
2019		1st	SKT v. Griffin	3–0
2020		1st	T1 v. Gen.G	3–0
2021		4th	T1 v. Gen.G	0–3

Year	Event	Place	Last match	Result
2015	LCK Summer	1st	SKT v. KT Rolster	3–0
2016		3rd	SKT v. KT Rolster	2–3
2017		2nd	SKT v. Longzhu Gaming	1–3
2019		1st	SKT v. Griffin	3–1
2020		5th	T1 v. Afreeca Freecs	1–2
2021		2nd	T1 v. DWG KIA	1–3

KeSPA Cup[]

Year	Event	Place	Last match	Result
2015	KeSPA Cup	3–4	SKT v. Ever	0–2
2016		3–4	SKT v. ROX Tigers	0–2
2017		3–4	SKT v. Longzhu Gaming	0–2
2018		5–8	SKT v. Damwon Gaming	1–2
2019		3–4	T1 v. Sandbox Gaming	1–3
2020^[a]		7–8	T1 v. KT Rolster	0–1

^ Played with the Academy roster.

Rift Rivals[]

Year	Event	Place	Last match	Result
2017	Rift Rivals 2017	2nd	LCK v. LPL	1–3
2018	Rift Rivals 2018	2nd	LCK v. LPL	2–3
2019	Rift Rivals 2019	1st	LCK v. LPL	3–1

Others[]

Year	Event	Place	Last match	Result
2013	Champions Spring 2013	3rd	SKT v. CJ Entus Frost	3–0
	Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games 2013 Korean Qualifier	Round 1	SKT v. MVP Ozone	1–2
	AMD-INVEN GamExperience	3–4	SKT v. MVP Ozone	0–2
	Champions Summer 2013	1st	SKT v. KT Rolster Bullets	3–2
	2013 Korea Regional Finals	1st	SKT v. KT Rolster Bullets	3–1
	WCG 2013 Korea Qualifiers	3–4	SKT v. Samsung Galaxy Blue	0–2
2014	Champions Winter 2013–14	1st	SKT v. Samsung Galaxy Ozone	3–0
	SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014	2nd	SKT v. Samsung Galaxy	0–3
	NLB Spring 2014	3rd	SKT v. KT Rolster Bullets	3–0
	Champions Spring 2014	5–8	SKT v. Samsung Galaxy Ozone	1–3
	NLB Summer 2014	1st	SKT v. Najin Black Sword	3–0
	Champions Summer 2014	5–8	SKT v. Samsung Galaxy White	1–3
	2014 Korea Regional Finals	2nd	SKT v. Najin White Shield	1–3
	All-Star Paris 2014	1st	SKT v. OMG	3–0
2018	2018 LCK Regional Finals	4th	SKT v. Gen.G	2–3
2020	Mid-Season Cup 2020	7–8	T1 v. Top Esports	0–1
2020	2020 LCK Regional Finals	2nd	T1 v. Gen.G	0–3
2021	2021 LCK Regional Finals	1st	T1 v. Hanwha Life Esports	3–2

StarCraft I[]

Year	Event	Season	Place	Last match	Result
2003	KTF EVER Cup		1st	SKT x Woongjin Stars	3–0
2003–2004	LG IBM MBC Team League		1st	SKT x KTF MagicNs	3–2
2004	Tucsan MBCGame	Team League I	1st	SKT x Suma GO	4–3
2004	Tucsan MBCGame	Team League II	1st	SKT x Suma GO	4–3
2005	SKY	Season 1	1st	SKT x KTF MagicNs	4–2
		Season 2	1st	SKT x Samsung KHAN	4–2
		Grand Final	1st	SKT x KTF MagicNs	4–3
2006		Season 1	1st	SKT x MBC Game Hero	3–0
2006		Grand Final	2nd	SKT x MBC Game Hero	3–0
2008–2009	Shinhan Bank		1st	SKT x Hwaseung Oz	2–0
2009–2010	Shinhan Bank		2nd	SKT x KT Rolster	4–2
2010-2011	Winners League		1st		4–3
2010-2011	Shinhan Bank	Grand Final	2nd		4–3
2011–2012	SK Planet	Proleague	1st		4–3

StarCraft II[]

Year	Event	Place
2012	WCS 2012: Asia	1st
	GSL Season 4 2012 (Code S)	3rd
	Auction All-Kill OSL 2012	1st
	MLG vs Proleague Invitational 2012	1st
	WCS 2012: Global Finals	3rd
2013	IEM VII – Katowice	3rd
	WCS Korea 2013 Season 2 Premier	2nd
	WCS Korea 2013 Season 3 Premier	2nd
	StarsWar League Season 3	1st
	Red Bull Battle Grounds: Grand Finals New York 2013	1st
	WCG 2013	3rd
	GSL Hot6ix Cup 2013	1st
2014	Proleague 2014 Round 1	2nd
	IEM VIII - Cologne	3rd
	WCS Korea 2014 Season 1 Premier	2nd
	GSL Global Championship 2014	2nd
	Proleague 2014 Round 3	1st
	WCS Korea 2014 Season 2 Premier	2nd
	WCS Korea 2014 Season 2 Premier	1st
	Proleague 2014 Round 4	2nd
	Proleague 2014 Playoffs	2nd
	KeSPA Cup 2014	3rd
	DreamHack Stockholm 2014 (SC2)	2nd
	WCS Korea 2014 Season 3 Premier	2nd
	WCS Korea 2014 Season 3 Premier	1st
	WCS 2014 Global Finals	3rd
2015	Proleague 2015 Round 1	1st
	IEM IX – World Championship	3rd
	2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1	2nd
	KeSPA Cup Season 1 2015	2nd
	2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2 (Main Event)	1st
	2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2 (Main Event)	2nd
	Proleague 2015 Round 3	1st
	Leifeng Cup Monthly #3	1st
	Leifeng Cup Monthly #3	2nd
	KeSPA Cup Season 2 2015	2nd
		1st
		3rd
	IEM X - Shenzhen	1st
	IEM X - gamescom	2nd
	IEM X - gamescom	1st
	MSI Masters Gaming Arena 2015 (SC2)	3rd
	Proleague 2015 Round 4	2nd
	ASL Season 5 Prime	1st
	GSL Season 3 2015 (Code S)	1st
	Proleague 2015 Playoffs	1st
	WCS 2015 Global Finals	3rd
2016	Proleague 2016 Round 1	1st
	2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1	1st
	Leifeng Cup #145	2nd
	WCS 2016: Korean Cross Finals Season 1	2nd
	SHOUTcraft Kings July 2016	1st
	GSL Season 2 2016 (Code S)	3rd
	2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2	2nd
	2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2	3rd
	WCS 2016: Korean Cross Finals Season 2	1st
	WCS 2016: Korean Cross Finals Season 2	1st
	OlimoLeague Week #75	1st
	OlimoLeague October 2016	1st
	WCS 2016 Global Finals	2nd
	OlimoLeague Grand Final	1st
	VSL Team League	2nd
	VSL Team League	1st
	Leifeng Cup #157	1st

Awards and nominations[]

Year	Event	Award	Team
2013	2013 Korea e-Sports Awards^[4]	Best e-Sports Team e-Sports grand prize of the year	SK Telecom T1 K
2015	2015 Korea e-Sports Awards^[5]	Best e-Sports Team Best LoL Leadership Award Choi Byeong-hoon (최병훈)	SK Telecom T1
2016	2016 Korea e-Sports Awards^[6]	Best e-Sports Team Best LoL Leadership Award Choi Byeong-hoon (최병훈)	SK Telecom T1
2019	2019 Korea Esports Hall of Fame^[7]	Best e-Sports Team of the Year	T1

Rosters[]

SK Telecom T1 League of Legends team at the World Championship 2013

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player MKLeo at Frostbite 2020, days before being signed by T1

League of Legends[]

T1 League of Legends roster

Players

Coaches

Role	Handle	Name	Nationality
Top	Zeus	Choi Woo-je	South Korea
Jungle	Oner	Moon Hyeon-joon	South Korea
Mid	Faker	Lee Sang-hyeok	South Korea
Bot	Gumayusi	Lee Min-hyeong	South Korea
Support	Keria	Ryu Min-seok	South Korea
Support	Asper	Kim Tae-gi	South Korea

Head coach

Choi "Polt" Seong-hun

Assistant coach(es)

Bae "Bengi" Seong-woong
Kim "Moment" Ji-hwan

Legend

(I) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Substitute
Injury / Illness

Roster updated 3 December 2021.

Dota 2[]

T1 Dota 2 roster

Players

Coaches

Handle	Name	Nationality
23savage	Teeramahanon, Nuengnara	Thailand
Karl	Baldovino, Karl	Philippines
Kuku (C)	Palad, Carlo	Philippines
Xepher	Deo, Kenny	Indonesia
Whitemon	Filemon, Matthew	Indonesia

Head coach

Park "March" Tae-won

Legend

(I) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(C) Team captain
Substitute
Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: 4 March 2021.

Valorant[]

T1 Valorant roster

Players

Coaches

Handle	Name	Nationality
Skadoodle	Latham, Tyler	United States
autimatic	Ta, Timothy	United States
curry (C)	Nemani, Rahul	United States
dawn	Hagopian, Anthony	United States
thwifo	Kim, Zander	United States

Head coach

David "David Denis" Denis

Assistant coach(es)

Cody "Stunner" MacLeod

Legend

(I) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(C) Team captain
Substitute
Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: 25 October 2021.

Overwatch[]

T1 Overwatch roster

Players

Coaches

Role	Handle	Name	Nationality
Tank	Belosrea	Hwang Gyu-tae	South Korea
Tank	Clestyn	Cho Gun-hee	South Korea

Head coach

Hwang "paJion" Ji-sub

Legend

(2W) Two-way player
(I) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: 1 December 2021.

Hearthstone[]

T1 Hearthstone roster

Players

Coaches

Handle	Name	Nationality
Surrender	Kim Jung-soo	South Korea
Feno	Tsakopoulos, Christos	Greece

Head coach

Legend

(I) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Substitute
Injury / Illness

Roster

Wild Rift[]

T1 Wild Rift roster

Players

Coaches

Handle	Name	Nationality
JJong	Park Kyeong-min	South Korea
JY	Lee Joon	South Korea
Core	Jeong Yong-hoon	South Korea
PenGuin	Lee Kyeong-ho	South Korea

Head coach

Kim "Jun" Yeong-jun

Legend

(I) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Substitute
Injury / Illness

Roster

Literature[]

Lim Yo-hwan, Crazy as Me (임요환,나만큼 미쳐봐), 2004, Bookroad, ISBN 89-91239-15-3 (03810)

References[]

^ "T1 Entertainment & Sports Names KLEVV as Jersey, Exclusive Gaming PC Memory Sponsor". The Esports Observer. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ Lim Yo-Hwan,Crazy as Me(임요환,나만큼 미쳐봐), 2004, Bookroad, ISBN 89-91239-15-3 (03810)
^ "Legacy". intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
^ "2013 Korea e-Sports Awards". tl.net. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "KeSPA League of Legends". facebook.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "Faker sweeps the 2016 KeSPA eSports Awards". invenglobal.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "T1, 올해의 팀 선정…펍지-공로상, 카트라이더-종목상 수상Awards". dailyesports.com (in Kanuri). Retrieved 17 January 2020.

External links[]

Official website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Taipei Assassins Samsung Galaxy White	League of Legends World Championship winner 2013 2015 – 2016	Succeeded by Samsung Galaxy White Samsung Galaxy
Preceded by EDward Gaming	Mid-Season Invitational winner 2016 – 2017	Succeeded by Royal Never Give Up
Preceded by MVP Ozone KT Rolster Arrows ROX Tigers KT Rolster	League of Legends Champions Korea winner Summer 2013 – Winter 2013–14 Spring 2015 – Spring 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2019 – Spring 2020	Succeeded by Samsung Galaxy Blue ROX Tigers Longzhu Gaming Damwon Gaming
Preceded by Team SoloMid	Intel Extreme Masters World Championship winner Season X (2016)	Succeeded by Flash Wolves

[4] Played with the Academy roster.

[1] "T1 Entertainment & Sports Names KLEVV as Jersey, Exclusive Gaming PC Memory Sponsor". The Esports Observer. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[2] Lim Yo-Hwan,Crazy as Me(임요환,나만큼 미쳐봐), 2004, Bookroad, ISBN 89-91239-15-3 (03810)

[3] "Legacy". intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[5] "2013 Korea e-Sports Awards". tl.net. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[6] "KeSPA League of Legends". facebook.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[7] "Faker sweeps the 2016 KeSPA eSports Awards". invenglobal.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[8] "T1, 올해의 팀 선정…펍지-공로상, 카트라이더-종목상 수상Awards". dailyesports.com (in Kanuri). Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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Seasons	2016 2019 2020 2021


Divisions	Apex Legends League of Legends Fortnite Hearthstone PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Super Smash Bros Dota 2 Pokémon Valorant Overwatch League of Legends: Wild Rift
Founded	2003 (2003)
League	League of Legends Champions Korea
Based in	Seoul
Location	South Korea
Colors	Red and white
CEO	Joe Marsh
Championships	3× World Championship (2013, 2015, 2016) 2× Mid-Season Invitational (2016, 2017) Intel Extreme Masters: 2016
League titles	2013 Summer, 2013–14 Winter, 2015 Spring, 2015 Summer, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2019 Spring, 2019 Summer, 2020 Spring
Local media	Ongamenet
Partners	SK Telecom, DouYu, Nike, Red Bull, Samsung Electronics, BMW, Twitch, Hana Bank, SteelSeries
Parent group	SK Telecom (54%) Comcast Spectacor (34%) Highland Capital (12%)
Website	t1.gg