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Samsung Galaxy
Short nameSSG
SSW (Samsung White)
SSB (Samsung Blue)
Founded2000 (as Samsung KHAN)
Folded2017
LocationSouth Korea
PartnersSamsung Electronics
Websitewww.samsungkhan.co.kr Edit this at Wikidata
Samsung KHAN players at the StarCraft II Proleague in 2012

Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team (SSG, Korean: 삼성 갤럭시), formerly known as Samsung KHAN, was a professional esports works team of Samsung Sports, owned by Samsung Electronics via sub-company Cheil Worldwide. In September 2013, team was renamed after famous brand from Samsung Electronics' smartphone series. During its existence it had teams competing in League of Legends, StarCraft and StarCraft II.

Samsung KHAN was founded in June 2000 as an esports team of StarCraft/StarCraft II and competing in StarCraft II Proleague. They won 2008 season. Samsung's StarCraft II division was disbanded in 2016, due to Proleague was discontinued.

Samsung's League of Legends division was created on September 7, 2013 and competing in League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), 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). Samsung White won the 2014 World Championship, while Samsung Blue finished at semifinals.

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.

After 2017 Worlds, Samsung Galaxy's rosters and LCK spot later was acquired by KSV Esports, now Gen.G. However, the legitimacy of Gen.G inheriting Samsung Galaxy's titles and trophies remains controversial, due to Samsung Galaxy or owner Samsung Electronics has made no official announcement about retaining or transferring the titles, included the two world championships.

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League of Legends

References

  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.
  4. Lam, Kien. "SK Telecom T1 wins World Championship again". LoL eSports. Riot Games. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
Awards and achievements
Preceded bySK Telecom T1
SK Telecom T1 		League of Legends World Championship winner
2014
2017 		Succeeded bySK Telecom T1
Invictus Gaming
Preceded bySK Telecom T1 League of Legends Champions Korea winner
Spring 2014 		Succeeded byKT Rolster Arrows
League of Legends Champions Korea
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