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| Short name | The Chiefs, CHF |
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| Founded | 13 August 2014 |
| Location | Australia |
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| Parent group | ICON Esports[1][2][3] |
| Website | chiefsesc |
The Chiefs Esports Club, often shortened to The Chiefs, is a professional esports club with teams competing in League of Legends,[4] Valorant, and Halo Infinite. 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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] 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 Dire Wolves.
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. The Chiefs placed second again in the OPL 2019 Split 1 regular season,[8] but lost 3–0 to ORDER in the third round of playoffs and failed to make it to the finals.[9] 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.[10]
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.
The Chiefs were selected as one of the eight teams of the LCO following the dissolution of the OPL.[5] Much of the team's 2020 roster left during the 2021 preseason, with only support Dragku remaining.
Current roster
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Leo "Babip" Romer
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
The Chiefs Esports Club first entered the professional CS:GO scene with its acquisition of the Qlimax Crew in 2015.[11]
The Chiefs disbanded its CS:GO division in late 2021.
References
- ↑ Leckie-Zaharic, Alex (26 June 2019). "ICON Esports acquires Chiefs Esports Club in historic move for Oceanic esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ↑ Byrne, Seamus (19 July 2019). "ICON Buys Chiefs, Guinevere To Sell Dire Wolves". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- 1 2 Gaworczyk, Jagoda (28 June 2019). "Chiefs signed under ICON Esports, works towards Oceanic growth". WIN Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ "Stalling Legacy: Interview with The Chiefs LoL". Red Bull. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- 1 2 Kay, Meg (4 February 2021). "League of Legends Oceanic Circuit to begin Feb. 23". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Te, Zorine (13 April 2016). "League of Legends Oceanic Region to Be Represented by Australian Team Chiefs". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ↑ Amos, Andrew (23 March 2019). "Bombers secure a spot in the OPL final and Rift Rivals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ Amos, Andrew (30 March 2019). "Order complete the dream OPL gauntlet run after defeating Chiefs". Dot Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "The Chiefs have made their foray into the Counter Strike: Global Offensive scene! ..." The Chiefs Esports Club – via Facebook.
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