Giants Gaming

Giants Gaming
Vodafone Giants
Divisions League of Legends, Call of Duty, CSGO and FIFA
Founded 2008
Location Spain
Partners Vodafone
Website www.giantsgaming.pro

Giants Gaming (stylized as GIANTS! Gaming), officially the Vodafone Giants[1][2] and commonly referred to simply as Giants,[3] is a professional eSports organisation based in Spain that has teams competing in League of Legends, Call of Duty, and FIFA. The LoL team competes in the European League of Legends Championship Series.[4] It was founded in 2008 in Málaga, Spain.[5]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Current roster

Active

ID Name Role Join date
Portugal rmn Ricardo Oliveira Support 2017-09-11 [6]
Portugal KillDream João Ferreira Entry fragger 2018-01-08 [7]
Portugal fox Ricardo Pacheco In-game leader, AWPer 2018-09-03 [8]
Portugal MUTiRis Christopher Fernandes Entry fragger 2018-09-03 [8]
Portugal RIZZZ Rui Lima Lurker 2018-09-03 [8]
Portugal Alm Ricardo Almeida Coach 2018-01-08 [7]

Inactive

ID Name Role Join date Inactive date
Portugal obj Francisco Ramos AWPer 2018-01-08 [7] 2018-06-01 [9]

Former

ID Name Join date Leave date New team
Spain Blastinho Miquel Llombart 2018-06-01 [10] 2018-09-03 [8] Free agent
Spain arki Omar Chakkor 2018-01-08 [7] 2018-09-03 [8] Free agent
Spain ALEX Alejandro Masanet 2018-04-23 [11] 2018-07-18 [12] Spain Movistar Riders
Spain drifking Miguel García Bermell 2018-01-08 [7] 2018-04-23 [11] Spain Team Heretics
Spain TorPe Ruben Jesús Goméz 2017-04-12 [13] 2018-01-08 [7] Spain MAD Lions
Portugal MUTiRis Christopher Fernandes 2017-08-31 [14] 2017-12-28 [15] Poland Team Kinguin
Spain Vasili Javier Huélamo Gracia 2017-04-12 [13] 2017-10-16 [16] Spain MAD Lions
Spain DeaTh Raúl Jordán Nieto 2017-04-12 [13] 2017-10-16 [16] Spain MAD Lions
Denmark oW Oliver Winther 2017-05-15 [17] 2017-08-01 [18] Netherlands Asterion
Spain OvaX (coach) Ovidio Gómez 2017-04-12 [13] 2018-01-08 [19] Spain x6tence
Spain NaOw Iván González 2017-04-12 [13] 2018-01-08 [19] Spain x6tence
Spain MusambaN1 Johnatan Torrent 2017-04-12 [13] 2018-01-08 [19] Spain x6tence

Tournament results

2017

  • 9th-16th - ESL One Cologne 2017 - Europe Qualifier 1
  • 13th-16th - CEVO Main Season 12 Europe
  • 3rd-4th - ROG MASTERS 2017 Spain Open Qualifier
  • 2nd - ESL Masters Spain Spring 2017 Finals
  • 9th-16th - IEM Oakland 2017 Europe Open Qualifier
  • 1st-8th - DreamHack Open Denver 2017 Europe Open Qualifier
  • 9th -6th - DreamHack Open Denver 2017 Europe Closed Qualifier
  • 2nd - 4Gamers CS:GO Masters Porto
  • 5th-6th - ESL Clash of Nations
  • 3rd-4th - ESL Masters Spain Winter 2017 Finals
  • 3rd-4th - Superliga Orange Season 13 Finals

2018

  • 1st - DreamHack Open Valencia 2018 Iberia Qualifier
  • 1st - Master League Portugal
  • 3rd-4th - Moche XL eSports CS:GO Cup
  • 9th-16th - FACEIT Major 2018 Europe Minor Open Qualifier #4
  • 1st - Superliga Orange Finals 2018
  • 5th-8th - DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 Europe Open Qualifier
  • 3rd-4th - ESL Masters Spain Spring 2018 Finals
  • 7th-8th - DreamHack Open Valencia 2018
  • 9th-16th - ESEA Advanced Season 28 Europe
  • 1st - IeSF EWC Portugal 2018[20]

FIFA

Current Roster

Active

ID Name Join date
Spain Alfonso Alfonso Ramos 2011-03-01 [21]

League of Legends

Giants is one of only two teams that participated in the first split of the EU LCS and are currently still playing in the league, the other being Fnatic.[22]

Current roster

Active

ID Name Role Joined
South Korea Ruin Kim Hyeong-min Top Laner 2017-06-01
France Djoko Charly Guillard Jungler 2017-12-27
Sweden Betsy Felix Edling Mid Laner 2017-12-27
France Steeelback Pierre Medjaldi AD Carry 2017-12-27
Estonia Targamas Risto Luuri Support 2018-05-29
Spain Th3Antonio Antonio Espinosa Sub/Top Laner 2017-01-05

Former players

ID Name Role Joined Left
Flaxxish Olof Medin Top Laner 6 December 2016 10 May 2017
Memento Jonas Elmarghichi Jungler 4 January 2017 22 May 2017
NighT Gun Woo Na Mid Laner 10 May 2016 1 June 2017 (retired)
HeaQ Martin Kordmaa AD Carry 4 January 2017 23 May 2017
Hustlin Morgan Granberg Support 7 January 2017 24 May 2017

Tournament results

2013

  • 7th — 2013 Spring EU LCS

2016


References

  1. ↑ Newell, Adam (3 April 2018). "Giants Gaming rebrands as Vodafone Giants". Dot Esports. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Stewart, Jack (3 April 2018). "Giants Gaming announce global partnership with Vodafone". Mail Online. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Giants Gaming | LoL Esports". www.lolesports.com. LoL Esports. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Giants Gaming add Maxlore and South Korean rookie mid laner NighT".
  5. ↑ "Giants Gaming - Facebook".
  6. ↑ "Ricardo "Rmn" Oliveira cierra nuestra plantilla de CS.GO - Vodafone Giants". Vodafone Giants (in Spanish). 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Giants sufre una reestructuración en su equipo de CS:GO" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Giants sign trio to complete all-Portuguese roster". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  9. ↑ "Blastinho to take over the AWP in Giants". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  10. ↑ "Blastinho to take over the AWP in Giants". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  11. 1 2 "Giants sign ALEX; drifking steps down". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  12. ↑ "Alex Candela on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Volvemos a vernos, viejo amigo". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  14. ↑ "Mutiris nuevo jugador de Giants CS:GO - Vodafone Giants". Vodafone Giants (in Spanish). 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  15. ↑ "MUTiRiS departs Giants". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  16. 1 2 "MAD Lions presenta su nuevo equipo de CSGO" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  17. ↑ "oW^ joins Giants". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  18. ↑ "oW deja de formar parte de Giants PVP.me - Vodafone Giants". Vodafone Giants (in Spanish). 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  19. 1 2 3 "Giants sufre una reestructuración en su equipo de CS:GO" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  20. ↑ "IeSF EWC Portugal 2018 - Todas as informações - Defs.pt". Defs.pt. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  21. ↑ "Alfonso Ramos - Vodafone Giants". Vodafone Giants (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  22. ↑ "Giant growth - From last to middle of the pack".
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