Team Liquid
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Team Liquid
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TL
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Team Liquid is a professional esports organization founded in the Netherlands in 2000. Originally a StarCraft: Brood War clan, the team switched to StarCraft II during the beta in 2010, and became one of the most successful foreign teams. In January 2015 it was announced that American organization Team Curse and Team Liquid were merging their assets and Team Liquid would become the new home for any of Curses contracted players or teams. Steve "LiQuiD112" Arhancet would also become a Co-Owner alongside Victor "Nazgul" Goossens. [1]
Team Liquid is also strongly associated with its website, TeamLiquid.net. Launched on May 1, 2001, it has developed through the years into a focal point for StarCraft and Dota 2 coverage, eventually became the most-browsed StarCraft-related website in the world, gathering thousands of members (including several professional players) and centralizing news about the global SC2 scene. The website also features a progaming database, the TLPD, as well as a wiki dedicated to Brood War, StarCraft II, Hearthstone, Dota 2, Super Smash Brothers: Melee, Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch, Liquipedia.
Timeline[edit]
Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |
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![]() | (Jeong Eon-young) Jeong Eon-young | Position: Top | Join Date: 2023-11-27 [129] | |
![]() | (Eom Seong-hyeon) Eom Seong-hyeon | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2023-11-29 [130] | |
![]() | (Eain Stearns) Eain Stearns | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2023-07-05 [125] | |
![]() | (Sean Sung) Sean Sung | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2022-11-29 [120] | |
![]() | (Jo Yong-in) Jo Yong-in | Position: Support | Join Date: 2018-11-20 [73] |
Liquid Challengers [edit]
ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |
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![]() | (Thomas Tran) Thomas Tran | Position: Top | Join Date: 2023-12-08 [133] | |
![]() | (Ryan Keel) Ryan Keel | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2023-12-08 [133] | |
![]() | (Cho Woo-jin) Cho Woo-jin | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2023-12-08 [133] | |
![]() | (Trevor Kerr-Taylor) Trevor Kerr-Taylor | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2023-12-08 [133] | |
![]() | (Ethan Song) Ethan Song | Position: Support | Join Date: 2022-12-06 [134] |
Former[edit]
Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
Organization | |||||||||
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | ||||||
![]() | ( Victor Goossens) | Founder, Co-CEO | Join Date: | ||||||
![]() | ( ) | General Manager | Join Date: 2015-01-06 [2] | ||||||
![]() | ( Steven Arhancet) | Co-CEO | Join Date: 2015-01-06 [2] | ||||||
![]() | ( Drew Timbs) | Content Creator | Join Date: 2017-12-05 [63] | ||||||
![]() | ( Rafael Knittel) | Content Creator | Join Date: 2018-12-12 [77] | ||||||
![]() | ( Boyuan Qin) | Content Creator | Join Date: 2021-12-19 [109] | ||||||
![]() | ( Mads Brock-Pedersen) | Content Creator | Join Date: 2022-01-11 [110] | ||||||
![]() | ( Samson Jackson) | Content Creator | Join Date: 2022-06-07 [112] | ||||||
![]() | ( Jake Tiberi) | Head Coach | Join Date: 2023-11-23 [128] | ||||||
![]() | ( Kim Yeu-jin) | Assistant Coach | Join Date: 2023-11-23 [128] | ||||||
![]() | ( Jung Min-sung) | Positional Coach | Join Date: 2024-01-16 [132] | ||||||
![]() | ( Haitham Algbory) | Head Analyst | Join Date: 2022-05-13 [111] | ||||||
![]() | ( ) | Analyst | Join Date: 2015-12-31 [14] |
Former[edit]
Results[edit]
Awards[edit]
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2024-08-04 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2024 | Player of Week 6 | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024-06-28 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2024 | Player of Week 3 | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024-03-21 | S-Tier | LCS Spring 2024 | 2nd All-Pro Team | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023-08-02 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2023 | Rookie of the Year | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023-07-26 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2023 | 3rd All-Pro Team | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023-07-26 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2023 | 3rd All-Pro Team | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023-07-26 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2023 | 2nd All-Pro Team | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023-06-23 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2023 | Player of the Week 1 | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022-08-19 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2022 | 3rd All-Pro Team | ![]() | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022-08-19 | S-Tier | LCS Summer 2022 | 2nd All-Pro Team | ![]() | - |
- Only the 10 latest awards are shown here, for the full list click here.
History[edit]
In 2015, Team Liquid acquired Curse Gaming to enter League of Legends. Quas, IWillDominate, FeniX, Piglet and Xpecial became the first roster representing Team Liquid in the NA LCS. This roster would finish third in both the Spring and Summer split. Team Liquid qualified as the first seed for the Regional Finals, but lost 1-3 against Cloud9 and failed to qualify for Worlds. Heading into 2016, Lourlo joined as the new toplaner, Smoothie joined as the new support, with the likes of Dardoch and Matt joining as substitute players. This roster would lose 2-3 against Counter Logic Gaming and 0-3 against Immortals in Spring 2016, resulting in a 4th place finish. In Summer, the roster would once again go through various changes during the split, resulting in Team Liquid placing 5-6th in Summer. They then lost 0-3 against Team EnvyUs in the Regional Finals, resulting in another missed World Championship. At the end of 2016, Team Liquid and HTC Gaming published a documentary called Breaking Point, showing the struggles within the team.
Heading into Spring 2017, Team Liquid made various changes to their team. This went on throughout the split, with Doublelift also joining on loan from TSM. With various roster changes through the season, Team Liquid could not get further than 9th place in the regular season. They managed to stay in the LCS by beating Gold Coin United 3-2 in the Promotion Tournament. Team Liquid revealed a roster of Lourlo, Dardoch, Mickey, Piglet and Matt for the Summer Season. This resulted in them being a bottom team, with them not getting further than a 4-14 record and once again having to go through the promotion tournament. They beat Phoenix1 3-2 to qualify for Spring 2018.
The LCS became a franchised league in 2018, with Team Liquid being one of the 10 partner teams. Team Liquid completely rebuilt their team, signing Impact from Cloud9, Doublelift from TSM and Xmithie, Pobelter and Olleh from Immortals. This team would go on to become one of the best teams the LCS has ever seen, winning both the Spring 2018 and Summer 2018 splits. This team would however fall short at international tournaments, placing 5th at MSI 2018 and 9-12th at Worlds 2018. In 2019, Jensen and CoreJJ replaced Pobelter and Olleh, this team would once again dominate the league, securing the Spring Championship. At MSI 2019, Team Liquid beat Invictus Gaming 3-1 in the semi-finals, before falling against G2 Esports in the finals. This best of 5 between Team Liquid and G2 was the quickest best of 5 ever at the time. Team Liquid won the Summer split too, but they once again fell short at Worlds, placing 9-12th.
In Spring 2020, Team Liquid acquired Broxah. Unfortunately, the Dane struggled with visa issues, which resulted in Shernfire taking over the jungle for the first couple of weeks. Halfway through the Spring Split, Doublelift was benched due to motivational issues, with Tactical receiving a promotion to the main roster. Despite Broxah returning, Team Liquid placed 9th in the split. Ahead of 2020 Summer Split, Doublelift announced his departure from Team Liquid, he would join TSM for the upcoming split. Team Liquid stuck together with Broxah in the jungle and Tactical in the botlane, which resulted in them placing first in the regular season before losing 2-3 against FlyQuest and TSM to place third in playoffs. Thanks to this third place, Team Liquid qualified for Worlds 2020. This is where they placed 9-12th with a 3-3 record in their group, which would be the best performance of an NA team this year.
For the 2021 season, Santorin and Alphari joined the roster, replacing Broxah and Impact. They won the Lock-In tournament, and placed 2nd in the Spring Season with Armao as a jungle stand-in for Santorin, who was not playing due to health issues. On day 2 of the 2021 Summer Season, it was announced that Alphari would be benched for Jenkins. This received a lot of criticism from the community due to the lack of communication, and on June 24th, along with Armao returning as a jungler due to Santorin's health issues, Jatt was released from Team Liquid and Kold took over the head coach position. Santorin would return at the end of the regular season, and Team Liquid placed 2nd after losing 0-3 against 100 Thieves. With this second place finish, they qualified directly to the Worlds 2021 group stage. At Worlds 2021, Team Liquid placed 12-13th alongside LNG Esports after losing the tiebreaker against Gen.G, who they beat to get to a 3-3 record. This extended Team Liquid's 3-3 streak at Worlds to a 4th year in a row.
Gallery[edit]
Logos[edit]
Rosters[edit]
Media[edit]
Interviews
Articles
Videos
2021
- [e] 2021-10-12 | Gen.G vs Team Liquid TRASH TALK by Gen.G Esports of YouTube
Highlights
2018
- [e] 2018-10-16 | TL vs KT - Worlds Group Stage Day 7 Match Highlights (2018) of LoL Esports at 2018 World Championship
- [e] 2018-10-16 | TL vs KT - Worlds Group Stage Day 7 Match Highlights (2018) of LoL Esports at 2018 World Championship
- [e] 2018-10-16 | MAD v TL - Worlds Group Stage Day 7 Match Highlights (2018) of LoL Esports at 2018 World Championship
- [e] 2018-10-16 | EDG vs TL - Worlds Group Stage Day 7 Match Highlights (2018) of LoL Esports at 2018 World Championship
- [e] 2018-10-13 | TL vs. MAD - Worlds Groups Stage Day 4 Match Highlights (2018) of LoL Esports at 2018 World Championship
- [e] 2018-10-12 | TL vs. EDG - Worlds Group Stage Day 3 Match Highlights (2018) of LoL Esports at 2018 World Championship
- [e] 2018-10-10 | KT vs. TL - Worlds Group Stage Day 1 Match Highlights (2018) of LoL Esports at 2018 World Championship
Documentaries
Spotlight
Trivia[edit]
- Team Liquid often was memed to a have a 4th-placed curse. The organization formerly under Team Curse had placed fourth in 3 out of 4 LCS splits. And continued being the fourth placed team in North America the 2 years after. [135]
- Michael Jordan was a notable investor in Team Liquid's parent company [aXiomatic]. [136]
References[edit]
- ↑ Nazgul (2015-01-06). "Team Liquid and Former Curse Become One". Team Liquid.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Transfer reference 1". 2015-01-06.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Transfer reference 2". 2015-01-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Transfer reference 3". 2015-02-16.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Transfer reference 4". 2015-03-04.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Transfer reference 5". 2015-07-01.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Transfer reference 6". 2015-09-07.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Transfer reference 7". 2015-09-29.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Transfer reference 8". 2015-10-17.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Transfer reference 9". 2015-10-29.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Transfer reference 10". 2015-11-13.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Transfer reference 11". 2015-11-29.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Transfer reference 12". 2015-12-03.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 "Transfer reference 13". 2015-12-31.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Transfer reference 14". 2016-01-04.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Transfer reference 15". 2016-01-20.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Transfer reference 16". 2016-04-30.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Transfer reference 17". 2016-05-27.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Transfer reference 18". 2016-06-01.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 "Transfer reference 19". 2016-08-30.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Transfer reference 20". 2016-11-23.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 "Transfer reference 21". 2016-12-03.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Transfer reference 22". 2016-12-07.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Transfer reference 23". 2016-12-09.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Transfer reference 24". 2016-12-12.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 "Transfer reference 25". 2016-12-12.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Transfer reference 26". 2016-12-13.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 "Transfer reference 27". 2017-01-05.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Transfer reference 28". 2017-01-13.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Transfer reference 29". 2017-01-14.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Transfer reference 30". 2017-02-16.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 "Transfer reference 31". 2017-02-28.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 "Transfer reference 32". 2017-03-06.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Transfer reference 33". 2017-03-08.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Transfer reference 34". 2017-03-08.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 "Transfer reference 35". 2017-03-24.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 "Transfer reference 36". 2017-04-03.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 "Transfer reference 37". 2017-04-28.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 "Transfer reference 38". 2017-05-19.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 "Transfer reference 39". 2017-05-23.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 "Transfer reference 40". 2017-05-23.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 "Transfer reference 41". 2017-06-02.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 "Transfer reference 42". 2017-06-11.
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 "Transfer reference 43". 2017-06-22.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 "Transfer reference 44". 2017-07-25.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 "Transfer reference 45". 2017-07-25.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 "Transfer reference 46". 2017-07-26.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 "Transfer reference 47". 2017-10-08.
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- ↑ 51.0 51.1 "Transfer reference 49". 2017-11-21.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 "Transfer reference 50". 2017-11-22.
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 "Transfer reference 51". 2017-11-22.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 "Transfer reference 52". 2017-11-24.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 "Transfer reference 53". 2017-11-24.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 "Transfer reference 54". 2017-11-26.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 "Transfer reference 55". 2017-11-27.
- ↑ "Transfer reference 56". 2017-11-27.
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 "Transfer reference 57". 2017-11-28.
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 "Transfer reference 58". 2017-12-01.
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 "Transfer reference 59". 2017-12-02.
- ↑ 62.0 62.1 "Transfer reference 60". 2017-12-03.
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 "Transfer reference 61". 2017-12-05.
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 "Transfer reference 62". 2017-12-06.
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 "Transfer reference 63". 2017-12-08.
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 "Transfer reference 64". 2017-12-09.
- ↑ "Transfer reference 65". 2017-12-15.
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 "Transfer reference 66". 2017-12-18.
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 "Transfer reference 67". 2018-01-04.
- ↑ 70.0 70.1 "Transfer reference 68". 2018-04-23.
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 "Transfer reference 69". 2018-05-01.
- ↑ 72.0 72.1 "Transfer reference 70". 2018-11-20.
- ↑ 73.0 73.1 "Transfer reference 71". 2018-11-20.
- ↑ 74.0 74.1 "Transfer reference 72". 2018-11-20.
- ↑ 75.0 75.1 "Transfer reference 73". 2018-11-20.
- ↑ 76.0 76.1 "Transfer reference 74". 2018-11-27.
- ↑ 77.0 77.1 "Transfer reference 75". 2018-12-12.
- ↑ 78.0 78.1 "Transfer reference 76". 2019-01-17.
- ↑ 79.0 79.1 "Transfer reference 77". 2019-11-19.
- ↑ 80.0 80.1 "Transfer reference 78". 2019-11-19.
- ↑ 81.0 81.1 "Transfer reference 79". 2019-12-12.
- ↑ 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.3 82.4 82.5 "Transfer reference 80". 2020-01-24.
- ↑ 83.0 83.1 "Transfer reference 81". 2020-02-19.
- ↑ 84.0 84.1 "Transfer reference 82". 2020-04-26.
- ↑ 85.0 85.1 85.2 85.3 85.4 85.5 85.6 "Transfer reference 83". 2020-04-28.
- ↑ 86.0 86.1 "Transfer reference 84". 2020-05-04.
- ↑ 87.0 87.1 "Transfer reference 85". 2020-07-18.
- ↑ "Transfer reference 86". 2020-10-21.
- ↑ 89.0 89.1 "Transfer reference 87". 2020-10-23.
- ↑ 90.0 90.1 90.2 "Transfer reference 88". 2020-11-01.
- ↑ 91.0 91.1 "Transfer reference 89". 2020-11-12.
- ↑ 92.0 92.1 "Transfer reference 90". 2020-11-13.
- ↑ 93.0 93.1 "Transfer reference 91". 2020-11-17.
- ↑ 94.0 94.1 "Transfer reference 92". 2020-11-17.
- ↑ 95.0 95.1 "Transfer reference 93". 2020-11-18.
- ↑ 96.0 96.1 96.2 "Transfer reference 94". 2020-11-20.
- ↑ 97.0 97.1 "Transfer reference 95". 2021-05-03.
- ↑ 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 "Transfer reference 96". 2021-06-04.
- ↑ 99.00 99.01 99.02 99.03 99.04 99.05 99.06 99.07 99.08 99.09 99.10 "Transfer reference 97". 2021-06-24.
- ↑ 100.0 100.1 100.2 "Transfer reference 98". 2021-07-09.
- ↑ 101.0 101.1 101.2 Transfer wasn't formally announced, but individual represented team starting with this tournament.
- ↑ 102.0 102.1 102.2 "Transfer reference 99". 2021-07-30.
- ↑ 103.0 103.1 103.2 "Transfer reference 100". 2021-11-18.
- ↑ 104.0 104.1 104.2 104.3 104.4 "Transfer reference 101". 2021-11-19.
- ↑ 105.0 105.1 "Transfer reference 102". 2021-11-22.
- ↑ 106.0 106.1 "Transfer reference 103". 2021-11-23.
- ↑ 107.0 107.1 "Transfer reference 104". 2021-11-24.
- ↑ 108.0 108.1 "Transfer reference 105". 2021-12-08.
- ↑ 109.0 109.1 "Transfer reference 106". 2021-12-19.
- ↑ 110.0 110.1 "Transfer reference 107". 2022-01-11.
- ↑ 111.0 111.1 "Transfer reference 108". 2022-05-13.
- ↑ 112.0 112.1 "Transfer reference 109". 2022-06-07.
- ↑ 113.0 113.1 "Transfer reference 110". 2022-09-19.
- ↑ 114.0 114.1 "Transfer reference 111". 2022-09-26.
- ↑ 115.0 115.1 "Transfer reference 112". 2022-11-11.
- ↑ 116.0 116.1 "Transfer reference 113". 2022-11-15.
- ↑ 117.0 117.1 "Transfer reference 114". 2022-11-15.
- ↑ 118.0 118.1 "Transfer reference 115". 2022-11-18.
- ↑ 119.0 119.1 "Transfer reference 116". 2022-11-24.
- ↑ 120.0 120.1 120.2 "Transfer reference 117". 2022-11-29.
- ↑ 121.0 121.1 121.2 "Transfer reference 118". 2022-12-01.
- ↑ 122.0 122.1 122.2 122.3 "Transfer reference 119". 2022-12-02.
- ↑ 123.0 123.1 "Transfer reference 120". 2023-04-07.
- ↑ 124.0 124.1 124.2 124.3 124.4 "Transfer reference 121". 2023-04-28.
- ↑ 125.0 125.1 "Transfer reference 122". 2023-07-05.
- ↑ 126.0 126.1 "Transfer reference 123". 2023-07-09.
- ↑ 127.0 127.1 127.2 "Transfer reference 124". 2023-11-22.
- ↑ 128.0 128.1 128.2 128.3 128.4 128.5 128.6 "Transfer reference 125". 2023-11-23.
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- ↑ 130.0 130.1 Team Liquid (2023-11-29). "Transfer reference 126".
- ↑ 131.0 131.1 "Transfer reference 127". 2023-11-29.
- ↑ 132.0 132.1 Team Liquid (2024-01-16). "The team is complete".
- ↑ 133.0 133.1 133.2 133.3 Team Liquid (2023-12-08). "Introducing our #NACL roster and staff for 2024".
- ↑ "Transfer reference 1". 2022-12-06.
- ↑ "Team Liquid and the Curse of Four". DreamTeam. 2018-12-18.
- ↑ Matt Perez (2018-10-25). "Michael Jordan Enters Esports, Invests In Team Liquid's Parent Company". Forbes.