Saigon Buffalo
| Logo of Vietnamese League of Legends team Saigon Buffalo | |
| Short name | SGB |
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| Game | League of Legends |
| Founded | November 2016 |
| Based in | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Head coach | Nguyễn "Ren" Văn Trọng |
| General manager | Nguyễn "Grandon" Vũ Đôn |
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| Website | {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} |
Saigon Buffalo[n 1] is a Vietnamese professional League of Legends team competing in the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS). The team has been crowned VCS champions twice, and qualified for the World Championship in 2017[1] and 2018,[2] as well as the Mid-Season Invitational in 2019 and 2022.
History[edit]
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On 18 May 2018, Young Generation rebranded to Phong Vũ Buffalo after agreeing to a sponsorship deal with Phong Vũ, a major computer company in Vietnam. The team dominated in its first split in the VCS, losing only one series to EVOS Esports and one to GIGABYTE Marines, ending with a series record of 12 wins and 2 losses in the 2018 VCS Summer Split. This placement secured them a spot in finals of the VCS 2018 Summer Playoffs, where they defeated Cube Adonis 3–1 and qualified for the 2018 World Championship.[3][4]
Because of EVOS Esports' placement at the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational, Vietnam was given a spot in the main event at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship,[5] allowing Phong Vũ Buffalo to avoid the need to qualify through the play-in stage. For the group stage, Phong Vũ Buffalo was drawn into Group A, along with the Afreeca Freecs, the Flash Wolves, and G2 Esports.[6] The team ended the group stage with 2 win and 4 losses, failing to qualify for the knockout stage.[7]
Phong Vũ Buffalo placed 1st in the 2019 VCS Spring Split regular season, with a record of 13 wins and 1 loss. This directly qualified the team for the finals, where they defeated EVOS Esports 3–1 to qualify for the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational as Vietnam's representative.
Phong Vũ Buffalo was placed in Group A of the first round of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational play-in stage, along with Turkish team 1907 Fenerbahçe, Australian team Bombers, and Argentine team Isurus Gaming.[8][9] The team ended the group round robin with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses, tying 1907 Fenerbahçe for 1st and forcing a tiebreaker match, which 1907 Fenerbahçe lost. Phong Vũ Buffalo's victory qualified them for the second round of the play-in stage,[10] where they lost 0–3 to Team Liquid.[11] This result forced Phong Vũ Buffalo to play in a third round against Vega Squadron, who they defeated 3–2 in a close series, securing themselves a spot in the main event.[12] Phong Vũ Buffalo placed last in the group stage of the main event with a 2–8 record, failing to advance to the knock-out stage.
On 31 May 2019, the organization announced it was renaming to Dashing Buffalo to reflect a change in its sponsorship, with Dashing Shampoo becoming its primary sponsor.[13]
Dashing Buffalo renamed to Saigon Buffalo on 26 May 2020 to reflect its partnership with the Saigon Heat.[14]
Current roster[edit]
| Saigon Buffalo League of Legends roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nguyễn "Ren" Văn Trọng
Trần "Ciel" Tiến Thịnh
Latest roster transaction: 26 January 2022. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tournament results[edit]
| Placement | Event | Final result (W–L) |
|---|---|---|
| Qualified | VCS A 2017 Spring Promotion | 2–0 (against Cherry Gaming) |
| 2nd | VCS A 2017 Spring | 10–2 |
| 2nd | VCS A 2017 Spring Playoffs | 0–3 |
| 2nd | VCS A 2017 Summer | 10–4 |
| 2nd | VCS A 2017 Summer Playoffs | 0–3 |
| 2nd | GPL 2017 Summer | 3–2 (against  Ascension Gaming)
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| 17th–20th | 2017 World Championship | 0–3 (against  Team WE)
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| 4th | VCS 2018 Spring | 8–6 |
| 4th | VCS 2018 Spring Playoffs | 1–3 (against GIGABYTE Marines) |
| 1st | VCS 2018 Summer | 12–2 |
| 1st | VCS 2018 Summer Playoffs | 3–1 (against Cube Adonis) |
| 13th–16th | 2018 World Championship | 2–4 |
| 1st | VCS 2019 Spring | 13–1 |
| 1st | VCS 2019 Spring Playoffs | 3–1 (against EVOS Esports) |
| 6th | 2019 Mid-Season Invitational | 2–8 (main event) |
| 3rd | Rift Rivals 2019 LCK-LPL-LMS-VCS | 0–3 (against LPL)
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| 4th | VCS 2019 Summer | 8–6 |
| 4th | VCS 2019 Summer Playoffs | 0–3 (against Lowkey Esports) |
| 6th | VCS 2020 Spring | 5–9 |
| 2nd | 2020 Pulsefire Cup | 1–3 (against GAM Esports) |
| 7th | VCS 2020 Summer | 3–11 |
| Qualified | VCS 2021 Spring Promotion | 3–1 (against V Gaming) |
| 2nd | VCS 2021 Spring | 10–4 |
| 2nd | VCS 2021 Spring Playoffs | 1–3 (against GAM Esports) |
| 5th | VCS 2021 Winter | 6–8 |
| 2nd | 31st SEA Games, Vietnam qualifier | 1–3 (against GAM Esports) |
| 2nd | VCS 2022 Spring | 9–5 |
| 2nd | VCS 2022 Spring Playoffs | 1–3 (against GAM Esports) |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Formerly known as:
- Young Generation (November 2016 – 18 May 2018)
- Phong Vũ Buffalo (18 May 2018 – 31 May 2019)
- Dashing Buffalo (31 May 2019 – 25 May 2020)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Young Generation | LoL Esports". www.lolesports.com. LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ↑ "Worlds 2018: Meet the Teams". na.leagueoflegends.com. LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 World Championship group draw results". cybersport.com. Cybersport. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ↑ "PVB, G-Rex qualify for World Championship". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ↑ "World Championship 2018 | About". www.lolesports.com. LoL Esports. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (14 October 2018). "Phong Vũ Buffalo's Naul: '[We can] get out of groups'". ESPN. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ↑ Chouadria, Adel (15 October 2018). "Phong Vu Buffalo blow Worlds 2018 Group A open despite elimination". cybersport.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ↑ Amos, Andrew (23 April 2019). "Here are the groups for the MSI 2019 play-in stage". Dot Esports. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ↑ Ridgely, Brandon (28 April 2019). "MSI 2019 Play-In Stage breakdown: Group A". RealSport. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ↑ Leckie-Zaharic, Alex; Li, Xing (2 May 2019). "Phong Vũ Buffalo win Group A and advance to face Team Liquid at MSI 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ↑ Esguerra, Tyler (6 May 2019). "Impact and Jensen lead Team Liquid to a convincing sweep over Phong Vũ Buffalo at MSI 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ↑ Leckie-Zaharic, Alex (7 May 2019). "Phong Vũ Buffalo downs Vega Squadron to head to the MSI group stage". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ↑ "Dashing Buffalo's Facebook post". www.facebook.com. Dashing Buffalo. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ↑ Hưng, Thành (26 May 2020). "Dashing Bufffalo thay đổi tên trước mùa giải mới: Saigon Buffalo". Webthethao (in Tiếng Việt). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
External links[edit]
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