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Vietnam Championship Series

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Vietnam Championship Series
File:Vietnam Championship Series logo.png
GameLeague of Legends
Founded2013
Owner(s)Garena
No. of teams8
Countries Vietnam
Most recent
champion(s)
GAM Esports (1st title)
Most titlesGAM Esports (6 titles)
QualificationPromotion and relegation
Relegation toVietnam Championship Series B
International cup(s)Mid Season Invitational
World Championship
Related
competitions
Garena Premier League
Official websiteFacebook

The Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) is the name of a professional League of Legends esports league run by Riot Games and Garena. From 2013 to 2017, the VCS was a tier below Garena Premier League (GPL). In 2018, the VCS broke away from the GPL and became a separate tier one league. The Vietnamese teams have the opportunity to participate directly in international events of League of Legends organized by Riot Games without having to participate in the GPL.[1]

History[edit]

2012–2013[edit]

Before changing the name to the Vietnam Championship Series tournament that once named the Glorious Arena. Over 4 seasons from mid 2012 to the end of 2013 the tournament saw the dominance of Saigon Jokers with 3 times of champion and once champion of Full Louis. By the end of 2013, it was changed to Vietnam Championship Series.

2013–2015[edit]

The first tournament was held in 2013 with the name Vietnam Championship Series without qualifying, the participating teams were invited by Vietnam Esports and the total prize value of the first tournament was VND 200,000,000. From the third season, the tournament starts with qualifiers and names are also changed to Vietnam Championship Series (VCS A) to distinguish them from the qualifying tournament of Vietnam Championship Series B (VCS B). In 2014, sponsored by Dell, the name of the prize was named Dell Championship Serie A (DCS A).

In 2015, the number of teams participating in VCS A was increased to 16 teams, playing in a round robin format with two turns (first and second round) scoring according to the Bo1 format. The team with the most points will be crowned champion. Saigon Fantastic Five has won the VCS A championship in spring 2015 and then the GPL spring 2015, becoming the first Vietnamese team to win the GPL.

2016[edit]

In 2016, VCS A made a big step when the tournament was officially part of the Riot Games tournament system, marking the official VCS A step up professionally. The organizing committee reduced the number of participating teams to 10, in return it will give 2 million VND / month to the coaches and athletes. The tournament format also changes accordingly: 10 rounds of 2 rounds count Bo1 points, 4 teams with the highest score will participate in play-offs to find champions. VCS A was also renamed Coca-Cola Championship Series (CCCS) under the sponsorship of Coca-Cola. By the summer of 2016, the Coca-Cola Championship Series was renamed the MountainDew Championship Series (MDCS) under the sponsorship of the Mountain Dew drinking water label.

2017[edit]

The number of teams participating in the competition continues to be reduced to 8, in return for the coach and athletes' salary increased to 3 million VND / month. The format of the tournament is also changed: 8 rounds of 2 rounds count Bo3 points, 4 teams with the highest score will participate in play-offs to find the champion.[2]

2018[edit]

Riot Games directly participated in the tour operation, the tournament returned with the name Vietnam Championship Series, the total prize pool increased to 1 billion VND 200 million, the salary of coach and athletes increased to VND 4 million / month . In addition, VCS matches are held at GG Stadium - 6th Floor, Crescent Mall, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City built by Riot Games, instead of being organized online as before. Teams not based in Ho Chi Minh City will be supported by the organizers during the VCS Spring 2018.[3] On 21 February 2018, VCS separated from GPL. This is a result based on the fact that in recent years VCS has always been the dominant force of the GPL. Especially at the two spring and summer events in 2017. Impressive competitions at MSI 2017 and World Championship 2017. Riot Games believes that this is a very appropriate time to get Vietnam away from the GPL to become a separate area. Changes in Vietnam's participatory international tournaments are as follows:

VCS Championship team Spring Spring 2018 will increase to 100 million VND, bringing the total value to 500 million VND will be separated from GPL's reward Spring 2018 (The expected prize that the Vietnamese champion team attends GPL Spring) . However, this only applies to Spring, and from Summer onwards Vietnam will no longer relate to the GPL tournament.[4]

Current participants[edit]

AS Esports CERBERUS Esports GAM Esports Team Whales
Saigon Buffalo SBTC Esports Genius Esports Team Secret

Competition format[edit]

Group stage[edit]

This period will have the participation of 8 teams, playing rounds of 2 rounds to find out the 4 strongest teams participating in the qualifying rounds. Matches of the Group Stage will take place in the Best of 3 format (3 games maximum), each game is played according to the Prohibition mode and Choose 5vs5 on the map Summoner's Rift.[5]

Round knockout[edit]

4 teams will compete against each other in a ladder mode to find the champion: the 3rd and 4th teams will fight each other in the first match, the winning team will go on to meet the 2nd team and whoever wins this match will be competing Finalists meet the top team. Matches of this stage will take place in the form of Best of 5 (5 games maximum), each game is played according to the ban and Select 5vs5 on the map Summoner's Rift.[5]

Past seasons[edit]

Year Split Duration 1st 2nd 3rd
2013 Winter 11 February 2013 – 17 December 2013 XGame Hanoi Dragons Beautiful Life Gaming
2014 Spring 22 February 2014 – 13 April 2014 Team Ozone Cutie Monsters Hanoi Dragons Hanoi Fate
Summer 14 June 2014 – 24 September 2014 G5 E-Sports Fate Team HoL Elements Hanoi Phoenix
2015 Spring 15 November 2014 – 4 June 2015 Saigon Fantastic Five Saigon Jokers Boba Marines
Summer 17 May 2015 – 24 August 2015 Boba Marines Full Louis Saigon Jokers
2016 Spring 15 January 2016 – 3 June 2016 Saigon Jokers Full Louis 269 Gaming

Boba Marines

Summer 20 May 2016 – 18 July 2016 Saigon Jokers Saigon Mongaming An Phát Ultimate

Boba Marines

2017 Spring 8 February 2017 – 2 April 2017 GIGABYTE Marines Young Generation UTM Esports
Summer 7 June 2017 – 13 August 2017 GIGABYTE Marines Young Generation ROG Friends
2018 Spring 18 January 2018 – 4 July 2018 EVOS Esports GIGABYTE Marines UTM Esports
Summer 21 June 2018 – 22 September 2018 Phong Vũ Buffalo Adonis Esports Friends Forever
2019 Spring 17 January 2019 – 13 April 2019 Phong Vũ Buffalo EVOS Esports Sky Gaming
Summer 20 June 2019 – 15 September 2019 GAM Esports Lowkey Esports Team Flash
2020 Spring 31 January 2020 – 18 April 2020 Team Flash GAM Esports EVOS Esports
Summer 19 June 2020 – 5 September 2020 Team Flash GAM Esports EVOS Esports
2021 Spring 22 January 2021 – 18 April 2021 GAM Esports Saigon Buffalo Team Secret
Summer Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
Winter 16 November 2021 – 26 December 2021 CERBERUS Esports GAM Esports Burst The Sky Esports
2022 Spring 11 February 2022 - 24 April 2022 GAM Esports Saigon Buffalo Team Secret

Statistics[edit]

Top-performing teams[edit]

Team(s) 1st 2nd 3rd
GAM Esports 6 3 3
Saigon Buffalo 2 4 0
Saigon Jokers 2 1 1
Team Flash 2 0 2
EVOS Esports 1 1 2
Hanoi Fate 1 0 1
Cerberus Esports 1 0 0
Saigon Fantastic Five 1 0 0
XGame 1 0 0
Team Ozone Cutie Monsters 1 0 0
Full Louis 0 2 0
Team Secret 0 0 2

Foreign players/Foreign coach[edit]

ID Name Team(s) Role/Position
Lee South Korea Lee In-cheol Saigon Fantastic Five, Saigon Jokers, CERBERUS Esports Coach
Irean South Korea Heo Yeong-cheol Saigon Fantastic Five, Saigon Jokers Analyst, Coach
Jensen Singapore Jensen Goh EVOS Esports Coach
Chupper Singapore Kenny Marcelino EVOS Esports Bot laner
Kane Czech Republic Michal Majkl Le Hanoi Fate, Hanoi SnowBall Bot laner
Humble South Korea Hwang Sin-woong EVOS Esports Strategy Coach
Fixer South Korea Jeong Jae-woo EVOS Esports Assistant Coach
ELAN United States Elan Ehrhardt Percent Esports Head Coach
Profit South Korea Kim Jun-hyung Team Flash Assistant Coach
Poss South Korea Kim Min-cheol CERBERUS Top Laner

Players who have competed abroad[edit]

ID Name Team(s) Times Role
Navy Vietnam Chướng Viễn Long Thailand Bangkok Titans 08/2013 - 09/2013 Mid
Noway Vietnam Nguyễn Vũ Long Thailand Ascension Gaming 10/2016 - 05/2017 Bot
SofM[6][circular reference] Vietnam Lê Quang Duy China Snake Esports

China LNG Esports China Weibo Gaming

2017 - 2019

2019 2020 - present

Jungle
Beyond Vietnam Trương Vĩnh Thanh Indonesia Fortius 06/2016 - 05/2017 Mid
MeoCon Vietnam Trần Thanh Lâm Indonesia Fortius 01/2017 - 04/2017 Jungle
Sunny Vietnam Nguyễn Thanh Phong Indonesia Headhunters 11/2016 - 05/2017 Support
Calm Vietnam Đinh Trọng Quyết Thailand Bangkok Titans 05/2017 - 09/2017 Top
Kriss Vietnam Nguyễn Hữu Phúc Indonesia Headhunters 12/2016 - 11/2017 Jungle
Petland[7] Vietnam Võ Huỳnh Quang Huy Indonesia Headhunters 05/2017 - 02/2018 Mid
Tom Vietnam Nguyên Nàng Hiểu Indonesia Headhunters 02/2018 - 05/2018 Jungle
Biob Vietnam Nguyễn Lâm Việt Sinh Indonesia Headhunters 02/2018 - 05/2018 Mid
Pot Vietnam Văn Hữu Bảo Thailand MEGA 6/2018 - 12/2018 Jungle
Secr3t Vietnam Ông Gia Nguyên Thailand MEGA 6/2018 - 12/2018 Mid
Levi[8][9] Vietnam Đỗ Duy Khánh United States 100 Thieves

China JD Gaming

12/2017 - 12/2018

12/2018 - 5/2019

Jungle
Minky Vietnam Đỗ Đức Minh Indonesia Bigetron E-Sports 12/2017 – 08/2018 Top
MT Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Trí Indonesia Bigetron E-Sports 03/2018 – 08/2018 Mid

Casters[edit]

Individual Awards[edit]

Season MVP Standings[edit]

Year Split Player Team Time/Points
2017 Spring Vietnam Đỗ " Levi " Duy Khánh GIGABYTE Marines 400
Summer
2018 Spring Vietnam Nguyễn " YiJin " Lê Hải Đăng EVOS Esports 900
Summer Vietnam Phạm " Zeros " Minh Lộc Phong Vũ Buffalo 10
2019 Spring Vietnam Phạm " Zeros " Minh Lộc Phong Vũ Buffalo 1100
Summer Vietnam Đỗ " Levi " Duy Khánh

Vietnam Nguyễn " YiJin " Lê Hải Đăng

GAM Esports

Team Flash

800
2020 Spring Vietnam Lê " Dia1 " Phú Quý GAM Esports 1100
Summer Vietnam Lê " Dia1 " Phú Quý GAM Esports 1000
2021 Spring Vietnam Đỗ " Levi " Duy Khánh GAM Esports 1000
Winter Vietnam Lê Lưu " Killerqueen " Bách Đạt Luxury Esports 11
2022 Spring Vietnam Trần " BeanJ " Văn Chính Saigon Buffalo 1000

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Vietnam is now an independent competitive region".
  2. "Điều lệ DCSA". Liên Minh Huyền Thoại.
  3. "Họp báo công bố giải đấu VCS Mùa Xuân 2018".
  4. "CHÍNH THỨC: Đội vô địch VCS Mùa Xuân 2018 sẽ được tăng 100 triệu đồng tiền thưởng!". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "LMHT: Thể thức thi đấu VCSA Mùa Xuân 2018, vòng playoffs sẽ đánh như LCK Hàn Quốc". gamek.vn. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. SofM
  7. admin (15 November 2017). "Siêu Sao Đại Chiến Indonesia có sự xuất hiện của game thủ Việt". Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. "Levi tâm trạng, chính thức lên máy bay sang Mỹ thi đấu ngay trước Tết Nguyên Đán". gamek.vn. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  9. "CHÍNH THỨC: Levi gia nhập đội tuyển Hạng 3 LPL - JD Gaming, trở thành tuyển thủ Việt Nam thứ 2 thi đấu tại LPL sau SofM". gamek.vn. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.