Royal Club ( Chinese : 皇族俱乐部 ) is a Chinese professional League of Legends team that competes in the League of Legends Development League (LDL), the second highest level of competitive League of Legends in China. The team was founded in 2012 and was known as Star Horn Royal Club from 2014 to 2016 to reflect its titular sponsor, Star Horn. They were the first team to reach the finals of the League of Legends World Championship twice, doing so in 2013 and 2014. The only member of both squads was Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao . Royal Club is currently the academy team of Royal Never Give Up .
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32-773: The League of Legends World Championship , an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games . Matches were held in Taipei , Singapore , Busan , and Seoul , with grand finals being at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul , South Korea . The 16 teams qualified by either winning a major professional league or a regional qualifying tournament. There was a 16 team round-robin group stage followed by an 8 team single elimination bracket. The games were officially streamed on Twitch and Azubu in several languages and
48-540: The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. 2014 League of Legends World Championship The 2014 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament held from September 18 to October 19, 2014, for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends . It was the fourth iteration of
64-639: The Asian scene, and Worlds was their first major tournament in North America. Their first match would be against a team they were exceptionally familiar with from the Chinese league, OMG . In the first match of bracket stage, the two Chinese teams would re-enact the Chinese Regional Finals to see who would advance and who would be eliminated from the tournament. OMG had been seen as one of the strongest teams in
80-587: The G-League 2012 Season 2, finished at 3-4th place after losing against Team WE 1–4. They then attended GIGABYTE StarsWar League/Season 2 in March but got knocked out in the group stage. In June, Royal Club finished fifth in 2013 LPL Spring, went 15–13 in the group stage and did not qualify for playoffs. One day after, they participated in the NVIDIA Game Festival 2013 and placed second after losing against Team WE in
96-700: The finals were aired online on ESPN3 . The group stage began on September 18 in Taipei at the National Taiwan University Sports Center and concluded on September 28 in Singapore at the Singapore EXPO with eight teams advancing to the bracket stage. The bracket stage started on October 3 in Busan , South Korea at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center , and concluded on October 19 with
112-499: The finals. In July, Royal HZ took part in StarsWar 8 tournament. They got knocked out in the semifinals, lost 0–2 to iG . At the end of July, they once again lost 0–2 to iG in the semifinals of IEM Season VIII - Shanghai and finished 3-4th. In September, Royal HZ qualified for the Season 3 China Regional Finals after finishing second in the 2013 LPL Summer/Regular Season with a 13–8 record over
128-545: The grand finals against favored Korean team SK Telecom T1. The anticipated match led to Royal Club being overwhelmed by SK T1, losing 0–3, but taking home a very respectable second place. After the S3 Championship, Tabe and Wh1t3zZ retired while Lucky became a sub. Uzi then became team captain and briefly tried out other positions such as jungle and mid. In order to prepare for the 2014 IPL Spring, Royal Club significantly changed most of their roster, with many new faces joining
144-402: The grand finals between Samsung White and Star Horn Royal Club . It is estimated that there were 288 million cumulative views throughout the entire tournament. The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers. Prior to
160-763: The grand finals hosted at the 45,000-seats Seoul World Cup Stadium , where South Korean team Samsung Galaxy White beat the Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club to become the 2014 League of Legends world champions. American band Imagine Dragons contributed the theme song " Warriors " for the tournament, and performed live on the grand finals stage in South Korea. All games were made available for free via live streaming. The 2014 World Championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers. The following teams qualified to participate in
176-422: The group stage, losing only once to the eventual champions SK Telecom T1 , but Royal Club were well prepared going into the match. They defeated their Chinese compatriots in a 2–0 victory, advancing to face Europe's top seed, Fnatic . The series would lead to a back and forth heavy hitting battle between the regions, with Royal able to win the final game, 3–1. Royal Club found themselves in the ultimate spotlight in
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#1733086120485192-431: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Club&oldid=933166353 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Royal Club (esports) Royal Club started off the year with their participation in
208-600: The season. In the Season 3 China Regional Finals, Royal HZ made an amazing comeback, went from the Loser's bracket to defeat OMG in the Grand Finals, claimed the first place and not only a spot in the Season 3 World Championship but the huge advantage of being seeded directly into the quarterfinals past the group stages. At the S3 Championship, Royal Club would be a dark horse team in the quarterfinals as they were not as well known outside
224-423: The semi-finals. Royal Club reached the finals of the 2014 League of Legends World Championship and lost to Samsung Galaxy White 3–1. Star Horn finished tenth in the 2015 LPL Spring Round Robin, eliminating them from the playoffs. Chang "Poppy" Po-hao Ge "Laoge" Xuchen Roster As of this edit , this article uses content from "Royal Club" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under
240-628: The team, including the former LMQ Tian Ci top laner Yao and support Bao. On May 17, 2014, the previous Owner of Royal Club announced he was stepping down as CEO of the team and giving ownership over to Li Yande (eNO), where the team would be re-branded as Star Horn and take Royal Club's place for the LPL Summer Season. The roster at the time consisted of Yao, Kmi, Lucky, Nct, Uzi, Bao, LeY, Rui, YS. May 28, LaoPi, corn, and Cola join. May 31, inSec and Zero join. December 6, ackerman joins. December 11, Uzi leaves. Royal Club beat LPL team OMG 3–2 in
256-475: The tournament's group stage: Taipei , Singapore , Busan and Seoul were the 4 venues chosen to host the competition. The group stage was played in a best of one double round-robin format, with the top two teams from each of the four groups advancing to the knockout stage, for a total of eight teams. Source: LoL Esports ( Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine ) Around 40,000 fans attended
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