Giants Gaming

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Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming logo.png
Short nameGIA
Divisions League of Legends , Call of Duty , CS:GO, Rainbow Six Siege and FIFA
Founded2008
Location Spain
Partners Vodafone
Nike
Chupa Chups
Diesel
Málaga
Prozis
Ozone
Versus Gamers
Nestlé
Website giants.pro

Giants Gaming, commonly referred to simply as Giants, [1] was a Spanish professional esports organisation. The League of Legends (LoL) team competed in the European League of Legends Championship Series. [2] The organisation had two Rainbow Six Siege teams, a Singaporean team competing Southeast Asian Pro League and a Spanish team competing in the Spanish Nationals. Giants Gaming was founded in 2008 in Málaga, Spain. [3] On 14 December 2023, Giants Gaming and Excel Esports announced a merger, forming GIANTX. [4]

Contents

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Tournament results

2017

2018

2019

League of Legends

Tournament results

2013

2016

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Giants Gaming first acquired a Rainbow Six Siege team on 8 June 2018. [6] The Spanish team would remain one of the top teams in Spain until it disbanded in October of the following year. [7]

On 8 August 2019, Giants Gaming picked up top European team, Looking For Org shortly before the Six Major Raleigh. The original roster consisted of Maurice "AceeZ" Erkelenz, Léo "Alphama" Robine, Théophile "Hicks" Dupont, Lukas "Korey" Zwingmann, Valentin "Risze" Liradelfo, and Laurent "Crapelle" Patriarche as coach along with Robin "Robz" Planus as the team's manager. Giants placed 5-8th after defeating Evil Geniuses and Ninjas in Pyjamas but falling to ForZe Esports in the quarter-finals. After unsatisfactory results at the Pro League Season 10 Finals, Alphama was kicked and later joined American team, eUnited. [8] The roster, along with the addition of AceeZ and Korey's former teammate, Jan "Ripz" Hucke, was later bought by Rogue, who previously fielded an American team. [9]

On 9 January 2020, Giants Gaming picked up their third team, the Singaporean squad Aerowolf. [10] Before the acquisition, Aerowolf decisively defeated the best teams in Australia and Japan in the Season 10 APAC Finals, Fnatic and Nora-Rengo respectively, before beating the previous Giants roster and challenging eventual runner-ups, American DarkZero Esports, at the Season 10 Finals. At the Six Invitational 2020, Giants lost to MiBR and Team Liquid in the group stage.

Notable Achievements

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

TournamentEnd DateLocationPlacementPrize
Singapore Singaporean Roster
Six Invitational 20202020-02-16 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 13-16th$60,000
Pro League Season 11 SEA2020-03-26South East Asia2nd$10,625
European Union Former European Roster
Six Major Raleigh 20192019-08-16 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 5-8th$20,000
Pro League Season 10 EU2019-10-14Europe2ndFinals
6 French League2019-10-24France1stFinals
6 French League Finals2019-11-02 Paris, France 1st$16,789
Pro League Season 10 Finals2019-11-10 Tokoname, Japan 5-8th$20,000

Spanish Team

TournamentEnd DateLocationPlacementPrize
Spain Spanish Roster
Spain Nationals Season 22020-07-03Spain3rd$900
Spain Former Spanish Roster
ESL Masters España Season 1 Group Stage2018-10-04Spain1st$1,151
ESL Euro Cup 20182018-10-07 Milan, Italy 2nd$3,457
ESL Masters España Season 12018-10-21Spain2nd$4,611
Drone Cup 20182019-02-09Spain1st$3,397
Dreamhack Valencia 20192019-07-06 Valencia, Spain 13-16th$0
Spain Nationals Season 12019-09-14Spain3rd$886
Spain Nationals Season 1 Finals2019-10-06 Madrid, Spain 3-4th$1,372

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  2. ↑ "Giants Gaming add Maxlore and South Korean rookie mid laner NighT". 3 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Giants Gaming - Facebook".
  4. ↑ "A New Era: EXCEL ESPORTS and Giants Gaming announce merger, forming GIANTX". A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS. 14 December 2023.
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