Movistar KOI

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Movistar KOI
Short nameMKOI / KOI
Divisions
FoundedJanuary 4, 2024;13 months ago (2024-01-04)
Team history
  • MAD Lions KOI [a] (2024)
Based in Madrid, Spain
Colors   
CEO Ibai Llanos
Fernando Piquer
Adam Adamou
Partners Movistar, Kappa, Cupra, Mahou, Omen, Razer, Médicos del Mundo
Parent group OverActive Media
Website shop.movistarkoi.gg/es/

Movistar KOI is a Spanish professional esports organisation owned by OverActive Media. The organisation was created as a result of a merger between KOI, Movistar Riders and MAD Lions in January 2024. [1] As part of a triple merger, during 2024 they competed under two names: Movistar KOI and MAD Lions KOI. [2] The final merger was announced at the Movistar KOICON event on December 6, 2024. [3]

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The organisation competes with two teams in League of Legends (European LEC and Spanish Superliga); two teams in Valorant (European VCT and Spanish Rising); and two players for Pokémon World Championships . It will also be present in Fortnite and Free Fire . [4] On January 7, 2025, it dissolved its Counter-Strike 2 team. [5]

History

The organisation was founded on January 4, 2024 by three Spanish teams: KOI, founded in December 2021 by Ibai Llanos and former footballer of FC Barcelona Gerard Piqué; [6] Movistar Riders, founded in January 2017 by Fernando Piquer; [7] and MAD Lions, founded in August 2017 as MAD Lions Esports Club by Sergio Yáñez, Marcos Eguillor and Sergio Schnura. [8]

Rosters

Movistar KOI rosters
League of Legends (LEC)
HandleNameNationality
MyrwnPastor Villarejo, AlexSpain
Elyoya Padres Batalla, JavierSpain
JojopyunJoseph Joon PyunCanada
SupaMartínez García, DavidSpain
AlvaroFernández del Amo, ÁlvaroSpain
League of Legends (Superliga)
HandleNameNationality
SpooderMaitham Sharad, MuhanadSweden
EckasStrazdauskas, EdgarasLithuania
FresskowyPrzewoźnik, BartłomiejPoland
UNF0RGIVENNieminen, WilliamSweden
kamiliusKošťál, KamilSlovakia
Valorant (VCT)
HandleNameNationality
SheydosNaumov, BogdanRussia
GRUBINHORyczko, GrzegorzPoland
FiluCzarnecki, DawidPoland
flyuhCarlson, XavierUnited States
soulcasSulcas, DomUnited Kingdom
Valorant (Rising)
HandleNameNationality
GuardyGuardiola, AntonioSpain
MONSTEERRPetrů, OndřejCzech Republic
OLIZERAOliveira, DiogoPortugal
pikaHolze, NiklasArgentina
ZachKappaNeal, ZacharyUnited Kingdom
Pokémon World Championships
HandleNameNationality
PokeAlexGómez, AlexSpain
RiopaserRíos, EricSpain

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (L) On loan
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness

Notes

  1. Competed simultaneously alongside the current name.

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References

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