TSM Challengers
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TSM Challengers
Team Information
Location:
Region:
North AmericaApprox. Total Winnings:
$35,500
Links
History
Created:
: 2017-12-17Disbanded:
2023-05-15
Upcoming Tournaments
No Upcoming Tournaments
TSM Challengers was the secondary team of TSM. The team was previously known as TSM Academy prior to the restructuring of the LCS Academy League as the North American Challengers League in 2023. They were the first team to leave the North American Challengers League after academy requirements were lifted.
History[edit]
Timeline[edit]
- May 31st –
Brandini leaves for 100 Thieves Academy. [2] PieCakeLord joins. [3] - June 15th –
Grig leaves for Team SoloMid. [4] Akaadian joins. [4] - November 17th – Peter Zhang joins. [5]
- December 14th – PieCakeLord,
MrRallez and 
Shady leave. [6] Brandini, Akaadian, Tactical and Treatz join. [6]
- January 12th – Akaadian leaves for Team SoloMid. [7] Fanatiik joins. [7]
- May 26th – Fanatiik leaves. [8] Spica and
Johnsun join. [8] - July –
Peter Zhang leaves for Team SoloMid. - September 18th – Brandini leaves. [9]
- November 27th – Johnsun leaves for Dignitas. [10]
- December 3rd –
Evolved, Dhokla and Lost join. [11] - December 4th – Ablazeolive leaves for Golden Guardians Academy. [12]
- December 13th – Tactical leaves for Team Liquid Academy. [13]
- May 27th – Spica leaves for TSM. [14]
- June 5th – Winston joins. [15]
- June 12th – Peter Zhang joins. [16]
- July 17th – Treatz leaves for TSM. [17] Biofrost joins. [17]
- August 23rd – Biofrost leaves for TSM. [18]
- November 18th – Winston leaves. [19]
- November 28th – Dhokla leaves. [20] Babip joins. [21] Swordd changes role from Trainee to Player. [21]
- December 6th – Lost leaves for TSM. [22]
- December 9th – Evolved leaves. [23] Hauntzer, Cody Sun and Yursan join. [23]
- January 4th – Fizzi joins. [24]
- March 14th – Fizzi leaves. [25]
- April 19th – Babip leaves. [26]
- April 30th – Takeover and Hyper join. [27]
- September 30th – Hauntzer, Swordd and Cody Sun leave. [28]
- November 24th – V1per and Instinct join. [29]
- December 9th – Gunaso joins. [30] ST Peter Zhang leaves for TSM. [30]
- February 16th – Shenyi joins. [31] Yursan leaves for TSM. [31]
- March 3rd – Keaiduo and Yursan join. [32] Takeover and Shenyi leave. [32]
- April 21st – V1per leaves. [33]
- May 2nd – Yursan moves to an inactive position. [34] Keaiduo leaves. [35]
- May 3rd – Soul and Mia join. [36][37]
- May 4th – Gunaso changes position from Head Coach to Analyst. [38] Takeover and Xmithie join. [39][38]
- June 10th – Shenyi joins. [40] Mia leaves for TSM. [40]
- July 11th – Hyper leaves. [41] AnDa joins. [42][43]
- July 12th – Shenyi leaves. [44] Tactical, Mia and Solo join. [44] Soul and Instinct leave. [44]
- July 26th – Soul joins. [45] Solo leaves for TSM. [45]
- August 19th – Yursan leaves Inactive position. [46]
- October 10th – Tactical leaves. [47]
- November 6th – Gunaso leaves. [48]
- November 11th – Soul, AnDa, Takeover, Mia and Xmithie leave. [49]
- December 8th – Hauntzer, Svenskeren, WildTurtle, Triple and Dragku join. [50]
- December 31st – Triple leaves. [51]
- January 15th – Doxa joins. [52]
- January 21st – Kristine joins. [53]
- January 22nd –
rocks908 joins as Substitute. [54] - March 1st – Neo joins. [55] rocks908 and WildTurtle leave. [56][55]
- March 23rd – Kristine leaves. [57]
- May 3rd – Svenskeren retires. [58]
- May 15th – Hauntzer, Doxa, Neo and Dragku leave. [59]
Player Roster[edit]
Former[edit]
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
 MrRalleZ | (Rasmus Skinneholm) Rasmus Skinneholm | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2017-12-17 [1] | Leave Date: 2018-12-14 [6] |  ad hoc gaming | ||||
 PCL | (Kostyantyn Dudarchuk) Kostyantyn Dudarchuk | Position: Top | Join Date: 2018-05-31 [3] | Leave Date: 2018-12-14 [6] |  Barrage Esports NA | ||||
| Shady | (Jordan Robison) Jordan Robison | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2017-12-17 [1] | Leave Date: 2018-12-14 [6] |  Maryville University | ||||
| Armao | (Jonathan Armao) Jonathan Armao | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2017-12-17 [1] | Leave Date: 2018-06-15 [4] |   Team SoloMid | ||||
| Brandini | (Brandon Chen) Brandon Chen | Position: Top | Join Date: 2017-12-17 [1] | Leave Date: 2018-05-31 [2] |   100 Thieves Academy | ||||
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Tactical | (Edward Ra) Edward Ra | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2018-12-14 [6] | Leave Date: 2019-12-13 [13] |  Team Liquid Academy | ||||
 Ablazeolive | (Nicholas Antonio Abbott) Nicholas Antonio Abbott | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2017-12-17 [1] | Leave Date: 2019-12-04 [12] |  GGS Academy | ||||
| Johnsun | (Johnson Nguyen) Johnson Nguyen | Position: Bot (Substitute) | Join Date: 2019-05-26 [8] | Leave Date: 2019-11-27 [10] |   Dignitas | ||||
| Brandini | (Brandon Chen) Brandon Chen | Position: Top | Join Date: 2018-12-14 [6] | Leave Date: 2019-09-18 [9] |   Evil Geniuses Academy | ||||
| Fanatiik | (Gabriel Saucier) Gabriel Saucier | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2019-01-12 [7] | Leave Date: 2019-05-26 [8] |  FlyQuest Academy | ||||
| Akaadian | (Matthew Higginbotham) Matthew Higginbotham | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2018-06-15 [4] | Leave Date: 2019-01-12 [7] | Team SoloMid | ||||
| Akaadian | (Matthew Higginbotham) Matthew Higginbotham | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2018-12-14 [6] | Leave Date: 2019-01-12 [7] | Team SoloMid | ||||
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Evolved | (Jackson Dohan) Jackson Dohan | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2019-12-03 [11] | Leave Date: 2020-12-09 [23] | |||||
 Lost | (Lawrence Sze Yuy Hui) Lawrence Sze Yuy Hui | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2019-12-03 [11] | Leave Date: 2020-12-06 [22] |   TSM | ||||
| Dhokla | (Niship Doshi) Niship Doshi | Position: Top | Join Date: 2019-12-03 [11] | Leave Date: 2020-11-28 [20] |  Not Academy Team | ||||
| Winnie | (Winston Herold) Winston Herold | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2020-06-05 [15] | Leave Date: 2020-11-18 [19] | Not Academy Team | ||||
| Biofrost | (Vincent Wang) Vincent Wang | Position: Support | Join Date: 2020-07-17 [17] | Leave Date: 2020-08-23 [18] | TSM | ||||
 Treatz | (Erik Wessén) Erik Wessén | Position: Support | Join Date: 2018-12-14 [6] | Leave Date: 2020-07-17 [17] | TSM | ||||
 Spica | (Mingyi Lu) Mingyi Lu | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2019-05-26 [8] | Leave Date: 2020-05-27 [14] | TSM | ||||
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Cody Sun | (Cody Sun) Cody Sun | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2020-12-09 [23] | Leave Date: 2021-09-30 [28] |   Mirage Elyandra | ||||
| Hauntzer | (Kevin Yarnell) Kevin Yarnell | Position: Top | Join Date: 2020-12-09 [23] | Leave Date: 2021-09-30 [28] | TSM Academy | ||||
| Swordd | (Rico Chen) Rico Chen | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2020-11-28 [21] | Leave Date: 2021-09-30 [28] | 100 Thieves Next | ||||
 Babip | (Leo Romer) Leo Romer | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2020-11-28 [21] | Leave Date: 2021-04-19 [26] |  PEACE | ||||
| Fizzi | (Cristopher Savino) Cristopher Savino | Position: Support | Join Date: 2021-01-04 [24] | Leave Date: 2021-03-14 [25] |  AOE Esports | ||||
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Triple | (Stephen Li) Stephen Li | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2022-12-08 [50] | Leave Date: 2022-12-31 [51] | |||||
| AnDa | (Andy Hoang) Andy Hoang | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2022-07-11 [42][43] | Leave Date: 2022-11-11 [49] | |||||
 Mia | (Choi Sang-in) Choi Sang-in | Position: Support | Join Date: 2022-07-12 [44] | Leave Date: 2022-11-11 [49] |   SuperMassive | ||||
| Soul | (Alex Luo) Alex Luo | Position: Top | Join Date: 2022-07-26 [45] | Leave Date: 2022-11-11 [49] |   Evil Geniuses Academy | ||||
 Takeover | (Ji Cha Hyeun-min) Ji Cha Hyeun-min | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2022-05-04 [39] | Leave Date: 2022-11-11 [49] |  Estral Esports | ||||
| Tactical | (Edward Ra) Edward Ra | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2022-07-12 [44] | Leave Date: 2022-10-10 [47] |  Immortals | ||||
 Yursan | (Wang Sheng-yu) Wang Sheng-yu | Position: Support (Inactive) | Join Date: 2022-05-02 [34] | Leave Date: 2022-08-19 [46] |  MAMMOTH EC | ||||
| Solo | (Colin Earnest) Colin Earnest | Position: Top | Join Date: 2022-07-12 [44] | Leave Date: 2022-07-26 [45] | TSM | ||||
| Instinct | (Tony Ng) Tony Ng | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2021-11-24 [29] | Leave Date: 2022-07-12 [44] | TSM | ||||
| Shenyi | (Wei Zijie) Wei Zijie | Position: Support | Join Date: 2022-06-10 [40] | Leave Date: 2022-07-12 [44] | |||||
| Soul | (Alex Luo) Alex Luo | Position: Top | Join Date: 2022-05-03 [36] | Leave Date: 2022-07-12 [44] | TSM | ||||
| Hyper | (Young Seo) Young Seo | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2021-04-30 [27] | Leave Date: 2022-07-11 [41] |  Cincinnati Fear | ||||
| Mia | (Choi Sang-in) Choi Sang-in | Position: Support | Join Date: 2022-05-03 [37] | Leave Date: 2022-06-10 [40] | TSM | ||||
| Keaiduo | (Zhu Xiong) Zhu Xiong | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2022-03-03 [32] | Leave Date: 2022-05-02 [35] |  Joy Dream | ||||
| Yursan | (Wang Sheng-yu) Wang Sheng-yu | Position: Support | Join Date: 2022-03-03 [32] | Leave Date: 2022-05-02 [34] | TSM Academy (Inactive) | ||||
| V1per | (Omran Shoura) Omran Shoura | Position: Top | Join Date: 2021-11-24 [29] | Leave Date: 2022-04-21 [33] |   No Org | ||||
| Shenyi | (Wei Zijie) Wei Zijie | Position: Support | Join Date: 2022-02-16 [31] | Leave Date: 2022-03-03 [32] | TSM | ||||
| Takeover | (Ji Cha Hyeun-min) Ji Cha Hyeun-min | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2021-04-30 [27] | Leave Date: 2022-03-03 [32] | TSM | ||||
| Yursan | (Wang Sheng-yu) Wang Sheng-yu | Position: Support | Join Date: 2020-12-09 [23] | Leave Date: 2022-02-16 [31] | TSM | ||||
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Doxa | (William Lee) William Lee | Position: Mid | Join Date: 2023-01-15 [52] | Leave Date: 2023-05-15 [59] |   Komodo | ||||
| Dragku | (Dragon Guo) Dragon Guo | Position: Support | Join Date: 2022-12-08 [50] | Leave Date: 2023-05-15 [59] | MAMMOTH EC | ||||
| Hauntzer | (Kevin Yarnell) Kevin Yarnell | Position: Top | Join Date: 2022-12-08 [50] | Leave Date: 2023-05-15 [59] | TSM | ||||
| Neo | (Toàn Trần) Toàn Trần | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2023-03-01 [55] | Leave Date: 2023-05-15 [59] |  Mirage Alliance | ||||
| Svenskeren | (Dennis Johnsen) Dennis Johnsen | Position: Jungle | Join Date: 2022-12-08 [50] | Leave Date: 2023-05-03 [58] |  Dignitas | ||||
| rocks908 | (Brian Chetwynd) Brian Chetwynd | Position: Support (Substitute) | Join Date: 2023-01-22 [54] | Leave Date: 2023-03-01 [56] |  Rock Bottom Esports | ||||
| WildTurtle | (Jason Tran) Jason Tran | Position: Bot | Join Date: 2022-12-08 [50] | Leave Date: 2023-03-01 [55] | TSM | ||||
Organization[edit]
Former[edit]
| Former Organization | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Peter Zhang | ( Zhang Yi) | Coach | Join Date: 2018-11-17 [5] | Leave Date: 2019-07-?? | Team SoloMid | ||||
| Former Organization | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Peter Zhang | ( Zhang Yi) | Head Coach | Join Date: 2020-06-12 [16] | Leave Date: 2021-12-09 [30] | TSM (Head of Player Development) | ||||
| Former Organization | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
 Xmithie | ( Jake Kevin Puchero) | Head Coach | Join Date: 2022-05-04 [38] | Leave Date: 2022-11-11 [49] | Immortals | ||||
 Gunaso | ( André Ferreira) | Analyst | Join Date: 2022-05-04 [38] | Leave Date: 2022-11-06 [48] |  Winthrop University | ||||
| Gunaso | ( André Ferreira) | Coach | Join Date: 2021-12-09 [30] | Leave Date: 2022-05-04 [38] | TSM Academy | ||||
Results[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-19 | 3rd | B-Tier |  | Unified Grand Prix Summer 2021 | 1 : 3 |  | $2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-07-29 | 7th | A-Tier |  | LCS Academy League Summer 2021 | 4/9/5 | Grp S. | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-04-17 | 5th - 6th | A-Tier | | LCS Proving Grounds Spring 2021 | 1 : 3 | | $7,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-03-01 | 4th | B-Tier |   | Unified Grand Prix Spring 2021 | 1 : 2 | | $1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-02-17 | 7th - 8th | A-Tier | | LCS Academy League Spring 2021 | 3/6 | Grp S. | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-08-28 | 2nd | A-Tier |  | LCS Academy League Summer 2020 | 1 : 3 |  | $7,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-04-10 | 3rd - 4th | A-Tier | | LCS Academy League Spring 2020 | 1 : 3 | | $4,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-08-08 | 3rd - 4th | A-Tier | | LCS Academy League Summer 2019 | 1 : 3 | | $4,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-04-05 | 1st | A-Tier | | LCS Academy League Spring 2019 | 3 : 1 | | $10,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-03-16 | 6th | A-Tier |  | NA Academy League Spring 2018 | 8/10 | Grp S. | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Time | Tier | Tournament | Score | vs. Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSM Challengers Played Matches | |||||||
| 2023-03-18 | 20:00 UTC | A-Tier |  | North American Challengers League Spring 2023 | 0 : 2 |  WC | |
| 2023-03-14 | 23:00 UTC | A-Tier | | North American Challengers League Spring 2023 | 0 : 2 | 100C | |
| 2023-03-12 | 22:00 UTC | A-Tier | | North American Challengers League Spring 2023 | 2 : 1 |  CLGC | |
| 2023-03-06 | 23:00 UTC | S-Tier | | North American Challengers League Spring 2023 - Group Stage | 2 : 0 | EGC | |
| 2023-03-05 | 21:00 UTC | S-Tier | | North American Challengers League Spring 2023 - Group Stage | 1 : 1 |  FLYF | |
| Complete list of matches in any tournament | |||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Transfer reference 1". 2017-12-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Transfer reference 2". 2018-05-31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Transfer reference 3". 2018-05-31.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Transfer reference 4". 2018-06-15.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Transfer reference 5". 2018-11-17.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 "Transfer reference 6". 2018-12-14.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Transfer reference 7". 2019-01-12.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "Transfer reference 8". 2019-05-26.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Transfer reference 9". 2019-09-18.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Transfer reference 10". 2019-11-27.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Transfer reference 11". 2019-12-03.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Transfer reference 12". 2019-12-04.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Transfer reference 13". 2019-12-13.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Transfer reference 14". 2020-05-27.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Transfer reference 15". 2020-06-05.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Transfer reference 16". 2020-06-12.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 "Transfer reference 17". 2020-07-17.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Transfer reference 18". 2020-08-23.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Transfer reference 19". 2020-11-18.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Transfer reference 20". 2020-11-28.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "Transfer reference 21". 2020-11-28.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Transfer reference 22". 2020-12-06.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 "Transfer reference 23". 2020-12-09.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Transfer reference 24". 2021-01-04.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Transfer reference 25". 2021-03-14.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Transfer reference 26". 2021-04-19.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 "Transfer reference 27". 2021-04-30.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 "Transfer reference 28". 2021-09-30.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "Transfer reference 29". 2021-11-24.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 "Transfer reference 30". 2021-12-09.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 "Transfer reference 31". 2022-02-16.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 "Transfer reference 32". 2022-03-03.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 "Transfer reference 33". 2022-04-21.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 "Transfer reference 34". 2022-05-02.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Transfer reference 35". 2022-05-02.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 "Transfer reference 36". 2022-05-03.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 "Transfer reference 37". 2022-05-03.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.4 "Transfer reference 38". 2022-05-04.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 "Transfer reference 39". 2022-05-04.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 "Transfer reference 40". 2022-06-10.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 "Transfer reference 41". 2022-07-11.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 "Transfer reference 42". 2022-07-11.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 "Transfer reference 43". 2022-07-11.
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 44.4 44.5 44.6 44.7 44.8 "Transfer reference 44". 2022-07-12.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 "Transfer reference 45". 2022-07-26.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 "Transfer reference 46". 2022-08-19.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 "Transfer reference 47". 2022-10-10.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 "Transfer reference 48". 2022-11-06.
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 49.4 49.5 "Transfer reference 49". 2022-11-11.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.4 50.5 "Transfer reference 50". 2022-12-08.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 "Transfer reference 51". 2022-12-31.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 "Transfer reference 52". 2023-01-15.
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 Transfer wasn't formally announced, but individual represented team starting with this tournament.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 Transfer was not formally announced, but was revealed by changes in the LoL Esports League-Recognized Contract Database.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 "Transfer reference 53". 2023-03-01.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 "Transfer reference 54". 2023-03-01.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 "Transfer reference 55". 2023-03-23.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 "Transfer reference 56". 2023-05-03.
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.3 59.4 "Transfer reference 57". 2023-05-15.
