2015 World Championship Semi-Finalist
NA LCS Champions and IEM World Champions
The League of Legends division of TSM was a gaming team based in Los Angeles, California, that competed in the League Championship Series (LCS), the top-level professional league for video game League of Legends in the United States and Canada, from 2013 to 2023. The organization sold their LCS franchise slot in 2023.
Quick Facts
- Competition
- 2015 League of Legends World Championship
- Round reached
- Quarter-finals
- Quarter-final opponent
- KT Rolster
- Quarter-final result
- Lost 1–3
- Region
- North America (LCS)
- Notable players
- Bjergsen (mid)
- Dyrus (top)
- Santorin (jungle)
- WildTurtle (AD carry)
Lore & Background
Established in 2011, the League of Legends division was the founding division of Team SoloMid. The team formed from a group of players that represented the community of the online League of Legends blog SoloMid.net, which was founded by brothers Dan Dinh and Andy "Reginald" Dinh. TSM was one of the founding members of the LCS and won the inaugural NA LCS championship. They won five more LCS titles from 2014 to 2017, including three consecutive titles: Summer 2016, Spring 2017, and Summer 2017. Their seventh LCS title came in Summer 2020. Internationally, TSM has taken part in a total two Mid-Season Invitationals and eight League of Legends World Championships. Their world championship appearances span from the inaugural event in 2011 through 2017, as well as in 2020. They also won the Intel Extreme Masters Season IX World Championship in 2015.
Reader's Guide
At the Season 3 World Championship in October 2013, TSM found themselves placed in a group stage alongside GamingGear.eu from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Lemondogs from Europe, SK Telecom T1 from South Korea, and Oh My God from China. TSM did not progress beyond the group stage, failing to advance to the playoffs.
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