ROX Tigers
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| Sport | League of Legends |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| League | League of Legends Champions Korea |
| Based in | Seoul |
| Arena | Yongsan e-Sports Stadium |
| Owner(s) | YY |
| Head coach | NoFe |
| Championships | 2016 Summer LCK |
ROX Tigers, formerly known as HUYA Tigers, GE Tigers, KOO Tigers and simply Tigers, is a professional League of Legends team based in South Korea.
Chinese social networking site YY acquired a Korean team to promote their newly renamed online streaming service in Korea. YY's parent company Guongzhou Huaduo Network Technology, LLC. (Duowan Inc) hopes to promote their newly renamed streaming site, HUYA.com, in Korea by creating a team built around well known Korean players. The team was registered under Duowan's Korean subsidiary GE Entertainment. They are not currently a part of the KeSPA organization. The team competes in the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) league.
In the 2015 League of Legends World Championship the Tigers placed second in their preliminary group before beating KT Rolster and Fnatic in the bracket stage. The team garnered second place after facing SK Telecom T1 in the finals in Berlin, Germany.
ROX Tigers won their first LCK title after winning the 2016 Summer League of Legends Champions Korea playoffs.
Tigers is a Korean League of Legends team that was founded in November 2014, sponsored by Chinese streaming company YY. The initial roster, announced under the name HUYA Tigers, included former members of NaJin Sword, NaJin Shield, and Incredible Miracle 1: Smeb (Top), Lee (Jungle), KurO (Mid), PraY (AD Carry), and GorillA (Support) comprised the initial lineup, with NoFe as a coach. Shortly after its formation, the team qualified for the League of Legends Champions Korea Spring Qualifiers, placing first in the group stage over Team Avalanche. They went 2–1 in the final stage and successfully qualified for SBENU Champions Spring 2015. In the Champions Spring pre-season, HUYA Tigers finished tied for third place with KT Rolster, each with 7 points. They renamed to GE Tigers at the start of the Spring Season.
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