Isurus (esports)

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Isurus
Founded15 April 2011 (2011-04-15)
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Based in
LocationSouth America
OwnerFacundo "Kala" Calabró
General managerBelén "Bekindra" Silveira
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Websiteteamisurus.com Edit this at Wikidata

Isurus, formerly known as Isurus Gaming, is an Argentinian professional esports organization with teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends. Its League of Legends team is the first champion of the Liga Latinoamérica (LLA), winning both its inaugural opening cup and closing cup in 2019. These two championships qualified Isurus for the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational and the 2019 World Championship respectively.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[edit]

History[edit]

Isurus Gaming's first CS:GO team was created on 15 August 2012 and consisted of Valhalla, Rew4z, mvk, Nyogen, Otto and Andromeda, all of whom joined from the organization's previous CS: Source roster.[1] Since then Isurus has exclusively signed Argentinian players, with the exception of Uruguayan maxujas who currently plays as one of the team's entry fraggers.[2] Isurus' CS:GO team competes in Brazil's CLUTCH Circuit, as well as other regional and international tournaments.[3]

League of Legends[edit]

History[edit]

Isurus Gaming first entered the professional League of Legends scene in 2013,[4] acquiring an all-Argentinian roster. They continued to field only Argentianian players until late 2014, when they acquired Uruguyan top laner Juan "MANTARRAYA" Abdón. Isurus' first major title was the 2016 LAS Opening Cup, which they won after defeating Last Kings 3–0.[5] This qualified them for the 2016 International Wildcard Invitational, where they placed seventh with a 2–5 record, failing to qualify for the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational.[4] Isurus would later go on to win the 2016 LAS Closing Cup and the 2017 LAS Opening Cup, the latter of which qualified them for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational.[6][7] Despite consistently placing top three in the LAS, Isurus would not win another title until the creation of the Liga Latinoamérica (LLA) in 2019.[8][9]

Isurus won both the opening[8][9] and closing cups of the LLA's 2019 season, the former qualifying them for the play-in stage of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational[10][11] and the latter qualifying them for the play-in stage of the 2019 World Championship.[12] At the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Isurus was placed in Group A of the first round of the play-in stage, along with Australian team Bombers, Turkish team 1907 Fenerbahçe, and Vietnamese team Phong Vũ Buffalo.[13][14] Isurus finished tied for last in Group A with Bombers, placing tenth to twelfth overall.

At the 2019 World Championship, Isurus was placed in Group B of the first round of the play-in stage, along with European team Splyce and Japanese team DetonatioN FocusMe.[15] Following the double round robin Isurus placed second in Group B with a 2–2 record, qualifying for the second round,[16][17] where they were defeated by Hong Kong Attitude and eliminated from the tournament.[18][19][20]

Roster[edit]

Isurus League of Legends roster
Players Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Top ADD Kang Geon-mo South Korea
Top Zero Colangelo, Tomas Argentina
Jungle Follow Anderson, Ignacio Argentina
Mid Seiya Bracamontes, Édgar Mexico
Bot Gavotto Gavotto, Omar Mexico
Support Jelly Son Ho-gyeong South Korea
Jungle Style Substitute player (L) Pezoa, Ignacio Argentina
Support Flare Substitute player Castillo, Franco Uruguay
Head coach

Markus "Ukkyr" Leuemberger

Assistant coach(es)

Nuno "Nunu" Rema

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (L) Loaned out
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated 21 December 2021.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cáceres, Hugo. "Hace ya unos días que nos unimos a la organizacion gaming Isurus! ..." (in Spanish). Rew4z – via Facebook.
  2. ^ @UnamaOK (10 December 2018). "@maxujas jugará en Isurus Gaming ..." (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Silva, Felipe (10 September 2019). "CLUTCH Circuit: Na estreia da BR League, paiN e Isurus garantem vitórias". The Clutch Esports (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b Kalin (3 May 2016). "Cards on the Table - Part 1: The Bottom 4 at the 2016 IWCI". Dot Esports. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ Nueve, Peli (22 March 2016). "Isurus Gaming vs Last Kings – FINAL COPA LATINOAMERICA SUR 2016". NERDMACIA (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  6. ^ Geracie, Nick (4 May 2019). "League of Legends: On this day in LoL Esports history: Flash Wolves sweeps SuperMassive eSports, qualifies for MSI main stage [2017]". Inven Global. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  7. ^ Marmol, Hernan (2 May 2017). "Se terminó el sueño: Isurus Gaming se quedó afuera del MSI 2017 de League of Legends". Clarin (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  8. ^ a b Gomez, Manny (23 April 2019). "ISURUS GAMING WIN FIRST EVER LLA FINALS, ADVANCE TO MSI". ESTNN. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  9. ^ a b Rand, Emily; Erzberger, Tyler (1 May 2019). "Mid-Season Invitational 2019 team power rankings". ESPN. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  10. ^ Newell, Adam (21 April 2019). "All the teams that have qualified for the 2019 League Mid-Season Invitational". Dot Esports. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  11. ^ Goslin, Austen (30 April 2019). "Mid-Season Invitational 2019 Play-Ins: Schedule, format, and more". The Rift Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 League of Legends World Championship team power rankings". ESPN. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  13. ^ Amos, Andrew (23 April 2019). "Here are the groups for the MSI 2019 play-in stage". Dot Esports. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  14. ^ Ridgely, Brandon (28 April 2019). "MSI 2019 Play-In Stage breakdown: Group A". RealSport. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  15. ^ Geracie, Nick (4 October 2019). "League of Legends: 2019 World Championship Play-In: Group B Seeds have been set for Knockout Stage". Inven Global. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  16. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (4 October 2019). "Isurus Gaming knock Detonation FocusMe out of Worlds after an hour-long match". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Mexico's League of Legends icon Seiya earns a worlds stage test". ESPN. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  18. ^ Li, Xing (8 October 2019). "Hong Kong Attitude backdoor Isurus Gaming to qualify for the Worlds main event". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  19. ^ Ousley, Parkes (8 October 2019). "Hong Kong Attitude advance to the Group Stage in a 3-1 victory over Isurus Gaming". Inven Global. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  20. ^ Kolev, Radoslav (8 October 2019). "Hong Kong attitude cruise past Isurus Gaming to qualify for Worlds 2019 main event". VPEsports. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

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