Team Flash
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| Short name | FL, FPT |
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| Divisions | Arena of Valor FIFA Online 4 Fortnite Free Fire Hearthstone League of Legends Wild Rift PUBG Mobile |
| Founded | 2010 |
| League | Arena of Glory Vietnam Championship Series Icon Series SEA Wild Rift Champions SEA PUBG Mobile Pro League SEA Free Fire World Series SEA |
| Based in | Singapore and Vietnam |
| Location | Southeast Asia |
| Website | www |
Team Flash is a professional esports organization based in Singapore. They compete in several esports disciplines and games including Arena of Valor, Brawl Stars, EA Sports FC Online, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, PUBG Mobile, and Valorant. The organization also formerly fueled teams in Dota 2, Free Fire, StarCraft II, and League of Legends: Wild Rift.
Team Flash's League of Legends team competes in the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS), the highest level of competitive League of Legends in Vietnam and its region. Team Flash's accolades includes winning back-to-back titles in the VCS during the Spring and Summer splits of 2020, defeating GAM Esports in both separate occasions and qualified for the Mid-Season Invitational in 2020 and the 2020 League of Legends World Championships. The organization's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang team participates in the annual Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League of Singapore (MPL Singapore) as "NIP Flash" with its recent partnership with Ninjas in Pyjamas.[1] The team recently had been a consistent participant in MPL Singapore, winning back-to-back titles for Season 6 and Season 7, the qualifying tournaments for the MLBB M5 World Championship and MSC 2024, respectively. Its Arena of Valor team was the runner-up of the 2018 AOV International Championship,[2] champions of the 2019 AOV World Cup[3] and 2019 AOV International Championship, and five-time winners of the regional Arena of Glory. Its FIFA Online 4 team is a two-time winner of the prestigious EA Champions Cup (EACC).[4]
Team Flash and the Singapore Sports Hub announced on 1 March 2019 that they were entering a talent development partnership and opening Singapore's first esports training facility.[5][6][7]
FIFA Online 4
[edit]History
[edit]In March 2018 Team Flash qualified for the spring season of the EA Champions Cup (EACC) in Bangkok, Thailand, as representatives of Singapore. The roster consisted of Singaporeans Amraan "Amraan" Gani and Fardeen "Fardhino" Hussain, and Malaysian Darren "RippedJean" Gan. The team won the spring cup on 3 April 2018.[8] Prior to this victory, the best finish a Singaporean team had in the EACC was third place.[9] Team Flash won the cup again in November 2018, this time winning the winter cup in Seoul, South Korea.[4][10]
League of Legends
[edit]History
[edit]Team Flash first entered the professional League of Legends scene in November 2011, competing in ESL-sponsored online tournaments in Singapore and the 2011 World Cyber Games. The team's roster was acquired by the Singapore Sentinels in March 2012 and the organization disbanded its League of Legends division. In January 2017 Team Flash acquired the roster of Vestigial with the intention of having them compete in the 2017 spring season of TCL Singapore. However, they were suddenly replaced with the roster of Team Rigel days before roster finalizations.[11] After qualifying for the 2017 spring season of the Garena Premier League (GPL) through TLC Singapore, the roster left the organization.
In late 2018 Team Flash announced a new Vietnam-based team that would compete in the secondary league of the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS), known as VCS B. After defeating Đạt Gaming 3–1 in the second round of 2019 VCS B Spring, Team Flash's roster and promotion tournament spot were sold to QTV Gaming. Team Flash later reentered the professional scene in Vietnam in June 2019, when it announced that it had acquired the roster of Sky Gaming and would compete in the VCS.[12][13]
Team Flash finished second in the regular season of VCS 2019 Summer, qualifying for playoffs. In the semifinals they defeated long time favourites Dashing Buffalo 3–1, but lost to GAM Esports 0–3 in the finals. After losing 1–3 to Lowkey Esports in the final series of the losers' bracket, Team Flash was eliminated from Worlds' contention.
During VCS 2020 Spring, Team Flash once again finished second in the regular season. This gave them a bye to the second round, where they defeated EVOS Esports 3–1 to qualify for the grand finals. Despite being heavy favourites to win the split, defending champions GAM Esports were defeated by Team Flash in a close series, earning the team their first VCS title.[14]
Team Flash finished second in the regular season yet again during VCS 2020 Summer, earning them a spot in the winners' bracket of playoffs. The team made it all the way to the finals, where they defeated GAM Esports again to claim their second VCS title after another close series.[15]
Current roster
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Legend:
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References
[edit]- ^ Fudge, James (13 June 2024). "NIP Group Signs Team Flash's MLBB Roster". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ Weeden, Dane (15 February 2019). "ESL Asia Teams With Indofood to Launch Arena of Valor Clash of Nations 2019". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Wasif, Ahmed (14 July 2020). "Vietnam wins the Arena of Valor World Cup 2019".
- ^ a b Chia, Nicole (19 November 2018). "E-sports: Singapore-based Team Flash win EA Champions Cup again, beating Vietnam 3-1 in winter edition final". The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Sundararaju, Deepa (30 April 2019). "Singapore's First-Ever Esports Training Facility Opens At Singapore Sports Hub". DANAMIC. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Wong, Lester (1 March 2019). "E-sports: Sports Hub to house new Team Flash training facility under talent development partnership". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Sek, Victoria (1 March 2019). "There's Now A Dedicated eSports Facility For Pro Gamers At Singapore Sports Hub". Vulcan Post. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Singapore Team Crowned EA Champions Cup Winners". Straatosphere. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Chan, Melissa (3 April 2018). "This Singapore eSports Team Just Won A Gold Medal In FIFA". Vulcan Post. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Singapore's Team Flash win EACC FIFA title in South Korea". FOX Sports Asia. 19 November 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Putra, Ade (19 January 2017). "Team Flash replaces entire LoL line-up with Rigel". GameAxis. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Wei, Hao Tan (12 June 2019). "Team Flash acquires Sky Gaming, enters Vietnam Championship Series to make Worlds 2019". Game Is Hard. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Ang, Kenneth (10 June 2019). "Team Flash acquires Sky Gaming in bid for LoL Worlds 2019". GameAxis. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Newell, Adam (18 April 2020). "Team Flash win VCS Spring Split, qualify for MSI 2020". Dot Esports. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ @teamflash_gg (5 September 2020). "Congratulations to our #TeamFLashLOL for winning the VCS SUMMER SPLIT CHAMPIONSHIP! Teamwork makes the dream work! Thank you to all of our Flazers who keep on cheering for us! Our hard work paid off!" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 September 2020 – via Twitter.