Giants Gaming, commonly referred to simply as Giants, was a Spanish professional esports organisation. The League of Legends team competed in the European League of Legends Championship Series. The organisation had two Rainbow Six Siege teams, a Singaporean team competing Southeast Asian Pro League and a Spanish team competing in the Spanish Nationals. Giants Gaming was founded in 2008 in Málaga, Spain. On 14 December 2023, Giants Gaming and Excel Esports announced a merger, forming GIANTX.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Tournament results
2017
13th-16th - CEVO Main Season 12 Europe 2nd - ESL Masters Spain Spring 2017 Finals 2nd - 4Gamers CS:GO Masters Porto 5th-6th - ESL Clash of Nations 3rd-4th - ESL Masters Spain Winter 2017 Finals 3rd-4th - Superliga Orange Season 13 Finals
2018
1st - Master League Portugal 3rd-4th - Moche XL eSports CS:GO Cup 1st - Superliga Orange Finals 2018 3rd-4th - ESL Masters Spain Spring 2018 Finals 7th-8th - DreamHack Open Valencia 2018 9th-16th - ESEA Advanced Season 28 Europe 1st - IeSF EWC Portugal 2018 1st - Worten Game Ring Master League Portugal 1st - ESL Masters Spain Winter 2018 Finals
2019
9th-12th - LOOT.BET HotShot Series Season 1 1st - BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019 Play-in 1st - BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019 Play-in Finals 6th - BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019
League of Legends Tournament results 2013
7th — 2013 Spring EU LCS
2016
3rd — 2016 Summer EU LCS 5th/6th — 2016 Summer EU LCS Playoffs
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Giants Gaming first acquired a Rainbow Six Siege team on 8 June 2018. The Spanish team would remain one of the top teams in Spain until it disbanded in October of the following year.
On 8 August 2019, Giants Gaming picked up top European team, Looking For Org shortly before the Six Major Raleigh. The original roster consisted of Maurice "AceeZ" Erkelenz, Léo "Alphama" Robine, Théophile "Hicks" Dupont, Lukas "Korey" Zwingmann, Valentin "Risze" Liradelfo, and Laurent "Crapelle" Patriarche as coach along with Robin "Robz" Planus as the team's manager. Giants placed 5-8th after defeating Evil Geniuses and Ninjas in Pyjamas but falling to ForZe Esports in the quarter-finals. After unsatisfactory results at the Pro League Season 10 Finals, Alphama was kicked and later joined American team, . The roster, along with the addition of AceeZ and Korey's former teammate, Jan "Ripz" Hucke, was later bought by Rogue, who previously fielded an American team.
On 9 January 2020, Giants Gaming picked up their third team, the Singaporean squad Aerowolf. Before the acquisition, Aerowolf decisively defeated the best teams in Australia and Japan in the Season 10 APAC Finals, Fnatic and Nora-Rengo respectively, before beating the previous Giants roster and challenging eventual runner-ups, American DarkZero Esports, at the Season 10 Finals. At the Six Invitational 2020, Giants lost to MiBR and Team Liquid in the group stage.
Notable Achievements
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege TournamentEnd dateLocationPlacementPrizeSingapore Singaporean RosterSix Invitational 20202020-02-16Montreal, Quebec, Canada13-16th$60,000Pro League Season 11 SEA2020-03-26South East Asia2nd$10,625European Union Former European RosterSix Major Raleigh 20192019-08-16Raleigh, North Carolina, USA5-8th$20,000Pro League Season 10 EU2019-10-14Europe2ndFinals6 French League2019-10-24France1stFinals6 French League Finals2019-11-02Paris, France1st$16,789Pro League Season 10 Finals2019-11-10Tokoname, Japan5-8th$20,000
Spanish Team TournamentEnd dateLocationPlacementPrizeSpain Spanish RosterSpain Nationals Season 22020-07-03Spain3rd$900Spain Former Spanish RosterESL Masters España Season 1 Group Stage2018-10-04Spain1st$1,151ESL Euro Cup 20182018-10-07Milan, Italy2nd$3,457ESL Masters España Season 12018-10-21Spain2nd$4,611Drone Cup 20182019-02-09Spain1st$3,397Dreamhack Valencia 20192019-07-06Valencia, Spain13-16th$0Spain Nationals Season 12019-09-14Spain3rd$886Spain Nationals Season 1 Finals2019-10-06Madrid, Spain3-4th$1,372
References
External links Official website Official website @GiantsGaming on Twitter @GiantsGamingENG on Twitter