Faker, SK Telecom, Win Big at KeSPA Awards 2016
The Korea eSports Association’s 2016 eSports Awards concluded last night, celebrating the country’s top eSports players, teams and organization.
Among the winners, League of Legends’ greatest player, Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok and his team, SK Telecom 1 reaped major awards at the ceremony, with faker himself bagging the League of Legends Best Player Award and the overall Grand Prize.
[The 2016 Korea e-Sports Awards] Grand Prize- SK Telecom T1 Faker #2016KeA pic.twitter.com/CZcW3Iluwj
— Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA) (@KeSPAen) November 23, 2016
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Other winners included Faker’s teammates, Lee “Wolf” Jae-wan, Bae “Bengi” Seong-woong and Bae “Bang” Jun-sik winning the popularity award together with ROX Tigers Top Laner, Song “Smeb” Kyung-ho.
Street Fighter V EVO 2016 champion Infiltration won the Best Overseas Activity of Year award – Players category for his continued dominance in fighting game community in 2016.
Below are the full list of winners from last night’s ceremonies:
Achievement Award — Adidas Korea
Best Overseas Activity of the Year Award — MVP Phoenix (Team), Infiltration (Player), CrossFire (Game)
Sudden Attack Best Player Award — Kim Seongtae (Zenics Storm)
Kart Rider Best Player Award — Yu Yeonghyeok
FIFA Online 3 Best Player Award — Kim Jeongmin (Seongnam FC)
Heroes of the Storm Best Team Award — MVP Black
Hearthstone Best Player Award — handsomeguy
StarCraft II Best Player Award — Team ByuN
League of Legends Best Player Award — Faker
StarCraft II Best Leadership Award — Jin Air Greenwings
League of Legends Best Leadership Award — SK Telecom T1
Best Esports Team of the Year Award — SK telecom T1
Best Esports Game of the Year Award — League of Legends
Best Esports Local Government of the Year Award — Gyeonggi Content Agency
League of Legends Popularity Award v Bengi, Bang, Smeb, Faker, Wolf
StarCraft II Popularity Award — Dark, TY
Grand Prize: Faker
Special Awards — Intel Korea, the coaches of StarCraft II ProLeague 2016
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