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
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