Bengi (gamer)
Bae Sung-woong (Korean: 배성웅; born November 21, 1993), better known by his in-game name Bengi (Korean: 벵기), is a retired South Korean professional League of Legends player who played as a jungler for SK Telecom T1 of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) and Vici Gaming of the League of Legends Pro League (LPL). Along with his teammate Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, Bengi is one of only two players to win three League of Legends World Championships, doing so in 2013, 2015, and 2016.[1] He also won the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational with SK Telecom T1.[2]
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배성웅 (Bae Sung-woong) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bengi in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | November 21, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | South Korean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Beng "The Jungle God" Gi (벵더정글갓기) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Games | League of Legends | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Jungler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | BBT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | SK Telecom T1 K | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | SK Telecom T1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Vici Gaming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | SK Telecom T1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | T1 Challengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honors
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On November 27, 2017, he returned as a coach for his pro-government team SK Telecom T1.[3] He parted ways with SK Telecom T1 in November 2018.[4]
Bengi enlisted in the army on January 28, 2019.[5]
In his professional career, Bengi had earned a total of $810,683.00 prize money from 21 tournaments.[6] He had played a total number of 319 matches in his career, with 231 wins and 88 losses, and a win rate of 72.4%.[7]
Tournament results
2012
- NQ — OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 Qualifiers
- 5th-8th — NLB Winter 2012-2013
2013
- 3rd — OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013
- 3rd — AMD-INVEN GamExperience
- 1st — HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013
- 1st — Season 3 Korea Regional Finals
- 1st — Season 3 World Championship
- 3rd — WCG 2013 Korea Qualifiers
2014
- 1st — PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014
- 5th–8th — HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014
- 1st — All-Star Invitational 2014
- 3rd — bigfile NLB Spring 2014
- 2nd — SKT LTE-A LoL Masters 2014
- 5th–8th — HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014
- 1st — IT ENJOY NLB Summer 2014
- 2nd — Season 4 Korea Regional Finals
2015
- 2nd — 2015 LCK Spring Season
- 1st — 2015 LCK Spring Playoffs
- 2nd — 2015 Mid-Season Invitational
- 1st — 2015 LCK Summer season
- 1st — 2015 LCK Summer Playoffs
- 1st — 2015 League of Legends World Championship
- 3rd–4th — 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup
2016
- 3rd — 2016 LCK Spring season
- 1st — 2016 LCK Spring Playoffs
- 1st — 2016 Mid-Season Invitational
- 2nd — 2016 LCK Summer season
- 3rd — 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs
- 1st — 2016 League of Legends World Championship
- 3rd–4th — 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup
2017
- 10th — Tencent LoL Pro League 2017 Spring
References
- "Bengi: The Sidekick to God".
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Report: Bengi returning to SKT as a coach". Dot Esports. November 21, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- "League of Legends: [Official] SK Telecom T1 Parts Ways with Coaches PoohManDu and Bengi". www.invenglobal.com. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ""군대 잘 다녀올게요" LoL 파크 찾은 '벵기' 배성웅의 인사". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- "Bengi - Bae, Seong Ung - League of Legends Player Profile :: Esports Earnings". www.esportsearnings.com. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- "리그오브레전드 인벤 - e-sports 기록실 - bengi". lol.inven.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved July 14, 2019.