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| Bengi | |
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 Bengi in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
| Name | 배성웅 (Bae Sung-woong) |
| Nickname(s) | The Jungle God |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Career information | |
| Game | League of Legends |
| Playing career | 2012–2017 |
| Role | Jungler |
| Coaching career | 2017–2023 |
| Team history | |
| As player: | |
| 2012–2013 | BBT |
| 2013–2014 | SK Telecom T1 K |
| 2014–2016 | SK Telecom T1 |
| 2016–2017 | Vici Gaming |
| As coach: | |
| 2017–2018 | SK Telecom T1 |
| 2020–2021 | T1 Challengers |
| 2021–2023 | T1 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As coach:
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Bae Sung-woong (Korean: 배성웅; RR: Bae Seong-ung), better known as Bengi (Korean: 벵기), is a South Korean former professional League of Legends player, and previously head coach for T1.
As a professional player, Bengi has won three iterations of the League of Legends World Championships, having done so in 2013, 2015, and 2016.[1] He has also won the All-Star Paris 2014. He owns three different League of Legends skins as a result of winning World Championships, which include SKT T1 Lee Sin (2013), SKT T1 Elise (2015) and SKT T1 Olaf (2016).
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%.[2]
Early life
[edit]Bengi was born in South Korea on November 21, 1993.
Bengi enlisted in the army on January 28, 2019.[3] He was discharged on September 4, 2020.[4]
Career
[edit]Bengi was previously known as JangTa.[5] He started his career with BBT[6] before joining SK Telecom T1 2 in 2013.[7]
On November 27, 2017, he returned as a coach for SK Telecom T1.[8] He parted ways with the team in November 2018.[9]
On November 13, 2020, he rejoined T1 as the head coach for T1 Challengers team.[10]
On December 3, 2021, Bengi was promoted as a coach from T1 Challengers to T1's main roster, which competes in LCK's main stage.[11]
On September 5, 2022, Bengi was assigned as the interim head coach of T1.[12]
On July 08, 2023, he resigned from his position as head coach of T1.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bengi: The Sidekick to God". Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
- ^ "리그오브레전드 인벤 - e-sports 기록실 - bengi". lol.inven.co.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ^ ""군대 잘 다녀올게요" LoL 파크 찾은 '벵기' 배성웅의 인사". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ^ "The return of God's Right Hand: Bengi returns to share his stories about his military service and his future". InvenGlobal. September 10, 2020. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ 조, 아라. "[LOL 오프예선]스카너의 꼬리맛! BBT, 역전패 위기에서 탈출!(C조 3경기)". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ 조, 아라. "[LOL 오프예선]예상 외의 경기력! BBT, MVP 화이트 상대로 1승 선취(C조 1경기)". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ DailyESports. "SK텔레콤 LOL 2팀, 정언영 영입! '화룡정점'". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Report: Bengi returning to SKT as a coach". Dot Esports. November 21, 2017. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ^ "League of Legends: [Official] SK Telecom T1 Parts Ways with Coaches PoohManDu and Bengi". www.invenglobal.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ^ 최, 지영. "T1, '뱅기' 배성웅 2군 감독으로 선임…'인재 양성에 적극 나설 것' [오피셜]". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Heath, Jerome (December 3, 2021). "T1 promotes coach Bengi, extends Polt and Moment's contracts". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "T1 assigns Bengi as interim head coach, Sky as coach for Worlds 2022 — Polt to move to GM position". InvenGlobal. September 5, 2022. Archived from the original on September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "T1 head coach Bengi resigns amid Faker's break from pro play". Dexerto. July 8, 2023. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.