Ben

Ben
Retired as Player
Ben
Background Information
Name	Nam Dong-hyun (남동현)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	April 24, 1995 (age 30)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Top Esports
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Nam "Ben" Dong-hyun (Hangul: 남동현) is a League of Legends esports player, currently coach for Top Esports.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	≈Jul 2016≈2016-07-??	Dec 20162016-12-17^[1]	≈5mo 16d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team WE	Dec 20162016-12-17^[3]	Nov 20182018-11-19^[2]	1yr 11mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Nov 20182018-11-28^[5]	Dec 20192019-12-16^[4]	1yr 18d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	Dec 20192019-12-18^[7]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[6]	10mo 29d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Dec 20242024-12-09^[8]	Present	7mo 11d ej

	Team	Start	End
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	≈Jul 2016≈2016-07-??	Dec 20162016-12-17^[1]	≈5mo 16d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team WE	Dec 20162016-12-17^[3]	Feb 20172017-02-10	1mo 24d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team WE	Feb 20172017-02-10	Nov 20182018-11-19^[2]	1yr 9mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Topsports Gaming	Nov 20182018-11-28^[5]	May 20192019-05-15^[10]	5mo 17d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	May 20192019-05-15^[10]	Dec 20192019-12-16^[4]	7mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	Dec 20192019-12-18^[7]	Jun 20202020-06-07^[12]	5mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	Jun 20202020-06-07^[12]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[6]	5mo 9d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Dec 20242024-12-09^[8]	Present	7mo 11d ej

News

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2024

CN	⁠⁠iG	July (approx.), Marge and Baolan join. Ben joins as substitute. e
CN	⁠⁠iG	December 17, Ben leaves.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠WE	December 17, Homme (Coach) joins. Raison and Ben join as substitutes. HooN (Coach to Head Coach) changes position.^[3] e

CN

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⁠WE

February 10,
Ben moves to starting roster.
Zero moves to substitute.

e

CN	⁠⁠WE	November 19, Ben leaves.^[2] e
CN	⁠⁠TOP	November 28, Ben joins. Cat moves to substitute.^[5] e
CN	⁠⁠TOP	December 21, 369 and Knight9's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Moyu, Xx, and LokeN's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020. Ben's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Cat's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[13] e

CN	⁠⁠TES	May 15, ⁠⁠Topsports Gaming renames to ⁠⁠Top Esports.^[10]^[11] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	June 11, Ben's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[14] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	October 8, Ben's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[15] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	December 16, Ben leaves.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	December 18, Ben joins as substitute.^[7] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	December 19, Ben's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[16] e

KR	⁠⁠AF	June 7, Ben moves to starting roster. Dread, ALL IN, and Jelly move to substitutes. Hoon becomes inactive.^[12] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	November 16, Mystic, Ben, Hoon, ALL IN, SS, and Jelly leave.^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠F/A	November 18, Ben retires.^[17] e

CN

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⁠TES

December 9, Ben (Coach) and Ggoong (Coach) join.
xiye leaves.^[8]^[9]

e

Biography

2016 Season

Ben joined Invictus Gaming in July of 2016. Because the team was very unstable, he didn't get to play consistently enough to showcase his talent. Invictus Gaming barely managed to make it into the 2016 LPL Summer Playoffs but lost 0-3 to I May in the first round. Ben left the team in December of 2016 and joined Team WE

2017 Season

The 2017 Season was much more successful for Team WE after Zero became more of a substitute and Ben was promoted to the main support for the team. They finished the 2017 LPL Spring Season in 2nd place with a 10-6 record. In the 2017 LPL Spring Playoffs Team WE was able win their first LPL title after taking down RNG 3-0 in the finals. They attended the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational and made it through the group stage after they finished 2nd with a 7-3 record. In the Semifinals they were eliminated after a 1-3 loss to G2 Esports. Summer wasn't as successful for WE domestically. They were unable to defend their LPL title after they finished 2nd in their regular season group and lost 2-3 to Invictus Gaming in the third place match of the playoffs. They got their revenge against Invictus Gaming later on after they defeated them 3-2 in the 2017 Season China Regional Finals. Their run at the 2017 Season World Championship was quite impressive. Despite starting off in the Play-In stage, they advanced to the main groups with a 3-0 win over Young Generation. They also finished 1st in their main stage group with a 5-1 record. After they took down Cloud9 3-2 in the Quarterfinals, they faced off against eventual tournament winners Samsung Galaxy and lost 1-3.

Trivia

His blood type is O.
His favorite color is sky blue.
Is married to and has a child with a Chinese woman.

Tournament Results

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Ben Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-06-08	5 - 6	LPL 2025 Split 2 Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠WE	⁠⁠TES	369, Kanavi, Creme, JackeyLove, Crisp, Homme, Ggoong, Ben
2025-05-22	1	LPL 2025 Split 2 - Group Ascend	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TES	369, Kanavi, Creme, JackeyLove, Crisp, Homme, Ggoong, Ben
2025-03-29	Q	LPL 2025 Split 2 Placements	6 - 0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TES	369, Kanavi, Creme, JackeyLove, Crisp, Homme, Ggoong, Ben
2025-03-15	3 - 4	First Stand 2025	0 : 3⁠⁠HLE	⁠⁠TES	369, Kanavi, Creme, JackeyLove, Crisp, Homme, Ggoong, Ben
2025-03-01	1	LPL 2025 Split 1 Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠AL	⁠⁠TES	369, Kanavi, Creme, JackeyLove, Crisp, Homme, Ggoong, Ben
2025-02-16	2	LPL 2025 Split 1 - Group A	2 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TES	369, Kanavi, Creme, JackeyLove, Crisp, Homme, Ggoong, Ben
2024-12-29	2	Demacia Cup 2024	1 : 3⁠⁠AL	⁠⁠TES	369, Kanavi, Creme, JackeyLove, Crisp, Homme, Ben
2024-11-23	11	Legend Cup Season 2	2 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AIW	Marin, Mlxg, Cool, Kramer, Ben
2020-09-08	3	LCK 2020 Regional Finals	1 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠AF	Kiin, Spirit, Dread, Fly, Mystic, Ben, viNylCat, Rigby
2020-08-28	4	LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠AF	Kiin, Dread, Spirit, Fly, Mystic, Ben, viNylCat, Rigby