MAD Lions
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| Org Location | Spain | ||
| Region | Europe | ||
| Head Coach | James "Mac" MacCormack | ||
| Partner | OverActive Media | ||
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MAD Lions is a Spanish team. They were previously known as Splyce. For the LVP SLO team that went by the same name, now known as MAD Lions Madrid, see here.
The organization has teams in League of Legends, Clash Royale, CS:GO, and FIFA.
History[edit]
Parent company OverActive Media rebranded Splyce as MAD Lions in November 2019, with an official announcement on the 29th.[1] Their initial roster for the LEC 2020 Season included four rookie players - Orome, Shadow, Carzzy, and Gistick - along with mid laner Humanoid, the only carry-over from Splyce.
2020 Season[edit]
MAD had a good start to Spring Split as they went 5-3 in the first four weeks which meant that they were in a 3-way-tie for 4th just one win behind first place. They, however, continued to show varying performances throughout the rest of the split but due to beating their opponents Misfits Gaming and Origen in the last two weeks, they secured 4th place with an 11-7 record which meant a place in the upper bracket of playoffs. For Round 1 they were chosen by G2 Esports and managed to put up a great fight that ended in saving their nexus one hit before defeat to close out the game and therefore the series 3-2. In Round 2 they faced Fnatic and were completely outclassed by them which meant that they needed to beat G2 again in the lower finals to get a rematch against Fnatic in the finals. This time their opponent came better prepared and dominated the series 3-1 to end MAD's first split under their new name. MAD got off to a fairly strong start in the summer split and held the top spot for most of the season only to lose it to Rogue right at the end. They qualified for LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs in the bottom part of the Winners bracket because of how the special system worked for 2020. They lost outright in the first round against G2 Esports and were relegated to the losers bracket, where they managed to beat FC Schalke 04 and then lost to Rogue, clinching them the 4th LEC Worlds spot. They disappointed in the Worlds 2020 Play-In where they barely made knockouts and were eliminated by SuperMassive Esports.
2021 Season[edit]
Heading into the Spring Split MAD made some changes to the roster where they added toplaner Armut and rookie jungler Elyoya. They finished the regular season with a record of 10-8 and secured 3rd place behind G2 Esports and Rogue meaning they were going to be in the upper bracket of Spring Playoffs. The regular split performance of Elyoya earned him the Rookie of the Split award. For Round 1 of playoffs, G2 Esports selected Schalke 04 Esports which meant MAD facing Rogue. Despite losing the first game, MAD managed to win the next three games and got their place in Semifinals beating Rogue 3-1. The Semifinals where they faced G2 Esports resulted in the same way where they beat G2 3-1 while sending them into the lower bracket. In the lower bracket Semifinals, Rogue upset G2 Esports 3-1 and got their place in the Finals. The Finals was the first finals without Fnatic or G2 Esports being in the final since the start of the LoL European Championship in 2013. In the finals, MAD were down 0-2 but managed to reverse sweep Rogue and became the 4th team ever to win an LEC title beating Rogue 3-2. This meant MAD was the team to represent Europe in the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational.
Trivia[edit]
- The seven stars in the logo come from the flag of Madrid, the capital of Spain.
- The name "MAD Lions" is actually a play on words; while the name makes sense when explicitly read, MAD does not refer to the English adjective, but is an abbreviation of Madrid. The name is also a reference to the lions in the Cibeles Fountain, an important monument in Madrid.
Timeline[edit]
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- November 29,
Splyce rebrands as 
MAD Lions.[2][3]
Orome,
Shadow,
Humanoid,
Carzzy, and
Gistick join.[2][4] Mac (Head Coach) joins.[5] Peter Dun (Head Coach of MAD Lions) joins.[6] Stress (Community Manager) joins.[7] Feiron42 (General Manager) joins. - December (approx.), Almudena Marchena Asín (Content and Marketing Director) leaves.
- December 6,
Shadow and
Carzzy's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[8] - December 11, Mac (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[9]
- December 18, Kaas (Assistant Coach) is added to the GCD.
Orome's contract is extended through 2022.[10]
Orome's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[11]
Kaiser and Kaas (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[12] Gistick renames to Kaiser.[13] - December 19, Kaas (Assistant Coach)'s joining is confirmed.[14]
- January 6,
Humanoid's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[15] - January 15, Peter Dun (Head Coach of MAD Lions)' contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[16]
- March (approx.), Brandon Pollack (Partnerships Manager) joins.
- March 20, Shadow renames to Shad0w.[17]
- March 25, LazerChicken (SVP, Performance and Team Operations at OverActive Media) leaves.[18]
- May 28, Jido (Analyst) joins.[19][20]
- October 20, Peter Dun (Head Coach of MAD Lions) is removed from the GCD.[21]
- October 21, Peter Dun (Head Coach of MAD Lions)' departure is confirmed.[22]
- November 3, Jido (Analyst) leaves.[23]
- November 19,
Orome leaves.[24] - November 24,
Elyoya joins.[25] Mac (Head Coach) will remain with the team for 2021.[26] - November 27,
Armut joins.[27] - December 1, Pad (Assistant Coach) joins.[28] Kaas (Assistant Coach to Strategic Coach) changes position.
- December 2,
Elyoya's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[29] - December 9, Pad (Assistant Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[30]
- December 18,
Shad0w leaves.[31] - December 22, Aagie (Data Analyst) joins.[32]
- 2021 (approx.), Feiron (General Manager to Director of Team Operations) changes position.
- January 1, Stuii (Team Manager) joins.[33]
- January 5,
Armut's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[34] - February 6, Stress (Community Manager) leaves.[35]
- February 8, Danes Loher (Social Media Manager) joins.[36]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
| Player | Name | Role | Contract Ends | Joined | ||
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| Armut | İrfan Berk Tükek | Top Laner | 2023-11-20 | Nov 20202020-11-27 | ||
| Elyoya | Javier Prades Batalla | Jungler | 2023-11-20 | Nov 20202020-11-24 | ||
| Humanoid | Marek Brázda | Mid Laner | 2022-11-21 | Nov 20192019-11-29 | ||
| Carzzy | Matyáš Orság | Bot Laner | 2021-11-15 | Nov 20192019-11-29 | ||
| Kaiser | Norman Kaiser | Support | 2021-11-15 | Nov 20192019-11-29 |
- Note: Teams are free to switch players between their LEC and Academy rosters as long as their roster for each game complies with the rules outlined in their respective ERL. Therefore, more players are eligible to start than are listed on this page - we will only list those that do play.
Former[edit]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
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| Shad0w | Zhiqiang Zhao (赵志强) | Jungler | Nov 20192019-11-29 | Dec 20202020-12-18 | None | ||
| Orome | Andrei Popa | Top Laner | Nov 20192019-11-29 | Nov 20202020-11-19 |  BTXL |
Player League Participation[edit]
LEC
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Games | |||||||||
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| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| Humanoid | | | | | | 90 | |||||||||||||
| Carzzy | | | | 54 | |||||||||||||||
| Kaiser | | | | 54 | |||||||||||||||
| Orome | | | | 37 | |||||||||||||||
| Shad0w | | | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Armut | | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elyoya | | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
Organization[edit]
Current[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Pollack | Chairman of The Board at OverActive Media | ||
| Christopher Overholt | President & CEO at OverActive Media | ||
| Grazen | Adam Adamou | CSO at OverActive Media | |
| Schunurious | Jorge Schnura Becerro | Co-Founder & President / VP, Strategy & GM (Europe) at OverActive Media | |
| Eguillor | Marcos Eguillor | Co-Founder | |
| Vegetta777 | Samuel de Luque Batuecas | Co-Owner | |
| Willyrex | Guillermo Díaz Íbañez | Co-Owner | |
| escip10n | Ricardo Gómez-Acebo Botín | Director of Finance | |
| Pedro Belaunzarán | Director of Partnerships | ||
| deicide | Gauthier de Meirsman | Head of Design | |
| Brandon Pollack | Partnerships Manager | ||
| Feiron | Till Werdermann | Director of Team Operations | |
| Danes Loher | Social Media Manager | ||
| Stuii | Alexander Spelda | Team Manager | |
| Viking | Jake Ainsworth | Performance Manager | |
| Martina Čubrić | Sports Psychologist | ||
| Mac | James MacCormack | Head Coach | |
| Kaas | Christophe van Oudheusden | Strategic Coach | |
| Pad | Patrick Suckow-Breum | Assistant Coach | |
| Aagie | Carlos Cuenca | Data Analyst |
Former[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stress | James O'Leary | Community Manager | None | |
| Jido | Jonathan Do | Analyst | None | |
| Peter Dun | Peter Dun | Head Coach of MAD Lions |  Evil Geniuses
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| LazerChicken | Marty Strenczewilk | SVP, Performance and Team Operations at OverActive Media | None | |
| Almudena Marchena Asín | Content and Marketing Director | None |
Tournaments[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| MAD Lions Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2021-04-11 | 1 | €80,000$ 86,999.73€80,000 | LEC 2021 Spring Playoffs | Armut, Elyoya, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
| 2021-03-14 | 3 | LEC 2021 Spring | 10 - 8  RR | Armut, Elyoya, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
| 2020-09-29 | 19 - 20 | $16,687.50$ 16,687.5€ 14,320.73 | Worlds 2020 | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
| 2020-08-30 | 4 | €20,000$ 23,552.8€20,000 | LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
| 2020-08-09 | 2 | LEC 2020 Summer | 12 - 6 RR | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
| 2020-04-18 | 3 | €30,000$ 32,624.9€30,000 | LEC 2020 Spring Playoffs | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
| 2020-03-28 | 4 | LEC 2020 Spring | 11 - 7 RR | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
| Total Prize:USD 16,688 • EUR 130,000 | |||||
Media[edit]
- 2020
- 2021
- March 3, MAD Lions Co-Founder and President Jorge Schnura talks about the brand's ambitions and connection to Spanish esports fans with Tom Matthiesen & Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
- August 21, G2 vs. MAD Lions: Can MAD send the defending LEC champions to the lower bracket once again? by Cristian Lupasco on Dot Esports
- August 26, MAD Lions vs. Schalke 04: The battle for LEC pride by Megan Kay on Dot Esports
- September 15, Teams to watch in the 2020 Worlds play-in stage by Michael Kelly on Dot Esports
- September 16, MAD Lions: How will the LEC’s youngest team stack up to Worlds talent? by Megan Kay on Dot Esports
- September 30, Diagnosing the demise of MAD Lions at Worlds 2020: What went wrong for the rookies? by Nick Geracie on Inven Global
- April 2, Elyoya: I push myself because I want to play League for the rest of my life with Ashley Kang (Korizon Esports) on YouTube
- April 10, MAD Humanoid expects G2 at the 2021 LEC spring finals with Ashley Kang (Korizon Esports) on YouTube
Images[edit]
Logos[edit]
MAD Lions Global Sub Texture
MAD Lions Global Wordmark Texture
Roster[edit]
MAD Lions, LEC 2020 Spring, Left to Right: Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser
MAD Lions, LEC 2020 Summer, Left to Right: Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carrzy, Kaiser
MAD Lions, Worlds 2020, Left to Right: Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carrzy, Kaiser
MAD Lions, LEC 2021 Spring, Left to Right: Armut, Elyoya, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser
References[edit]
- ↑ MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 MAD LIONS ENTER LEAGUE OF LEGENDS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS overactive-media-group.prezly.com
- ↑ MAD LIONS ARE CHARGING INTO LEC eu.lolesports.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mac's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Peter Dun's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stress' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-12-05; after change - EU - 2019-12-06
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-12-10; after change - EU - 2019-12-11
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-12-17; after change - EU - 2019-12-18
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-12-17; after change - EU - 2019-12-18
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-12-17; after change - EU - 2019-12-18
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-12-17; after change - EU - 2019-12-18
- ↑ MAD Lions' Tweet (Spanish) twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-01-05; after change - EU - 2020-01-06
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-01-14; after change - EU - 2020-01-15
- ↑ MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ LazerChicken's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Jido's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-10-19; after change - EU - 2020-10-20
- ↑ Peter Dun's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Jido's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Mac's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-12-01; after change - EU - 2020-12-02
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2020-12-08; after change - EU - 2020-12-09
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Stuii's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2021-01-04; after change - EU - 2021-01-05
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Stress' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Danes Loher's Tweet twitter.com
