Mafa

Mafa
Retired as Player
Mafa
Background Information
Name	Won Sang-yeon (원상연)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	October 30, 1992 (age 33)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	KT Mafa, CliMax Mafa, StarTale Mafa
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Won "Mafa" Sang-yeon (Hangul: 원상연) is a League of Legends esports player, currently head coach for Invictus Gaming. He was previously the support for KT Rolster Bullets.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
KR	⁠⁠StarTale	Oct 20112011-10-20^[2]	Aug 20122012-08-26^[1]	10mo 6d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster Bullets	Oct 20122012-10-10^[4]	Aug 20142014-08-01^[3]	1yr 9mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	Dec 20142014-12-18^[7]	Nov 20192019-11-24^[5]	4yr 11mo	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	Nov 20212021-11-24^[10]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[8]	2yr 26d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Nov 20232023-11-30^[12]	May 20242024-05-28^[11]	5mo 28d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	Dec 20242024-12-08^[13]	Present	1yr 1mo	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
KR	⁠⁠StarTale	Oct 20112011-10-20^[2]	Aug 20122012-08-26^[1]	10mo 6d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster B	Oct 20122012-10-10^[4]	Jun 20132013-06-20^[19]	8mo 10d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster Bullets	Jun 20132013-06-20^[19]	Jul 20142014-07-29^[20]	1yr 1mo	ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster Bullets	Jul 20142014-07-29^[20]	Aug 20142014-08-01^[3]	3d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	Dec 20142014-12-18^[7]	Nov 20192019-11-24^[5]	4yr 11mo	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	Nov 20212021-11-24^[10]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[8]	2yr 26d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Nov 20232023-11-30^[12]	Mar 20242024-03-23^[21]	3mo 23d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Mar 20242024-03-23^[21]	May 20242024-05-28^[11]	2mo 5d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	Dec 20242024-12-08^[13]	Dec 20252025-12-11^[22]	1yr 3d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	Dec 20252025-12-11^[22]	Present	1mo 12d	ej

News

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2025

KR

⁠

⁠ST

October 20, ⁠

⁠StarTale is formed.
Joker,
kkOma,
Ryu,
vitamin,
MaFa, and Won Jong-wook (General Manager) join.^[2]

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KR	⁠⁠ST	August 26, ⁠⁠StarTale is disbanded. Joker, Ryu, 5cean, Locodoco, Mafa, and Fruitdealer (Head Coach) leave.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠KT B	October 10, ⁠⁠KT Rolster B is formed and acquires the slot of ⁠⁠StarTale. Ragan, KaKAO, Ryu, Score, Mafa, Lee Ji-hoon (Head Coach), and Oh Chang-jong (Coach) join.^[4] e

KR

⁠

⁠KT.B

June 20, ⁠

⁠KT Rolster B renames to ⁠

⁠KT Rolster Bullets.^[19]

e

KR	⁠⁠KT.B	July 29, Prime and Destiny join. Ryu and Mafa move to substitutes.^[20] e
KR	⁠⁠KT.B	August 1, Ryu and Mafa leave.^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠iG	December 18, KaKAO, RooKie, MaFa (Coach), and PoohManDu (Coach) join.^[7] e

CN

⁠

⁠iG

November 24, Mafa (Coach) leaves.^[5]^[6]

e

KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 24, Score (Head Coach), Mafa (Coach), and Museong (Coach) join.^[10] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 30, Score (Head Coach) and Mafa (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023. Museong (Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[27] e

KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 20, Doran, Peanut, Chovy, Delight, Museong, Score (Head Coach), and Mafa (Coach) leave.^[8]^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	November 30, Mafa (Head Coach) and Lyn (Analyst) join.^[12] e

CN	⁠⁠JDG	March 23, Lyn (Analyst to Interim Head Coach) changes position. Mafa (Head Coach) becomes inactive.^[21] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	May 28, Karma (Analyst) joins. Mafa (Head Coach) leaves.^[11] e
CN	⁠⁠iG	December 8, TheShy, JieJie, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny (Head Coach), and Mafa (Coach) join.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18] e

CN

⁠

⁠iG

December 11,
Soboro,
Photic,
Jwei, and KaKAO (Coach) join.
Renard joins as substitute. Mafa (Coach to Head Coach) changes position.^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]

e

Biography

Season 2

Won "Mafa" Sang-yeon began his career as the support for StarTale in March of 2012. StarTale played in Azubu The Champions Spring 2012 but they failed to make it through the group stage. At Azubu The Champions Summer 2012, StarTale actually made it out of groups but ended up losing in the quarterfinals 2-0 to NaJin Sword. StarTale disbanded in August with Mafa, Joker, and Ryu joining the new KT Rolster B roster.

Season 3

KTB played in their first major tournament together at OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 and ended in third place after losing two sets, 3-1 and 3-0, to Sword but beating Azubu Blaze 3-0. KTB didn't do as well in OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013, losing 3-1 to MVP Ozone. A little later, KTB and their sister team, KT Rolster A, were renamed to the KT Rolster Bullets and the KT Rolster Arrows. HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 was the breakout season of the Bullets, making the finals and playing one of the best series of League of Legends ever against SK Telecom T1. Unfortunately for the Bullets, they lost a close 3-2 set against SKT. The Bullets had enough circuit points to qualify for the Season 3 Korea Regional Finals but they met SKT again in the finals, this time losing 3-1. KTB missed the Season 3 World Championship even though they were considered the second best team in the world at the time.

2014 Season

KTB placed third again at PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 after losing 3-0 to SKT K in the semifinals but beating NaJin White Shield 3-1 in the third place match. Although the Bullets weren't considered a very strong Korean team at the time, they managed to sweep the IEM Season VIII World Championship, culminating in a 3-0 victory over Fnatic. They came back to Korea to participate in HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 but they were knocked out of the quarterfinals 3-2 by NJWS. The Bullets bombed in HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014, missing the playoffs for the first time in the team's history. Mafa was released from the team about a month later. Mafa joined Invictus Gaming as a coach in December.

2015 Season

Mafa coached in his first tournament with the team during the 2015 Demacia Cup Spring Season where they managed to make the finals but lost 3-0 to EDward Gaming. IG placed fifth in the 2015 LPL Spring Regular Season but placed third in the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs after losing 3-0 to EDG in the semifinals but beating Snake eSports 3-1 in the third place match. In the 2015 Demacia Cup Summer Season, IG placed fourth by making it to the semifinals but losing 3-1 to EDG and then 3-2 to Snake. IG placed third in the 2015 LPL Summer Regular Season and managed to play third in the 2015 LPL Summer Playoffs by losing 3-2 to the Qiao Gu Reapers but beating EDG 3-1. IG qualified for the 2015 Season China Regional Finals and placed second by beating Qiao Gu 3-0 to take the third and final Chinese seed for the 2015 Season World Championship. IG was placed in a group alongside Cloud9, Fnatic, and AHQ e-Sports Club. Unfortunately, they ended with a 2-4 record and were knocked out of the tournament in last place.

Trivia

His favorite champions are Soraka and Alistar.^[28]
Renowned as one of the best defensive supports in Korea, he helped his AD carry, Score, earn the nickname "The Immortal" for his long streak of 0 deaths in Champions.
His most played champion, and the one he's gained the most renown for is Sona.

Tournament Results

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

Mafa Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2026-01-03	1	Demacia Cup 2025	3 : 0⁠⁠JDG	⁠⁠iG	Soboro, Wei, Renard, Photic, Jwei, Mafa, KaKAO
2025-10-14	17	Worlds 2025	1 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Wei, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa
2025-09-27	2	LPL 2025 Regional Finals	3 : 1⁠⁠JDG	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Wei, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa
2025-09-14	5 - 6	LPL 2025 Grand Finals	0 : 3⁠⁠AL	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Wei, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa
2025-08-28	2	LPL 2025 Split 3 - Group Ascend	11 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Wei, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa
2025-06-13	3	LPL 2025 Split 2 Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Jiejie, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa
2025-05-22	5	LPL 2025 Split 2 - Group Ascend	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Jiejie, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa
2025-03-27	Q	LPL 2025 Split 2 Placements	6 - 0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Jiejie, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa
2025-02-23	7 - 8	LPL 2025 Split 1 Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Jiejie, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa
2025-02-16	2	LPL 2025 Split 1 - Group D	2 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠iG	TheShy, Jiejie, Rookie, GALA, Meiko, Daeny, Mafa