WhiteKnight

WhiteKnight
WhiteKnight
Background Information
Name	Matti Sormunen
Country of Birth	; Finland
Birthday	February 16, 1996 (age 28)
Residency	EMEAEMEA
Prev Residencies	EUEurope
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Barça eSports
Contract Expires	2024-11-18
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	EUW: WhiteKnight108, ittaMoretnA
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Matti "WhiteKnight" Sormunen is a League of Legends esports player, currently top laner for Barça eSports.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
EU	⁠⁠Team ALTERNATE	Jul 20132013-07-06	Jul 20132013-07-28	22d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Paris Saint-Germain	Feb 20172017-02-23^[2]	Aug 20172017-08-04^[1]	5mo 9d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas	Aug 20172017-08-04^[1]	Oct 20172017-10-17^[3]	2mo 13d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Unicorns of Love	Nov 20172017-11-30^[5]	Nov 20182018-11-19	1yr 19d ejel
EU	⁠⁠BIG	Jan 20192019-01-20^[7]	Nov 20202020-11-17^[6]	1yr 9mo ejel
EU	⁠⁠Astralis	Nov 20202020-11-17^[6]	Mar 20222022-03-10^[8]	1yr 3mo ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠KOI	May 20222022-05-11^[10]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[9]	6mo 10d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Barça eSports	Jan 20232023-01-03^[13]	Present	1yr 11mo ej

	Team	Start	End
EU	⁠⁠Team ALTERNATE	Jul 20132013-07-06	Jul 20132013-07-13	7d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team ALTERNATE	Jul 20132013-07-13	Jul 20132013-07-28	15d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Paris Saint-Germain	Feb 20172017-02-23^[2]	Aug 20172017-08-04^[1]	5mo 9d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas	Aug 20172017-08-04^[1]	Oct 20172017-10-17^[3]	2mo 13d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Unicorns of Love	Nov 20172017-11-30^[5]	Nov 20182018-11-19	1yr 19d ejel
EU	⁠⁠BIG	Jan 20192019-01-20^[7]	Nov 20202020-11-17^[6]	1yr 9mo ejel
EU	⁠⁠Astralis	Nov 20202020-11-17^[6]	Mar 20222022-03-10^[8]	1yr 3mo ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠KOI	May 20222022-05-11^[10]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[9]	6mo 10d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Barça eSports	Jan 20232023-01-03^[13]	Present	1yr 11mo ej

News

2013
2017
2018
2019
2020
2022
2023
2024

EU	⁠⁠ATN	July 6, WhiteKnight108 joins as substitute. e
EU	⁠⁠ATN	July 13, WhiteKnight108 (Sub/Mid to Sub/Bot) changes position. e
EU	⁠⁠ATN	July 28, WhiteKnight108 leaves. e

EU	⁠⁠PSG	February 23, WhiteKnight joins.^[2] e
EU	⁠⁠PSG	August 4, WhiteKnight leaves.^[1] e
EU	⁠⁠NIP	August 4, WhiteKnight joins as substitute.^[1] e
EU	⁠⁠NIP	October 17, Roster is released. Profit, Shook, Nagne, sprattel, M1RAGE (Analyst), WhiteKnight, Zhergoth, and NicoThePico (Head Coach) leave.^[3]^[4] e
EU	⁠⁠UOL	November 30, WhiteKnight joins.^[5] e

EU

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⁠UOL

November 19, AudreyLaSapa (Designer & Content Manager) is no longer listed on the official roster as substitute.
WhiteKnight,
Kold,
Exileh,
Samux, and
Totoro's contracts expire.

e

EU	⁠⁠BIG	January 20, WhiteKnight, ZaZee, Carzzy, and SirNukesAlot join. Navio moves to substitute. Jenax leaves.^[7] e
EU	⁠⁠BIG	November 17, WhiteKnight is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[14] e

EU	⁠⁠BIG	January 30, Whiteknight, Don Arts, ZaZee, Bean, Thebausffs, Aoric, and Arvindir (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[15] e
EU	⁠⁠BIG	November 17, WhiteKnight leaves.^[6] e
EU	⁠⁠AST	November 17, WhiteKnight, Zanzarah, Jeskla, and promisq join. Nukeduck will remain with the team for 2021. Alphari, Xerxe, Upset, and Jactroll leave.^[6] WhiteKnight and Jeskla's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022. Zanzarah and Promisq's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[16] e

EU	⁠⁠AST	March 10, WhiteKnight and promisq leave.^[8] e
EU	⁠⁠KOI	May 11, WhiteKnight, Xico, and Arvindir (Head Coach) join.^[10]^[11]^[12] e
EU	⁠⁠KOI	May 23, WhiteKnight's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022. Xico and Arvindir (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[17] e
EMEA	⁠⁠KOI	November 18, WhiteKnight changes residency from EU Europe to EMEA EMEA. e
EMEA	⁠⁠KOI	November 21, WhiteKnight leaves.^[9] e

EMEA	⁠⁠BAR	January 3, Whiteknight and Sajator are added to the GCD.^[13] Whiteknight, Hadess, Sajator, Deadly, Xixauxas, and Mapache (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[13] e
EMEA	⁠⁠BAR	January 14, Whiteknight and Sajator's joining is confirmed.^[18]^[19] e

EMEA	⁠⁠BAR	January 8, Whiteknight, Pridestalkr, Sajator, Legolas, Hustlin, Pauporter, AoD (Coach), and Jandro (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[20] e
EMEA	⁠⁠BAR	January 16, Pridestalkr, Legolas, Hustlin, AoD (Coach), and Jandro (Coach)'s joining is confirmed. WhiteKnight and Sajator will remain with the team for 2024.^[21] e
EMEA	⁠⁠BAR	November 29, WhiteKnight and Xixauxas (Content Creator)'s contracts are extended through 2025.^[22] e

Biography[]

WhiteKnight is a player hailing from Oulu, Finland.

His first contact with gaming was through the Mario game franchise (Super Mario, Mario Party). He would then play Runescape, WarCraft III and Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) in a non-competitive manner.

He was introduced to League of Legends by his DOTA friends shortly before the year 2011.

Trivia[]

His ID WhiteKnight is named after the White Knight enemy in the MMORPG RuneScape.
Played a lot of Ezreal, Lee Sin, and Irelia early in his career. Ezreal used to be his favorite champion, but his repetitive exposure to the champion made him fall out of favor.
Has a pet cat.
Plays the guitar.
The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is his favorite movie series. Besides that, he watches Naruto.
Looks up to Froggen as a player.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2021-03-12	EU Europe	LEC 2021 Spring			Renekton	Top	W	10/0/6	Link	Link

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Tournament Results[]

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

WhiteKnight Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-11-16	2	Iberian Cup 2024	1 : 3⁠⁠GXP	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Thayger, SAJATOR, Legolas, Oscure, Jandro, AoD
2024-08-16	9 - 16	EM 2024 Summer Main Event	0 : 3⁠⁠VITB	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Thayger, SAJATOR, Legolas, Oscure, Jandro, AoD
2024-08-03	2	LVP SL 2024 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠HRTS	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Thayger, SAJATOR, Legolas, Oscure, Jandro, AoD
2024-07-18	1	LVP SL 2024 Summer	13 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Thayger, SAJATOR, Legolas, Oscure, Jandro, AoD
2024-03-14	9	LVP SL 2024 Spring	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Pridestalkr, Sajator, Legolas, Hustlin, AoD, Jandro
2023-10-18	9 - 16	Iberian Cup 2023	1 : 2⁠⁠CASE	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Maxlore, Sajator, Deadly, Xixauxas, Efias, Mapache
2023-07-26	6	LVP SL 2023 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠GIA	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Maxlore, Sajator, Deadly, Efias, Mapache
2023-07-20	4	LVP SL 2023 Summer	11 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Maxlore, Sajator, Deadly, Efias, Mapache
2023-03-15	5	LVP SL 2023 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠MRS	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Hadess, Sajator, Deadly, Efias, Mapache
2023-03-09	4	LVP SL 2023 Spring	11 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BAR	WhiteKnight, Hadess, Sajator, Deadly, Efias, Mapache

Media[]

2013
2018
2021

October 9, WhiteKnight108, No1 Challenger EUW, Rumored nice guy and a flag-bearer of Finland! AMA with WhiteKnight on Reddit
e

January 8, Meet the rookie class of EU LCS Spring 2018 by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
e
February 20, Whiteknight: "Camille, Jayce and Gankplank are the best Toplaners to climb SoloQ with." with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
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March 13, The Weight of Expectation by , and on The Player's Lobby
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July 8, WhiteKnight on Astralis' steady improvement: "The way we practice has been much better this Split" with Tom Matthiesen on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-06-13	LVP SL 2024 Summer	GSNS vs BAR	Link
2023-05-29	LVP SL 2023 Summer	GSNS vs BAR	Link
2023-01-17	LVP SL 2023 Spring	FNK vs BAR	Link
2022-07-11	LVP SL 2022 Summer	KOI vs UCAM	Link
2021-07-24	LEC 2021 Summer	S04 vs AST	Link
2021-03-12	LEC 2021 Spring	AST vs VIT	Link
2018-08-17	EU LCS 2018 Summer	H2K vs UOL	Link