Origen (esports)


Origen is a professional esports organisation with two teams competing in League of Legends. Its main roster participates in the League of Legends European Championship, Europe's top professional league. It was founded by Enrique "xPeke" Cedeño Martínez after his departure from Fnatic. Since 2018, Origen has been owned by Astralis Group, the parent group of team Astralis.

History

2014

On 7 December, Origen was founded. 17 December, xPeke, Amazing, Zvanillan and Mithy were announced as the first four players of the team.

2015

January 2015 sOAZ joined.
4 February, Team qualifies for the challenger series. 8 April the team finished first in 2015 EU CS Spring Playoffs and qualified for 2015 EU LCS Summer Split. 30 April, Ducky joined as temporary coach.
16 May, Cyanide, Araneae and Casadar joined as Sub. 1 September, Ducky stepped down as coach. 17 September, Team Analyst Hermit becomes head coach.
Origen qualified for the 2015 League of Legends World Championship. The team defeated Flash Wolves 3–1 in the first round of bracket. Origen reached the semi-finals of the tournament before losing to SK Telecom T1.

2016

Origen finished the Spring Split 5th, with an 11–7 record. In the playoffs, Origen swept Unicorns of Love and defeated H2k-Gaming, but ultimately lost to G2 Esports in the 2016 Spring EU LCS finals, finishing the split in 2nd place.
Origen surprised many by struggling in the 2016 Summer EU LCS, where they finished 9th, the penultimate place.

2017

In the 2017 Spring Split Promotion Tournament, Origen defeated Misfits 3–2 in order to re-qualify for the 2017 European LCS Spring Split. Origen was then joined by Team ROCCAT and Misfits.
In the 2017 European LCS Spring Split, Origen finished with a 0-13 record, as well as a 2–26 game record, with their only game wins coming against Giants Gaming and Team ROCCAT. Origen finished 5th in group B, and 10th overall in the EULCS, sending them to the 2017 EULCS Summer Promotion Tournament
In the 2017 EULCS Summer Promotion Tournament, Origen lost in the first round to Misfits Academy 3–0, and were soon relegated from the European LCS after losing 3-0 to Giants Gaming.

2018

On 29 March 2018, Origen and Riot Games confirmed that Origen, along with some of the teams from the 2017 Challenger Series, would compete in the new European Masters competition in April 2018. In April 2018, Origen announced that former KT Rolster jungler Choi "inSec" In-Seok, Ki "Expect" Dae-han, formerly of G2 Esports, World Championship semi-finalists Henrik "Froggen" Hansen and Konstantinos "FORG1VEN" Tzortziou as well as Jesse "Jesiz" Le of Fnatic would be their roster for the upcoming tournament. Origen came first place in the European Masters competition, defeating Polish side Illuminar Gaming 3–0 in the final.

Current roster