Samsung Sports
South Korean multi-sport club
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Samsung Sports is Samsung's multi-sport club and sports marketing department in South Korea.[1][2]
| |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sport |
| Headquarters | , South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yoo Jung Geun (CEO of Cheil Worldwide) |
| Parent | Cheil Worldwide |
| Website | www |
Own sports teams
Professional
| Sports | League | Team | Founded | City | Venue | Notable players | Honors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football | K League 2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1995 | Suwon, Gyeonggi | Suwon World Cup Stadium | Yeom Ki-hun, Dejan Damjanović | K League 1: 4, ACL: 2 | |
| Baseball | KBO League | Samsung Lions | 1982 | Daegu | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | Kang Min-ho, Lee Seung-Yuop | KBO: 8, AS: 1 | |
| Basketball | KBL | Seoul Samsung Thunders | 1978 | Seoul | Jamsil Arena | Moon Tae-young, Ricardo Ratliffe | KBL: 2 | |
| WKBL | Yongin Samsung Life Blueminx | 1977 | Yongin, Gyeonggi | Yongin Gymnasium | Huh Yoon-ja, Bae Hye-yoon | WKBL: 5 | ||
| Volleyball | V-League | Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs | 1995 | Daejeon | Chungmu Gymnasium | Park Chul-woo, Yoo Kwang-woo | V-League: 8, AVC CC: 2 | |
| eSports | Proleague | Samsung Galaxy | 2000 | Seoul | - | Kang Min-soo, Park Jin-hyuk | Proleagues: 1 | Disbanded in 2016 |
| LCK | Samsung White | 2013 | - | Cho "Mata" Se-hyoung, Heo "PawN" Won-seok
Choi "DanDy" In-kyu, Gu "imp" Seung-bin, Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok |
World Championships: 1 | Disbanded in 2015 | ||
| Samsung Blue | 2013 | - | Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu, Lee "Spirit" Da-yoon,
Choi "Acorn" Cheon-ju, Lee "Heart" Gwan-hyung, Bae "dade" Eo-jin |
LCK: 1 | ||||
| Samsung Galaxy | 2015 | - | Lee Min-ho, Kang Chan-yong, Park Jae-hyeok,
Jo Yong-in, Lee Seong-jin |
World Championships: 1 | Disbanded in 2018 |
Amateur
| Sports | Parent company | Team | Founded | Training ground | Notable players | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equestrian | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Electronics Equestrian Club | 1988 | Samsung Equestrian Center | Choi Joon-sang | Disbanded in 2010 |
| Athletics | Samsung Electronics Athletic Club | 2000 | Challenge Camp | Lee Bong-ju | ||
| Rugby | Samsung Heavy Industries | Samsung Heavy Industries Rugby Club | 1995 | Yoon Tae-il | Disbanded in 2015 | |
| Badminton | Samsung Life Insurance | Samsung Life Insurance Badminton Club | 1996 | Hanullim Gymnasium | Lee Yong-dae, Lee Hyo-jung | |
| Tennis | Samsung Securities | Samsung Securities Tennis Club | 1992 | Lee Hyung-taik, Chung Hyeon | Disbanded in 2015 | |
| Table Tennis | Samsung Life Insurance | Samsung Life Table Tennis Club | 1978 | Samsung Training Center | Ryu Seung-min, Joo Se-hyuk | |
| Wrestling | Samsung Life Wrestling Club | 1983 | Jung Ji-hyun, Kim Hyeon-woo | |||
| Taekwondo | S-1 Corporation | Samsung S-1 Taekwondo Club | 1997 | Moon Dae-sung | ||
| American football | Samsung Heavy Industries | Samsung Geoje Blue Storm | 1999 | Jeon Hong-duck |
Sponsorship
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Organization
- International Olympic Committee[3]
- FINA[4]
- Asian Football Confederation
- Confederation of African Football
- International Association of Athletics Federations
- International Hockey Federation
- Union Cycliste Internationale
- Korean Olympic Committee
- Korea Association of Athletics Federations
- Korea Skating Union
- Korea Women's Football Federation[5]
- United States Olympic Committee[6]
- British Olympic Association
- Italian National Olympic Committee[7]
- Swedish Olympic Committee[8]
- Belgian Olympic Committee[9]
- National Olympic Committee of Ukraine[10]
- Jordan Olympic Committee[11]
- Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China[12]
- Singapore National Olympic Council[13]
- Australian Olympic Committee[14]
- The Football Association[15]
- Austrian Football Association[16]
- USA Basketball[17]
- Australian Rugby Union[18]
- Rugby Football Union[19]
- Hockey Canada[20]
Competition
- Olympic Games[21]
- Paralympic Games
- Universiade
- Youth Olympic Games
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics
- IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics[22]
- IAAF Diamond League
- FINA World Aquatics Championships[23]
- ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- World Rowing Championships
- World Rowing Cup[24]
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship[25]
- FIVB Volleyball World League
- Asian Games
- FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers[26]
- AFC Asian Cup
- Africa Cup of Nations[27]
- Copa Libertadores
- Austrian Cup[28]
- Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup[29]
- FIBA EuroBasket[30]
- FIBA 3x3 World Championships
- La Liga[31]
- National Basketball Association[32]
- NBA Summer League
- Major League Baseball[33]
- Samsung Securities Cup
- PGA Championship[34]
- Samsung World Championship
- Asian Amateur Championship
- The Samsung Marathon of Tel Aviv- Israel
- Davao Pro-am Golf Tournament
- NASCAR[35]
- Test match (rugby league)
- Super Rugby
- KBO League Post Season
- Korea National League
- WK League[5]
- Women's Korean Basketball League
- Chinese Super League
- Italian Women's Volleyball League[36]
- Samsung Cup World Go Championship
- Copa Samsung[37]
- University Athletic Association of the Philippines
- Subroto Cup[38]
- Samsung MOTG Freestyle World Championship[39]
- World Match Racing Tour[40]
- World Combat Games[41]
- ASP World Tour[42]
- Triple Crown of Surfing[43]
- Whistler Blackcomb[44]
- World Cyber Games
Individual
Yuna Kim- Kim Ja-in
- Chung Hyeon
David Beckham
Lionel Messi
Paulo Henrique Ganso[45]- Junior dos Santos
LeBron James
Manny Pacquiao
David Ortiz[32]
Usain Bolt[46]
Maria Sharapova[47]
Ana Ivanovic[48]
Li Na[49]
James Magnussen[50]- Ahmed Kelly
Taku Hiraoka[51]- Team Samsung (2010 Winter Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2014 Asian Games)
Team Samsung (2010 Vancouver): Wayne Gretzky, Jarome Iginla, Hayley Wickenheiser[52]
Team Samsung (2012 London): Zara Phillips, Phillips Idowu, Victoria Pendleton, Laura Trott, Alex Partridge, Jenna Randall, Daniel Purvis, Emily Pidgeon, Keith Cook, Jon Pollock, Sally Brown / David Beckham (Honorary ambassador)[53][54]
Team Samsung (2012 London): Valentina Vezzali, Rossano Galtarossa, Sara Morganti, Silvia Salis, Clemente Russo, Luca Dotto, Stefano Tempesti, Aldo Montano, Tania Cagnotto, Elisa Santoni[55][56]
Team Malaysia (2012 London): Fatehah Mustapa, Khairulnizam Afendy, Azizulhasni Awang, Lee Chong Wei, Pandelela Rinong, Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, Cheng Chu Sian, Yu Peng Kean[57]- Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Park Tae-hwan, Kim Nam-hun, Kim Yong-woong, Kong Tae-hyun, Youm Eun-ho[58]
- Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Ma Long, Zhang Peimeng, Xu Anqi[59]
Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Pornchai Kaokaew, Wassana Winatho, Nootsara Tomkom, Chatchai Butdee[60]- Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Lee Chong Wei, Pandelela Rinong[61]
Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Parupalli Kashyap, P. V. Sindhu, Deepika Kumari, Gagan Narang, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Malaika Goel, Abhinav Bindra, Babita Kumari, Yogeshwar Dutt, Vinesh Phogat, Mary Kom, Devendro Singh[62]
Team Samsung (2014 Incheon): Laith Al-Bashtawi, Ihab Al-Matbouli, Reham Abu Ghazaleh, Yahya Abu Tabaikh, Dana Haidar[63]
- Samsung GALAXY Team (2014 Winter Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics)[64]
- Russia (2014 Sochi): Evgeni Malkin, Tatiana Borodulina, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Liudmila Privivkova, Serafim Pikalov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Sergey Shilov, Nikita Kriukov, Maxim Trankov and Tatiana Volosozhar[65] / Maria Sharapova (Honorary ambassador)[66]
Germany (2014 Sochi): Magdalena Neuner, Isabella Laböck, Severin Freund, Anna Schaffelhuber[67]- United Kingdom (2014 Sochi): Eve Muirhead, James Woods, Billy Morgan, Elise Christie, Shelley Rudman, Kelly Gallagher, Charlotte Evans[68]
- Italy (2014 Sochi): Armin Zöggeler, Christof Innerhofer, Arianna Fontana, Omar Visintin, Melania Corradini[69]
France (2014 Sochi): Alexis Pinturault, Tessa Worley, Vincent Gauthier-Manuel[70]
Netherlands (2014 Sochi): Ireen Wüst, Bell Berghuis, Bibian Mentel[71]
Austria (2014 Sochi): Hermann Maier, Benjamin Maier, Miriam Kastlunger, Wolfgang Linger, Andreas Linger, Christina Ager, Thomas Pöck, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Claudia Lösch, Anna Fenninger[72][73]
Switzerland (2014 Sochi): Kai Mahler, Fabian Bösch, Giulia Tanno, Patrick Burgener, David Hablützel, Fanny Smith[74]
Ukraine (2014 Sochi): Yosyf Penyak, Andriy Deryzemlya, Annamari Chundak[75]
Poland (2014 Sochi): Piotr Żyła, Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, Andrzej Szczęsny[76]
Sweden (2014 Sochi): Henrik Lundqvist, Anna Holmlund, Victor Öhling Norberg, Frida Hansdotter, Helene Ripa[77][78]
Norway (2014 Sochi): Aksel Lund Svindal, Bastian Juell, Hedda Berntsen, Mariann Marthinsen, Ståle Sandbech[79]
Finland (2014 Sochi): Petteri Nummelin, Jouni Pellinen, Andreas Romar, Katja Saarinen[80]- United States (2014 Sochi): Evan Strong
- Canada (2014 Sochi): Steven Stamkos, Hayley Wickenheiser, Greg Westlake, Marie-Ève Drolet, Michael Gilday[81]
- Australia (2014 Sochi): Alex Pullin, Scotty James, Jessica Gallagher[82]
- South Korea (2014 Sochi): Lee Sang-hwa, Lee Seung-hoon, Mo Tae-bum
- China (2014 Sochi): Jia Zongyang, Xu Mengtao, Li Nina, Qi Guangpu[83]
- Italy (2016 Rio): Aldo Montano, Clemente Russo, Frank Chamizo Marquez, Tania Cagnotto, Erika Fasana, Marta Menegatti, Martina Caironi[84]
- Italy (2018 PyeongChang): Christof Innerhofer, Sofia Goggia,[85] Dorothea Wierer, Omar Visintin
- GALAXY 11 (2014 FIFA World Cup)[86]
- Avengers: Age of Ultron: Lionel Messi (Iron Man), Eddie Lacy (Hulk), John John Florence (Thor), Fabian Cancellara (Hawkeye), Yoshihiro Akiyama ( Chu Seong-hoon)[87]
Sports team
National team
- Team Korea[88]
- Team USA[89]
- Team GB[90]
Team Singapore[13]- Italia Team[7]
- Swedish Olympic Team
Belgian Olympic Team- Australian Olympic Team
- Jordan Olympic Team
Hong Kong Olympic Team- Brazil national football team[91]
- England national football team[15]
- Austria national football team
- England national rugby union team[19]
- Australia national rugby union team[92]
South Africa national rugby union team[93]- Canada national ice hockey team
- Canada national short track speed skating team[94]
- China national ski team[95]
- Jamaica national bobsleigh team[96]
Club
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield (Former)
C.D. Guadalajara- C.F. Pachuca
Real Madrid C.F.[97]- Juventus FC[98]
- Chelsea (Former)
- Wimbledon (Former)
- Royal Thai Police (Former)
Brøndby IF (Former)
Olympiacos F.C.
Vác FC (Former)
Leinster Rugby
Banbridge RFC[99]- Frankfurt Universe[100]
- BMW Motorsport[101][102][103][104]
- FC Köln (Former)
- Eintracht Frankfurt (Former)
- Samsung Smart Motorsport[105][106]
- Honda Racing British Superbike team[107]
- Trek Factory Racing
- Lampre-Merida[108]
- MTN-Qhubeka[109]
- Mumbai Indians
Facilities
- Samsung Training Center
- Samsung Leports Center
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings Club House - Suwon Samsung Bluewings
- Samsung Lions Ballpark - Samsung Lions
- Challenge Camp - Samsung Electronics Athletic Club
- Samsung Equestrian Center - Samsung Electronics Equestrian Team
- Hanullim Gymnasium - Samsung Electro-Mechanics Badminton Club
Social contribution
- Keunnarae Program
- Dream Camp
- Therapeutic Riding
- I see your dreams[110]
