Steven Liv

(Hans Sama)

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Born
1999 (26 years old)
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ESports League of Legends

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Ethnicity
Eurasian

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G2 Esports

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Description

Steven Liv, better known as Hans Sama, is a French professional League of Legends player for G2 Esports. Liv has previously played for Team Liquid in the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), as well as Rogue and Misfits in the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC).

Professional career
Misfits
Hans joined Misfits at age 16, in June 2016. At the time, Misfits new organization in the European Challenger Series (CS). The team placed first in the CS regular season, and were eligible for the European promotion tournament, where they defeated FC Schalke 04 and claimed their spot in the EU LCS; the highest level of professional play in Europe. At the end of the year, Hans signed a 2-year contract with Misfits, before even playing a single game in the EU LCS.

The following year, Hans and Misfits found spring success, qualifying for playoffs and reaching the Semifinals, and in summer, they made it all the way to the finals match, before falling to G2. However, due to their combined fourth and second place finishes, the team automatically qualified for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship as Europe's second seed. At Worlds 2017, Misfits advanced past the group stage with a 3–3 record, and met tournament favorites SKT T1 in the Quarterfinals. Despite being heavy underdogs, Hans and Misfits held up against the Korean squad, taking the series to a full five games before losing a close Game 5, and drew praise from the league community for their impressive showing, despite the loss.

After proving themselves a contender on the international stage, Misfits performed poorly in spring 2018, and finished the regular season with a 8–10 record, missing playoffs. In summer they rebounded enough to return to the postseason, but finished in fourth after losing the third place match to Vitality. Due to his teams results, Hans did not attend Worlds in 2018.

In 2019, Misfits brought together an impressive lineup, including sOAZ, Febiven, and GorillA, while retaining Hans and Maxlore, and were expected to once again be competitive internationally. However the team flopped, placing eighth in spring and ninth in summer, with a combined 12–21 record on the year, making no playoff appearances and attending no international events. Halfway through the summer split, Misfits substituted out the entire starting roster, including Hans, but did not see improvement. Misfits broke up after an extremely disappointing 2019 season, and Hans left the team.

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