The moments that made Worlds: Part 2

There are some moments that you walk away from remembering forever.

Throughout Worlds 2015, we'll be re-visiting some of our favorite moments from past World Championships and discussing what made them so special.

In case you missed it, make sure to check out Part 1.

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Moment #4 - Gambit beats Samsung Ozone to advance to Quarters

Samsung Galaxy Ozone came into the 2013 World Championship as one of the favorites. Fresh off a new sponsorship after leaving former team MVP, Samsung Ozone looked to display their skills on the international stage for the first time. Gambit on the other hand, after a disappointing end to their Season 2 Worlds, looked to prove they were still among the best in the world, despite the loss of their support GoSuPepper to North American team Curse. For Ozone, they'd have to do it without team captain Homme, and instead had to use the inexperienced Looper.

Gambit came out looking sharp in their first encounter and snowballed to a relatively quick win following a cascading series of mistakes from mid laner Dade. This was a major alarm for Ozone, after having early-game failings against other teams such as Vulcun and Fnatic.

Ozone bounced back in their second game, using a great poke and siege composition to slowly squeeze Gambit out of the game. Gambit became frustrated and made ill-advised engages on the Ozone backline. Assuming positions held, and both would be able to win their last few games, there would be a tie breaker -- that there was -- to decide who advanced to the Quarterfinals along with Fnatic.

After being squeezed out by Ozone's siege in Game 2, in the tiebreaker Gambit responded and built a composition that could flank Ozone to win teamfights. The match was firmly in Gambit's corner for the first half of the game, until a Baron throw almost gave Ozone the breathing room to stage a comeback.

But in the end, an unofficial Genja pentakill, followed by an extended teamfight and dash up the mid lane gave Gambit the win. Ozone's loss in the tiebreaker is the last time a Korean team didn't advance from the Group Stage of a major international tournament.

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Moment #5 - Uzi stays alive!

There was a miniature rivalry that transpired in 2013 between OMG and Royal Club. Going into the two team's matchup in the Quarterfinals of the Season 3 World Championship, OMG had a lead in the head-to-head, 4-3. But Royal had gotten the best of OMG in the Chinese Regional Qualifier most recently.

In the first game, OMG leapt out to an early lead behind star mid laner Cool's Ahri and inspired Lee Sin play from jungler Lovelin, but a series of nail-biting teamfights gave Royal the edge.

In the second game, OMG once again got off to a lead, but it was Royal who controlled the game down the stretch. In a desperation final fight, OMG took a great fight where they had a flank on Royal. But great team reactions made OMG pivot to the flanking Uzi.

And then… it happened.

There were so many things that went right for Royal in this fight, but this was an eye-opener for the Western world. Uzi's mechanics and team-fight positioning were immaculate. It was something that we hadn't seen before. And it was on Uzi's mechanics, drive, and excellence that Royal went to back-to-back World Championship Finals.

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Moment #6 - ahq beats EDG in Taiwan

The game itself wasn't that exciting until the ending, and it was the circumstances for which this game became truly special. In front of an exuberant Taiwanese crowd, Taiwan's own ahq e-Sports Club defeated the top seed from China, Edward Gaming.

ahq came into the 2014 World Championship as one of the biggest underdogs. Not only did they come from the so-called inferior Garena Premier League -- they weren't even the 1st place seed. They had played relatively well leading up to their second match against Edward Gaming, but no one would have thought this would end up being one of the biggest upsets in Worlds history.

EDG dominated most of the game by simply controlling the map and setting up a devastating poke comp, for which ahq had little recourse. And even attempts to hard engage were thwarted adeptly.

But with some great heads-up adaptation, ahq stayed in the game, keeping it close by some key pick-offs and aggressive map play.

Even though EDG had played their poke comp to perfection for nearly 45 minutes, NaMei's famed late-game positioning finally broke -- twice.

Even though ahq went on to lose in the tiebreaker match that was forced by winning this game, it was a huge step forward for their region.

Next week we'll take a look at some more of our favorite moments from previous Worlds. What are some of your favorites? Let us know on Twitter and in the comments below!