
G2 Esports is one of the most recognizable organisations in Counter-Strike. The club’s HQ is in Berlin. The organisation was founded in February 2014 by Carlos Rodríguez Santiago and Jens Hilgers. The first name was Gamers 2, but later, in October 2015, the team got its current name — G2.
G2 entered Counter-Strike on 11 September 2015, when it signed the Team Kinguin roster. In CS2, the team is playing in the game’s new era (after the scene switched from CS:GO). Since then, the squad has played in many big tournaments and has earned over $7 million from them.
Over the years, G2 has picked up plenty of big wins. The most memorable ones are the tournament results shown in the table below.
| Tournament name | City and dates | Place | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECS Season 1 Finals | London from 24 to 26 June 2016 | 1 | $250000 |
| ESL Pro League Season 5 Finals | Dallas from 30 May to 4 June 2017 | 1 | $228710 |
| DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 | Malmö from 30 August to 3 September 2017 | 1 | $100000 |
| Champions Cup Finals | St. Julian’s from 19 to 22 December 2019 | 1 | $150000 |
| PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Stockholm from 39 October to 7 November 2021 | 2 | $300000 |
| Blast Premier World Final 2022 | Abu Dhabi from 14 to 18 December 2022 | 1 | $500000 |
| IEM Katowice 2023 | Katowice from 4 to 12 February 2022 | 1 | $400000 |
| IEM Cologne 2023 | Cologne from 26 July to 5 August 2023 | 1 | $400000 |
| BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024 | Copenhagen from 25 to 29 September 2024 | 1 | $200000 |
| Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 | Shanghai from 5 to 15 December 2024 | 3–4 place | $80000 |
| BLAST Premier World Final 2024 | Singapore from 30 October to 3 November 2024 | 1 | $500000 |
| PGL Bucharest 2025 | Bucharest from 6 to 13 April 2025 | 2 | $93750 |
| BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 | Austin from 12 to 22 June 2025 | 9–11 place | $20000 |
| BLAST Open London 2025 Finals | London from 5 to 7 September 2025 | 1 | $150000 |
| StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 | Budapest from 4 to 14 December 2025 | 9–11 place | $20000 |
G2’s earnings over the last 3 years are shown in the table below.
| Year | Prize money |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $1103500 |
| 2024 | $1361000 |
| 2025 | $688144 |
| 2026 | $45625 |
Many esports pros have played for G2 over the years. Each one helped build the results, and played a part in why the team is currently in the world TOP-10.
The first Counter-Strike 2 lineup was bought from Kinguin and appeared in September 2015. It included players like ScreaM, fox, dennis, rain, and Maikelele. That five didn’t get major results right away, and their best finish was 3–4 place at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca 2015. But in 2016, the results improved: the team took 2nd at ESL Pro League Season 3 and also won gold at Esports Championship Series Season 1.
From 2019 to 2022, the team featured players like: François “AmaNek” Delaunay, Édouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux and Kevin “Ex6TenZ” Droolans, Audric “JaCkz” Jug and Lucas “Lucky” Chastang, Nemanja “nexa” Isaković and Nemanja “huNter-” Kovač, Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov. They brought the team a lot of trophies. The key ones were wins at Good Game League 2019, Champions Cup Finals, and Blast Premier World Final 2022, plus silver medals at ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals, DreamHack Masters Spring - Europe, IEM Katowice 2020, IEM Cologne 2021, and PGL Major Stockholm 2021.