B8 is an esports org that launched in Ukraine in 2021. It was founded by Ivano Mamchur, who currently serves as CEO, and Danil “Dendi” Ishutin, the The International 2011 champion. In the past, the team played in a few different esports titles, but in recent years it decided to fully focus on Counter-Strike.
The CS2 team regularly plays in different tournaments—there have already been over a hundred since the team started. In some of them, B8 managed to place high, which has helped them earn more than $400,000 in prize money so far.
B8 achievements
B8 has been playing on the pro scene since 2021. Over that time, they’ve competed in plenty of tournaments, and in many of them they finished in the prize spots. Some of the team’s best results are listed in the table below.
Tournament name
Location and dates
Place
Prize money
ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Spring 2022 #5
Online tournament, May 28–29, 2022
1
$3000
ESEA Season 44: Advanced Division - Europe
Online, January 16–March 20, 2023
2
$4300
RES European Series #2
Online, April 17–24, 2024
3–4th place
$12500
CCT Season 2 European Series #2
Online, April 29–May 12, 2024
1
$22000
Elisa Invitational Spring 2024
Online, February 26–May 18, 2024
1
$10000
CCT Season 2 European Series #5
Online, June 3–16, 2024
1
$22000
CCT Season 2 European Series #10
Online, August 26–September 8, 2024
1
$22000
Elisa Masters Espoo 2024
Espoo, October 16–20, 2024
3–4th place
$15000
ESL Challenger Katowice 2024
Katowice, October 25–27, 2024
2
$20000
CCT Season 2 European Series #18
Online, February 10–23, 2025
1
$22000
StarLadder Budapest Major 2025
Budapest, December 4–14, 2025
9–11th place
$20000
How much they earned per year
Over the last three years, the team has had different earnings. The amounts are shown in the table below.
Year
Prize money
2023
$7835
2024
$156750
2025
$257550
2026
$69421
B8 roster history
Even though B8 hasn’t been around for that long, a lot of esports players have already played for the team. Below, we’ll talk about the people who were there from the start and made up the first roster, plus the players who represented the team during 2023 to 2024.
First roster achievements
The team was created in 2021, and the first roster included: nat1ve, kr1vda, OWNER, Hkta, r1nkle, rjy. They didn’t manage to land any major breakthrough results, but they still picked up a few awards. That includes silver at ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Summer 2021 #5 and ESEA Season 38: Main Division - Europe, 3–4th place at UPEA Ukrainian Championship 2021, and the championship title at Gameinside.ua ROG Winter Cup 2021.
2023–2024 roster
From 2023 to 2024, the team’s roster included kensizor (Artem Kapran), ALEX666 (Oleksii Yermoshchuk), headtr1ck (Danyyl Valitov), plus a few guys from the current lineup. They managed to bring in a lot of titles for B8. The main ones are gold medals from CCT Season 2 European Series #2, CCT Season 2 European Series #5, and CCT Season 2 European Series #10, as well as silver at ESL Challenger Katowice 2024.
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