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.
G2 Achievements
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
Stake Ranked Episode 1
Barcelona, from 1 to 4 April 2026
1
$25000
How much they earned per year
G2’s earnings over the last 3 years are shown in the table below.
Year
Prize money
2023
$1103500
2024
$1361000
2025
$688144
2026
$127601
History of G2 lineups
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.
Achievements of the first lineup
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.
Lineup from 2019–2022
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.
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