GamerLegion (GL) is a German esports organisation founded on April 13, 2017. It’s now based in Berlin and fields rosters in multiple games, but GL is loudest in Counter-Strike.
The team shows up at both big and mid-tier events, gets invites, and sometimes fights through qualifiers. Their biggest peak in recent years was the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 final, where GL finished 2nd and took $170,000 in prize money.
GamerLegion achievements
Since its creation, GamerLegion has played tournaments of all sizes and often landed in the money. The biggest achievements in the team’s entire history are shown in the table below.
Tournament name
City and dates
Place
Prize money
LOOT.BET/CS Season 2
Online tournament held from April 2 to May 3, 2019
1
$18,000
Moche XL Esports 2019
Lisbon, June 15–16, 2019
2
$20,000
CMD368 Championship
Online, January 21–28, 2020
1
$12,000
Thunderpick Bitcoin Series #2
Online tournament from November 2, 2022 to February 6, 2023
1
$32,000
Elisa Invitational Winter 2023
Online, January 16 to March 11, 2023
1
$12,500
BLAST Paris Major 2023
Paris, May 8–21, 2023
2
$12,500
IEM Cologne 2023
Cologne, July 26 to August 6, 2023
7–8th place
$24,000
Gamers8 2023
Riyadh, August 16–20, 2023
5–8th place
$35,000
CCT Season 1 Global Finals
Online tournament held May 16–23, 2024
3–4th place
$50,000
CCT Season 2 European Series #13
Online, September 23 to October 6, 2024
1
$22,000
IEM Katowice 2025
Katowice, January 29 to February 9, 2025
7–8th place
$24,000
IEM Melbourne 2025
Melbourne, April 21–27, 2025
5–6th place
$12,500
IEM Dallas 2025
Dallas, May 19–25, 2025
5–6th place
$12,500
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Bucharest, October 26 to November 1, 2025
4th place
$87,500
BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1
Fort Worth, April 29 – May 3, 2026
3–4th place
$130,000
IEM Atlanta 2026
Atlanta, May 11– 17, 2026
2
$150,000
IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 2
Cologne, June 6–9, 2026
15–16th place
$10,000
How much they earned per year
Over the last three years, GamerLegion’s earnings were the amounts shown in the table below.
Year
Prize money
2023
$339,500
2024
$199,000
2025
$218,250
2026
$400,646.75
GamerLegion roster history
GamerLegion has had plenty of players who helped build these results. Below, you can check info about the esports players who were in the first roster and played for the Counter-Strike division from 2019 to 2022.
First roster achievements
At the end of March 2019, GamerLegion’s first Counter-Strike roster appeared. It included these players: Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom, Hampus “hampus” Poser, Tim “Nawwk” Jonasson, Kevin “Ex6TenZ” Droolans, Kevis “HS” Tarn. This five started pretty strong and won bronze at their very first tournament — United Masters League Season 1. After that, they managed to win the championship title at http://LOOT.BET/CS Season 2, take silver at Moche XL Esports 2019, and also grab bronze at WESG 2019 North Europe.
2019–2022 roster
From 2019 to 2022, the team featured ScreaM (Adil Benrlitom), HS (Kevin Tarn), hampus, nawwk (Tim Jonasson), iM (Ivan Mihai), siuhy (Kamil Shkaradek), and a number of other players. They seriously expanded the team’s trophy list by winning titles at CMD368 Championship, Flashe Super Slam, ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Spring 2021 #5, plus taking silver at Domination League Season 2, William Hill Cup, Exeedme Revolution, Elisa Invitational Fall 2022, and bronze at ESEA Season 39: Premier Division - Europe.
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