Liquid (Team Liquid) is one of the oldest and most well-known organisations in esports: the club was founded back in 2000 and is based in the Netherlands.
In Counter-Strike, Liquid has had different eras — from North American stacks to international rosters. There were stretches with fewer big-event wins, and there were times when the team straight-up ran the pro scene — the best example is 2019, when they won Intel Grand Slam Season 2.
Liquid achievements
Over the years, Liquid have been remembered for their standout play at a lot of tournaments. The team’s story includes both rough patches and big highs. You can check the most important ones in the table below.
Tournament name
Host city and dates
Place
Prize money
ESL One Cologne 2016
Cologne, July 5 to 10, 2016
2
$150000
ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals
Dallas, May 15 to 20, 2018
2
$110000
ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018
Atlanta, June 21 to 29, 2018
2
$200000
ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals
Montpellier, June 18 to 23, 2019
1
$250000
BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles 2019
July 13 to 14, 2019
1
$125000
IEM Chicago 2019
Chicago, July 18 to 21, 201
1
$125000
ESL Pro League Season 11: NA
Online tournament, held from March 26 to April 12, 2020
1
$90000
IEM Katowice 2021
Online tournament, held from February 16 to 28, 2021
3
$80000
BLAST Premier World Final 2022
Abu Dhabi, December 14 to 18, 2022
2
$250000
CCT Season 1 Global Finals
Online, May 16 to 23, 2024
2
$100000
CS Asia Championships 2025
Shanghai, October 14 to 19, 2025
3
$60000
How much they earned in a year
The team’s earnings change from year to year. In the table below, you can see how much prize money Liquid Liquid managed to win in recent years.
Year
Prize money
2023
$218600
2024
$327000
2025
$366200
2026
$15750
Liquid roster history
Liquid’s CS roster showed up in 2015. The team quickly locked in on the scene and slowly worked its way to finals at the biggest events. One of their first loud results was silver at ESL One Cologne 2016 — that’s when Liquid showed they could go toe-to-toe with the top teams.
Achievements of the first roster
Liquid’s first Counter-Strike roster appeared in 2015. It included players like: adreN, FugLy, Hiko, nitr0, EliGE. The start wasn’t especially successful, but closer to mid-2015 they began picking up their first awards. They won silver medals at iBUYPOWER Invitational 2015 - Spring and Alienware Area 51 Cup #1, and after that they also took gold at RGN Intercontinental Open 2 North America, FACEIT League 2015 Stage I Finals, PGL CS:GO Championship Series Season 1: North American Division, CEVO Season 8 Professional North America and ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 - North America.
2019-2022 roster
From 2019 to 2022, Liquid had different players at different times, including: EliGE, Stewie2k, NAF, Twitstzz, daps, oSee, Rainwaker and nitr0. These players also made a real impact on the team’s history. They won a number of important tournaments, including Intel Extreme Masters XIV - Chicago, ESL Pro League Season 9 - Finals, Intel Grand Slam Season 2, Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio 2022: American RMR.
Liquid’s biggest achievements — 1st place at ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals, 1st place at BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles 2019, 1st place at на IEM Chicago 2019.
Approximate total winnings for Liquid - ~$6596000.