G2 Esports

G2 Esports, formerly known as Gamers2, is a Spanish esports organisation based in Berlin, Germany,[2] with players competing in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, and iRacing. The organization was founded on 24 February 2014 by former League of Legends pro Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago and investor Jens Hilgers.

G2 Esports
Short nameG2
DivisionsLeague of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Rainbow Six Siege
Fortnite
Hearthstone
Rocket League
iRacing
Founded24 February 2014 (2014-02-24) (as Gamers2)
15 October 2015 (as G2 Esports)
LocationBerlin, Germany
OwnerCarlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago
Jens Hilgers
ManagerRoberto "Goro" Irusta (CGO)
PartnersAOC, AORUS, BMW, Hdac Technology AG, Logitech, Mastercard, nicecactus, paysafecard, Twitch
EarningsUS$6.83 million[1]
Websitewww.g2esports.com

G2's League of Legends team competes in the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), the highest level of competitive League of Legends in Europe. The team won the 2016 Spring, 2016 Summer, 2017 Spring, and 2017 Summer EU LCS, the 2019 Spring LEC, the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, the 2019 Summer LEC and the 2020 Spring LEC.

G2's Rainbow Six Siege team competes in the European League (EUL), the highest level of competitive Rainbow Six Siege in Europe. The team won the Six Major 2018, European Pro League Season 8, the Pro League Season 8 Finals, DreamHack Winter 2018, Six Invitational 2019, and placed second at the Six Major 2019 and European Pro League Season 11.

League of Legends
G2 Esports
GameLeague of Legends
LeagueLEC
Head coachFabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann
Championships1× MSI (2019)

History

Gamers2 had made a start for League of Legends in 2014 with an initial roster of Top laner Jesper "Jwaow" Strandgren, jungler Sebastián "Morden" Esteban Fernández, AD carry Soler "Yuuki60" Florent, and support Hugo "Dioud" Padioleau.[3][4]

The team participated in the Spring Expansion Tournament, beating Reason Gaming in the seeding game and Team Strix in Round 1. G2 were knocked out of the tournament in Round 2 after being beaten by n!faculty.

G2 Esports was renamed from Gamers2 after qualifying for the 2016 EU LCS Spring Season.[5]

G2 Esports has also a sister team in Spain competing in the EU Challenger Series, called G2 Vodafone, in representation of their sponsor Vodafone. They qualified for the 2016 EU Challenger Series Summer Split Qualifiers, but failed to qualify for the EU CS. They also won the Spanish 2016 FinalCup Spring Split.

The team failed to qualify for the LCS three splits in a row.[5]

The team finished 1st in the Challenger Series season. They then took 2nd in the playoffs, thereby qualifying for the 2016 Spring LCS. Gamers2 qualified for the LCS by defeating SK Gaming 3–2.[6]

G2 finished the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split regular season in 1st place. In the playoffs, they defeated Fnatic before winning the 2016 EU LCS in Rotterdam after beating Origen. This also meant that they had qualified for the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational tournament in Shanghai. G2 would represent Europe at the competition against 5 other teams. However, in the weeks before the tournament, the team took an infamous vacation and came to the tournament unprepared. Because of this, they lost 8 of their 10 games, their only two wins against the lowest ranked seed there. This also cost the EU LCS league its 1st seed for the 2016 World Championship later that year. This meant that the 1st seed for Europe of the 2016 Summer EU LCS would be put in Pot B for the group draw instead of Pot A.

G2 became the first team to be crowned LEC champions after they won its inaugural split on 14 April 2019, in a 3–0 sweep against Origen.[7]

After sweeping Team Liquid from North America 3–0 in the grand final of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, G2 became the first European team to win a Riot-sponsored international tournament since Fnatic won the Season 1 World Championship.[8][9]

They finished first in the 2019 LEC Summer Split regular season and later defeated Fnatic 3–2 in the finals to secure their sixth domestic title.[10][11]

At the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, G2 finished runner-up, losing to Chinese team FunPlus Phoenix in the grand finals.[12]

In 2020 LEC Spring Split, G2 came first in the regular season, but lost their first playoff match against MAD Lions, dropping to losers bracket as a result. From there, the team won the three remaining matches and ultimately won the split, claiming their seventh title and tying the record belonging to Fnatic.[13]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

History

G2 Esports acquired the roster of Team Kinguin on 11 September 2015.[14] G2 finished 3rd–4th at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca 2015.[15] On 20 January 2016 G2 Esports announced that FaZe Clan had acquired their international Counter-Strike roster.[16] G2 announced a new French-speaking roster on 1 February 2016[17] which consisted of Titan's former roster. On 9 April, shortly after placing 9–12th at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus, G2 announced Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro would be replacing Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans.[18] G2 placed 2nd at the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals on 16 May 2016 after losing 2–3 to Luminosity Gaming in the grand finals.[19] G2 Esports won the Esports Championship Series Season 1 after beating Luminosity in the finals on 26 June 2016.[20] With effect from 3 February 2017, 3 players from Team EnVyUs have joined G2 Esports. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire and Nathan "NBK" Schmitt thus forming the now called "French Super Team". The players they replaced were Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom, who joined Team EnVyUs, Cédric "RpK" Guipouy, who also joined Team EnVyUs and Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux who is now the head coach of G2 Esports. On June 4, 2018, SmithZz and Ex6TenZ replace apEX and NBK- in the lineup.[21] On October 8, 2018, apEX and NBK- left G2 after being acquired by Team Vitality.[22] In November 2018, Jackz and Lucky joined G2 while SmithZz and Ex6TenZ move to the bench.[23] On March 8, 2019, AmaNEk joined G2 replacing bodyy in the active lineup.[24][25] On 30 September 2019, G2 acquired Nexa and Hunter from CR4ZY replacing Lucky and Shox in the lineup.[26]

Achievements

Super Smash Bros. Melee

G2 Esports signed Weston "Westballz" Dennis on 11 July 2016 but Dennis and G2 parted ways on 31 March 2019 .[31]

Rocket League

History

G2 Esports signed the RLCS Season One World Champions, former iBUYPOWER Cosmic on 7 September 2016.[32]

Lachinio and 0verZer0 left the team, and Rizzo and Jknaps were picked up on 22 February 2017.[33]

The team won the ELEAGUE Cup 2017 tournament after missing RLCS season 3,[34] and placed 2nd at Dreamhack Leipzig 2018.[35]

The team finished 7th–8th at the RLCS World Championship Season 5, despite being the No. 1 seed from North America.[36]

The team finished 9th–10th at the RLCS World Championship Season 6, despite being the No. 2 seed from North America.[37]

On 7 January 2019, the team dropped former captain Kronovi, and picked up Chicago from Evil Geniuses.[38] Kronovi went on to join Rogue.[39] G2 then finished 2nd at the RLCS World Championship Season 7 with Chicago.[40]

G2 missed out on RLCS season 8 and then decided to turn things around and then went on a winning streak

After finishing second in League Play, G2 faced NRG in the semifinals of the RLCS Season 9 NA Regional Championship, winning 4–3 in a close Game 7 to put them through to the grand finals to face Spacestation Gaming. They would go on to sweep Spacestation, crowning them the RLCS Season 9 North American Champions.[41]

Clash Royale

G2 Esports signed with Supercell to join in Clash Royale League (CRL) on 3 April 2018.

Rainbow Six Siege

History

The announcement that G2 Esports acquired the full roster of PENTA Sports, all five players and two coaches came a few days before the kick-off of the Six Major Paris group stage. These players, winners of the Six Invitational 2018 and multiple Pro League champions, have represented the colors of G2 from 10 August 2018 onward. The team quickly proved to be a beneficial pick-up by G2, winning the Six Major Paris and its $350,000 prize pool immediately following the purchase by defeating their rivals Evil Geniuses 3–0.[42]

The team won the Six Invitational 2019 (world championship) on 17 February 2019 by defeating Team Empire 3–0.[43]

After signing UUNO and JNSzki retired, G2 lost the Six Major Raleigh on 18 August 2019 after losing 3–1 to Russian rivals, Team Empire.

Players and coaches

Pengu is the most experienced player in both the team and the Rainbow Six Siege pro league, having been in the Year 1 Season 1 'PENTA' roster which would eventually transform into G2 Esports. Fabian is the IGL (In Game Leader) of the team to whom the strategic success and flexibility of the team is often pointed towards, as one of the best IGLs in the European pro league and the pro league in general. Goga is the only non-Nordic player on the team, and the only Spanish player in the whole of pro league. He is often praised for his ability on the games hard breachers, particularly Thermite, and who's support based playstyle has led to him having the highest amount of plants of a player in the European pro league season. JNSzki was one of the 2 Finnish players on the team, being acquired from PENTA's Year 1 rival of GiFu, he has been reputed throughout the pro league's history as one of the best aimers and Bandit players in all of Siege. JNSzki was released by G2 ESports on 27 May 2019, replaced by Finnish player UUNO of LeStream (Now Rogue). Kantoraketti, originally being a loan to PENTA (Now G2) from ENCE for the LAN finals of season 7 Pro League. Following the departure of prior teammate SHA77E from PENTA, Kantoraketti officially became the 5th member of PENTA. UUNO, the newest addition to the roster was acquired by G2 Esports on 27 May 2019 replacing JNSzki who returned to his former squad of Mousesports which both players were once a part of. UUNO had played for the PENTA Academy being coached by G2's own coach, Shas[O]Uas (Shas). Shas is one of the longest working coaches in siege, originally coaching for Team Fenix, a team which had also featured Fabian and previous roster teammate of KS, and is the head coach for the team. Sua is the secondary coach and analyst of the roster, brought in to replace Ferral, G2's original analyst and a current player for Team Secret. Sua was previously the head coach of ENCE Esports, the previous team of jNSzki, SHA77E, and Kantoraketti (Now GiFu Esports). On 22 November 2019, Goga was replaced by the German player of Pascal "Cry1NNN" Alouane.[44]

Former Players
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date Leave Date Previous Team Next Team Current Team
Daniel Rotherham Ferral Analyst 2018-08-10[45] 2019-02-06[46] PENTA Team Secret Retired
Joonas Savolainen jNSzki Flex 2018-08-10[45] 2019-05-27[47] PENTA Mousesports Retired
Daniel Mazorra Romero Goga Support 2018-08-10[45] 2019-11-22[44] PENTA Team Vitality Team Vitality
Pascal Alouane Cry1NNN Flex Fragger 2019-11-22[44] 2020-03-03[48] OrgLess Chaos Esports Club Chaos Esports Club
Ferenc Mérész SirBoss Support 2020-01-27[49] 2020-03-03[48] PENTA Samsung Morning Stars Samsung Morning Stars
Fabian Hallstein Fabian IGL 2018-08-10[45] 2020-06-05 PENTA Team Vitality Team Vitality

Call of Duty

G2 Esports announced their Call of Duty roster for the Black Ops 4 season on 25 October 2018.[50]

Current rosters
Game Nat. Name ID Role Previous Team Join Date
Assetto Corsa Competizione Arthur Kammerer – Driver
Nils Naujoks n1lyn Manager
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Kenny Schrub kennyS AWPer Team EnVyUs March 2, 2017
Audric Jug JaCkz Entry Fragger 3DMAX November 26, 2018[23]
François Delaunay AmaNEk Rifler(Lurker)/AWPer Team LDLC March 7, 2019[25]
Nemanja Kovač huNter- Rifler CR4ZY September 30, 2019[26]
Nemanja Isaković nexa IGL/Rifler CR4ZY September 30, 2019[26]
Damien Marcel maLeK Coach 3DMAX November 26, 2018[23]
Fortnite Jakub Szygulski Lothar Player
Dominik Beckmann RazZzero0o Player
Kevin Batic Tohaj Player
Hearthstone Thijs Molendijk Thijs Player Nihilum
Radu Dima Rdu Player Nihilum
iRacing Alex McCollum – Driver
Jarl Teien AroX Driver
Nils Naujoks n1lyn Manager
League of Legends Martin Hansen Wunder Top Laner Splyce
Marcin Jankowski Jankos Jungler H2k
Rasmus Winther Caps Mid Laner Fnatic
Luka Perkovic Perkz Bot Laner Millennium
Mihael Mehle Mikyx Support Splyce
Kristoffer Pedersen P1noy Substitute ROG Esport
Fabian Lohmann GrabbZ Coach Team ROCCAT
Rocket League Jacob Knapman JKnaps Player Selfless Gaming
Dillon Rizzo Rizzo Player Take3
Reed Wilen Chicago Player Evil Geniuses
Jacob Suda Jahzo Coach None
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Niclas Mouritzen Pengu Flex PENTA August 10, 2018[45][51]
Juhani Toivonen Kantoraketti Fragger PENTA August 10, 2018[45][51]
Aleksi Työppönen UUNO Fragger LeStream May 27, 2019[47]
Ben McMillan CTZN Fragger Natus Vincere March 3, 2020[48]
Jake Grannan Virtue Fragger Fnatic March 3, 2020[48]
Thomas Lee Shas[O]Udas Head Coach PENTA August 10, 2018[45][51]
Kevin Stahnke Sua Coach ENCE February 6, 2019[52]
Valorant Oscar Cañellas Mixwell Captain Cloud9 June 16, 2020[53]
Patryk Fabrowski paTiTek Player Izako Boars June 24, 2020
Jacob Mourujärvi pyth Player Lilmix June 26, 2020
Ardis Svarenieks ardiis Player Fierce Esports July 3, 2020
David Prins davidp Player Team Heretics July 31, 2020

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Royal Never Give Up		 Mid-Season Invitational winner
2019		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
Fnatic
Fnatic		 League of Legends European Championship winner
Spring 2016 – Summer 2017
Spring 2019 – present		 Succeeded by
Fnatic
incumbent
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