BIG

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Team Information

Location:

Germany

Region:

Europe

CEO:

Daniel Finkler

Managers:

Christian Lenz

In-Game Leader:

tabseN

Coaches:

LEGIJA

Sponsors:

Betway
SkinBaron
CORSAIR
Backforce
Red Bull
OMEN
Babbel
LeetDesk

Total Winnings:

$1,315,927.86

Games:

Global Offensive

Links

History

Founded:

: 2017-01-02

Upcoming Matches

MIBR	vs	BIG
October 20, 2021 - 13:00 UTC Battle of Betway #2

NIP	vs	BIG
October 20, 2021 - 14:00 UTC Battle of Betway #2

BIG	vs	G2
October 20, 2021 - 15:00 UTC Battle of Betway #2

BIG	vs	FURIA
October 20, 2021 - 16:00 UTC Battle of Betway #2

Upcoming Tournaments

Battle of Betway #2
2021-10-20 00:00:00 UTC Oct 20

PGL Major Stockholm 2021
2021-10-26 00:00:00 UTC Oct 26 - Nov 07

DreamHack Open November 2021
2021-11-10 00:00:00 UTC Nov 10 - 14

V4 Future Sports Festival - Budapest 2021
2021-11-14 00:00:00 UTC Nov 14 - 21

BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021
2021-11-24 00:00:00 UTC Nov 24 - 28

Funspark ULTI 2021
2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC Dec 01

Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Winter
2021-12-02 00:00:00 UTC Dec 02 - 12

BIG (abbreviation for Berlin International Gaming) is a German esports organization formed in 2017 by the former NRG Esports players Fatih "gob b" Dayik, Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić and Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz.

Timeline[edit]

Player Roster[edit]

Active[edit]


ID	Name	Join Date
tabseN	Johannes Wodarz	2017-01-02 ^[1]
tiziaN	Tizian Feldbusch	2018-02-11 ^[4]
syrsoN	Florian Rische	2020-01-01 ^[14]
k1to	Nils Gruhne	2020-01-01 ^[14]
gade	Nicklas Gade	2021-07-31 ^[19]
LEGIJA (Interim Coach)	Nikola Ninić	2021-09-15 ^[23]

Inactive[edit]

Inactive Players
	ID	Name	Join Date	Inactive Date
	DuDe (Coach)	Dustin Großmann	2021-01-09 ^[18]	2021-09-15 ^[23]

Former[edit]


ID	Name	Join Date	Inactive Date	Leave Date	New Team
XANTARES	İsmailcan Dörtkardeş	2018-12-23 ^[7]	2021-08-01 ^[20]	2021-08-13 ^[21]^[22]	Eternal Fire
tow b (Coach)	Tobias Herberhold	2019-08-15 ^[12]		2021-01-09 ^[18]	Inactivity
nex	Johannes Maget	2017-01-02 ^[1]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[11]		2020-01-01 ^[14]	Inactivity
smooya	Owen Butterfield	2018-04-21 ^[6]^[8]^[11]		2020-01-01 ^[14]	Chaos Esports Club
denis	Denis Howell	2019-05-15 ^[9]		2019-09-01 ^[13]	Sprout
kakafu (Coach)	Alexander Szymanczyk	2018-12-?? ^[2]^[3]		2019-08-02 ^[11]	Unicorns of Love (Coach)
LEGIJA (Coach)	Nikola Ninić	2019-05-?? ^[24]		2019-08-02 ^[11]	BIG (Head of CS:GO)
gob b	Fatih Dayik	2017-01-02 ^[1]		2019-08-02 ^[10]	BIG (Manager)
LEGIJA (Coach)	Nikola Ninić	2018-02-05 ^[3]		2018-12-??	BIG (Head of CS:GO)
luckeRRR (Trial)	Niels Jasiek	2018-02-11 ^[4]		2018-04-03 ^[5]	Fnatic Academy
keev	Kevin Bartholomäus	2017-01-02 ^[1]		2018-02-05 ^[3]	Inactivity
kakafu (Coach)	Alexander Szymanczyk	2017-02-19 ^[2]		2018-02-05 ^[3]	BIG (Analyst)
LEGIJA	Nikola Ninić	2017-01-02 ^[1]		2018-02-05 ^[3]	BIG (Coach, Head of CS:GO)


ID	Name	Replacing	ID	Name	Tournament(s)
LEGIJA	Nikola Ninić		XANTARES	İsmailcan Dörtkardeş	IEM Sydney 2019
kakafu (Coach)	Alexander Szymanczyk		LEGIJA	Nikola Ninić	ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational 2019

Organization[edit]

Active[edit]


ID	Name	Position	Join Date
	Daniel Finkler	CEO, Co-Owner	2017-01-02
	Yilmaz Ozan	Co-Founder	2017-01-02
	Tom Jang Lemke	Co-Founder	2017-01-02
	Christian Lenz	CGO	2017-01-02
PHILIAN	Philipp Neubauer	CMO	2018-01-01
Draulon	Balázs Lengyel	CDO	2018-04-16 ^[25]
gob b	Fatih Dayik	Head of CS:GO	2020-01-01 ^[14]

Former[edit]


ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Organization
LEGIJA	Nikola Ninić	Assistant Coach	2021-05-??	2021-09-15 ^[23]	BIG (Interim Coach)
DuDe	Dustin Großmann	Assistant Coach	2020-10-06 ^[17]	2021-01-09 ^[18]	BIG (Coach)
zonixx	Michele Köhler	Streamer	2018-03-06 ^[26]	2020-09-01 ^[15]	Retired
LEGIJA	Nikola Ninić	Head of CS:GO	2018-02-05 ^[3]	2020-01-01 ^[14]	Team Envy (Coach)
gob b	Fatih Dayik	Manager	2019-08-02 ^[10]	2020-01-01 ^[14]	BIG (Head of CS:GO)
kakafu	Alexander Szymanczyk	Analyst	2018-02-05 ^[3]	2018-12-??	BIG (Coach)
Kapio	Navid Javadi	Assistant Coach	2017-12-??	2018-02-05 ^[3]	Retired

Results[edit]

Gallery[edit]

BIG at ESL One: Cologne 2019
From left to right:
XANTARES · tabseN · gob b · tiziaN · denis
BIG at IEM Sydney 2019
From left to right:
LEGIJA · tiziaN · gob b · tabseN · nex
BIG at ESL One: Cologne 2018
From left to right:
nex · smooya · gob b · tabseN · tiziaN
BIG at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
From left to right:
tabseN · keev · gob b · nex · LEGIJA
BIG at DreamHack Leipzig 2017
From left to right:
nex · LEGIJA · tabseN · gob b · keev

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 MIRAA (2017-01-02). "ex-NRG trio create BIG". HLTV.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "We are proud to announce our new coach". BIG. 2016-02-19.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 MIRAA (2018-02-05). "LEGIJA steps down from BIG; keev benched". HLTV.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Dustin Steiner (2018-02-11). "tiziaN Joins BIG, Becomes Most Expensive Player in German CS". Unikrn.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "UPDATE: EPL playoffs with LEGIJA". BIG. 2018-04-03.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "BIG joins forces with smooya". BIG. 2018-04-21.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "CS:GO Update – Welcome İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş". BIG. 2018-12-23.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 "Goodbye Smooya". BIG. 2019-02-01.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Denis "denis" Howell". BIG. 2019-05-15.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 "BIG & gob b: A new chapter". BIG. 2019-08-02.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 "Roster update". BIG. 2019-08-02.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Tobias "tow b" Herberhold". BIG. 2019-08-15.
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Sprout (2019-09-01). "We warmly welcome back home the Sprout-Veteran @denisCSGO".
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 ^14.4 ^14.5 ^14.6 ^14.7 BIG (2020-01-01). "With a new year comes a new start. Please give a warm welcome to @syrsoNCSGO and @k1tocs!".
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 BIG (2020-09-01). "It's no secret, there is only one who can round out our @valorantde roster...".
↑ "XANTARES extends with BIG". BIG. 2020-09-28.
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Dustin “DuDe” Großmann". BIG. 2020-10-06.
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 ^18.3 "CS:GO Update – Tobias “tow b” Herberhold steps down". BIG. 2021-01-09.
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 "BIG signs Nicklas “gade” Gade". BIG. 2021-07-31.
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 "XANTARES moves to BIG transfer list". BIG. 2021-08-01.
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 "BIG release XANTARES from contract". BIG. 2021-08-13.
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 Eternal Fire (2021-08-13). "Hulk gerçek!" [Hulk is real!] (in Turkish).
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 ^23.3 Christian Lenz (2021-09-15). "Lenz confirmed".
↑ ^{[Inside Source]}
↑ "As of today, Draulon will be our Chief Digital Officer". BIG. 2020-01-02.
↑ "NEW BIG STREAMER: Michele “zonixx” Köhler". BIG. 2018-03-06.

[BIG_2017-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 MIRAA (2017-01-02). "ex-NRG trio create BIG". HLTV.

[kakafu_joins_BIG-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "We are proud to announce our new coach". BIG. 2016-02-19.

[LEGIJA_steps_down_and_keev_benched-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 MIRAA (2018-02-05). "LEGIJA steps down from BIG; keev benched". HLTV.

[.2BtiziaN_.2BluckeRRR_.28T.29-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Dustin Steiner (2018-02-11). "tiziaN Joins BIG, Becomes Most Expensive Player in German CS". Unikrn.

[luckeRRR_leaves-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "UPDATE: EPL playoffs with LEGIJA". BIG. 2018-04-03.

[smooya_joins-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "BIG joins forces with smooya". BIG. 2018-04-21.

[.2BXANTARES-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "CS:GO Update – Welcome İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş". BIG. 2018-12-23.

[smooya_steps_down.2C_nex_returns-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 "Goodbye Smooya". BIG. 2019-02-01.

[denis_replace_nex-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Denis "denis" Howell". BIG. 2019-05-15.

[gob_b_retirement-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 "BIG & gob b: A new chapter". BIG. 2019-08-02.

[-denis_.2Bsmooya_.2Bnex-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 "Roster update". BIG. 2019-08-02.

[BIG_unveil_tow_b_as_coach-12] 12.0 ^12.1 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Tobias "tow b" Herberhold". BIG. 2019-08-15.

[denis_joins_Sprout-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Sprout (2019-09-01). "We warmly welcome back home the Sprout-Veteran @denisCSGO".

[BIG_2020-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 ^14.4 ^14.5 ^14.6 ^14.7 BIG (2020-01-01). "With a new year comes a new start. Please give a warm welcome to @syrsoNCSGO and @k1tocs!".

[zonixx_joins_valorant-15] 15.0 ^15.1 BIG (2020-09-01). "It's no secret, there is only one who can round out our @valorantde roster...".

[XANTARES_contract-16] "XANTARES extends with BIG". BIG. 2020-09-28.

[.2BDuDe-17] 17.0 ^17.1 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Dustin “DuDe” Großmann". BIG. 2020-10-06.

[-tow_b-18] 18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 ^18.3 "CS:GO Update – Tobias “tow b” Herberhold steps down". BIG. 2021-01-09.

[.2Bgade-19] 19.0 ^19.1 "BIG signs Nicklas “gade” Gade". BIG. 2021-07-31.

[XANTARES_bench-20] 20.0 ^20.1 "XANTARES moves to BIG transfer list". BIG. 2021-08-01.

[-XANTARES-21] 21.0 ^21.1 "BIG release XANTARES from contract". BIG. 2021-08-13.

[EF-22] 22.0 ^22.1 Eternal Fire (2021-08-13). "Hulk gerçek!" [Hulk is real!] (in Turkish).

[DuDe_personal_leave-23] 23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 ^23.3 Christian Lenz (2021-09-15). "Lenz confirmed".

[legija_dual_coach-24] ^{[Inside Source]}

[25] "As of today, Draulon will be our Chief Digital Officer". BIG. 2020-01-02.

[26] "NEW BIG STREAMER: Michele “zonixx” Köhler". BIG. 2018-03-06.

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Date	Placement	Tier	Type		Result	Prize
2021-04-26	A11st	A2A-Tier	Online	Funspark ULTI 2020	3 : 2	$150,000
2021-02-06	A1A31st - 3rd	A1S-Tier	Online	BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2021	2 : 0	$25,000
2020-12-19	A3A43rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Online	Intel Extreme Masters XV - Global Challenge	0 : 2	$50,000
2020-08-16	A11st	A2A-Tier	Online	DreamHack Open Summer 2020: Europe	2 : 0	$35,000
2020-07-05	A11st	A2A-Tier	Online	cs_summit 6 Online: Europe	3 : 2	$34,000
2020-06-14	A11st	A1S-Tier	Online	DreamHack Masters Spring 2020: Europe	3 : 2	$54,000
2020-01-26	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline	DreamHack Open Leipzig 2020	2 : 0	$50,000
2018-07-08	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL One: Cologne 2018	1 : 3	$50,000
2018-05-13	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline	ESEA Season 27: Global Challenge	2 : 0	$18,000
2017-06-18	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline	Europe Minor Championship - Kraków 2017	2 : 0	$30,000
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Date	Time	Tier	Type			Score	vs. Team
2021-10-13	20:30 CEST	A2A-Tier	Online	Elisa Invitational Fall 2021	Elisa Invitational Fall 2021	0 : 2	Fiend
2021-10-06	17:00 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	0 : 2	FaZe
2021-10-05	17:00 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	2 : 0	Heroic
2021-10-03	22:25 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	4 : 1	FPX
2021-10-03	21:55 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	4 : 2	mouz
2021-10-03	19:35 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	9 - 16	CPHF
2021-10-02	23:00 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	16 - 14	AURA
2021-10-01	19:00 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	16 - 7	FPX
2021-09-30	22:30 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	8 - 16	G2
2021-09-29	19:25 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe	10 - 16	mouz
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