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BIG

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[e][h]BIG
Team Information
Location:
Germany Germany
Region:
Europe Europe
CEO:
Germany Daniel Finkler
Managers:
Germany Christian Lenz
In-Game Leader:
Germany tabseN
Coaches:
Germany LEGIJA
Total Winnings:
$1,266,799.71
Links
History
Founded:
: 2017-01-02
: 2017-01-02
Upcoming Matches
NIP Ninjas in Pyjamas vs BIG BIG
September 20, 2021 - 17:30 UTC
Upcoming Tournaments
BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2021
ONGOING!
Sep 16 - 26
Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Fall: Europe
2021-09-29 00:00:00 UTC
Sep 29 - Oct 10
Funspark ULTI 2021
2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC
Dec 01


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]

  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
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  • January 2nd - Former NRG trio Fatih "gob b" Dayik, Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić and Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz announce that they have created a new team called BIG; they also recruit nex and keev to finalize the roster. [1]
  • February 19th - BIG announce the signing of kakafu as their coach. [2]
  • February 1st - smooya steps down from the active roster; nex returns. [8]
  • May 15th - BIG bench nex due to ongoing health issues and replace him with denis. [9]
  • August 2nd - gob b retires to take a managerial role within BIG. smooya and nex are brought back to the lineup while denis is benched. LEGIJA stands-in for nex until he fully recovers. Additionally, kakafu steps down as coach. [10][11]
  • August 15th - BIG unveil tow b as their new coach. [12]
  • September 1st - denis is acquired by Sprout. [13]
  • January 1st - BIG revamp their roster with the addition of syrsoN and k1to, replacing nex and smooya. gob b replaces LEGIJA as the head of the team. [14]
  • September 1st - zonixx transitions into being a VALORANT player for BIG. [15]
  • September 28th - XANTARES signs a one-year contract extension with BIG, keeping him tied to the organization until the end of 2021. [16]
  • October 6th - BIG sign DuDe as an assistant coach. [17]

Player Roster[edit]

Active[edit]

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

Inactive[edit]

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

Former[edit]

Former Players
ID Name Join Date
Inactive Date Leave Date New Team
Turkey XANTARES İsmailcan Dörtkardeş 2018-12-23 [7] 2021-08-01 [20] 2021-08-13 [21][22] Eternal Fire Eternal Fire
Germany tow b (Coach) Tobias Herberhold 2019-08-15 [12] 2021-01-09 [18]
Inactivity
Germany nex Johannes Maget 2017-01-02 [1][7][8][9][11] 2020-01-01 [14]
Inactivity
United Kingdom smooya Owen Butterfield 2018-04-21 [6][8][11] 2020-01-01 [14] Chaos Esports Club Chaos Esports Club
Germany denis Denis Howell 2019-05-15 [9] 2019-09-01 [13] Sprout Sprout
Austria kakafu (Coach) Alexander Szymanczyk 2018-12-?? [2][3] 2019-08-02 [11] Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love (Coach)
Germany LEGIJA (Coach) Nikola Ninić 2019-05-?? [24] 2019-08-02 [11] BIG BIG (Head of CS:GO)
Germany gob b In-Game Leader Fatih Dayik 2017-01-02 [1] 2019-08-02 [10] BIG BIG (Manager)
Germany LEGIJA (Coach) Nikola Ninić 2018-02-05 [3] 2018-12-?? BIG BIG (Head of CS:GO)
Germany luckeRRR (Trial) EYES ON U Niels Jasiek 2018-02-11 [4] 2018-04-03 [5] Fnatic Academy Fnatic Academy
Germany keev Kevin Bartholomäus 2017-01-02 [1] 2018-02-05 [3]
Inactivity
Austria kakafu (Coach) Alexander Szymanczyk 2017-02-19 [2] 2018-02-05 [3] BIG BIG (Analyst)
Germany LEGIJA Nikola Ninić 2017-01-02 [1] 2018-02-05 [3] BIG BIG (Coach, Head of CS:GO)
Notable Temporary Stand-ins
ID Name Replacing ID Name Tournament(s)
Germany LEGIJA  BIG Nikola Ninić
Turkey XANTARES İsmailcan Dörtkardeş Intel Extreme Masters IEM Sydney 2019
Austria kakafu (Coach) BIG Alexander Szymanczyk
Germany LEGIJA Nikola Ninić ELEAGUE ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational 2019

Organization[edit]

Active[edit]

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

Former[edit]

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

Results[edit]

  • Achievements
  • Recent Matches
DatePlacementTierTypeTournamentResultPrize
2021-04-26A11stA2A-TierOnlineFunspark ULTIFunspark ULTI 20203 : 2Extra Salt$150,000
2021-02-06A1A31st - 3rdA1S-TierOnlineBLAST PremierBLAST Premier: Spring Groups 20212 : 0Ninjas in Pyjamas$25,000
2020-12-19A3A43rd - 4thA1S-TierOnlineIEMIntel Extreme Masters XV - Global Challenge0 : 2Team Liquid$50,000
2020-08-16A11stA2A-TierOnlineDreamHack OpenDreamHack Open Summer 2020: Europe2 : 0Heroic$35,000
2020-07-05A11stA2A-TierOnlineThe Summitcs_summit 6 Online: Europe3 : 2Team Vitality$34,000
2020-06-14A11stA1S-TierOnlineDreamHack MastersDreamHack Masters Spring 2020: Europe3 : 2G2 Esports$54,000
2020-01-26A11stA2A-TierOfflineDreamHack OpenDreamHack Open Leipzig 20202 : 0Renegades$50,000
2018-07-08A22ndA1S-TierOfflineESL OneESL One: Cologne 20181 : 3Natus Vincere$50,000
2018-05-13A11stA2A-TierOfflineESEAESEA Season 27: Global Challenge2 : 0Team SpiritTeam Spirit$18,000
2017-06-18A11stA2A-TierOfflineMinor ChampionshipEurope Minor Championship - Kraków 20172 : 0PENTA Sports$30,000
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament
DateTimeTierTypeTournamentScorevs. Team
2021-09-0712:15 CEST
A2A-Tier
 OnlinePinnacle Fall Series #1Pinnacle Fall Series #10 : 2SKADE SKADE
2021-08-3120:00 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OnlineESL Pro League Season 14ESL Pro League Season 141 : 2mousesports mouz
2021-08-3020:00 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OnlineESL Pro League Season 14ESL Pro League Season 140 : 2FaZe Clan FaZe
2021-08-2913:30 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OnlineESL Pro League Season 14ESL Pro League Season 142 : 0Natus Vincere NAVI
2021-08-2813:30 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OnlineESL Pro League Season 14ESL Pro League Season 141 : 2Fnatic Fnatic
2021-08-2713:30 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OnlineESL Pro League Season 14ESL Pro League Season 142 : 0Evil Geniuses EG
2021-07-1116:45 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OfflineIntel Extreme Masters XVI - CologneIntel Extreme Masters XVI - Cologne0 : 2Virtus.pro VP
2021-07-1016:45 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OfflineIntel Extreme Masters XVI - CologneIntel Extreme Masters XVI - Cologne2 : 0Team Liquid Liquid
2021-07-0920:40 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OfflineIntel Extreme Masters XVI - CologneIntel Extreme Masters XVI - Cologne1 : 2G2 Esports G2
2021-07-0817:30 CEST
A1S-Tier
 OfflineIntel Extreme Masters XVI - CologneIntel Extreme Masters XVI - Cologne2 : 0Virtus.pro VP
Complete List of Matches in Any Tournament

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 MIRAA (2017-01-02). "ex-NRG trio create BIG". HLTV.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "We are proud to announce our new coach". BIG. 2016-02-19.
  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.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dustin Steiner (2018-02-11). "tiziaN Joins BIG, Becomes Most Expensive Player in German CS". Unikrn.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "UPDATE: EPL playoffs with LEGIJA". BIG. 2018-04-03.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "BIG joins forces with smooya". BIG. 2018-04-21.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "CS:GO Update – Welcome İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş". BIG. 2018-12-23.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Goodbye Smooya". BIG. 2019-02-01.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Denis "denis" Howell". BIG. 2019-05-15.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "BIG & gob b: A new chapter". BIG. 2019-08-02.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "Roster update". BIG. 2019-08-02.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Tobias "tow b" Herberhold". BIG. 2019-08-15.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sprout (2019-09-01). "We warmly welcome back home the Sprout-Veteran @denisCSGO".
  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!".
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 BIG (2020-09-01). "It's no secret, there is only one who can round out our @valorantde roster...".
  16. ↑ "XANTARES extends with BIG". BIG. 2020-09-28.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "CS:GO Update – Welcome Dustin “DuDe” Großmann". BIG. 2020-10-06.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "CS:GO Update – Tobias “tow b” Herberhold steps down". BIG. 2021-01-09.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "BIG signs Nicklas “gade” Gade". BIG. 2021-07-31.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "XANTARES moves to BIG transfer list". BIG. 2021-08-01.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "BIG release XANTARES from contract". BIG. 2021-08-13.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Eternal Fire (2021-08-13). "Hulk gerçek!" [Hulk is real!] (in Turkey Turkish).
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Christian Lenz (2021-09-15). "Lenz confirmed".
  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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