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Team Information

Location:

Spain
France

Region:

 Europe

Coaches:

Jérôme "NiaK" Sudries

CEO:

Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago

Manager:

Jérôme "NiaK" Sudries

Team Captain:

Nathan "NBK" Schmitt

Sponsor:

Logitech G
HyperX
NEEDforSEAT
paysafecard
Vodafone
AOC

Total Earnings:

$1,338,894

Games:

Global Offensive

Links

History

Created:

Organization: 2013-11
 : 2015-02-11

G2 Esports (formerly known as Gamers2) is a Spanish professional esports organization located in Madrid, Spain. The organization also hosts squads in League of Legends, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Vainglory, Paladins, PUBG and Super Smash Bros.

History

Founding and First Counter-Strike team (2015 February - 2015 August)

G2 Esports was founded in November 2013 by Carlos "ocelote" Rodriguez. The organisation gained their first Counter-Strike roster by signing the roster of ex-ESC Gaming on February 11th 2015. With the polish squad consisting of innocent, SZPERO, mouz, rallen and MINISE, whilst still being known as Gamers2. Nearly 2 months after signing, MINISE was replaced by former teammate MICHU. However, only 13 days later, rallen was replaced by a returning MINISE. The core stayed the same, with only dArk and later ex-Golden Five member Loord joining the team as coaches.

The roster saw very poor results. They failed to qualify for the first Major of 2015, ESL One: Katowice 2015, placing 13th - 16th after failing to win any of their matches. The team's only win during their stint playing for Gamers2 was at GamePlan Pro League, a minor event. Shortly after this, on the 3rd of August 2015, G2 parted ways with their Polish roster, which saw all the players - besides mouz - sign for Dobry&Gaming.

Second Counter-Strike team (2015 September - 2016 January)

On the 11th of September 2015, after many rumours, it was announced to the public via HLTV.org that the former roster of Team Kinguin, consisting of ScreaM, rain, Maikelele, fox and dennis was to play for the organisation under the name G2.Kinguin. The team played one event at Dreamhack Open London and placed 5th-6th after going 1-2 in groups, dropping out with a loss to Copenhagen Wolves in the decider match. After this, ScreaM was acquired by Titan on September 23rd, only 12 days after joining the team. His replacement was jkaem, who joined the team from Copenhagen Wolves on September 30th 2015. Their only event with this roster however was the 8th season of CEVO Professional - Europe, where the team placed 4th after having to use pauf as a stand in. On October 14th of the same year, the organisation parted with their coach LEGIJA and a day later, the organisation officially re-branded to G2 Esports.

The team's next challenge was the third major of 2015, Dreamhack Open Cluj-Napoca. Team Kinguin had made the playoffs of ESL One: Cologne 2015, and so kept their legend spot for the next major. Their group opponents were Team SoloMid, mousesports and FlipSid3 Tactics. G2 made it out through the group stage of the tournament after defeating mousesports 16-8 in the opening Bo1, and then again in the concluding Bo3 with a 2-1 score, following a loss to TSM. Now in the quarter-finals, G2 were matched against the Polish powerhouse, Virtus.pro. They started off well, closing out their map choice of Cache convincingly with a final scoreline of 16-10. In the next map - Train - Virtus.pro took the match all the way to overtime, but after 32 kills from fox and 30 from jkaem, G2 closed out the map with a final score of 19-17. In the semi finals, G2 met the Frenchmen of Team EnVyUs, who had just taken out Swedish favourites Fnatic in the quarter finals. G2 took the first map on Dust 2, with a score of 16-10, but after losing out in overtime on Inferno 25-21, the momentum of the Frenchmen was too much for them and they lost 7-16 on Cache, a favourite map of the Frenchmen.

11 days after the major, Fnatic aquired dennis from the active lineup as a replacement for their former IGL Markus "pronax" Wallsten. Immediately afterwards, aizy was acquired for an undisclosed fee, leaving only 3 players - rain, fox and Maikelele - from the original Kinguin roster.

First French squad (2016 January - 2017 February)

On the 20th of January 2016, the entire lineup was acquired by FaZe Clan for a reported amount of $700,000 USD. Only 12 days later, on February 1st, G2 acquired the French former lineup of Titan, who bid farewell to their team on January 11th. During that period, the former squad of Titan had stuck together alongside manager NiaK, and played under the names Ex-Titan and NoKappa until signing for G2.

The first event for the team was the Global eSports Cup in Vilnuis, Lithuania. The team placed a shaky 5th-6th after making it to the quarter finals, but failing to beat North American side Counter Logic Gaming, despite being the favourites. The next tournament for G2 was ESL Expo Barcelona. The team managed a respectable third place, after being beaten by Swedish side Fnatic twice consecutively on the final day, due to the tournaments lack of play-offs and unusual Bo1 format. The first event for the French side after Barcelona was at the MLG Columbus Qualifier. G2 were placed in Group A, alongside FlipSid3 Tactics, Tempo Storm and Selfless Gaming. The Frenchmen were able to take two consecutive Bo1 victories over Tempo Storm on Dust II and FlipSid3 Tactics on Inferno to secure a 3rd seed for the group stage of MLG Columbus 2016.

At the Major, the team saw themselves in the middle of group D, described as "The group of death", which consisted of G2, Natus Vincere, Virtus.pro and Cloud9. G2's opening match against Virtus.pro was a disaster as they were crushed 16-1 by the plow. In their next match, they faced American hopefuls Cloud9, where they redeemed themselves and eliminated the Americans with a convincing win 16-3 on Dust II. In the decider Bo3 match, they once again faced Virtus.pro. The first map was again Train, where the Frenchmen lost once again, but showed a strong performance which bought the scoreline up to 9-16. The next map was Inferno, where an amazing match from ScreaM allowed G2 to tie the series. Momentum in hand, the French were looking for a swift victory on the third map, Cobblestone, but Virtus.pro turned the tables and G2 were eliminated from the Major in 9th-12th, after a final scoreline of 7-16.

After a horrible streak of continuous Major group stage eliminations and a string of other shaky results, a roster change was expected by the fans. They were proven right on April 9th 2016, when the team opted to add relatively inexperienced rifler Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro as a replacement for Belgian IGL Kevin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans.

With the acquisition of bodyy the team's future looked brighter. In their first tournament with the new team a disappointing last place at DreamHack Malmö 2016 occurred where they team managed only 10 rounds in their 2 matches. These results would not last. A thrilling best-of-5 against Brazilian power house and Major winners Luminosity Gaming in the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals saw the resurgence from the team and of Scream and Shox. The results didn’t stop there. Their next International tournament ECS Season 1 Saw the team beating Luminosity Gaming in a quick 2-0 fashion. After their huge performance only weeks before the Major in Cologne looked bright. The team was placed in the group of Death yet again. The Group which saw the Brazilians who had recently be transferred to SK Gaming, Fnatic and European all-star’s FaZe Clan. G2 were knocked out 0-2 taking last place at ESL One Cologne 2016. The rest of 2016 saw G2 have up and down results Highs being a second place at StarLadder i-league Season 2 and lows being a 12th-14th at ELEAGUE Atlanta Major.

Second French squad (2017 January - 2018 March)

The team's inconsistent and rocky results coinciding with an equally rocky EnVyUs saw the formation of a new French squad known as “The French Super Team”. With the acquisition of Apex, NBK and kennyS to replace Scream and RpK with Smithzz becoming coach. The team looked like a prime contender for titles. With a slow start the team gained momentum and became a force to be reckoned with. G2 was able to place Consistently top 8. When DreamHack Tours 2017 came along the team was able to take the European Hellraisers in a 2-0 fashion in the final marking G2's first tournament victory with the new squad. Their next tournament showing was at ESL Pro League Season 5 Finals where the team beat North 3-1 in the final. the following months G2's results would be mostly positive and the team was a ruthless contender. A 9th-11th finish at the Major in Poland dampened G2's exceptional previous runs. This result would not dishearten the roster as they bounced back taking first place at DreamHack Malmö 2017 over North. This would be the last final this roster would make as a multitude of average results caused a fracture in the team. The team broke the Major curse at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 finally making a top 8 but were quickly crushed by the eventual major champions in Cloud9. On the 9th of March the team underwent roster changes. Shox who wanted IGL Kevin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans and Smithzz to return in place of Apex and NBK. Shox was cut from the active roster along with Smithzz as coach. The team brought in Spanish hybrid "Óscar "Mixwell" Cañellas" for Shox and NiaK replaced Smithzz as coach.

Timeline

• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
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• February 11th - Gamers2 sign ex-ESC Gaming. innocent, SZPERO, mouz, rallen, and MINISE join.
• April 9th - MINISE is replaced by MICHU.
• April 22nd - rallen is replaced by MINISE - re-sign.
• May 1st - dArk joins in as a coach.
• July 9th - Loord replaces dArk as coach.
• August 3rd - Gamers2 part ways with their CS:GO squad.
• September 11th - Gamers2 sign former Team Kinguin players, ScreaM, rain, Maikelele, fox and dennis.
• September 23th - ScreaM is acquired by Titan.
• September 30th - jkaem joins Gamers2 from Copenhagen Wolves.
• October 14th - Gamers2 part ways with their coach LEGIJA.
• October 15th - Gamers2 rebrand to G2 Esports.
• November 12th - G2 Esports acquires aizy after the departure of dennis to Fnatic, both for undisclosed transfer fees.

• January 20th - The G2 Esports roster is acquired by FaZe Clan. for a reported amount of $700,000.
• February 1st - G2 Esports sign the former roster of Titan
• April 9th - bodyy replaces Ex6TenZ.

• February 3rd - G2 Esports announce a new roster, consisting of shox and bodyy from the previous roster, with NBK-, apEX, and kennyS from Team EnVyUs. SmithZz steps down to coach, with enkay J, moving from EnVyUs to join as head analyst. RpK and ScreaM leave the team.

• March 9th - G2 Esports announce the addition of mixwell, who will be replacing shox on trial starting after his run in WESG 2017. SmithZz also steps down as coach, after expressing his desire to return to playing, resulting in manager NiaK taking over. Both SmithZz and shox move to the bench.

Player Roster

Active

Active Squad
	ID	Name	Join Date
	bodyy	Alexandre Pianaro	2016-04-09
	NBK-	Nathan Schmitt	2017-02-03
	kennyS	Kenny Schrub	2017-02-03
	apEX	Dan Madesclaire	2017-02-03
	mixwell (Trial)	Óscar Cañellas	2018-03-09
	NiaK (Coach)	Jérôme Sudries	2018-03-09

Inactive

Inactive Players
	ID	Name	Join Date	Inactive Date
	shox	Richard Papillon	2016-02-01	2018-03-09
	SmithZz (Coach)	Edouard Dubourdeaux	2017-02-03	2018-03-09

Former

Former Players
	ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
	SmithZz	Edouard Dubourdeaux	2016-02-01	2017-02-03	G2 Esports
	RpK	Cedric Guipouy	2016-02-01	2017-02-03	Team EnVyUs
	ScreaM	Adil Benrlitom	2016-02-01	2017-02-03	Team EnVyUs
	Ex6TenZ	Kevin Droolans	2016-02-01	2016-04-09	Team LDLC.com

Temporary stand-ins
	ID	Name	Replacing		ID	Name	Tournament(s)
	Fuks	Simon Florysiak			RpK	Cédric Guipouy	ELEAGUE Season 1 - Last Chance Qualifier

2015 European Squad
	ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
	Maikelele	Mikail Bill	2015-09-11	2016-01-20	FaZe Clan
	rain	Håvard Nygaard	2015-09-11	2016-01-20	FaZe Clan
	fox	Ricardo Pacheco	2015-09-11	2016-01-20	FaZe Clan
	jkaem	Joakim Myrbostad	2015-09-30	2016-01-20	FaZe Clan
	aizy	Philip Aistrup	2015-11-12	2016-01-20	FaZe Clan

Former Players
	ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
	dennis	Dennis Edman	2015-09-11	2015-11-12	Fnatic
	LEGIJA (Coach)	Nikola Ninic	2015-09-11	2015-10-14	Ex-Method
	ScreaM	Adil Benrlitom	2015-09-11	2015-09-23	Titan

Temporary stand-ins
	ID	Name	Replacing		ID	Name	Tournament(s)
	RobbaN	Robert Dahlström			jkaem	Joakim Myrbostad	Acer Predator Masters Season 2
	RUBINO	Ruben Villarroel			jkaem	Joakim Myrbostad	Fragbite Masters Season 5
	RUBINO	Ruben Villarroel			fox	Ricardo Pacheco	StarLadder i-League StarSeries XIV
	mUttt	Christopher Fernandes			rain	Håvard Nygaard	StarLadder i-League StarSeries XIV
	twist	Simon Eliasson	None				FACEIT League 2015 Stage 3
	flusha	Robin Rönnquist	None				CEVO Professional Season 8
	olofmeister	Olof Kajbjer	None				CEVO Professional Season 8
	pauf	Mathias Köhler	None				CEVO Professional Season 8

2015 Polish Squad
	ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
	innocent	Paweł Mocek	2015-02-11	2015-08-03	Dobry&Gaming
	SZPERO	Grzegorz Dziamałek	2015-02-11	2015-08-03	Dobry&Gaming
	mouz	Mikołaj Karolewski	2015-02-11	2015-08-03	Lounge Gaming
	MICHU	Michał Müller	2015-04-09	2015-08-03	Dobry&Gaming
	MINISE	Jacek Jeziak	2015-04-22	2015-08-03	Dobry&Gaming
	Loord (Coach)	Mariusz Cybulski	2015-07-09	2015-08-03	Dobry&Gaming

Former Players
	ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
	dArk (Coach)	Sebastian Babiński	2015-05-01	2015-07-09	Klanowa Nazwa Robocza
	rallen	Karol Rodowicz	2015-02-11	2015-04-22	ESC Gaming
	MINISE	Jacek Jeziak	2015-02-11	2015-04-09	Gamers2

Organization

Active

Organization
	ID	Name	Position	Join Date
	ocelote	Carlos Rodriguez	Founder & Chief Executive Officer
		Jens Hilgers	Co-Owner
	NiaK	Jérôme Sudries	Coach & Manager	2016-02-01
		Jamie Bach	Chief Operating Officer
	enkay J	Niclas Krumhorn	Analyst	2017-02-03

Team achievements

Date	Placement	Tier	Tournament		Results		Prize
2018-01-26	A55 - 8th	A1Premier		ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018	0 : 2		$35,000
2017-10-29	A33rd	A1Premier		EPICENTER 2017	2 : 1		$60,000
2017-09-03	A11st	A1Premier		DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017	2 : 0		$100,000
2017-06-24	A55 - 6th	A1Premier		Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals	0 : 2		$45,000
2017-06-04	A11st	A1Premier		ESL Pro League Season 5 - Finals	3 : 1		$225,000
2017-05-08	A11st	A2Major		DreamHack Open Tours 2017	2 : 0		$50,000
2016-09-11	A22nd	A1Premier		StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2	0 : 2		$50,000
2016-06-26	A11st	A1Premier		Esports Championship Series Season 1 - Finals	2 : 0		$250,000
2016-05-15	A22nd	A1Premier		ESL Pro League Season 3 - Finals	2 : 3		$90,000
2015-11-01	A33rd - 4th	A1Premier		DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015	1 : 2		$22,000
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Gallery

Rosters

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  G2 Esports at DreamHack Austin 2017
  From left to right: bodyy, apEX , shox, NBK , kennyS

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  G2 Esports at DH Masters Malmö 2016
  From left to right: ScreaM, shox, SmithZz, bodyy, RpK

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  G2 Esports at DH Cluj-Napoca 2015
  From left to right: rain, Maikelele, fox, dennis, jkaem

Logos

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  Original logo prior to October 15th, 2015

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  Lighter logo used prior to 2018