Team Liquid is a world renowned professional gaming organisation established in 2000. The team began as a Battle.net clan and StarCraft community site, and has since grown into a multifaceted global company with unparalleled reach in the industry.
With over 60 championship caliber athletes in 14 of the world’s top games, Team Liquid is synonymous with success. The team has won the most prize money in the history of esports while amassing trophies across different titles and different countries.
More than just an esports team, Team Liquid is also a media enterprise as they have expanded into other areas within the gaming ecosystem. 1UP Studios, a video content production arm, is a full service production company renowned for its high-quality documentary style filmmaking and creative commercial content. Their wiki network, Liquipedia, is the most widely used resource in all of esports. They also manage some of the gaming space’s most popular names through their influencer management agency, Liquid Media.
Today, Team Liquid continues to lead in both competition and innovation from their headquarters, the Alienware Training Facility, a state-of-the-art esports facility in Los Angeles. With plans for further investments into world class esports athletes, facilities, and infrastructure, Team Liquid stands at the forefront of a thriving new industry.
Total team earnings: $35,206,539 from 1791 tournaments
CS:GO World Ranking: #9
DreamHack Open Summer 2020 North America | August 11, 2020
Liquid 2-0 Chaos Watch >
DreamHack Open Summer 2020 North America | August 8, 2020
Liquid 2–0 Ze Pug Godz Watch >
cs_summit 6 North America - 3rd | July 4, 2020
Liquid 1–2 Gen.G Watch >
cs_summit 6 North America - 3rd | July 4, 2020
Liquid 0–2 Evil Geniuses Watch >
cs_summit 6 North America - 3rd | July 1, 2020
Liquid 2–1 100 Thieves Watch >
FaZe Clan (formerly FaZe Sniping) is a professional esports and entertainment organisation headquartered in Los Angeles, United States. Founded on May 30, 2010, the organisation has players from around the world, across multiple games, including Call of Duty, CS:GO, FIFA, Valorant, Fortnite Battle Royale etc. In 2020, the organisation expanded into the Asian market, acquiring a PUG MOBILE and FIFA online rooster.
World Ranking: #10
CS:GO Earnings: $3,586,529
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Major
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 21, 2020
Faze 2–1 MIBR Watch >
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 19, 2020
Faze 0–2 Heroic Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | July 1, 2020
Faze 2–0 Movistar Riders Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | June 30, 2020
Faze 0–2 Ence Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | June 28, 2020
Faze 0–2 BIG Watch >
Ninjas in Pyjamas (often abbreviated to NiP) is a Swedish esports organization founded in 2000 by Tommy “Potti” Ingemarsson and Tootzi as a LAN-based clan. NiP are now recognised as one of the most renowned professional electronic sports brand in the world. Ninjas in Pyjamas was the first professional esports team to launch their own gaming peripheral company, Xtrfy. The company has grown to become one of the world’s leading gaming hardware companies. NiP is also active in the space of education within the esports industry through several initiatives, some in collaboration with the Swedish government. In addition to this, Ninjas in Pyjamas is also an active shareholder in the clothing company DRKN and founding member of the World Esports Association (WESA).
World Ranking: #13
CS:GO Earnings: $2,807,722
LAN (2018-2019)
MAJOR
Fnatic is a professional esports organisation headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such as Apex Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Heroes of the Storm, League of Legends, PUBG Mobile, and Rainbow Six Siege.
Fnatic’s League of Legends team won the first-ever League of Legends World Championship in 2011, and also holds the record—tied with G2 Esports—for the most League of Legends Championship Series split titles in the LEC, totalling seven of the fifteen played so far (as of May 2020). In the 2015 EU LCS Summer Split they became the first LCS team to finish a split undefeated.
Fnatic’s Counter-Strike team, which has traditionally been located in Sweden, is also considered one of the best in the video game series’ history, having won three Global Offensive Majors and several other tournaments.
World Ranking: #8
Total earnings: $15,497,264
CS:GO earnings: $4,380,237
Major
LAN
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 20, 2020
Fnatic 2–1 Heretics Watch >
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 18, 2020
Fnatic 0–2 Astralis Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | July 3, 2020
Fnatic 1–2 GODSENT Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | July 2, 2020
Fnatic 1–2 Heroic Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | July 1, 2020
Fnatic 0–2 BIG Watch >
Astralis is a Danish esports organisation. The Astralis name was obtained from the original founders of the Finnish team of the same name. The team is focused on the video game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The parent group of Astralis is the Astralis Group, who also owns Origen and Future F.C.
World Ranking: #17
Earnings: $8,216,918
DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 - Europe | June 9, 2020
Astralis 1–2 NIP Watch >
DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 - Europe | May 21, 2020
Astralis 0–2 G2 Watch >
DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 - Europe | May 20, 2020
Astralis 2–0 North Watch >
DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 - Europe | May 19, 2020
Astralis 2–0 Heroic Watch >
Team Vitality is a professional esports organisation founded in August 2013 by Frenchmen Fabien Devide and Nicolas Maurer. It has several teams competing in top-level leagues across Europe. Team Vitality’s main League of Legends team competes in the LEC (formerly EU LCS), which they joined in late 2015 after purchasing Gambit Gaming’s spot.
CS:GO World Ranking: #2
CS:GO Earnings: $3,039,048
LAN
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 22, 2020
Vitality 0–2 Astralis Watch >
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 18, 2020
Vitality 2–0 Heretics Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe - 2nd | July 5, 2020
Vitality 2-3 BIG Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe - 2nd | July 3, 2020
Vitality 2-1 BIG Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe - 2nd | July 1, 2020
Vitality 2-0 OG Watch >
In October 2009, when esports was rapidly gaining popularity, and the number of championships with big prizes kept steadily increasing, a Kazakhstani patron Murat “Arbalet” Zhumashevich announced the idea of creating an esports organization at the Intel Extreme Masters tournament in Dubai.
On December 17, 2009, organization called Natus Vincere (from Latin – born to win) was built around the CS:GO team. It is noteworthy that initially the abbreviation NAVI was borrowed from the film “Avatar”. In 2010, NAVI won 12 medals (8 being gold) and gathered a huge army of fans.
In October 2010, NAVI organization expanded, joining DotA scene.
Na’Vi Counter-Strike team was the first in history to win three premier tournaments—Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup, and World Cyber Games 2010—in one calendar year. Their Dota 2 squad won The International 2011, becoming the most successful esports organization at the time.
CS:GO World Ranking: #4
Total team Earnings: $11,088,989 from 469 tournaments
CS:GO team earnings: $3,718,426
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2011
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ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 23, 2020
Natus Vincere 0-2 Complexity Watch >
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 19, 2020
Natus Vincere 2-1 mousesports Watch >
WePlay! Clutch Island - 1st | June 28, 2020
Natus Vincere 2–0 Spirit Watch >
WePlay! Clutch Island - 1st | June 27, 2020
Natus Vincere 2–1 Virtus.pro Watch >
WePlay! Clutch Island - 1st | June 26, 2020
Natus Vinceres 2–1 Nemiga Watch >
WePlay! Clutch Island - 1st | June 25, 2020
Natus Vincere 2–0 Gambit Youngsters Watch >
WePlay! Clutch Island - 1st | June 24, 2020
Natus Vincere 2–0 Hard Legion Watch >
BIG (abbreviation for Berlin International Gaming) is a German esports organisation formed by the former NRG players Fatih “gob b” Dayik, Nikola “LEGIJA” Ninic and Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz.
Total CS:GO Winnings: $770,588
World CS:GO Ranking #1
Made in Brazil (MIBR) is a professional esports organization with players competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege. It was a member of the G7 Teams. MIBR was founded on March 1, 2003, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, when the Brazilian businessman Paulo Velloso decided to invest in his son’s dream.
World Ranking: #16
CS:GO Earnings: $1,428,940
Major
LAN
ESL One Cologne 2020 | August 21, 2020
MIBR 1–0 Faze Watch >
ESL One Cologne 2020 | August 19, 2020
MIBR 0–2 G2 Watch >
cs_summit 6 North America | June 24, 2020
MIBR 0–2 Furia Watch >
cs_summit 6 North America | June 26, 2020
MIBR 0–2 Liquid Watch >
cs_summit 6 North America Regional Qualifier | July 11, 2020
MIBR 2–1 Triumph Watch >
G2 Esports is one of the leading entertainment assets in esports, bringing together some of the best competitive players in the world and biggest personalities in gaming.
The club was co-founded by legendary League of Legends player-turned-team owner, Carlos ‘ocelote’ Rodriguez, and veteran esports entrepreneur and investor, Jens Hilgers. With decades of experience, G2’s multinational staff elevates the company to the highest levels of performance in every aspect of business in the esports industry.
G2 collaborates with the best partners, creates top-of-the-line merchandise, develops the most entertaining content, and enables its players to surpass any obstacles to spark outstanding performance in the most prominent tournaments and leagues. G2 Esports is, and has been since inception, one of the top-five most successful esports clubs in the world.
CS:GO World Ranking: #5
CS:GO
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 23, 2020
G2 2–1 Heroic Watch >
ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe | August 19, 2020
G2 2–0 MIBR Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | July 1, 2020
Ence 0–2 G2 Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | June 30, 2020
G2 2–1 Movistar Riders Watch >
cs_summit 6 Europe | June 28, 2020
G2 0–2 Fnatic Watch >
