R6 - BLAST Major 11/11 19:25 - Soniqs v G2 Esports 2-0
R6 - BLAST Major 11/11 01:25 - SCARZ v G2 Esports 1-0
R6 - BLAST Major 11/10 19:15 - Team Liquid v G2 Esports 1-0
R6 - BLAST Major 11/08 17:00 - G2 Esports v Black Dragons 2-0
R6 - BLAST Major 11/07 15:00 - G2 Esports v CAG Osaka 2-1
CS2 - Blast Premier World Final 11/03 09:00 - Team Spirit v G2 Esports 0-3
CS2 - Blast Premier World Final 11/02 08:30 - G2 v Team Vitality 2-1
CS2 - Blast Premier World Final 10/31 14:30 - G2 Esports v Team Spirit 2-0
CS2 - Blast Premier World Final 10/30 11:25 - Team Liquid v G2 Esports 1-2
CS2 - Blast Premier World Final 10/30 10:45 - G2 Esports v Team Liquid 2-1
VALORANT - VCT Spotlight Series EMEA 10/24 12:00 - G2 Esports v GIANTX View
R6 - EUL LCQ 10/16 20:00 - ENCE v G2 Esports 0-2
R6 - EUL LCQ 10/16 16:30 - G2 Esports v Into the Breach 2-1
R6 - EUL LCQ 10/15 18:35 - G2 Esports v Project X 2-0
VALORANT - VCT Spotlight Series EMEA 10/13 16:00 - G2 Esports v NASR Esports View
LOL - World Champs 10/13 15:00 - G2 Esports v Bilibili Gaming 1-2
VALORANT - VCT Spotlight Series EMEA 10/12 16:00 - G2 Esports v Karmine Corp View
VALORANT - VCT Spotlight Series EMEA 10/11 16:00 - G2 Esports v Team Zerance View
LOL - World Champs 10/11 12:00 - G2 Esports v T1 0-2
CS2 - IEM Rio 10/08 16:30 - G2 v Eternal Fire 0-2
CS2 - IEM Rio 10/07 16:00 - HEROIC v G2 Esports 1-0
CS2 - IEM Rio 10/07 16:00 - G2 Esports v HEROIC 2-9
R6 - EUL 10/07 14:00 - G2 Esports v WYLDE 2-1
LOL - World Champs 10/06 14:50 - Weibo Gaming v G2 Esports 0-1
LOL - World Champs 10/04 13:55 - G2 Esports v Hanwha Life Esports 0-1
LOL - World Champs 10/03 19:20 - G2 Esports v paiN Gaming 1-0
R6 - EUL 10/01 16:00 - G2 Esports v Virtus.pro 0-2
CS2 - Blast Premier Fall Final 09/29 14:00 1 G2 Esports v Natus Vincere 3-1
CS2 - Blast Premier Fall Final 09/28 14:00 1 Team Vitality v G2 Esports 1-2
CS2 - Blast Premier Fall Final 09/27 14:00 1 G2 Esports v Team Spirit 2-0

Wikipedia - G2 Esports

G2 Esports (or simply G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in League of Legends, Valorant, Counter-Strike 2, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, and iRacing. The organization was founded in Spain on 24 February 2014 as Gamers2 by former League of Legends pro Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago and investor Jens Hilgers. The organization rebranded as G2 Esports on 15 October 2015.

G2's League of Legends team competes in the League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), the highest level of competitive League of Legends in Europe. The team has won fifteen domestic titles in Europe, the most of any organization, and became the only Western team to win the Mid-Season Invitational in 2019. The organization's Rainbow Six Siege team competes in the European League (EUL), the highest level of competitive Rainbow Six Siege in Europe. The team won two World Championships, the only team to do so. First in 2019 by defeating Team Empire at the Six Invitational 2019 final and second at the Six Invitational 2023 following a lower bracket run to the final. The CS:GO team holds the second longest LAN map winning streak at 22 as well as being one of three teams that has won Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Katowice and Cologne in the same year.

G2 are also members of the Esports World Cup Foundation Club Support Program, funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which gives teams monetary rewards for painting the Esports World Cup tournament series in a positive light and driving engagement to the tournament, which is seen to some as a sportswashing tool that Saudi Arabia is using to distract the public from their poor human rights record.

History

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, Mid laner Carlos "Ocelote" Rodríguez, AD carry Soler "Yuuki60" Florent, and support Hugo "Dioud" Padioleau.

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.

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 Final Cup Spring Split.[]

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

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

G2 roster holding the 2016 EU LCS Summer trophy

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 at a disadvantage in the tournament.

G2 performed well in 2018 and got much further at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship than expected for a team considered an underdog, making it all the way to the Semifinals match. G2 lost to eventual world champion Invictus Gaming in the semis. Something the G2 team of 2018 was known for was unconventional picks in the bot lane; their AD carry Hjarnan was a rare Heimerdinger player.

G2 retooled their team for the 2019 season, releasing their bottom lane duo of Hjarnan and Wadid, and signing Mikyx as a new support and acquiring Caps as their new midlaner from their regional rival Fnatic. Since the team now had two midlaners, Perkz was sent to the bottom lane to role swap to AD carry. G2 became the first team to be crowned LEC champions after they won its inaugural split post name change from EU LCS on 14 April 2019, in a 3–0 sweep against Origen.

G2 holding the 2019 MSI trophy

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. 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.

At the 2019 World Championship, G2 finished runner-up, losing to Chinese team FunPlus Phoenix in the grand finals.

In the 2020 LEC Spring Split, Perkz and Caps role-swapped for the split after Perkz expressed a desire to play mid lane again. G2 came first in the regular season, but lost their first playoff match against MAD Lions, resulting in a drop to the loser's bracket. 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. In Summer, G2 made it to the LEC playoffs; they lost to Fnatic 3–2 in the winner's bracket finals, but defeated Rogue in the loser's bracket finals and then defeated Fnatic in the Grand Finals rematch 3–0 to win the split. At the 2020 League of Legends World Championship, G2 made it to the semifinals, but were eliminated by eventual champion Damwon Gaming and finished in 3rd/4th place.

G2 revamped its roster for the 2021 LEC season, notably with trading longtime team captain Perkz to Cloud9 and acquiring Martin "Rekkles" Larson from Fnatic. While G2 finished at the top of the standings after the regular season of the 2021 Spring Split with a 14–4 record, they failed to win in the playoffs, first losing to MAD Lions, and then being eliminated by Rogue in the lower bracket. The team finished in second place in the regular season of the 2021 Summer Split, but lost to MAD Lions in the playoffs once again and were sent to the loser's bracket. There, they faced Rekkles's old team and long-time LEC rival Fnatic, and were defeated, eliminated G2 from contention. As a result, G2 failed to earn one of the LEC's three slots at Worlds, and 2021 marked the first year G2 failed to qualify for Worlds since joining the EU LCS in 2016.

For the 2022 LEC season, G2 released Grabbz, Rekkles, Wunder, and Mikyx. Dylan Falco and BrokenBlade were acquired from the disbanding Schalke 04 Esports as the new head coach and top laner. Flakked and Targamas were acquired and promoted from non-LEC European leagues for the bottom lane. G2 finished fourth place in the Spring Split regular season with an 11–7 record and lost to Fnatic in their initial upper bracket playoff match. However, they went on to win out in the lower bracket, defeating Vitality, Misfits, Fnatic (in a rematch), and Rogue in 3–0 matches. This qualified them as the LEC representative at the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational. There, G2 initially performed strongly, sweeping ORDER and Evil Geniuses in the group stage, and getting a strong 4–0 start in the "rumble" stage. Including the LEC playoffs, G2 had gone on a 24-game winning streak. The streak was broken with a loss to PSG Talon, however, and G2 finished the rumble stage 5–5. Their record qualified them for the semifinals, but G2 was defeated by the LCK representative T1 in a decisive 3–0 sweep. Following the elimination from the World Championship, Jankos revealed to be parting ways with the G2 Esports organization, ending a 5-year partnership with the team.

On 1 September 2022.G2 announced a full female League of Legends teams called G2 Hel.

G2 revamped its roster again for the 2023 LEC season, G2 signed Yike from LDLC OL and Hans Sama from Team Liquid. Mikyx also returned to G2 from Excel Esports. The team took the tournament from 4th place in the regular season, after which they confidently closed the group stage with a score of 2-0 in Group B. G2 Esports won the 2023 LEC Season Finals with a 3–1 victory over Fnatic, marking their second domestic title of the year after their LEC Winter win. As a result, G2 Esports would represent the EMEA region as the first seed at the 2023 League of Legends World Championship. At worlds G2 started off strong with wins against Dplus KIA and Weibo going 2-0 and requiring one more win to play-offs. However G2 would end up losing against Gen.G, NRG Esports and would then be eliminated by Bilibili Gaming. Despite the loss G2 announced that they wouldn't make any roster changes for the 2024 LEC Season.

For 2024 season, G2 won both Spring and Summer, because of this they represented LEC as the first seed at the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational. There they would lose to T1 in a 5-game series and be sent to the lower bracket.G2 would pick up 3-0 wins against PCSs PSG Talon and LPLs Top Esports before getting 3-0'd by T1 in a rematch to finish 4th place. G2 would go on to win the remaining LEC events, Summer and Finals, to complete the first LEC Grand Slam in the new LEC format.Of course with the Season Finals win, G2 represented LEC at 2024 League of Legends World Championship as their first seed.However at Worlds, G2 would finish 2-3 in Swiss Stage being knocked out again by Bilibili Gaming.