G2 Esports

G2 Esports
Location HQ: Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain
LoL: Berlin
Founded 2014
Manager(s) Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago
Divisions League of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft
Vainglory
FIFA 15
Website http://www.g2esports.com/

G2 Esports, formerly known as Gamers2, is a Spanish esports organization that has teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft. The G2 League team competes in the League of Legends Championship Series Europe. The organization was first announced on February 24, 2014.

G2's LoL team won the 2016 Spring EU LCS.

League of Legends

G2 Esports
Nicknames G2
Sport League of Legends
Founded 2014
League League of Legends Championship Series Europe
Team history Gamers2 (2014-2015)
Based in Berlin
Owner(s) Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago
Manager Luis "Bull" Rivera
Local media Twitch.tv
Riot Games

The team was founded by former SK Gaming mid-laner Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago in 2014 with an initial roster of Top laner Jesper "Jwaow" Strandgren, jungler Sebastián "Morden" Esteban Fernández, AD carry Soler "Yuuki60" Florent, and support Hugo "Dioud" Padioleau.[1][2]

The team participated in the Spring Expansion Tournament, beating Reason Gaming in the seeding game and Team Strix in Round 1. Gamers2 were knocked out of the tournament in Round 2 after being beaten by n!faculty.

G2 Esports is a Spanish organization, renamed from Gamers2 after qualifying for the 2016 EU LCS Spring Season.[3]

The team currently competes under the name G2 Kinguin, in representation of their sponsor Kinguin.

The team failed to qualify for the LCS three splits in a row.[3]

The team finished 1st in the Challenger Series season. They then took 2nd in the playoffs, thereby qualifying for the 2016 Spring LCS. Gamers2 qualified for the LCS by defeating SK Gaming 3-2.[4]

The team plays LCS games out of the Am Studio 20D in Adlershof, Berlin.

Roster

Nationality ID Name Age Role Join date End of Contract Hometown
 Poland Kikis Mateusz Szkudlarek 20 Top Laner July 2015[5] — —
 South Korea Trick Kim Gang-yun (김강윤) ? Jungler December 2015[5] — —
 Croatia PerkZ Luka Perković 17 Mid-Laner Jun 2015[5] — —
 South Korea Emperor Kim Jin-hyun (김진현) 22 AD Carry Dec 2015[5] — —
 Netherlands Hybrid Glenn Doornenbal 21 Support/Coach Jun 2015[5] — —

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

G2 Esports acquired the roster of Team Kinguin on September 11, 2015.[6] G2 finished 3rd-4th at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca 2015.[7] On January 20, 2016 G2 Esports announced that FaZe Clan had acquired their international Counter-Strike roster.[8] G2 announced a new French-speaking roster on February 1, 2016[9] which consisted of Titan's former roster. On April 9, shortly after placing 9–12th at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus, G2 announced Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro would be replacing Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans.[10]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Join date
 Belgium ScreaM Adil Benrlitom February 1, 2016
 France shox Richard Papillon February 1, 2016
 France SmithZz Edouard Dubourdeaux February 1, 2016
 France RpK Cédric Guipouy February 1, 2016
 France bodyy Alexandre Pianaro April 9, 2016

Former

Nationality ID Name Join date Leave date
 Sweden dennis Dennis Edman September 11, 2015 November 12, 2015
 Sweden Maikelele Mikail Bill September 11, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Norway rain Håvard Nygaard September 11, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Portugal fox Ricardo Pacheco September 11, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Norway jkaem Joakim Myrbostad September 30, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Denmark aizy Philip Aistrup November 12, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Belgium Ex6TenZ Kévin Droolans February 1, 2016 April 9, 2016

Vainglory

In August 2015 G2 founded a Vainglory team. Most of the players were previously part of the Vainglory Team PewPewPew (PPP).[11]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Role Join date
 Serbia Face Misa Kojic Team Manager August 2015
 Germany REDDIX Tim Schäfer Lane Carry August 2015
 Germany Tesfaye Tuan Anh Dinh Jungle Carry August 2015
 Germany DarkPotato David Süßlin Jungle Carry August, 2015
 Germany AsiFloH Florian Perl Support August 2015
 Germany D1ngo Timo Tekolf Support August 2015

References

  1. ↑ KRAZYSLAYER187 (18 February 2015). "League of Legends Pro "ocelote" Retires". Gfininty. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Cocke, Taylor Riot RoboTayCo (3 December 2015). "HOW OCELOTE BUILT GAMERS 2 FROM THE GROUND UP". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 Raven, Josh (September 29, 2015). "Ocelote on Gamers2 rebranding plans and how he's building 'a world class esports club'". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ Raven, Josh (September 5, 2015). "Gamers2 and Gambit qualify for the LCS". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Includes time spent under the name Gamers2
  6. ↑ Lund-Hansen, Rasmus (September 11, 2015). "Gamers2 Signs on the Team Kinguin CS:GO Squad". 1337 Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ Wynne, Jared (November 2, 2015). "EnvyUs deny Na`Vi's breakthrough win". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ "G2's Counter-Strike team acquired by FaZe Clan". G2 Esports. January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ "G2.Kinguin presents new CS:GO team". g2esports.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "G2 welcomes bodyy to CS:GO team". G2 Esports. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  11. ↑ http://www.g2esports.com/vainglory-team-qualifies-for-vipl/

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Fnatic		 European League of Legends Championship Series winner
Spring 2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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