It’s almost unbelievable that G2 Esports became the best CS:GO team just months after they failed to qualify for the IEM Rio Major in October 2022. Most esports pundits were skeptical of Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen’s capabilities to lead a lineup full of star players until the Dane led G2 to win the BLAST Premier World Final in December 2022, which was G2’s first big trophy since DreamHack Masters Malmö in 2017.
The year finished and G2 returned as sharp as ever in 2023, kicking off the new competitive season in the best way possible. They cruised past competitors at BLAST Premier Spring Groups in January and, most importantly, carried that form and confidence into IEM Katowice, the first $1 million CS:GO event of the year. G2 continued to dismantle opponents on Polish soil—whether they were FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere, or Team Liquid—and secured the title against Heroic in the grand finals yesterday, while also establishing a new record of consecutive map wins (21). They now have the second-highest map win streak on LAN in CS:GO, only behind Ninjas in Pyjamas’ historic 87-0 record between 2012 and 2013.
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