G2 Esports
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| 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.
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League of Legends
| 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 | 28 | Top Laner | July 2015[5] | — | — |
 South Korea |
Trick | Kim Gang-yun (김강윤) | ? | Jungler | December 2015[5] | — | — |
 Croatia |
PerkZ | Luka Perković | 26 | Mid-Laner | Jun 2015[5] | — | — |
| South Korea |
Emperor | Kim Jin-hyun (김진현) | 31 | AD Carry | Dec 2015[5] | — | — |
 Netherlands |
Hybrid | Glenn Doornenbal | 30 | 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] G2 placed 2nd at the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals on May 16, 2016 after losing 2-3 to Luminosity Gaming in the grand finals.[11]
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
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| 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).[12]
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 |
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- ↑ http://www.g2esports.com/vainglory-team-qualifies-for-vipl/
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| Preceded by | European League of Legends Championship Series winner Spring 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
