![]() ![]() Their roster consists of the well-known five of dupreeh, device, Xyp9x, Magisk, and gla1ve.Īfter more than two years without a CS:GO Major championship due to the global pandemic Covid-19, PGL got the job to host their second Major tournament in Stockholm, the Swedish capital. With three Major titles back-to-back-to-back they have become living legends. The very first NA champions were Stewie2k, Skadoodle, automatic, tarik, and RUSH.įaceIt Major: London 2018, IEM Katowice 2019, StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 | Astralis As part of the Astralis era the Danes could just be the greatest CS:GO team of all time. ![]() As massive underdogs against the superstar squad of FaZe, Cloud9 finally claimed a Major for NA. In a close 2-1 victory Gambit won the first Major for their region with AdreN, Dosia, mou, Zeus, and H0bbit in the line-up.ĮLEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 | Cloud9 The legendary Boston Major 2018 saw Cloud9’s miraculous run to win the title in front of their home crowd. The CIS squad had an incredible run through the playoffs to face down the second dark horse in the tournaments, Immortals. PGL Major Krakow 2017 | Gambit Nobody had ever thought that Gambit would upset the world by taking home the trophy in Krakow. The Danish heroes were dupreeh, device, Kjaerbye, Xyp9x, and gla1ve. The year 2017 was their breakthrough as they finally hoisted a trophy and won the first Astralis Major. The famous and proud Brazilian winners were fer, FalleN, coldzera, fnx, and TACO.ĮLEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017 | Astralis After countless failed playoff runs at previous Majors the Danish Counter-Strike scene reshuffled in 2016 to form Astralis. While the team won their first major as massive underdogs under the Luminosity banner, by the time of Cologne 2016 SK Gaming were the undisputed best team in the world. MLG Columbus 2016 & ESL One: Cologne 2016 | Luminosity / SK Gaming 2016 was the year of the Brazilian nation. Taking down NAVI in the finals with a 2-0 victory with kennyS, shox, SmithZz, Happy, and apEX on the roster. The champions were flusha, pronax, JW, olofmeister, and KRIMZ.ĭreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 | Team EnvyUs After numerous French shuffles in the scene, shox and company stormed to another French Major championship. The Swedish squad were the first line-up to win back-to-back Majors in dominating fashion. The heroes were SmithZz, kioShiMa, NBK, shox, and Happy.ĮSL One: Katowice 2015 & ESL One: Cologne 2015 | fnatic The year of 2015 was the beginning of the fnatic era in CS:GO. In the finals they defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas and set a French exclamation mark on the scene. After fnatic forfeited their quarterfinal match in the wake of the olofboost, LDLC clinched the trophy. ![]() The champions back then were GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, xizt, Fifflaren, and friberg.ĭreamHack Winter 2014 | LDLC This was the first-ever Major title and trophy for the French CS scene. Afterwards the Swedish Ninjas entered a long decline and never quite reached their former heights. The Polish superheroes were pashabiceps, NEO, TaZ, Snax, and byali.ĮSL One: Cologne 2014 | Ninjas in Pyjamas NiP’s triumph at Cologne was the peak of the long domination of the legendary first NiP line-up. At the ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017 they managed to reach the finals again, but fell short. It would prove to be the only Major title and trophy for the long-standing line-up. It was the first of three Major titles for fnatic and the first five to become champions were flusha, JW, Devilwalk, znajder, and pronax.ĮMS One Katowice 2014 | Virtus.pro Poland’s best won the 2014 Major in front of their own home crowd that went insane. Launched with the backing of the developers from Valve, the Majors became the most important tournament in the CS:GO scene.ĭown below, we bring you all the teams that managed to bring a Major title home and etch their names into the Counter-Strike history as the very best.ĭreamHack Winter 2013 | fnatic The first official Major was won by the Swedes from fnatic. The very first CS:GO Major was hosted back in 2013. ![]() The Majors has given the Counter-Strike world tons of iconic and memorable moments, right from the very beginning of CS:GO history. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, or just the Majors, are the holy grail of tournaments within the popular game. ![]()
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