G2 eSports, referred to as G2 for short, is an E-sports club from Spain. It was established by former professional Ocelot in 2013.
At present, the club has set foot in many game fields such as hero League, csgo, hearthstone legend and Nintendo star chaos.
Originally named gamers2 club, it was renamed G2 eSports in October 2015. Its hero league team achieved four consecutive titles in the 2016-2017 European LCS spring and summer competitions.
On May 19, 2019, he won the 2019 hero League mid season championship.
The first season of the G2 team was a legend. This team has entered the European LEC League all the way through various campaigns of promotion. During this period, they cut down the old team SKG and won a seat for themselves. Any new team will face a lot of doubts and concerns, but G2 receives too much criticism before it has the opportunity to prove itself. Due to the reputation of the founder of this team, Ocelot (he once won a high reputation as the legendary single of SKG), too many people are eager to criticize the young players in the team. The five members of this team finally united together and entered the LCS all the way.
The G2 team soon won a reputation for themselves - a strong team that can't be despised, with a large number of talented players. With the departure of a large number of European singles players, as a novice, perkz must shoulder a greater responsibility. In the whole year's competition, he gave a convincing performance with ALI, rob and Lisandro. Other members of the team are slightly older. Emperor has participated in the competition in South Korea and North America since 2014. Kikis has helped unicorns enter the finals of LCs League as a wild player, while hybrid has participated in semi professional league, and trick has been a substitute for CJ entus of South Korea team. In the most turbulent season in Europe, it is impossible to predict who will become the king.
Six teams have entered the playoffs and all have the hope of winning the championship. Roccat, H2K, vitality, unicorns and origin, six teams enter the scuffle, but only one team can become the European champion. The final battle fell between the old team origin and the forces Nouvelles G2. Many people think origin has a better chance of winning, and G2 is too eager for great success. Finally, G2 successfully cut down this old team and successfully won the European LCS spring championship, with an amazing record of 3-1. However, in the MSI mid season championship in May 2016, G2 suffered a disastrous defeat. In addition to the two wins from Turkey waika team, they lost all the other eight games and had to end their first international tour with a dismal record of 2-8.
After G2 won the LCS championship and returned to Europe, G2 still maintained a high degree of dominance in the LCS summer competition, entered the playoffs with the first and unbeaten result in the regular season (10 wins, 8 draws and 0 losses), defeated the dark horse spy 3-1 in the playoff finals, won the LCS Championship again, and walked to the 2016 global finals as the first seed in the European division. In the S6 finals, the poor performance of G2 made them eliminated early after only one win in the two rounds of group matches.
In 2017, G2 continued to win the championship of LCs EU spring competition, achieved three consecutive titles in the EU League, and participated in the 2017 MSI mid season championship as the top of the competition area. In MSI, G2 lost 1:3 to SKT in the final and won the second place in the MSI mid season championship,
In the first European and American competition, the overall performance of the European team was sluggish and lost to North America. G2 ended its first intercontinental tour with only one win in the six games of the round robin.
In the summer competition, the G2 began to fluctuate due to the adverse effects of all aspects; After entering the playoffs with 8-5, G2 seems to have regained the feeling of European king again; In the final, G2 won the summer championship by a clean 3-0 victory over MSF, achieved four consecutive titles in the European LCS League, and entered the global finals for the second time in the team's history.
In the group game of group C of S7 finals ended on October 13, 2017, G2 team 2018 new lineup. G2 ranked third in the group with two rounds of 3 wins and 3 losses and missed the knockout.
During the transfer period 2017 / 2018, the new team of G2 only retained the core single perkz, and all the other four starters left the team. The team introduced jankos, the former H2K fielder, Wunder, the former spy's single player, and hjarnan + wadid, the former ROC's double team, to compete in the new year's European LCS League.
In the final of the European LCS spring competition, which ended on April 9, 2018, G2 lost 0-3 to FNC and came second; In the first round of the European LCS summer season after the end of August 25, 2018, G2 was defeated by MSF with a big score of 0-3, and the team missed the LCS final stage for the first time in its history. In the European qualifier for the 2018 global finals, which ended on September 16, 2018, G2 beat spy and S04 one after another and successfully advanced to S8.
In the second match of the 2018 "League of heroes" global finals, G2 beat RNG 3-2 to reach the top four; However, in the semi-finals, G2 lost 0-3 to Ig from LPL and stopped in the top four.