Coming into the BLAST Premier World Final from the fifth position in our Global Leaderboards are G2 Esports, a star roster with great potential that are still waiting for their triumph in 2022.
Participating in the majority of this CS:GO season’s top-tier events with respectable showings, yet just falling short of snatching a single trophy — that’s G2’s year in a nutshell.
Fueled by the successes of the previous season, G2’s 2022 kicked off quite promising — placing second at IEM Katowice. However, the series of following roster changes has certainly left its mark on the team’s synergy, as the next ESL Pro League Season 15, the PGL Major in Antwerp, as well as IEM Dallas and Cologne, all went down without G2 in playoffs.
It wasn’t until Spring Final that we finally saw G2 in the semifinals, and then once more in ESL Pro League S16, where they got knocked out by Team Vitality to finish in 3rd-4th position. It almost seemed as if G2 are slowly getting back to their form, but then, a big disappointment struck the international mix. Failing to qualify for the Major in Rio.
G2 had quite some time to practice, gathering confidence ahead of the Fall Final. But despite high expectations from fans, themselves, and pretty much the whole CS:GO community, they left the tournament early and visibly upset, as they failed to defeat anyone else apart from the event’s clear underdog Fluxo.
Now, the upcoming World Final is G2’s last chance to unleash their true potential and claim a title in 2022. Regardless of the trophies earned though, G2’s position in the Global Leaderboard proves that they are still among the best, and they will undoubtedly show us in the World Final!
NiKo touched up on G2’s preparations: “We work a lot and we definitely feel more confident now. I think we have a very good preparation, I just hope that we can replicate it at the tournament as well.”
Fighting for G2 at the World Final will be:
●Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen (IGL)
●Justin “hunter-” Savage
●Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov
●Justin “jks” Savage
●Jan “Swani” Müller (Coach)
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