Astralis

Astralis
operator	Astralis Esport ApS
Manager	Frederik "Realition" Byskov
Headquarters	Copenhagen
founding year	2016
Clan color	Red Black
Homepage	astralis.gg
Teams
Counter Strike: Global Offensive

Astralis (officially: Astralis Esport ApS ) is a Danish E-Sport - the organization which in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is active. It was founded by Frederik Byskov in January 2016 in consultation with the previous team Question Mark , whose players have been under contract with Astralis ever since.

Astralis celebrated its first successes with semi-finals at DreamHack Leipzig 2016 and at the World Championship of the ESL Intel Extreme Masters . December 2016 was Astralis' most successful month in the founding year, when the team won the Esports Championship Series Season 2 and advanced to the finals of the Eleague Season 2 .

A year after its founding, Astralis won the Eleague Major: Atlanta 2017 as the first Danish team to win a major tournament with prize money of 500,000 US dollars .

With a total of four major titles, Astralis is (as of September 2019) the most successful CS: GO team in history. In addition, Nicolai "device" Reedtz is considered the most successful player with ten Most Valuable Player Awards.

Current lineup

• Peter "dupreeh" Rothmann (since Jan. 2016)
• Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth (since Jan. 2016)
• Nicolai "device" Reedtz (since Jan. 2016)
• Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander (since October 2016)
• Emil "Magisk" Reif (since Feb. 2018)
• Jakob "JuGi" Hansen (since May 2020)

Former players

• René "cajunb" Borg (Jan. 2016 - May 2016)
• Finn "Karrigan" Andersen (Jan. 2016 - Oct. 2016)
• Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye (May 2016 - Feb. 2018)

successes

date	space	competition	Prize money
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Jan. 2016	3rd - 4th	DreamHack Leipzig 2016	0$ 10,000
Feb 2016	3.	Game Show Global eSports Cup Season 1	0$ 30,000
Feb 2016	2.	ESL Expo Barcelona CS: GO Invitational	0€ 16,000
March 2016	3rd - 4th	IEM X - World Championship	0$ 25,000
March 2016	2.	Counter Pit League Season 2	0$ 19,200
Apr. 2016	3rd - 4th	MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016	0$ 70,000
June 2016	3rd - 4th	DreamHack Summer 2016	0$ 10,000
July 2016	5th - 8th	ESL One Cologne 2016	0$ 35,000
July 2016	5th - 8th	Eleague Season 1	0$ 50,000
Sep 2016	5th - 8th	Star Ladder i-League StarSeries Season 2	0$ 10,000
Nov 2016	3rd - 4th	IEM Oakland 2016	0$ 29,000
Dec 2016	2.	Eleague Season 2	$ 140,000
Dec 2016	1.	ECS Season 2 Finals	$ 250,000
Jan. 2017	1.	Eleague Major: Atlanta 2017	$ 500,000
Feb 2017	3rd - 4th	DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017	0$ 25,000
March 2017	1.	IEM XI - World Championship	$ 104,000
April 2017	2.	StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3	0$ 50,000
May 2017	3rd - 4th	IEM XII - Sydney	0$ 20,000
June 2017	1.	Eleague Clash for Cash: The Rematch	$ 250,000
June 2017	3rd - 4th	ECS Season 3 Finals	0$ 65,000
July 2017	3rd - 4th	PGL Major: Kraków 2017	0$ 70,000
Oct 2017	2.	Eleague CS: GO Premier 2017	$ 150,000
Nov 2017	4th	EPICENTER 2017	$ 120,000
Nov 2017	2.	BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2017	$ 50,000
Jan. 2018	12-14	ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018	$ 8,750
March 2018	3rd - 4th	IEM XII - Katowice 2018	$ 43,000
April 2018	1.	DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018	$ 100,000
May 2018	2.	IEM Season XIII - Sydney	$ 42,000
May 2018	1.	ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals	$ 250,000
June 2018	1.	Esports Championship Series Season 5 Finals	$ 250,000
July 2018	3rd - 4th	ESL One Cologne 2018	$ 22,000
July 2018	1.	ELEAGUE CS: GO Premier 2018	$ 500,000
Sep 2018	2.	DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018	$ 50,000
Sep 2018	1.	FACEIT Major: London 2018	$ 500,000
Sep 2018	1.	BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018	$ 125,000
Nov 2018	3.	BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018	$ 25,000
Nov 2018	1.	IEM Season XIII - Chicago	$ 100,000
Nov 2018	1.	Esports Championship Series Season 6 Finals	$ 250,000
Dec 2018	1.	ESL Pro League Season 8 - Finals	$ 250,000
Dec 2018	1.	Intel Grand Slam Season 1	$ 1,000,000
Dec 2018	1.	BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018	$ 125,000
Jan. 2019	2.	iBUYPOWER Masters IV	$ 40,000
March 2019	1.	IEM Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019	$ 500,000
Sep 2019	1.	StarLadder Berlin Major 2019	$ 500,000
Nov 2019	1.	IEM Beijing 2019
Dec 2019	1.	Esports Championship Series Season # 8	$ 225,000
Dec 2019	3rd - 4th	ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals	$ 40,000
Dec 2019	1.	BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019
Feb 2020	3rd - 4th	IEM Katowice 2020

Web links

• Official website
• Liquipedia article on Astralis
• Astralis on twitter.com
• Astralis on HLTV.org
• e-sports earnings from Astralis according to esportsearnings.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Astralis Esport ApS in the proff.dk directory
2. ^ Team Questionmark becomes Astralis. Phil, Astralis, January 18, 2016, accessed March 20, 2016 . 
3. ^ Astralis. Retrieved September 24, 2019 . 
4. ↑ dev1ce. Retrieved December 8, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Team Astralis Achievements on esportsearnings.com
6. ↑ DreamHack ZOWIE Open Leipzig 2016 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
7. ↑ Game Show Global eSports Cup Season 1 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
8. ^ The Barcelona CS: GO Invitational presented by Mobile World Congress esportsearnings.com
9. ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season X - World Championship - CS: GO esportsearnings.com
10. ↑ GAMEKIT Counter Pit League Season 2 - Finals esportsearnings.com
11. ↑ MLG Major Championship: Columbus esportsearnings.com
12. ↑ DreamHack Summer 2016 (CS: GO) esportsearnings.com
13. ↑ ESL One: Cologne 2016 esportsearnings.com
14. ↑ ELEAGUE Season 1 esportsearnings.com
15. ↑ StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
16. ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season XI - Oakland (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
17. ↑ ELEAGUE Season 2 esportsearnings.com
18. ^ Esports Championship Series Season 2 - Finals esportsearnings.com
19. ↑ ELEAGUE Major 2017 esportsearnings.com
20. ↑ DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 esportsearnings.com
21. ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season XI - World Championship - CS: GO esportsearnings.com
22. ↑ StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 esportsearnings.com
23. ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season XII - Sydney - CS: GO esportsearnings.com
24. ↑ ELEAGUE Clash for Cash: The Rematch esportsearnings.com
25. ↑ Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals esportsearnings.com
26. ↑ PGL Major Kraków 2017 esportsearnings.com
27. ↑ ELEAGUE CS: GO Premier 2017 esportsearnings.com
28. ↑ EPICENTER 2017 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
29. ↑ BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2017 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
30. ↑ ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
31. ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season XII - World Championship - CS: GO - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
32. ↑ DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
33. ↑ Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Sydney - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
34. ↑ ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
35. ↑ Esports Championship Series Season 5 - Finals - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
36. ↑ ESL One Cologne 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
37. ↑ ELEAGUE CS: GO Premier 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
38. ↑ DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
39. ↑ FACEIT Major: London 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
40. ↑ BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 . 
41. ↑ BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
42. ↑ Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Chicago - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
43. ↑ Esports Championship Series Season 6 - Finals - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
44. ↑ ESL Pro League Season 8 - Finals - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
45. ↑ Intel Grand Slam Season 1 - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
46. ↑ BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
47. ↑ iBUYPOWER Masters IV - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
48. ↑ Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019 - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
49. ↑ Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH freaks4u.com: Danish dominance: Astralis wins third major in a row. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
50. ↑ Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Finals - Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki. Retrieved December 2, 2019 . 
51. ↑ ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals - Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .