Astralis
Astralis | |
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operator | Astralis Esport ApS |
Manager | Frederik "Realition" Byskov |
Headquarters | Copenhagen |
founding year | 2016 |
Clan color | Red Black |
Homepage | astralis.gg |
Teams | |
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 |
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Counter Strike: Global Offensive | |||
Jan. 2016 | 3rd - 4th | DreamHack Leipzig 2016 | $ 10,000 |
Feb 2016 | 3. | Game Show Global eSports Cup Season 1 | $ 30,000 |
Feb 2016 | 2. | ESL Expo Barcelona CS: GO Invitational | € 16,000 |
March 2016 | 3rd - 4th | IEM X - World Championship | $ 25,000 |
March 2016 | 2. | Counter Pit League Season 2 | $ 19,200 |
Apr. 2016 | 3rd - 4th | MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 | $ 70,000 |
June 2016 | 3rd - 4th | DreamHack Summer 2016 | $ 10,000 |
July 2016 | 5th - 8th | ESL One Cologne 2016 | $ 35,000 |
July 2016 | 5th - 8th | Eleague Season 1 | $ 50,000 |
Sep 2016 | 5th - 8th | Star Ladder i-League StarSeries Season 2 | $ 10,000 |
Nov 2016 | 3rd - 4th | IEM Oakland 2016 | $ 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 | $ 25,000 |
March 2017 | 1. | IEM XI - World Championship | $ 104,000 |
April 2017 | 2. | StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 | $ 50,000 |
May 2017 | 3rd - 4th | IEM XII - Sydney | $ 20,000 |
June 2017 | 1. | Eleague Clash for Cash: The Rematch | $ 250,000 |
June 2017 | 3rd - 4th | ECS Season 3 Finals | $ 65,000 |
July 2017 | 3rd - 4th | PGL Major: Kraków 2017 | $ 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
- ^ Astralis Esport ApS in the proff.dk directory
- ^ Team Questionmark becomes Astralis. Phil, Astralis, January 18, 2016, accessed March 20, 2016 .
- ^ Astralis. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
- ↑ dev1ce. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Team Astralis Achievements on esportsearnings.com
- ↑ DreamHack ZOWIE Open Leipzig 2016 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Game Show Global eSports Cup Season 1 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
- ^ The Barcelona CS: GO Invitational presented by Mobile World Congress esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season X - World Championship - CS: GO esportsearnings.com
- ↑ GAMEKIT Counter Pit League Season 2 - Finals esportsearnings.com
- ↑ MLG Major Championship: Columbus esportsearnings.com
- ↑ DreamHack Summer 2016 (CS: GO) esportsearnings.com
- ↑ ESL One: Cologne 2016 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ ELEAGUE Season 1 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season XI - Oakland (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
- ↑ ELEAGUE Season 2 esportsearnings.com
- ^ Esports Championship Series Season 2 - Finals esportsearnings.com
- ↑ ELEAGUE Major 2017 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season XI - World Championship - CS: GO esportsearnings.com
- ↑ StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season XII - Sydney - CS: GO esportsearnings.com
- ↑ ELEAGUE Clash for Cash: The Rematch esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals esportsearnings.com
- ↑ PGL Major Kraków 2017 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ ELEAGUE CS: GO Premier 2017 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ EPICENTER 2017 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) esportsearnings.com
- ↑ BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2017 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Intel® Extreme Masters Season XII - World Championship - CS: GO - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Sydney - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Esports Championship Series Season 5 - Finals - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ ESL One Cologne 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ ELEAGUE CS: GO Premier 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ FACEIT Major: London 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money :: e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Chicago - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Esports Championship Series Season 6 - Finals - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ ESL Pro League Season 8 - Finals - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Intel Grand Slam Season 1 - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018 - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ iBUYPOWER Masters IV - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019 - Tournament Results & Prize Money:. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH freaks4u.com: Danish dominance: Astralis wins third major in a row. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Finals - Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki. Retrieved December 2, 2019 .
- ↑ ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals - Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .