Who Were The Best CSGO Teams Of 2020

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By: Hypron|| Dec 25, 2020

CSGO is one of the renowned esports that quickly embraced online competition after Pandemic which forced event organisers to cancel events. Which means that it is a bit difficult to judge who has the best year in CSGO Esports.

Well, it isn’t hard to identify the team that dominated 2020, the stats clearly shows that Europe has the best teams of CSGO. If we talk about the competition level of Europe is much higher than that of North America.

All of that said, here are some teams that have stood out their fanbase expectations in 2020.

ASTRALIS

Another year, another top-ranked spot for Astralis after closing out 2020 with a total of three major victories, including the last one of the year at Intel Extreme Masters XV – Global Challenge.

Just looking at the final three games Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz and Astralis played at Intel Extreme Masters XV, they managed to take down Vitality, Na’Vi, and Team Liquid all in a row to win the tournament. That alone is a testament to how strong the Astralis roster still is four years after their core came together with the organization.

FURIA (Brazil)

Furia is only non-european team in this list, they had a great year in the esports, marking another year of consistent performance improvement and making to the top teams while competing in the CSGO tournaments throughout 2020.

Furia has “yuurih” was a standout player along with his teammates who dominated the American events and managed to compete with the best teams in the world and in Europe too. Overall Furia had a great year as they have won four event and finishes in top three events in six tournaments, including DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe, along with recording wins against the likes of Heroic and OG.

OG (Europe)

In its first year operating a CSGO roster, OG made a big impact on the competitive scene, quickly becoming a frequent top-five finisher at most S-tier tournaments. Led by former ENCE headliner Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen, the team rose through the ranks and have maintained a top ranking without one of their players being in HLTV’s top 50.

With solid team play and coverage, OG finished highly in several major events, including second at Intel Extreme Masters XV – New York Online: Europe and Flashpoint Season Two. Heading into 2021, the team will be gunning for its first major win.

Heroic

Heroic are the first of several teams that made a big leap in 2020, breaking into the upper tier of competitive CS:GO rosters by taking on the top dogs and doing so with a roster that went through a weird change in April.

With wins at DreamHack Open Fall 2020 and ESL One: Cologne 2020 Online – Europe over the likes of Team Vitality and Astralis, Heroic were one of 2020’s biggest success stories.

NA’VI (Ukraine)

After a rather disappointing 2019 campaign, Na’Vi bounced back in a big way to reclaim a spot at the top of CS:GO’s everchanging meta.

With the addition of Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy to start the year and the continued excellence of Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, Na’Vi placed in the top four of all but two events they competed in throughout the year. That includes winning the Gamers Without Borders showmatch event and WePlay! Clutch Island.

Even though they didn’t secure a win at a major this year, Na’Vi placed second two separate times at high-profile events. At ESL Pro League Season 12: Europe they pushed Astralis to the limit and nearly managed to take the win, and just last month they did the same to Vitality at Intel Extreme Masters XV – Beijing Online: Europe.

TEAM VITALITY

One of the benefits of having one of, if not the best players in the world is that you will likely always be considered among the best teams in the world too.

There was some early uncertainty with Vitality, but the team managed to stabilize their performance heading into the summer, where they rolled out three straight second-place finishes and eventually won two majors over the last month. They managed to take down Na’Vi to win Intel Extreme Masters XV – Beijing Online: Europe and even beat Astralis to take home the BLAST Premier: Fall 2020 title.

If that wasn’t enough, the organization also signed star player Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut to a contract extension that will keep him with the team through 2024. Talk about a great turnaround.