Mouz (stylized as MOUZ), formerly mousesports, is a professional

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organisation based in

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. It fields teams in several games but is particularly known for its '' CS:GO'' team. MOUZ was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams. MOUZ's ''

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'' team currently competes in the

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, having formerly competed in the European Challenger Series.

History

mousesports was formed in 2002 in

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, as a ''Counter-Strike'' team. The team began to compete in small tournaments, which gradually lead to their progression in larger ones, as well. By 2006, when G7 Teams was created, mousesports was one of the greatest gaming organisations in Europe, consisting of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'',

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and ''

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'' divisions. On 13 May 2007, mousesports announced that it had acquired Nihilum, the officially recognised premiere worldwide ''

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'' organisation, with Nihilum recognised as a subsidiary of mousesports. The guild was remade into a community called "Nihilum: mousesports MMO". Nihilum was mousesports' consistently strongest gaming team in the European competition. However, the relations between mousesports and Nihilum grew uncertain in the fall of 2008 and finally, on 10 November, it was announced that the former PvE team of

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would be merging with the players of Nihilum, effectively ending the partnership that lasted for over a year and a half. Despite this, however, mousesports continued to maintain the Nihilum brand and on 1 August 2009, launched a new community website to connect the ''World of Warcraft'' guild Method, along with the WotLK Wiki and the Nihilum brand under a single domain. On 20 April 2009, mousesports announced that it would be withdrawing its support for ''

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'' despite the huge amount of success they were having. In early 2010, the organisation announced the addition of a star-studded '' StarCraft: Brood War'' roster, which originally consisted of several American, Canadian, German, Polish and Ukrainian players. Since their original induction into the organisation, the team completely switched focus to ''

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'' during the ''Wings of Liberty'' beta period and has since become one of the greatest-renowned teams. In one of the greatest-known tragedies in

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history, mouz ''Counter-Strike'' player Antonio "cyx" Daniloski died on 29 July 2010 in a car accident caused by tire failure after missing a flight to China to compete for his team. The aftermath of his death featured numerous memorials, tributes, eulogies and a permanent dedication on the official mousesports website. Several months following Daniloski's death, mousesports announced the retirement of remaining ''Counter-Strike'' players Fatih "gob b" Dayik, Navid "Kapio" Javadi and stand-in Christian "Blizzard" Chmiel, effective following the ESL Pro Series Season XVII Finals. In March 2012, mousesports announced that it would be ending its support of its ''Counter-Strike'' division, citing the organisation's perception of the lack of market, considering the rising prominence of ''

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'' and ''

''. Mouz picked up a new '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' roster later that year. In April 2017, mousesports signed the roster of the former ''Dota 2'' team, Ad Finem, marking the first return for the organisation to the game in nearly two years. On 2 August, Christian 'loWel' Garcia was released from his contract with mousesports. On 4 August former

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player Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi was announced as his replacement. Less than a week later, on 8 August, mousesports released Denis 'denis' Howell from his contract and signed Martin 'STYKO' Styk to replace him, formerly of HellRaisers. In December 2017, the mousesports ''Dota 2'' team disbanded. In March 2018, mousesports signed their first full roster for competition in

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. On 27 June, mousesports announced the acquisition of Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski from

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as a replacement for the benched Martin "STYKO" Styk. On 30 July, mousesports announced that they were acquiring the Rocket League team of Tigreee, Alex161, and Skyline. Alex161 and Skyline previously played under Servette Esports, with Tigreee being acquired from Team Secret. This Mousesports team began play in RLCS Season 6, as Alex161 and Skyline retained their qualified spot won under Servette. On 15 October, mousesports announced the return of Martin "STYKO" Styk to the starting line-up. On 15 November, the coach of the

team announced the team was dropped by mousesports and he would not stay with the team. On 10 January 2019, mousesports announced the acquisition of Linus "al0t" Möllergren from

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, replacing Skyline. On 13 February 2019, mousesports announced the signing of their second

team, the former

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roster, as well as coach Michiel "oVie" van Dartel but later dropped the team on 1 July 2019. On 14 March, mousesports revamps their roster with the acquisition of woxic, frozen, and karrigan. While oskar is released, suNny and STYKO is benched from the line-up. On 22 June 2020, mousesports announced their withdrawal from the

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and competitive

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as a whole and released their roster.

Tournament results

''Counter-Strike''

* 3rd — World Cyber Games 2002 * 3rd — CPL Europe Cannes 2002 * 3rd — CPL Europe Copenhagen 2002 * 3rd — CPL Winter 2003 * 5-8th — ESWC 2004 * 7th — CPL Summer 2004 * 3rd —

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Season 1 * 1st — CPL Spain 2005 * 3rd — ESWC 2005 * 5th — Intel Summer Championship 2006 * 5-6th —

IEM Season I The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, currently host events in '' Counter-Strike: Global ...

World Championship * 4th — WSVG Louisville 2007 * 1st —

IEM Season II The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, currently host events in '' Counter-Strike: Global ...

World Championship * 3rd — ESWC Masters of Paris * 4th — ESWC 2008 * 1st —

IEM Season III The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, currently host events in '' Counter-Strike: Global ...

Global Challenge Dubai * 2nd — World e-Sports Masters 2008 * 3rd — ESWC Masters of Cheonan * 1st — GameGune 2009 * 1st —

IEM Season IV The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, currently host events in '' Counter-Strike: Global ...

Global Challenge Gamescon * 1st —

European Championship * 2nd — Arbalet Cup Dallas 2010 * 5-8th — Copenhagen Games 2011 * 5-6th — World e-Sports Games: e-Stars Seoul 2011 * 2nd —

IEM Season VI The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, currently host events in '' Counter-Strike: Global ...

Global Challenge Guangzhou * 3rd —

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* 4th — DreamHack Winter 2011

''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''

2012

* 3rd-4th — Sound Blaster CS:GO Challenge * 3rd-4th —

DreamHack Winter 2012 DreamHack is an ESL Gaming brand specializing in esports tournaments and other gaming conventions. It is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records and Twin Galaxies as being the world's largest LAN party and computer festival with the world' ...

2014

* 13-16th —

EMS One Katowice 2014 Electronic Sports League Major Series One Katowice 2014, also known as EMS One Katowice 2014, was the second '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship. The tournament was held from March 13–16, 2014 at the Spodek Arena in Kato ...

* 5-8th — Gfinity G3 * 7-8th — ESEA S17 LAN * 4th — Acer A-Split Invitational

2015

* 4th — ESEA S18 LAN * 3rd-4th — Gfinity Summer Masters I * 3rd-4th — CEVO S7 LAN * 2nd — Acer Predator Masters Season 1 * 4th —

IEM Season X The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, currently host events in '' Counter-Strike: Glob ...

Gamescom * 13-16th —

ESL One Cologne 2015 ESL One Cologne 2015 was the sixth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship that was held from August 14–18, 2015 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. It was organized by Electronic Sports League. The Cologne event was the first ESL ...

* 9-12th —

DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 was the seventh '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship that was held from October 28–November 1, 2015 at the Sala Polivalentă in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was organized by DreamHack with help f ...

* 2nd — CEVO S8 LAN

2016

* 1st — Acer Predator Masters Season 2 * 7-8th — IEM Season X World Championship * 9-12th — MLG Major Championship: Columbus * 5-8th — DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 * 9-12th —

ESL One Cologne 2016 ESL One Cologne 2016, also known as ESL Cologne Major 2016 or Cologne 2016, was an Electronic Sports League Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It was the ninth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship and was held at ...

* 3rd-4th — ELeague Season 1 * 3rd-4th — ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals

2017

* 12-14th — ELEAGUE Major 2017 * 5-8th —

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Masters Las Vegas 2017 * 12-14th —

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* 1st — ESG Tour: Mykonos, 2017 * 3rd-4th —

Open Denver 2017 * 2nd — ECS Season 4 Finals

2018

* 5-8th — ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 * 1st — StarLadder Starseries & iLeague Season 4 * 1st — V4 Future Sports Festival * 3rd-4th — StarSeries i-League Season 5 * 5-6th — ESL Pro League Season 7 * 15-16th — FACEIT Major: London 2018 * 1st — ESL One New York 2018

2019

* 1st — Dreamhack Open Tours 2019 * 3rd-4th — ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals * 9-11th — StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019 * 1st — CS:GO Asia Championships * 1st —

ESL Pro League The ESL Pro League (formerly ESL ESEA Pro League; shortened as EPL) is a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (CS:GO) professional esports league, produced by ESL. It is based on four regions: Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, and currentl ...

Season 10 Finals * 1st — CS_Summit 5 * 2nd — EPICENTER 2019

2020

* 1st — ICE Challenge 2020. * 2nd — ESL Pro League Season 11 * 1st-2nd — BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Showdown * 2nd — Dreamhack Masters Winter 2020 Europe * 7th-8th — BLAST Premier Fall 2020

2021

* 3rd-4th — cs_summit 7 * 1st — Flashpoint Season 3 (RMR) * 12th-14th —

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 The PGL Major Stockholm 2021, also known as PGL Major 2021 or Stockholm 2021, was the sixteenth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') Major Championship. It was held in Stockholm, Sweden at the Avicii Arena from October 26 to Novembe ...

2022

* 2nd — Global Esports Tour Dubai 2022 * 3rd-4th —

IEM Rio Major 2022 The Intel Extreme Masters Season XVII – Rio Major 2022, also known as IEM Rio Major 2022 or Rio 2022, was the eighteenth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between October 31 and N ...

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References

External links

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