Astralis

Astralis is a Counter-Strike 2 team from Denmark, competing in the EU region. The organization was founded in 2016. Its recent competitive appearances include Stake Ranked Episode 5, Stake Pulse Beat III, BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024, ESL Pro League Season 20, and BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024. The team's most significant results came early in its history, when it won four Major championships. It captured the ELEAGUE Major in Atlanta in January 2017, defeating Virtus.pro 2-1 in the grand final. In September 2018 it won the FACEIT Major in London, beating Natus Vincere 2-0. The IEM Major in Katowice followed in March 2019, where Astralis defeated ENCE 2-0, and the same year it claimed the StarLadder Major in Berlin in September with a 2-0 win over AVANGAR. The roster has changed frequently since 2024. In early 2024 the team brought in br0 and ruggah, with ruggah joining as coach, and R0nic had briefly served as interim coach earlier that year. cadiaN became in-game leader in September 2024, and HooXi joined in June 2025. Staehr extended his contract in March 2025. Magisk replaced stavn in the lineup in September 2025 after stavn stepped down, but Magisk's contract expired at the end of that year. In January 2026 the team added phzy and ryu, and it released stavn. The organization then parted ways with ruggah in June 2026. The most recent timeline entries show that the lineup is in flux. In October 2026 Astralis benched jabbi and HooXi and then signed siuhy as in-game leader and acquired cmtry from FUT Esports. On the coaching side, MiGHTYMAX joined as assistant coach in March 2026, and NEO was signed as coach in July 2026.