Mouz

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German esports organisation

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::summary German esports organisation ::

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FieldValue
nameMOUZ
logoMOUZlogo2021.png
locationHamburg, Germany
founded
managerStefan Wendt
partnersRAZER
HanseMerkur
NITRADO
BMW M
sport_labelDivisions
sportCounter-Strike 2
Valorant
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
Street Fighter V
DOTA 2
Rennsport
website
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Mouz (stylized as MOUZ), formerly mousesports, is a professional esports organisation based in Germany. It fields teams in several games but is particularly known for its CS2 team. MOUZ was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams.

History

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Mousesports was formed in 2002 in Berlin, Germany, 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 Counter-Strike, Warcraft III, Quake 4, Battlefield 1942 and Unreal Tournament divisions.

On 13 May 2007, mousesports announced that it had acquired Nihilum, the officially recognised premiere worldwide World of Warcraft 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 SK Gaming 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.

In a quarter-final played on 19 June 2025, MOUZ eliminated defending Major champions Team Spirit in a dramatic 2–1 victory at the Blast Austin Major 2025, advancing to the semi-finals. On 20 April 2009, mousesports announced that it would be withdrawing its support for Defense of the Ancients 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 StarCraft II 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 electronic sports 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 Dota 2 and League of Legends. 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 Penta Sports 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 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.

On 27 June, mousesports announced the acquisition of Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski from Virtus.pro 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 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 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 compLexity Gaming, replacing Skyline.

On 13 February 2019, mousesports announced the signing of their second Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege team, the former ENCE esports Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 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 RLCS and competitive Rocket League as a whole and released their roster.

In March 2024, MOUZ returned to Dota 2 by upsetting The International 2023 champions Team Spirit 1–0 in the opening day of the 1win Series Dota 2 Spring group stage.

On 17 December 2024, MOUZ announced their withdrawal from the League of Legends scene, MOUZ's League of Legends team recently competed in the ESL Pro Series, having formerly competed in the European Challenger Series.

Roster

''Counter-Strike 2''

| team = MOUZ | game = Counter-Strike 2 | bg1 = #EB141F | color1 = #FFFFFF | head_coach = Dennis "sycrone" Nielsen | asst_coach = Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth | otherlegend = | roster_url = https://mousesports.com/teams/csgo/ | transaction_date = 22 January 2025

Tournament results

''Counter-Strike''

''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''

2012

2014

  • 13–16th — EMS One Katowice 2014
  • 5–8th — Gfinity G3
  • 7–8th — ESEA S17 LAN
  • 4th — Acer A-Split Invitational

2015

2016

2017

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 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

2022

2023

''Counter-Strike 2''

2023

2024

  • 1st — ESL Pro League Season 19

2025

  • 1st — PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025
  • 2nd — ESL Pro League Season 21
  • 2nd — Blast Open Lisbon 2025
  • 3-4th — IEM Melbourne 2025
  • 3-4th — BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
  • 2nd — Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2025
  • 3-4th — BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
  • 2nd — IEM Cologne 2025

References

References

  1. (20 February 2021). "Partners".
  2. (8 August 2006). "G7 Teams Announced". G7 Teams.
  3. Vandevorst, Nicolas. (14 May 2007). "Nihilum Joins Mousesports". [[Fnatic]].
  4. "Blizzard Exhibition Match between #1 guild and #1 PvP team". [[Blizzard Entertainment]].
  5. "A journey inside Nihilum".
  6. "Ensidia". Ensidia Community Website.
  7. "Welcome to the New Nihilum.eu!". Michael "chaud".
  8. (20 June 2025). "MOUZ and PaiN Gaming advance to BLAST.tv Austin Major semi-finals".
  9. Horton, Samuel. (30 June 2009). "mousesports: The End of DotA". [[SK Gaming]].
  10. Diener, Benjamin. (3 January 2010). "mousesports presents StarCraft team". mousesports.
  11. Fields, Frank. (24 March 2010). "MorroW joins mousesports". MeetYourMakers.
  12. Winther, Marc. (28 July 2010). "cyx killed in car accident". [[HLTV]].org.
  13. Lannte, René. (29 July 2010). "Toni (cyx) Daniloski died in car accident". mousesports.
  14. Lannte, René. (6 December 2010). "mousesports wins 6th title in a row". mousesports.
  15. Tasha, Lol. (17 March 2012). "mousesports part ways with CS 1.6". [[SK Gaming]].
  16. (7 April 2017). "mousesports signs former Ad Finem roster".
  17. (8 August 2017). "mousesports signs STYKO, releases denis".
  18. Apostolos Verros. (23 December 2017). "We have disbanded our dota 2 team and are no longer part of @mousesports. I would like to thank mouz for their professionalism and support. Details coming soon!".
  19. "Rainbow Six debuts in mousesports". mousesports.
  20. "snax joins mouz". mousesports.
  21. "mouz is ready for kick-off". mousesports.
  22. "official mousesports bring styko back into starting lineup". HLTV.org.
  23. mouz. (10 January 2019). "Welcome @al0t97 to our #RocketLeague team! Together with @xAlex161 & @TigreeeRL, we will try to qualify for WSOE Las Vegas on Sunday and compete in the upcoming #RLCS Linus is joining mouz from @compLexity https://t.co/n99dNHVDfC".
  24. "The return to Rainbow Six Siege". mousesports.
  25. GiFu esports. (1 July 2019). "With a mutual agreement we have been released from our contract with Mousesports. We are now looking for a new organisation to present in the current season of R6 PL. Meanwhile, it's time to revive an old friend... https://t.co/sp1M3IPrVr".
  26. "Official: Mousesports complete roster with new trio".
  27. (22 June 2020). "Mousesports becomes third organization to leave RLCS".
  28. (18 March 2024). "Virtus.Pro and Entity upset favourites to advance to 1win Series Dota 2 Spring finals — Day Three recap".
  29. (17 December 2024). "Farewell LOL Roster". MOUZ.
  30. "History".
  31. (20 December 2003). "SK.swe vinner CPL Winter 2003".
  32. "mousesports wins CPL Spain".
  33. "compLexity Wins ESWC 2005".
  34. "WSVG Louisville – Final standings".
  35. "mTw conquer ESWC Masters".
  36. "mTw beat mousesports and win WEM 2008".
  37. "ESWC: fnatic beat SK to win ESWC Masters Cheonan".
  38. "mousesports win GameGune 2009".
  39. "Arbalet Dallas: It's over, Na'Vi with the triple!".
  40. "Frag eXecutors win e-Stars Seoul".
  41. "eSports at DHW11".
  42. "SK beat ESC to win CS:GO challenge".
  43. "Virtus.pro win Gfinity 3".
  44. (8 December 2014). "Fnatic are the champions of ESEA Season 17".
  45. (April 2020). "Virtus Pro triumph at Acer A-Split Invitational".
  46. "Virtus.pro win ESEA S18 Global Finals".
  47. "Gfinity Summer Masters I Recap and Results".
  48. (27 July 2015). "CEVO S7 Finals: VP takes the title".
  49. "HellRaisers win APM S1 Finals".
  50. "Virtus beat mouz to win CEVO S8".
  51. (14 February 2016). "Acer Predator Masters Season 2 LAN Finals: Mousesports victorious".
  52. "mousesports defeat Liquid to win ESG Tour Mykonos".
  53. "DreamHack Denver is done — Cloud9 win on home soil".
  54. "ECS Season 4 Finals — Faze win the Grand Final over Mousesports".
  55. "mousesports edge past Space Soldiers to qualify for Major playoffs".
  56. "mousesports beat Na'Vi to win StarSeries i-League S4".
  57. "mousesports beat Virtus.pro to win V4 Future Sports Festival".
  58. "StarSeries i-League Season 5".
  59. "ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals".
  60. "mousesports pull off comeback vs. Liquid to win ESL One New York".
  61. "mousesports defeat Valiance to win DreamHack Tours".
  62. "Liquid defeat mousesports; seal grand final spot in Montpellier".
  63. "mousesports defeat ENCE to win CS:GO Asia Championships".
  64. "MOUSESPORTS OUTCLASS FNATIC TO WIN ESL PRO LEAGUE SEASON 10".
  65. LucasAM. (16 December 2019). "Mousesports beat G2 to win cs summit 5".
  66. Švejda, Milan. (22 December 2019). "ZywOo carries Vitality to Epicenter triumph over mousesports".
  67. "mousesports overcome Natus Vincere to win ICE Challenge 2020".
  68. (12 April 2020). "Fnatic take down mousesports to win ESL Pro League season 11 Europe".
  69. "MOUSESPORTS DEFEAT CLOUD9 TO BOOK BLAST PREMIER FALL FINALS SPOT".
  70. "ASTRALIS BEAT MOUSESPORTS TO WIN DREAMHACK MASTERS WINTER".
  71. "VIRTUS.PRO BREEZE PAST MOUSESPORTS TO CLINCH CS_SUMMIT 7 FINAL SPOT".
  72. (31 May 2021). "Mousesports win Flashpoint Season 3 in dominant fashion, only drop one map in the entire tournament".
  73. "MOUZ lost to Complexity Gaming and left IEM Katowice 2023".

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