[VOD] HLTV Confirmed end-of-year show: best team of 2020, breakout players, biggest flops

21-12-2020 19:50

The live show airs for the last time in 2020 tonight at 20:00 , to recap the latest news and dig into the biggest stories of the year.

With Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill steering the ship and Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda and Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin joining his side, HLTV Confirmed S5E21 will cover the news of Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken stepping down from Liquid, Astralis winning IEM Global Challenge, and other recent news.

What does Twistzz's future hold?

The panel will touch on the news regarding ENCE, who are "evaluating the situation" in the team after last week's episode of the show which featured their star AWPer Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli. Additionally, topics such as Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad's short stint in Apeks, fnatic reportedly looking at Jack "⁠Jackinho⁠" Ström Mattsson, and more.

As it is the last episode of 2020, in the second part of the episode the focus will be breakout players of the year, the biggest flops in 2020, and will feature a discussion about which team has been the best over the last twelve months.

Topic list is available below:

Recent news (40 min)
-Twistzz's future after Liquid
-FalleN new Liquid IGL? - report
-ZywOo extends with Vitality until 2024
-jkaem to leave Apeks
-fnatic eye Jackinho - report
-GODSENT in talks with suNny - report
-HAVU sign Aerial
-Gen.G transfer list roster
IEM Global Challenge (15 min)
-Astralis back to winning
-Liquid's redemption
2020 rewind (50 min)
-Vitality vs. NAVI vs. Astralis - team of 2020 discussion
-Breakout players? Potential top20 rookies?
-Top 3 flops of the year
-HLTV Confirmed All-Star lineup
Playtime (15 min)
-Leftover topics and viewer questions

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HLTV Confirmed Audio

Sweden Jack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson
Jack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson
Age:
21
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
58
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.67
Australia Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Age:
31
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.87
Maps played:
158
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.73
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Czech Republic Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Milan 'Striker' Švejda
Age:
27
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.30
Maps played:
11
KPR:
0.90
DPR:
0.64
Finland Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Age:
28
Team:
ENCE
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
1537
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.64
Norway Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Age:
26
Team:
Apeks
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1069
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.70
Canada Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Age:
21
Team:
Liquid
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1133
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.62
#1
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Austria shaak!
twistzz boss
2020-12-21 14:25
0
4 replies
#63
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Cyprus VetoPredicts
No guest ?? maybe NiKo ?
2020-12-21 14:56
0
1 reply
#72
NiKo | 
Peru oliverpapa24
Lets hope
2020-12-21 15:16
0
#127
Jame | 
Russia Delusional_jame_fan
Twistz bot
2020-12-21 19:02
0
#144
EliGE | 
United States wilBuildCHURCHofALEKSIGODgot30
+1 also add why is bot2k still on the team now that liquid has fallen with a massive fanbase, why keep this trash because his only job was baiting in degenerate kids
2020-12-22 05:55
0
#2
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Austria Brandenburg
very nice, lets go!
2020-12-21 14:25
0
#3
Bubzkji | 
Russia unfortunately
nice
2020-12-21 14:25
0
#4
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Japan nostalgiabruh
xaaxxax
2020-12-21 14:26
0
#5
God | 
Other Zywh0_is_my_flair
GOAT s1mple top1 2020 so ez
2020-12-21 14:26
0
6 replies
#7
s1mple | 
Europe s1mple_CSGOD
+1
2020-12-21 14:27
0
#100
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Korea ramza72
+111111
2020-12-21 16:39
0
#117
messiTHEGOAT | 
Argentina i_deserve_ten_years_ban
-1
2020-12-21 17:41
0
#132
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Spain chuggo
+1
2020-12-21 21:25
0
#142
Albania MetatronKbh
2014 0 MAJOR 2015 0 MAJOR 2016 0 MAJOR 2017 0 MOJOR 2018 0 MAJOR 2019 0 MAJOR
2020-12-22 00:38
0
#148
Don't Cry | 
Faroe Islands Vr4zor
malding S0mple fangirl LUL
2020-12-22 14:19
0
#6
s1mple | 
Europe s1mple_CSGOD
Invite s1mple
2020-12-21 14:27
0
8 replies
#80
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France SigmawOo
who ?
2020-12-21 15:21
0
5 replies
#84
Zeus | 
Ukraine m00duck
it's top-1 player this year
2020-12-21 15:49
0
4 replies
#90
Afghanistan Mickol
only for you ukrainians
2020-12-21 16:16
0
2 replies
#116
Ukraine ^vAl^
not really kurwa
2020-12-21 17:38
0
1 reply
#129
Afghanistan Mickol
#125
2020-12-21 20:44
0
#125
Faceit level 10  | 
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Europe HoxjE
twitter.com/HLTVorg/status/1341036921728..
2020-12-21 18:16
0
#85
kennyS | 
France jackz_best_deagle
who?
2020-12-21 15:50
0
#133
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Spain chuggo
+1 s1mple top1 invite him!
2020-12-21 21:25
0
#9
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Lithuania MomentoMore
Pog
2020-12-21 14:28
0
#11
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Denmark simple_0_major
device top1?
2020-12-21 14:29
0
15 replies
#30
s1mple | 
Europe s1mple_CSGOD
0/8
2020-12-21 14:32
0
#39
God | 
Other Zywh0_is_my_flair
0/8
2020-12-21 14:33
0
#51
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Spain chuggo
0/8
2020-12-21 14:40
0
#71
NiKo | 
Peru oliverpapa24
0/8
2020-12-21 15:16
0
#75
ScreaM | 
Latvia sonofdog
0/8
2020-12-21 15:19
0
#79
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Slovenia Rheniel
0/8
2020-12-21 15:20
0
#83
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Iceland IM_FAN_OF_YOU
0/8
2020-12-21 15:37
0
#89
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France Happy2Majors_S1mpleTooToxic
8/8
2020-12-21 16:12
0
1 reply
#122
United Kingdom STEW_IS_A_LADYBOY
There is 1 imposter among us
2020-12-21 18:15
0
#98
yngsamurai | 
Europe legal2333
0/8
2020-12-21 16:38
0
#101
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Korea ramza72
0/8
2020-12-21 16:39
0
#102
Asia Plastic_FANS
0/8
2020-12-21 16:48
0
#123
United Kingdom STEW_IS_A_LADYBOY
0/8
2020-12-21 18:15
0
#126
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Peru Moluza0903
0/8
2020-12-21 18:21
0
#131
amanek | 
Sweden Shvetsiya2k
er du sindsyg mand
2020-12-21 21:07
0
#12
Finland Sergay_Leikkaa_Partas
ence best team 2020
2020-12-21 14:29
0
12 replies
#41
s1mple | 
Europe s1mple_CSGOD
NaVi best team 2020
2020-12-21 14:34
0
10 replies
#44
God | 
Other Zywh0_is_my_flair
+1
2020-12-21 14:36
0
#56
Europe Sinthorass
best team in losing 2-0 advantages this year ^^
2020-12-21 14:42
0
1 reply
#82
ropz | 
France Naiizo
+1
2020-12-21 15:30
0
#60
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Denmark Nikolaim88
Navi ? They didn't win shit except Katowice? You gotta be joking. Astralis achieved more with a half gimped team.
2020-12-21 14:44
0
3 replies
#74
f0rest | 
Germany |TheDarkKnight|
There is no clear #1 team, the closest one would be Vitality but even they fucked up in so many grandfinals...
2020-12-21 15:18
0
2 replies
#81
Coronaz | 
United Kingdom XSGO
At least they were consistently getting to finals
2020-12-21 15:22
0
#86
device | 
Denmark Nate2Aid
Best comment bout top teams :)
2020-12-21 15:55
0
#76
 | 
France TonTon_Clutcher
Hhaahah that why s1mple fan are delusional when you said Navi top 1 it is the same for s1mple best player xD. (Vita top 1 and ZywOo top 1 and french are not delusional just true wait and see )
2020-12-21 15:19
0
2 replies
#107
s1mple | 
Europe s1mple_CSGOD
everything checks out
2020-12-21 17:13
0
1 reply
#119
markeloff | 
Kazakhstan trickzce
everything checks out
2020-12-21 17:55
0
#118
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Europe robo1234
EZ4ENCE as usual!
2020-12-21 17:45
0
#45
misutaaa | 
Pakistan Retardino
jackinho in fnatic for who?
2020-12-21 14:36
0
2 replies
#49
misutaaa | 
Pakistan Retardino
if hes gonna replace jw then 8/8 roster move indeed
2020-12-21 14:42
0
1 reply
#145
EliGE | 
United States wilBuildCHURCHofALEKSIGODgot30
0/8 jW bestest
2020-12-22 05:57
0
#47
 | 
Pakistan LoOuU2
Whats with that Fnatic report and who the hell is Jackinho
2020-12-21 14:36
0
12 replies
#52
misutaaa | 
Pakistan Retardino
up and coming awper played with rez plopski and lekro in the yalla cup and is certainly a promising awper
2020-12-21 14:41
0
6 replies
#65
Get_Rice | 
Indonesia No_rice_no_life
So what happen to Nawwk then?
2020-12-21 14:57
0
2 replies
#67
misutaaa | 
Pakistan Retardino
nawkk didnt play with them in the Yalla cup
2020-12-21 15:01
0
1 reply
#109
Get_Rice | 
Indonesia No_rice_no_life
Ah shit lmao my bad came here after i read the report about ex6tenz joining nip valorant. my head just keep thinking about nip even more so after you mentioned he played with rez, plopski, and lekro, forgot the fact that it is fnatic's rumour xD
2020-12-21 17:21
0
#91
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Pakistan LoOuU2
awper huh ? RIP Pig
2020-12-21 16:25
0
2 replies
#93
misutaaa | 
Pakistan Retardino
yup rip pig or rip senor vac as pig goes second awp or rifler
2020-12-21 16:25
0
1 reply
#95
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Pakistan LoOuU2
unexpected tbh.
2020-12-21 16:28
0
#59
misutaaa | 
Pakistan Retardino
dbltap.com/posts/sources-fnatic-in-discu..
2020-12-21 14:44
0
4 replies
#69
f0rest | 
Germany |TheDarkKnight|
So 6th man or -jw? Kinda weird, yes he underperformed quite a lot in 2020 but all of fnatic did, even krimz and brollan. If they kick Golden for him and make flusha the IGL I'm gonna loose it
2020-12-21 15:07
0
3 replies
#92
misutaaa | 
Pakistan Retardino
dextero report said that hes gonna be an active 5th so its either a current member to 6th or kick. the report also said thats either gonna be jw or flusha being kicked
2020-12-21 16:25
0
#94
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Pakistan LoOuU2
Golden mentioned on HLTV podcast that 6th man isnt something they would be willing to do because it wouldnt suit them and there wont be that chemistry so i highly doubt that happening. I too think this is a bit unexpected considering Fnatic as a whole is a LAN team and whole of JW, Brollan , Flusha underperformed and JW actually looked good in the FP.
2020-12-21 16:27
0
1 reply
#96
f0rest | 
Germany |TheDarkKnight|
True, I forgot about that, he said it in the last HLTV confirmed
2020-12-21 16:33
0
#55
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France MarcoXY
Niiiiice
2020-12-21 14:42
0
#57
LNZ | 
Sweden RaaCCooN
Ok
2020-12-21 14:42
0
#58
dexter | 
Australia HKZeroFive
Surely Cloud9 is one of the top three flops of the year.
2020-12-21 14:43
0
#62
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Jordan Zereeni
ok
2020-12-21 14:55
0
#64
Get_Rice | 
Indonesia No_rice_no_life
Aint watching this at 2am in the morning
2020-12-21 14:56
0
#68
Faceit level 9  | 
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Germany Dr_Prof_HLTV
hyped
2020-12-21 15:06
0
#73
Netherlands Astralis_6_majors
nice!
2020-12-21 15:18
0
#87
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Finland de_suomi
Top 3 flops: 1. ENCE 2. ENCE 3. ENCE
2020-12-21 16:00
0
#88
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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World cetinHo - in memory of cyx
All-Star lineup better got ropz in it or it cant be taken serious.
2020-12-21 16:10
0
#97
malbsMd | 
Guatemala AmericanGuatemalan
MalbsMd breakout player !!!!
2020-12-21 16:36
0
1 reply
#99
yngsamurai | 
Europe legal2333
Stfu
2020-12-21 16:38
0
#105
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
Vitality vs. NAVI vs. Astralis - team of 2020 Might be biased but in my opinion BIG and Heroic looked way way better throughout the year than NaVi and Astralis. But we don’t have to discuss that Vitality looked better than them both
2020-12-21 17:07
0
2 replies
#114
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe random_forest
Aatralis won most tournaments, while Vitality made most finals, so it is definitely between these two
2020-12-21 17:29
0
1 reply
#120
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
i just checked because it felt like astralis wasnt that strong overall this year, but yeah youre right: astralis won 4 tier one events, made finals 5 times vitality won 2 tier one events, made finals 7 times big won 3 tier one events (and a bunch of tier2-tier3 events), made finals 3 times heroic also won 3 tier one events still they did not felt that dominant but after seeing those stats i gotta agree they indeed have to be in the discussion for the best team 2020 still navi is out of question IMO
2020-12-21 18:07
0
#106
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Italy NotNew
"-Liquid's redemption" get fucked 3-0 once again and lose a member
2020-12-21 17:08
0
1 reply
#149
HObbit | 
Portugal absolut19
they came onto Europe looking like a tier2 team but they got back to their usual
2020-12-22 18:09
0
#112
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe random_forest
Best team must be Astralis
2020-12-21 17:28
0
2 replies
#138
nexa | 
Serbia LukaKKK
yeah, would agree if they played the whole year, but they were inactive and out of top 10, maybe them but maybe even vitality or even navi
2020-12-21 21:47
0
1 reply
#141
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe random_forest
Vitality were also not in top10 for a long period of time
2020-12-21 22:54
0
#115
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Europe random_forest
Largest flop is fnatic imo
2020-12-21 17:30
0
4 replies
#121
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
biggest flop has to be the NA scene, not even memeing
2020-12-21 18:09
0
2 replies
#124
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe random_forest
Noone was expecting anything from NA scene tbh
2020-12-21 18:15
0
1 reply
#135
FREDDyFROG | 
Solomon Islands Tademon
Whos Noone?
2020-12-21 21:28
0
#146
kebab | 
India CometZ
Nah mousesports. Not a single tier 1 trophy I remember. Fnatic won 1. 2nd faze. 3rd liquid.
2020-12-22 07:05
0
#128
 | 
Finland H0rnPub
All-star line-up: Mantuu, aleksib, Valde, Twistzz, Ropz
2020-12-21 19:25
0
#130
boltz | 
Europe AbteilungsleiterDerLiebe2
NaVi in discussion for best team of 2020? lmaooo funniest thing I've ever read on hltv
2020-12-21 20:55
0
4 replies
#134
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Spain chuggo
your hate towards NAVI can't change the fact that they were one of the best team in 2020, they had amazing achievements and good placings this year. NAVI are top contender for top1 team of the year and your hate cannot deny this fact.
2020-12-21 21:26
0
3 replies
#136
boltz | 
Europe AbteilungsleiterDerLiebe2
I can deny it simply by looking at the achievements in 2020
2020-12-21 21:45
0
2 replies
#137
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Spain chuggo
top places, event victories
2020-12-21 21:46
0
1 reply
#139
boltz | 
Europe AbteilungsleiterDerLiebe2
"victories" one tier 1 victory (or do you consider weplay clutch island relevant? might as well include BIG winning home sweet home cups then) three 2nd places rest irrelevant
2020-12-21 21:52
0
#140
Sweden intellectual_user
if ecovice is top3 i will logout.
2020-12-21 21:53
0
#143
gla1ve | 
United States aSupremeSloth
Pog
2020-12-22 05:44
0
#147
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Chile FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Navi in discussion for best team is absolute joke, they did nothing despite cis only shit. BIG and heroic were much better than freaking navi, especially big dominated first half of the year
2020-12-22 10:39
0
#150
s1mple | 
Lithuania Makatas
Why cant i find video on youtube?
2020-12-22 20:31
0
#151
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States jliat
Complexity is a potential destination for Twistzz.
2020-12-23 05:47
0
#152
s0m | 
Korea SugaHyung
Interesting.
2020-12-30 20:56
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