Year in photos: 2022

19-1-2023 00:58

From IEM Katowice to the BLAST Premier World Final, let's flick back through the album to relive some of the best moments of the past year.

As 2023 begins, we take a look back at the last year and revisit its most memorable moments through the work of our photographers. From FaZe winning their first Major in Antwerp to Brazil hosting a Major for the first time, 2022 was a year for making history and one that will not quickly be forgotten.

So scroll through these pictures and enjoy looking back on an incredible year of Counter-Strike.

s1mple gave a powerful and heartfelt speech to the Polish crowd
(IEM Katowice, Radoslaw Makuch)

Former winners were marked on the stairs leading to the stage in Katowice
(IEM Katowice, Radoslaw Makuch)

FaZe lifted their first trophy of the year at Katowice and set a strong precedent going forward
(IEM Katowice, Josip Brtan)

Luken and his teammates screamed, laughed, and cried with joy as they could not contain their happiness after 9z qualified for the PGL Major Antwerp
(PGL Major Antwerp Americas RMR, Josip Brtan)

IHC qualified for their first Major and cemented themselves as the best team in Asia
(PGL Major Antwerp Asia RMR, Josip Brtan)

Bad News Eagles celebrated their win over MIBR to qualify for the Legends stage of the PGL Antwerp Major
(PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage, Josip Brtan)

FaZe made their way on stage to make history and try to become the first international roster to ever win a Major
(PGL Major Antwerp 2022, Josip Brtan)

karrigan and s1mple face the crowd ahead of the Major final in Antwerp
(PGL Major Antwerp 2022, Josip Brtan)

karrigan's decade-long wait for a Major trophy came to an end
(PGL Major Antwerp 2022, Radoslaw Makuch)

rain won the Major MVP and became the oldest player in history to do so
(PGL Major Antwerp 2022, Radoslaw Makuch)

degster stepped in for OG at the BLAST Premier Spring Final, where they finished 3-4th
(BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022, Josip Brtan)

Snax played in a big event for the first time since 2018 when he stood in for ENCE at IEM Dallas and helped them finish in second place
(IEM Dallas 2022, Radoslaw Makuch)

Nigma Galaxy were crowned the ESL Impact League Season 1 champions
(ESL Impact League Season 1 Finals, Radoslaw Makuch)

nafany holds the IEM Dallas trophy above his head after Cloud9 won their first big event on LAN
(IEM Dallas 2022, Radoslaw Makuch)

BLAST returned to the electric environment of Lisbon in June
(BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022, Josip Brtan)

The Cathedral of Counter-Strike awaited its champion
(IEM Cologne 2022, Radoslaw Makuch)

After a season of struggles, Liquid got to step onto the stage again in Cologne
(IEM Cologne 2022, Josip Brtan)

Astralis hit their peak at IEM Cologne as they struggled to find consistency throughout the rest of the year
(IEM Cologne 2022, Josip Brtan)

nitr0 brought out the Cologne trophy
(IEM Cologne 2022, Josip Brtan)

The first part of the season ended with FaZe clinching their fourth trophy, becoming the first team to win Katowice, the Major, and Cologne in the same year
(IEM Cologne 2022, Josip Brtan)

A win over Liquid saw Vitality win their only big trophy of the year at ESL Pro League Season 16
(ESL Pro League Season 16, Radoslaw Makuch)

Astralis were broken when they failed to qualify for the Rio Major
(IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR, Radoslaw Makuch)

fnx shed a tear after Imperial qualified for the first Major in Brazil
(IEM Road to Rio Americas RMR, Josip Brtan)

Old friends reunited in Rio
(IEM Rio Major Challengers Stage, Radoslaw Makuch)

FaZe were in disbelief when the Major champions exited Rio with a 0-3 record in the Legends Stage
(IEM Rio Major, Josip Brtan)

Making it to Major playoffs meant the world to torzsi
(IEM Rio Major, Josip Brtan)

In an emotional moment, FalleN thanked the Rio fans for all their support
(IEM Rio Major, Josip Brtan)

After a crushing elimination loss to Spirit, EliGE signed autographs in tears for 30 minutes to show his thanks to the fans
(IEM Rio Major, Radoslaw Makuch)

s1mple was devastated after falling to FURIA in the quarter finals
(IEM Rio Major, Josip Brtan)

FURIA were overwhelmed with emotions as a loss Heroic meant that they would not compete in the finals of their home Major
(IEM Rio Major, Josip Brtan)

The professor brought out the trophy in front of the Brazilian crowd
(IEM Rio Major, Josip Brtan)

Outsiders won the upset-filled Rio Major
(IEM Rio Major, Josip Brtan)

The end of the year saw the rise of Heroic as they lifted a trophy shortly after Outsiders beat them to the Rio Major trophy
(BLAST Premier Fall Final, Josip Brtan)

npl watched from afar as he prepared to take his place on the NAVI roster
(BLAST Premier Fall Final, Josip Brtan)

2022 concluded with G2 ending their organization's five-year big event trophy drought
(BLAST Premier World Final, Radoslaw Makuch)

nice photos, especially of G2

2023-01-19 00:59

5 replies

with how much niko baited them into losing, its actually quite impressive that there even is pictures of them at tier 1 events

2023-01-19 01:05

4 replies

0/8

2023-01-19 01:10

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2023-01-19 02:38

Still no picture of Lyoa at a Tier one event. Niko can get openers.

2023-01-19 06:18

First

2023-01-19 00:58

Nice!

good photos

2023-01-19 01:00

SAPBEEE!!

snaxzillaa

2023-01-19 01:04

RIO WORST MAJOR CONFIRMED

BRAZIL IS THE WORST COUNTRY OF CSGO MORE THAN AFGHANISTAN

2023-01-19 01:06

1 reply

u have no scene

2023-01-19 09:03

that npl picture is SO fire

2023-01-19 01:12

yeah I agree

2023-01-19 03:54

How is 9z there for just qualifying to a Major but Movistar miracle run in Cologne isnt? weird

2023-01-19 01:27

Mopoz with Big Clan's Flag should've been there.

2023-01-19 01:28

+1111111

2023-01-19 08:17

cause it was one of the best photos taken of the year. it wasnt as important but was a top tier photo

2023-01-19 01:57

2 replies

These images are pretty impactful but whatever

The rise of SunPayus

The succes of the spanish dream team

2023-01-19 18:01

the sunpayus one desrves to be here as well but the other pi c is all out of focus, it captured a great moment but nothing in that pic is in focus so i kinda dont like it

2023-01-19 22:09