Team ranking: May 2024
MOUZ reach No. 1 for the first time in the organization's history, Vitality return to the top three, and 9z jump 30 spots in this month's team ranking.
May was a busy month in Counter-Strike as ESL Pro League Season 19 crowned a champion, freeing up some teams to make changes with no roster lock in the way and giving space for other events in the calendar to play out.
International competition was fierce as BetBoom Dacha Belgrade began just two days after MOUZ lifted the trophy in Malta and marked Spirit's first return to the server since PGL Major Copenhagen, while MESA Nomadic Masters Spring, IEM Dallas, and ESL Impact League Season 5 Finals rounded out the month and crowned The MongolZ, G2, and Imperial Valkyries as champions.
A few regional and local LANs also played out and online events returned in earnest, with teams playing in CCT Season 2, RES Regional Series, Hellcase Cup, CCT Season 1 Global Finals, and a handful of qualifiers.
For new readers or those in need of a refresher, here's a summary of how the HLTV World Ranking by 1xBet works:
Our team ranking is based on teams' achievements over the past year (with severe decay in points throughout each month), recent form over the last two months, and performance in recent events in the last 3 months.
Each team is required to have a three-man core in order to retain their points. Online matches and tournaments are included, but with a diminishing factor which means they cannot make a big difference among the top teams, and mainly serve to put new teams on the map.
Below is the current top 30 table as of Monday, June 3, which goes more in-depth into how the points are distributed — or you can check our special page, where you will be able to find the latest, weekly version of our ranking. You can see the lineup for each team by hovering over their name in the table.
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MOUZ rise to No. 1 for first time in history
MOUZ have remained perennial contenders for trophies despite David "frozen" Čerňanský's departure for FaZe at the end of 2023, and after two title victories in May, now sit atop the rankings at No. 1 for the first time in the German organization's history.
Since adding Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek and Jimi "Jimpphat" Salo, the team has consistently dominated group stages and made playoffs at big LAN events, but struggles to keep that form when the stage lights come on and the arena crowd roars to life.
Exits in the playoffs of IEM Katowice and PGL Major Copenhagen played into that narrative, and despite a stage win over G2 at IEM Chengdu, the conversation continued when FaZe beat MOUZ at IEM Chengdu in April to reclaim No. 1 in the world rankings.
Thus, back-to-back studio events, ESL Pro League Season 19 and BetBoom Dacha, presented the perfect opportunity for MOUZ to claim titles without the added pressure of an arena, and they were chances that siuhy's side seized with aplomb.
The team won ten series in a row, dropping just three maps in the process, and won two best-of-five finals in 3-0 fashion over Vitality and Spirit to complete runs to the title in Malta and Serbia, respectively. Wins over Complexity, G2, Virtus.pro, and Liquid were also tallied within that streak, which allowed the team to dethrone FaZe from atop the standings and max out with 1000 points at No. 1.
However, a decision to take a break between BetBoom Dacha Belgrade and IEM Dallas backfired spectacularly as MOUZ suffered their first group stage exit since adding Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin in the Lone Star State, losing to 9z and G2 to end the first half of their season on a sour note. With MOUZ absent from BLAST Spring Final, FaZe are in pole position to reclaim the crown heading into the summer break.
9z climb into top 15 after surprise Dallas run, become best-ranked SA team
Jake "Stewie2K" Yip's stand-in run to the trophy with G2 was the miracle story of IEM Dallas, but it would be a disservice to 9z's run through the group stage to call it the same.
The South American team arrived on the server in Dallas in phenomenal form and played excellent Counter-Strike to earn wins over MOUZ, Liquid, and Vitality, becoming the surprise team to top Group A and earn a direct berth to the semi-finals — their first-ever Big Event playoff appearance in an arena.
9z then took the fight to G2 on stage and played Nikola "NiKo" Kovač's side close, looking far more composed than expected for a team making its first appearance under the big bright lights.
They only came up short on Inferno due to an inspired showing from the Bosnian rifler and ran up an early lead on their Dust2 pick before inexperience began to show with a few overeager peeks, which ultimately gave G2 momentum and allowed the eventual tournament victors to close out the series 2-0.
Still, 9z can walk away from Dallas with their heads held high after making history for a South American team outside of Brazil, achieving their highest-ever ranking at No. 13 and, in the process, becoming the highest-ranked South American team above the likes of MIBR, paiN, and FURIA.
NAVI out of top five, Eternal Fire out of top 10
No resting on the laurels of a Major victory for Natus Vincere. The Copenhagen champions are ranked sixth after faltering at back-to-back events, ESL Pro League Season 19 and IEM Dallas, and have failed to replicate the success of their Major run amidst ongoing conversation of whether it was a fluke and if the team will make changes to its lineup.
Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen's side made playoffs in Malta with wins over FlyQuest and BIG, but lost to Complexity in the seeding match before exiting the tournament with a loss to FaZe.
A best-of-one victory over BIG to kick off IEM Dallas did little to lighten the mood as defeats to Spirit and an Abdul "degster" Gasanov-less HEROIC ended Natus Vincere's tournament run early, and pressure for results within the camp is mounting going into BLAST Spring Final as the tournament break looms.
Eternal Fire have also tumbled out of the top 10 for the first time since the Major, after which they had peaked at No. 7. The Turkish team had been on the rise with runners-up finishes at ESL Challenger Jönköping 2023, PARI Please 2023, and a strong run through the Copenhagen Major and its qualifiers, but a dismal showing at ESL Pro League and ranking points from those deep 2023 runs expiring has resulted in a drop down the rankings.
An online tournament victory in CCT Global Finals over Liquid helped prevent an even steeper drop, but Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli's side will need to show that same level offline at YaLLa Compass if they want to climb back into the top 10.
ENCE plummet after roster changes
ENCE has had a harrowing string of results since their run to the playoffs at IEM Katowice, including a Challengers Stage elimination at the Major, group stage exit at ESL Pro League Season 19, and dismal showings online in Skyesports Masters and CCT Global Finals 2024.
The roster, assembled in haste with a core of 9INE players just to secure an RMR spot for the Major, thus made its first changes, adding Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev and Paavo "podi" Heiskanen in place of Paweł "dycha" Dycha and Olek "hades" Miskiewicz.
The changes resulted in the team losing 40% of its points and plummeting down the rankings to sit on the cusp of the top 30. Two losses to DMS in the BLAST Fall Showdown qualifier haven't helped the new lineup get off to the greatest start, but they will hope to change that trajectory as the lineup makes its LAN debut at YaLLa Compass.
Other notable changes:
G2 rise to fourth: A miracle run in Dallas saw G2 claim the trophy with Stewie2K as a stand-in for Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen, which helped them claim the fourth spot on the rankings. However, it should be noted they received just 80% of the ranking points for the win due to Stewie2K not being a part of the roster.
Vitality within striking distance of FaZe: Titles may not have gone Vitality's way at ESL Pro League or IEM Dallas, but runners-up finishes at both leave the team just 25 points shy of FaZe in second place. Both teams will be in action at BLAST Spring Final, so a battle atop the standings could well be in the cards ahead of the break.
TheMongolz continue climb: A playoff run at ESL Pro League Season 19 kept The MongolZ's impressive string of results going in May, and the team closed the month by adding a trophy to their cabinet at MESA Nomadic Masters Spring with a hard-fought 3-1 win over BLEED. They now sit at No. 15, just shy of their peak of No. 12 after Pro League, but have a chance to climb higher at YaLLa Compass.
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Filip 'NEO' Kubski
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Alexandru 's0und' Ștefan
Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia
Josef 'faveN' Baumann
Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García
Keith 'NAF' Markovic
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Nicolás 'buda' Kramer
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez
Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie
Alexander 'kakafu' Szymanczyk
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
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