Team Liquid

Multi-regional esports organization based in the Netherlands.

Team Liquid is a multi-regional professional esports organization based in the Netherlands that was founded in 2000. They signed their first professional players with the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

Quick Facts

Short name

Liquid, TL

Parent group

aXiomatic

Founded

2000

Manager

Victor Goossens (co-CEO); Steve Arhancet (co-CEO)

Partners

Alienware
IMC Trading
HyperX
Jersey Mike's Subs
Marvel Entertainment
Monster Energy
Secretlab
SAP SE
Twitch

Lore & Background

The website was released on May 1, 2001, by Victor 'Nazgul' Goossens and Joy 'Meat' Hoogeveen under the domain teamliquid.cjb.net. On September 22, 2002, the website was moved to the address of teamliquid.net. A day later the very first poll was posted as a vote for the website's name with the teamliquid.net name winning over other suggestions such as likwit.com. On April 5, 2019, it was announced that the website would be moving to the domain tl.net, with teamliquid.net becoming an alias for teamliquid.com in the future.

On September 27, 2016, Team Liquid sold its controlling interest to aXiomatic Gaming, an investment group including Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber, entrepreneur Ted Leonsis, motivational speaker Tony Robbins, basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, and AOL co-founder Steve Case. In 2020, the organization introduced Blue, an anthropomorphic horse, as its mascot. Blue has been featured in the organization's merchandising campaigns and collaborations.

Reader's Guide

Team Liquid has teams in multiple games including Dota 2, League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rainbow Six Siege, Free Fire, female Valorant, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and chess. Their European Dota 2 squad won The International 2017. Their League of Legends team has won five LCS titles. Their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team was awarded the Intel Grand Slam prize in 2019 after winning four tournaments in just 63 days. The organization also hosts tournaments such as the Team Liquid Starleague and TL Opens.