We have collated our photographers’ favourite photos captured from around the globe to showcase 2019’s most memorable moments.

As the year comes to a close we have compiled a series of photographs to illustrate some of the most momentous storylines of 2019, from Astralis solidifying their claim as Counter-Strike’s greatest ever team after winning back-to-back Majors (their third consecutively and fourth in total), to Liquid’s unfathomable 63-day Intel Grand Slam victory, or saying farewell to some legendary names and welcoming new ones.

(IEM Katowice 2019, Josip Brtan)

A teary-eyed pashaBiceps carries the IEM Katowice trophy to centre stage in the Spodek Arena

Scroll below to see a collection of images, hand-picked by our photographers, that capture some of the unforgettable moments lived throughout the year at Counter-Strike events around the world.

(IEM Katowice Main Qualifier, Josip Brtan)

JW comforts an emotional Brollan after fnatic failed to qualify in the top 16 of a CS:GO Major for the first time in the organisation’s history

(IEM Katowice 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

The Polish legend pashaBiceps says an emotional goodbye to his home crowd as his trophy-bearing duties are fulfilled at IEM Katowice

(IEM Katowice 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

Astralis become the third team ever (after fnatic and Luminosity/SK) to win back-to-back Majors with a 2-0 victory over ENCE in the IEM Katowice grand final

(WESG 2018 World Finals, João Ferreira)

Windigo were a force to reckon with in Chongqing, China, where they lifted the WESG 2018 World Finals trophy with wins over MIBR and G2

(BLAST Pro Series São Paulo 2019, João Ferreira)

The Ginásio do Ibirapuera packed out with a Brazilian crowd for the two-day BLAST Pro Series event in São Paulo

(BLAST Pro Series São Paulo 2019, João Ferreira)

gla1ve celebrates a round win in São Paulo, where Astralis comfortably secured the BLAST Pro Series title

(StarSeries i-League Season 7, Radoslaw Makuch)

GeT_RiGhT sharpening his aim before NiP's quarter-final matchup against Renegades at StarSeries i-League Season 7

(IEM Sydney 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

Grayhound had Australian fans optimistic in Sydney with a lower bracket group stage win over FaZe before falling to fnatic in the consolidation final

(IEM Sydney 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

It was not to be for MIBR in Sydney as the Brazilians fell to the eventual winners, Liquid, in the semi-finals, during a complicated first half of 2019 which eventually saw coldzera depart the team

(IEM Sydney 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

A 3-2 victory for Liquid over fnatic in the IEM Sydney grand final kick-started a dominant three-month period for the North Americans, which saw them claim the Intel Grand Slam Season 2 in a remarkable 63 days

(DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

Two Counter-Strike legends, NEO and f0rest, shake hands after their match at DreamHack Masters Dallas

(ESL One Cologne 2019, Josip Brtan)

GeT_RiGhT breaks down in tears during a post-match interview addressing his future in professional Counter-Strike. The 29-year-old went on to play his final match for NiP at the V4 Future Sports Festival

(ESL One Cologne 2019, Josip Brtan)

Liquid, led by a focused Stewie2K, marched their way to the Lanxess Arena stage to face off against Vitality in the grand final, where they emerged victorious with a 3-1 series win

(ESL One Cologne 2019, Josip Brtan)

Liquid lifted their fourth consecutive Big Event trophy at ESL One Cologne to secure the Intel Grand Slam Season 2 in a staggering 63 days

(IEM Chicago 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

maLeK trying to keep his side effervescent during a 2-1 defeat to MIBR in the Group A decider match at IEM Chicago, shox's last event in the G2 jersey barring the StarLadder Major

(IEM Chicago 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

Aleksib during ENCE's group stage matchup versus Heroic at IEM Chicago, the last tournament before it was publicly known that the Finnish team would replace him with suNny after the StarLadder Major

(IEM Chicago 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

FalleN and zews encourage the crowd to get involved in their semi-final matchup versus ENCE at IEM Chicago, where zews was standing in for the team while the squad was down to four players following coldzera's benching

(IEM Chicago 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

Twistzz poses with the IEM Chicago trophy after Liquid ran over ENCE in a one-sided best-of-five grand final

(StarLadder Major 2019, Josip Brtan)

The Kovac cousins embrace after huNter-'s CR4ZY overcame NiKo's FaZe in the StarLadder Major's New Legends Stage

(StarLadder Major 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

GeT_RiGhT thunderstruck as NiP stared elimination in the face at his final Major with the team following a loss to CR4ZY in the New Legends Stage

(StarLadder Major 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

f0rest sat frozen in place as NiP faced elimination after falling a map down to North in the New Legends Stage in Berlin

(StarLadder Major 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

woxic distraught as Liquid denied mousesports a playoff spot in a nail-biting two-map series featuring two overtimes at the StarLadder Major, where both teams were in the 2-2 pool of the Swiss group stage

(StarLadder Major 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

Zeus stares longingly at the Berlin crowd after Na`Vi fell to NRG in the quarter-finals in his last Major appearance before retirement

(StarLadder Major 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

gla1ve explodes with passion as Astralis booked themselves a place in the StarLadder Major semi-final after taking down Liquid. The Danes went on to claim their third-straight Major title (the fourth in total) after a dominant playoff run

(StarLadder Major 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

The view of the Mercedes-Benz Arena before the semi-final matchups kicked off in Berlin

(StarLadder Major 2019, Josip Brtan)

moses and Anders hug before casting the StarLadder Major grand final between Astralis and AVANGAR

(BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

Na`Vi facepalm after Zeus got knifed by GeT_RiGhT in the BLAST Pro Series Moscow stand-off match, the Ukrainian in-game leader's final event for Natus Vincere

(BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019, Lucas Aznar Miles)

Jame and AVANGAR reach for the sky as the team wins BLAST Pro Series Moscow off the back of a second-place Major finish

(ESL One New York 2019, Radoslaw Makuch)

The former NRG roster competed at its first event under the Evil Geniuses name at ESL One New York, where the North American team emerged victorious after besting Astralis in a best-of-five series

(DreamHack Masters Malmö, Josip Brtan)

Golden and JW celebrate after fnatic secured their first Big Event victory in nineteen months by beating Vitality in the DreamHack Masters Malmö grand final, where Golden and flusha's return to the Swedish team proved pivotal to their success

(BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019, Josip Brtan)

New teammates coldzera and NiKo embrace as the big-money move for the Brazilian seemed to pay off for FaZe, who won the BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen title

(BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019, Josip Brtan)

FaZe celebrate their first trophy since adding coldzera to the roster with a 2-0 victory over NiP in the BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen grand final

(CS:GO Asia Championships 2019. Radoslaw Makuch)

mousesports walk to the Jing'an Sports Center stage ahead of their semi-final match with local side TYLOO at CAC 2019. karrigan's side ultimately secured the trophy with a win over ENCE in the grand final

(ECS Season 8 Finals, Lucas Aznar Miles)

LUCAS1 was unable to gel with MIBR during a six-month stint with the team, were he was initially on loan from Luminosity, and was replaced by Argentine youngster meyern before the end of the year

(ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals, Josip Brtan)

karrigan roars at the Danish crowd as mousesports triumph over Astralis after a double comeback in the ESL Pro League Season 10 semi-finals. mousesports went on to win the event following a 3-0 victory against fnatic in the grand final

(BLAST Pro Series Global Final, Radoslaw Makuch)

Astralis celebrate a dominant win in Bahrain at the BLAST Pro Series Global Final and end 2019 as the top ranked team in the world

(EPICENTER 2019, Josip Brtan)

A frustrated s1mple holds his head in his hand following a disappointing quarter-final defeat to Evil Geniuses at EPICENTER 2019, Na`Vi’s last event of the year

(Champions Cup Finals, Lucas Aznar Miles)

guerri embraces arT and HEN1 after FURIA took down Movistar Riders in the Champions Cup Finals Group A winners' match

(EPICENTER 2019, Josip Brtan)

ZywOo with his fifth MVP medal of the year after Vitality lifted the EPICENTER trophy in Moscow following a 2-1 victory over mousesports