Tügel announced the feat on X/Twitter and received a tremendous amount of support from the scene. Many notable teams and players praised him in the comments, such as Astralis, Heroic, Alliance’s CEO “Loda”, as well as FACEIT themselves. Liam also gave a personal shoutout to fellow teammate Nicolas “Plopski” Gonzalez Zamora.
Currently sitting at 4,930 ELO, Tügel has a decent margin between himself and the player on the #2 spot, who currently sits at 4,860 ELO. In the top 15 vicinity of the leaderboard, we find several notable players like Russians donk and zweih from Team Spirit and mONESY from Falcons.
MaiL09 in top of the leaderboard
With FACEIT being the leading platform for competitive gaming in the world, Counter-Strike included, reaching the highest ranking in Europe is an incredible accomplishment. We’re very proud of Liam and his unstoppable hunger to compete and continue improving in all aspects of the game, and we’re thrilled to have him representing Metizport as he takes on the world.
But MaiL09 didn’t stop there. Mere days before becoming the highest ranked player in Europe, he also became the champion of FACEIT Pro League (FPL) for the third time in his career, making him the youngest triple champion in history. With a 100% win rate, his opponents stood no chance as the youngster plowed through the league.
MaiL09 appears on the server again tonight at 19:00 CEST, as the team goes up against Venom in ESL Challenger League Season 50 Cup #2. In two weeks, the 16-year-old will also have his LAN debut with Metizport, flying down to Bucharest, Romania to attend Draculan #2 among many other top teams.