Team ranking: June 2023 | HLTV.org
June was a relatively quiet month as the tournament break got underway on the 12th, with the month featuring just one big international tournament — the BLAST Premier Spring Final — that wasn’t counted in the previous month’s ranking update.
A handful of smaller events also unfolded, including ESL Challenger Katowice, European Pro League Season 8, CBCS 2023 Season 1, and a number of other online competitions and local LAN tournaments across various regions.
s1mple and NAVI are no longer among the top 30
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. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, online results, which previously had a minimal effect, now carry more weight as they are also included in the ‘Achievements’ and ‘Recent Events’ sub-categories.
Below is the current top 30 table as of Monday, July 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.
1.
500
200
272
972
+1
2.
378
191
300
869
-1
3.
294
100
172
566
–
4.
289
79
95
463
+1
5.
185
105
125
415
-1
6.
182
68
126
376
–
7.
89
67
88
244
+1
8.
88
83
56
227
+2
9.
102
54
48
204
–
10.
99
48
28
175
+12
11.
66
62
42
170
+1
12.
73
43
53
169
-1
13.
63
42
42
147
+1
14.
61
41
37
139
+5
15.
59
45
32
136
+1
16.
53
33
45
131
-3
17.
56
32
39
127
+3
18.
41
44
30
115
-1
19.
41
35
36
112
+14
20.
40
34
25
99
+1
21.
37
34
21
92
+3
22.
45
24
19
88
+3
23.
19
36
17
72
+6
24.
21
25
20
66
-1
25.
19
29
17
65
+1
26.
11
41
9
61
+4
27.
15
31
8
54
+5
28.
22
13
16
51
–
29.
11
22
7
40
+6
30.
8
20
11
39
+6
Heroic take the throne after Vitality make changes
Heroic took home victory at the BLAST Premier Spring Final in Washington, D.C. just ahead of the tournament break, defeating Complexity, FaZe, Imperial, and Vitality en route to securing their first title victory since the BLAST Fall Final in November the previous year. Trophies have eluded the Danish squad since the event in Copenhagen despite them being praised as the most consistent top team of the year so far, but they finally managed to end their title duck in 2023 while overseas in the USA. The victory helped the Danes to eventually move atop the rankings list above Vitality, but they also have Dan “apEX” Madesclaire‘s side to thank for that as they lost out on points.
Heroic took home the trophy in Washington
Vitality making changes to their roster was the catalyst in allowing Heroic to take the throne, with the BLAST.tv Paris Major champions slipping into second place due to losing points after they swapped out Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen for Shahar “flameZ” Shushan. Vitality weren’t the only ones to suffer a loss of points due to making changes, however, with a number of other rosters tumbling down the standings in the past month.
Read more
Stat check: How will flameZ fit into Vitality?
NAVI exit the rankings
Chief among the teams to “lose out” in the rankings is Natus Vincere, who didn’t just drop out of the top 30, but exited the rankings entirety following the biggest overhaul to their CS:GO roster in the organization’s history. The removal of Denis “electroNic” Sharipov, Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy, and Andrii “npl” Kukharskyi means that the organization lost the core of its roster that held ranking points, and as such they will need to start anew with their incoming trio.
The Ukrainian powerhouse had been struggling to return to a world-beating level for much of the year, often managing to make it to the top-four stage of an event, but unable to contend for titles. The swap of Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev for npl at the turn of the year didn’t end up paying off for the team, who ended up missing out on the playoffs of the BLAST.tv Paris Major by exiting the Legends Stage with a 2-3 record, losing games to Liquid, Monte, and FaZe. It was inevitable that change would follow during the tournament break, but the sheer scale of the change came as a surprise.
Aleksib has taken the reins at NAVI
The team has since added Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen, Mihai “iM” Ivan, and Justinas “jL” Lekavicius, pivoting to an international focus as they turn their attention to the fall season and the upcoming release of CS2. They’ll have the chance to begin earning ranking points anew when they debut in BLAST Premier Fall Groups on July 14.
Read more
Official: NAVI announce international roster
VP return to the top 10 as plethora of changes unfold in top 30
A substantial number of changes took place from spots 10-30 as rosters shuffle about during the off-season, with Virtus.pro being one of the beneficiaries. The Russian team didn’t make any changes and won ESL Challenger Katowice over ENCE just ahead of the tournament break, allowing them to shoot up 12 spots and re-enter the top 10.
Imperial also surged upward by 14 spots thanks to their strong showing at the BLAST Spring Final, where they recorded wins over Vitality and Complexity to make it to the semi-finals. They won’t hold on to their No. 19 spot for long, however, as they are set to lose points following the departures of Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and Marcelo “chelo” Cespedes for FURIA.
A number of other teams also climbed up the rankings thanks to top-ranked squads making changes, but whether they can hold on to their places once the break comes to an end is a different matter entirely. Meanwhile, other notable teams plummeted downward thanks to the changes they made, including BIG who are now ranked No. 55 after adding Mateusz “mantuu” Wilczewski and academy members David “prosus” Hesse and Elias “s1n” Stein.