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The CS:GO star from Natus Vincere Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev became the best esports PC player of 2022, according to Esports Awards.
The organizers of the award singled out several more iconic CS:GO cybersportsmen. Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov from G2 Esports became the best esports pc rookie of the year, Andrii "B1ad3" Horodenskyi, who trained CS:GO NAVI squad was named the best coach of the year by the organizers of the Esports Awards.
At the same time, Esports Awards named Valorant the best game of the 2022 year.
Also, despite the abundance of former and current representatives of NAVI (m0NESY was raised in NAVI Junior before moving to G2), OpTic Gaming became the best esports organization of the year.
Esports Awards 2022 winners
- Esports PC Player of the Year – Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
- Esports Game of the Year – Valorant
- Esports Organization of the Year – OpTic Gaming
- Esports Coach of the Year – Andrii ‘B1ad3’ Horodenskyi
- Esports PC Rookie of the Year – Ilya ‘m0NESY’ Osipov
- Esports Play of the Year – Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
- Esports Publisher of the Year – Riot Games
- Esports Mobile Game of the Year – PUBG MOBILE
- Esports Cosplay of the Year – Kinpatsu Cosplay
- Streamer of the Year – Ibai
- Esports Personality of the Year – Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag
- Esports Team of the Year – LOUD (Valorant)
- Esports Mobile Player of the Year – Ceng "Order" Zehai
- Esports Host of the Year – James "Dash" Patterson
- Esports Play-by-Play Caster of the Year – Lauren "Pansy" Scott
- Esports Colour Caster of the Year – Andy "Bravo" Dudynsky
- Esports Creative of the Year – Christian Skimmeland
- Esports Content Series of the Year – Players
- Content Group of the Year – Winner: S8ul Esports
- Esports Content Creator of the Year – Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma
- Esports Commercial Partner of the Year – Verizon
- Esports Broadcast/Production Team of the Year – Riot Games
- Esports Collegiate Ambassador of the Year – Christine Fan
- Esports Apparel of the Year – 100 Thieves
- Esports Controller Rookie of the Year – Enzo "Seikoo" Grondein
- Esports Photograph of the Year – Colin Young-Wolff
- Esports Creative Piece of the Year – The Bellhop | Gucci Gaming Academy
- Lifetime Achievement Class of 2022 – Dennis "Thresh" Fong
- Esports Coverage Platform of the Year – Dexerto
- Esports Journalist of the Year – Ashley Kang
- Esports Desk Analyst of the Year – Jessica "JessGOAT" Bolden
- Esports Creative Team of the Year – LOUD
- Esports Supporting Service of the Year – Esports Engine
- Esports Collegiate Program of the Year – University of Hawai'i
- Hardware Provider of the Year – Logitech G