ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014

• Overview
• Closed Qualifier
• Polish Qualifier
• CIS Qualifier
• German Qualifier
• French Qualifier
• Nordic Qualifier
• British Qualifier
• Last Chance Qualifier #1
• Last Chance Qualifier #2

[e][h]ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014

League Information

Series:

ESL Major Series One

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor(s):

Intel
ASUS

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Katowice

Venue:

Spodek

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2014-03-13

End Date:

2014-03-16

Teams:

16

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Tier:

Major Championship

Links

Maps

Nuke • Dust II • Train • Inferno • Mirage

Chronology

DH Winter 2013

ESL Cologne 2014

About

Broadcast Talent

• Host:
  •  Sean Charles (Sean Charles)

• Analyst:
  •  SirScoots (Scott Smith)

• Commentators:
  •  Pansy (Lauren Scott)
  •  JKaplan (Jason Kaplan)
  •  TosspoT (Stuart Saw)
  •  NBK- (Nathan Jordan Schmitt)

• Observer:
  •  steel (Joshua Nissan)

Format

• Group Stage:
  • Four double-elimination format (GSL) groups
    • Each group has 4 teams
    • All matches are Bo1
  • The top 2 teams from each group advance to the Playoffs

• Playoffs:
  • Single-elimination bracket
  • All matches are Bo3

Prize Pool

$250,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place

$ USD

Qualifies To

Participant

 1st

$100,000

 ESL One Cologne 2014

Virtus.pro

 2nd

$50,000

 ESL One Cologne 2014

Ninjas in Pyjamas

 3rd-4th

$22,000

 ESL One Cologne 2014

Team Dignitas

LGB eSports

 5th-8th

$10,000

 ESL One Cologne 2014

compLexity Gaming

HellRaisers

Team LDLC.com

Fnatic

place 9 to 16 

place 9 to 16 

 9th-12th

$2,000

-

Titan

3DMAX

Reason Gaming

Clan-Mystik

 13th-16th

$2,000

-

mousesports

Vox Eminor

Team iBUYPOWER

Natus Vincere

Participants

Legends

Fnatic

1	JW
2	flusha
3	schneider
4	Devilwalk
5	pronax
C	cArn

DreamHack Winter 2013

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1	f0rest
2	GeT_RiGhT
3	Xizt
4	Fifflaren
5	friberg

DreamHack Winter 2013

compLexity Gaming

1	Hiko
2	Semphis
3	seang@res
4	swag
5	n0thing

DreamHack Winter 2013

Titan

1	Ex6TenZ
2	NBK-
3	SmithZz
4	ScreaM
5	shox

DreamHack Winter 2013

LGB eSports

1	KRiMZ
2	dennis
3	olofm
4	twist
5	cype

DreamHack Winter 2013

Team Dignitas

1	FeTiSh
2	dupreeh
3	Xyp9x
4	device
5	cajunb
C	3k2

DreamHack Winter 2013

Team LDLC.com

1	Happy
2	Uzzziii
3	Maniac
4	KQLY
5	apEX
C	MoMaN

DreamHack Winter 2013

HellRaisers

1	ANGE1
2	Dosia
3	AdreN
4	markeloff
5	kUcheR

DreamHack Winter 2013

Challengers

Natus Vincere

1	Zeus
2	starix
3	seized
4	Edward
5	GuardiaN

Closed Qualifier

Virtus.pro

1	TaZ
2	NEO
3	pashaBiceps
4	Snax
5	byali

Closed Qualifier

Reason Gaming

1	EXR
2	LOMME
3	Friis
4	karrigan
5	smF

Closed Qualifier

Clan-Mystik

1	HaRts
2	kioShiMa
3	Sf
4	GMX
5	kennyS

Closed Qualifier

3DMAX

1	gla1ve
2	Pimp
3	raalz
4	MSL
5	aizy

Closed Qualifier

mousesports

1	chrisJ
2	LEGIJA
3	tiziaN
4	cadiaN
5	tabseN

Closed Qualifier

Team iBUYPOWER

1	anger
2	Skadoodle
3	adreN
4	AZK
5	DaZeD

Invite Application

Vox Eminor

1	SPUNJ
2	AZR
3	Havoc
4	SnypeR
5	TopguN

Invite Application

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Group A
1.	Virtus.pro	2-0	35-23	+12
2.	HellRaisers	2-1	48-42	+6
3.	Titan	1-2	37-37	+-0
4.	mousesports	0-2	14-32	-18

Group A Matches

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Opening Matches

Titan

16

5

mouz

March 13, 2014 - 13:00 CET

Titan

16:5(Bo1)

mouz

16	10
	6

Dust II

5	5
	0

·

HR

16

19

VP

March 13, 2014 - 14:00 CET

HR

16:19(Bo1)

VP

16	5	1
	10	0

Mirage

19	10	2
	5	2

··

Winners Match

Titan

7

16

VP

March 13, 2014 - 15:45 CET

Titan

7:16(Bo1)

VP

7	6
	1

Mirage

16	9
	7

··

Elimination Match

mouz

9

16

HR

March 13, 2014 - 17:00 CET

mouz

9:16(Bo1)

HR

9	5
	4

Dust II

16	10
	6

··

Decider Match

Titan

14

16

HR

March 13, 2014 - 18:00 CET

Titan

14:16(Bo1)

HR

14	8
	6

Inferno

16	7
	9

··

Group B

Group B
1.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	2-0	32-12	+20
2.	Team LDLC.com	2-1	39-42	-3
3.	3DMAX	1-2	34-39	-5
4.	Vox Eminor	0-2	20-32	-12

Group B Matches

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Opening Matches

NiP

16

5

3DMAX

March 13, 2014 - 13:00 CET

NiP

16:5(Bo1)

3DMAX

16	12
	4

Dust II

5	3
	2

··

LDLC

16

13

VOX

March 13, 2014 - 15:00 CET

LDLC

16:13(Bo1)

VOX

16	8
	8

Inferno

13	7
	6

·

Winners Match

NiP

16

7

LDLC

March 13, 2014 - 16:10 CET

NiP

16:7(Bo1)

LDLC

16	10
	6

Inferno

7	5
	2

·

Elimination Match

3DMAX

16

7

VOX

March 13, 2014 - 17:20 CET

3DMAX

16:7(Bo1)

VOX

16	9
	7

Inferno

7	6
	1

·

Decider Match

LDLC

16

13

3DMAX

March 13, 2014 - 18:50 CET

LDLC

16:13(Bo1)

3DMAX

16	6
	10

Inferno

13	9
	4

·

Group C

Group C
1.	Team Dignitas	2-0	32-16	+16
2.	Fnatic	2-1	44-35	+9
3.	Reason Gaming	1-2	30-44	-14
4.	Team iBUYPOWER	0-2	21-32	-11

Group C Matches

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Opening Matches

Fnatic

12

16

Reason

March 13, 2014 - 21:30 CET

Fnatic

12:16(Bo1)

Reason

12	4
	8

Inferno

16	11
	5

··

DIG

16

8

iBP

March 13, 2014 - 22:15 CET

DIG

16:8(Bo1)

iBP

16	14
	2

Nuke

8	1
	7

·

Winners Match

Reason

8

16

DIG

March 13, 2014 - 23:40 CET

Reason

8:16(Bo1)

DIG

8	5
	3

Inferno

16	10
	6

·

Elimination Match

Fnatic

16

13

iBP

March 13, 2014 - 23:40 CET

Fnatic

16:13(Bo1)

iBP

16	9
	7

Inferno

13	6
	7

··

Decider Match

Reason

6

16

Fnatic

March 14, 2014 - 00:40 CET

Reason

6:16(Bo1)

Fnatic

6	6
	0

Inferno

16	9
	7

·

Group D

Group D
1.	LGB eSports	2-0	32-19	+13
2.	compLexity Gaming	2-1	43-34	+5
3.	Clan-Mystik	1-2	34-45	-10
4.	Natus Vincere	0-2	21-32	-11

Group D Matches

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Opening Matches

coL

16

6

Mystik

March 13, 2014 - 22:15 CET

coL

16:6(Bo1)

Mystik

16	12
	4

Inferno

6	3
	3

··

LGB

16

8

Na`Vi

March 13, 2014 - 22:15 CET

LGB

16:8(Bo1)

Na`Vi

16	10
	6

Inferno

8	5
	3

·

Winners Match

coL

11

16

LGB

March 13, 2014 - 23:30 CET

coL

11:16(Bo1)

LGB

11	4
	7

Dust II

16	11
	5

·

Elimination Match

Mystik

16

13

Na`Vi

March 13, 2014 - 23:30 CET

Mystik

16:13(Bo1)

Na`Vi

16	10
	6

Dust II

13	5
	8

·

Decider Match

coL

16

12

Mystik

March 14, 2014 - 00:40 CET

coL

16:12(Bo1)

Mystik

16	11
	5

Nuke

12	4
	8

·

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Grand Final

Final

GF

Ninjas in PyjamasNiP

2

compLexity GamingcoL

1

March 14, 2014 - 18:55 CET

NiP

2:1(Bo3)

coL

12	4
	8

Dust II

16	11
	5

16	13
	3

Nuke

2	2
	0

16	9
	7

Train

11	6
	5

··

Team DignitasDIG

2

HellRaisersHR

0

March 14, 2014 - 13:00 CET

DIG

2:0(Bo3)

HR

16	10
	6

Dust II

7	5
	2

16	6
	10

Mirage

11	9
	2

Inferno

··

Ninjas in PyjamasNiP

2

Team DignitasDIG

0

March 15, 2014 - 17:05 CET

NiP

2:0(Bo3)

DIG

16	13
	3

Inferno

6	2
	4

16	11
	5

Nuke

5	4
	1

Unknown

··

Virtus.proVP

2

Team LDLC.comLDLC

0

March 14, 2014 - 16:00 CET

VP

2:0(Bo3)

LDLC

16	15
	1

Mirage

3	0
	3

16	13
	3

Inferno

8	2
	6

Train

··

FnaticFnatic

1

LGB eSportsLGB

2

March 15, 2014 - 13:00 CET

Fnatic

1:2(Bo3)

LGB

16	7
	9

Inferno

11	8
	3

12	9
	3

Mirage

16	6
	10

14	8
	6

Train

16	7
	9

··

Virtus.proVP

2

LGB eSportsLGB

1

March 15, 2014 - 19:00 CET

VP

2:1(Bo3)

LGB

16	11
	5

Inferno

8	4
	4

17	4	1
	11	1

Mirage

19	11	2
	4	2

16	8
	8

Train

7	7
	0

··

Ninjas in PyjamasNiP

0

Virtus.proVP

2

March 16, 2014 - 13:00 CET

NiP

0:2(Bo3)

VP

9	4
	5

Mirage

16	11
	5

10	4
	6

Inferno

16	11
	5

Dust II

··

Additional Content

Streams

Primary
Language
Streams

Secondary
Language
Streams

Previews

• 2014-03-09 | EMS One Katowice: Group A preview by lurppis of HLTV
• 2014-03-10 | EMS One Katowice: Group B preview by lurppis of HLTV
• 2014-03-11 | EMS One Katowice viewer's guide by Striker of HLTV
• 2014-03-11 | EMS One Katowice: Group C preview by lurppis of HLTV
• 2014-03-12 | EMS One Katowice: Group D preview by lurppis of HLTV
• 2014-03-16 | EMS One: NiP vs. Virtus.pro preview by lurppis of HLTV

Conclusions

• 2014-03-18 | What did we learn from EMS One? by lurppis of HLTV

Interviews

• 2014-03-31 | Virtus.pro: "Hard practice pays off" by lurppis of HLTV

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 2014-03-13 | EMS One Katowice 2014 - Day 1 by HLTV
• 2014-03-14 | EMS One Katowice 2014 - Day 2 by HLTV
• 2014-03-15 | EMS One Katowice 2014 - Day 3 by HLTV
• 2014-03-16 | EMS One Katowice 2014 - Day 4 by HLTV

Highlights

• 2014-03-13 | Havoc vs. LDLC.com by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-13 | HellRaiser's winning moment against Titan by HLTV
• 2014-03-13 | GeT_RiGhT vs. LDLC.com by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-13 | kucher vs. Virtus.pro by exii of HLTV
• 2014-03-13 | Maniac vs. NiP by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-14 | ScreaM vs. HellRaisers by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-14 | shox vs. Virtus.pro by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-14 | byali vs. Titan by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-14 | GuardiaN vs. Clan-Mystik by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-14 | swag vs. NiP by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-15 | cajunb vs HellRaisers by exii of HLTV
• 2014-03-15 | flusha vs. LGB by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-15 | markeloff vs dignitas by exii of HLTV
• 2014-03-15 | olofm vs. fnatic by dakine of HLTV
• /2014-03-16 | Grand Final - Here we go! by HLTV
• 2014-03-16 | neo vs Ninjas in Pyjamas by exii of HLTV
• 2014-03-16 | flusha vs. LGB eSports by dakine of HLTV
• 2014-03-19 | pasha vs NiP by bboysmoke100 of HLTV
• 2014-03-20 | schneider vs. iBUYPOWER by MAKKU of HLTV
• 2014-03-30 | EMS One Katowice 2014 highlights by MAKKU of HLTV
• 2014-04-13 | EMS One Katowice 2014 through the lens by MAKKU of HLTV

Country Representation

#	Country/Region	#P	ΔPrev. Major	Players
1	Denmark	16	-1	FeTiSh, Xyp9x, device, dupreeh, cajunb, EXR, LOMME, Friis, karrigan, smF, aizy, gla1ve, Pimp, raalz, MSL, cadiaN
2	Sweden	15	-6	JW, flusha, schneider, Devilwalk, pronax, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, Fifflaren, olofmeister, KRiMZ, dennis, twist, cype
3	France	12	0	NBK-, SmithZz, shox, Happy, Uzzziii, KQLY, apEX, kioShiMa, HaRts, Sf, GMX, kennyS
4	USA	8	0	Hiko, n0thing, swag, sgares, adreN, Skadoodle, DaZeD, anger
5	Australia	5	+5	SPUNJ, AZR, Havoc, SnypeR, TopguN
5	Poland	5	0	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali
5	Ukraine	5	0	ANGE1, markeloff, Zeus, Starix, Edward
8	Russia	3	-1	Dosia, kUcheR, seized
9	Belgium	2	0	Ex6TenZ, ScreaM
9	Canada	2	0	SEMPHIS, AZK
9	Germany	2	+2	tiziaN, tabseN
12	Kazakhstan	1	0	AdreN
12	Netherlands	1	+1	chrisJ
12	Serbia	1	+1	LEGIJA
12	Slovakia	1	+1	GuardiaN
12	Switzerland	1	0	Maniac