ESL One Cologne 2014

ESL One Cologne
2014
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Dates August 14, 2014–August 17, 2014
Administrator(s) Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Tournament format(s) 16 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
Host(s) Gamescom 2014
Teams 16 teams
Purse $250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
1st runners-up Sweden Fnatic
2nd runners-up France Team LDLC.com
Denmark Team Dignitas
← 2014 ESL One Katowice DreamHack Winter 2014 →

Electronic Sports League One Cologne 2014, known as ESL One Cologne 2014 for short, was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major that was held during Gamescom 2014 from August 14–17, 2014 at the Cologne Exhibition Centre in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was the second CS:GO Major of 2014. It was organized by Electronic Sports League with sponsorship from Valve Corporation. The tournament had a total prize pool of $250,000 USD.[1]

The Train map was removed for the tournament, while Cache and Overpass, as well as the Cbbl remix Cobblestone were added. Overpass was released by Valve only a month before the tournament, and the decision to add a new map with such short notice and at Major event caused some controversy.[2]

Ninjas in Pyjamas was the winner of the event after beating Fnatic 2-1 in the finals.[3] The tournament was livestreamed on the official ESL twitch.tv channel. 409,368 concurrent viewers watched the grand finals, while 2,950,600 total unique viewers watched the event across four days.[4]

dAT Team player Egor “Flamie” Vasilyev was alleged to have cheated in a qualifier by using an account that may not have his due it having an unusually low number of playing hours.[5] Ultimately he was allowed to compete.

Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner hosted the event with Scott "SirScoots" Smith as co-host. The commentators and casters of the event were Richard Lewis (Analyst), Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator), Stuart "TosspoT" Saw (Commentator), Anders Blume (Commentator), Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat (Commentator).

The first, round-robin group stage consisted of 16 teams in four groups. For the next stage the top two teams in each group were then seeded into a single-elimination bracket.

Format

The top seven teams of the EMS One Katowice 2014 qualified as Legends. Six teams from Europe, one team from North America, one team from the Oceanic region, and one team from India played online qualifiers in order to play in the tournament

Teams will be split up into four groups. All group matches are best of a. The highest seed will play the lowest seed in each group and the second and third seeds will play against each other. The winner of those two matches will play to determine which team moves on to the Playoffs; the loser of that match will play another match against the winner of the two losing teams. The loser of the lower match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams will play each other and the winner of that match moves on to the playoffs.

The playoffs bracket consists of eight teams, two from each group. All of these matches are a best of three, single elimination format. Teams advance in the bracket until a winner is decided.

Broadcast Talent

Hosts

Analyst

Commentators

Teams

Legends
Qualifiers

Group Stage

Group A
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 France Epsilon eSports 2 0 32 7 +25 6
2 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 1 38 34 +4 6
3 Ukraine HellRaisers 1 2 26 33 -7 3
4 India Team Wolf 0 2 11 32 -21 0
Group A matches
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 7 India Team Wolf
Ukraine HellRaisers 1 16 France Epsilon eSports
Ukraine HellRaisers 16 4 India Team Wolf
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 6 16 France Epsilon eSports
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 11 Ukraine HellRaisers

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 France Team LDLC.com 2 0 32 14 +18 6
2 Ukraine Natus Vincere 2 1 47 39 +8 6
3 Denmark Copenhagen Wolves 1 2 39 40 -1 3
4 Norway London Conspiracy 0 2 7 32 -25 0
Group B matches
France Team LDLC.com 16 2 Norway London Conspiracy
Ukraine Natus Vincere 16 4 Denmark Copenhagen Wolves
Denmark Copenhagen Wolves 16 5 Norway London Conspiracy
France Team LDLC.com 16 12 Ukraine Natus Vincere
Ukraine Natus Vincere 19 17 Germany Copenhagen Wolves
Group C
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Sweden Fnatic 2 0 35 23 +12 6
2 Poland Virtus.pro 2 1 48 28 +20 6
3 United States Team iBUYPOWER 1 2 33 45 -12 3
4 Russia dAT Team 0 2 15 32 -17 0
Group C matches
Poland Virtus.pro 16 7 Russia dAT Team
Sweden Fnatic 16 7 United States Team iBUYPOWER
United States Team iBUYPOWER 16 6 Russia dAT Team
Poland Virtus.pro 16 19 Sweden Fnatic
Poland Virtus.pro 16 2 United States Team iBUYPOWER

Group D

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 United States Cloud9 2 0 38 32 +4 6
2 Denmark Team Dignitas 2 1 46 26 +20 6
3 France Titan 1 2 35 39 -4 3
4 Australia Vox Eminor 0 2 10 32 -22 0
Group D matches
Denmark Team Dignitas 16 9 Australia Vox Eminor
United States Cloud9 22 18 France Titan
France Titan 16 1 Australia Vox Eminor
Denmark Team Dignitas 14 16 United States Cloud9
Denmark Team Dignitas 16 2 France Titan

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                       
  Sweden  Fnatic 16 7 16  
Ukraine  Natus Vincere 11 16 14  
  Sweden  Fnatic 16 16 –  
  Denmark  Team Dignitas 11 14 –  
France  Epsilon eSports 9 8 –
  Denmark  Team Dignitas 16 16 –  
    Sweden  Fnatic 14 16 13
  Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 8 16
  France  Team LDLC.com 16 16 –  
Poland  Virtus.pro 14 12 –  
  France  Team LDLC.com 16 6 14
  Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 10 16 16  
United States  Cloud9 16 14 14
  Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 8 16 16  

Final Standings

Place Team Roster Prize money
1st Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas Sweden f0rest, Sweden GeT_RiGhT, Sweden Xizt, Sweden friberg, Sweden Fifflaren $100,000
2nd Sweden Fnatic Sweden JW, Sweden flusha, Sweden pronax, Sweden olofmeister, Sweden KRiMZ $50,000
3rd–4th Denmark Team Dignitas Denmark FeTiSh, Denmark dev1ce, Denmark aizy, Denmark dupreeh, Denmark Xyp9x $22,000
France Team LDLC.com France Uzzziii, France Happy, France KQLY, France apEX, Switzerland Maniac
5–8th France Epsilon eSports France Sf, France fxy0, France kioShiMa, France GMX, France shox $10,000
Ukraine Natus Vincere Ukraine Edward, Ukraine Zeus, Ukraine starix, Russia seized, Slovakia GuardiaN
Poland Virtus.pro Poland TaZ, Poland NEO, Poland pashaBiceps, Poland byali, Poland Snax
United States Cloud9 United States Hiko, United States sgares, United States n0thing, Canada shroud, Canada Semphis
9–12th Ukraine HellRaisers Ukraine ANGE1, Ukraine kucher, Ukraine markeloff, Kazakhstan AdreN Russia Dosia $2,000
Denmark Copenhagen Wolves Denmark gla1ve, Denmark Pimp, Denmark cajunb, Denmark karrigan, Denmark Nico
France Titan France kennyS, France SmithZz, France NBK, Belgium ScreaM, Belgium Ex6TenZ
United States Team iBuyPower United States DaZeD, United States Skadoodle, United States swag, Canada steel, Canada AZK
13–16th India Team Wolf India RiTz, India RiX, India aStarrr, India Ace, India MithilF $2,000
Norway London Conspiracy Norway RUBINO, Norway rain, Norway Skurk, Norway prb, Norway Polly
Russia dAT Team Russia WorldEdit, Russia flamie, Russia ub1que, Ukraine bondik, Ukraine Blad3
Australia Vox Eminor Australia AZR, Australia Havoc, Australia SPUNJ, Australia jks, Australia topguN

References

  1. ↑ Turton, William (June 19, 2014). "ESL launches $250K 'CS:GO' tournament". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Wynne, Jared (July 9, 2014). "ESL One's map choices stir controversy". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ "ESL One Cologne 2014 – Winners". Counter-Strike. Valve Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Lahti, Evan (August 18, 2014). "The best highlights from CS:GO's ESL One Cologne 2014 tournament". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ Wynne, Jared (July 28, 2014). "Cheating allegations mar ESL One qualifier". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

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