ESL One Katowice 2015

ESL One Katowice
2015
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Dates March 12, 2015–March 15, 2015
Administrator(s) Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Tournament format(s) 16 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
Teams 16 teams
Purse $250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions Sweden Fnatic
1st runners-up Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
2nd runners-up France Team EnVyUs
Poland Virtus.pro
Tournament statistics
Kills Get_Right (Ninjas in Pyjamas) (211)
KD Ratio NEO (Virtus.pro) (1.42)
← DreamHack Winter 2014 ESL One Cologne 2015 →

Electronic Sports League One Katowice 2015, known as ESL One Katowice 2015 for short, was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major tournament that was from March 12-15, 2015 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was the first CS:GO Major of 2015. It was organized by Electronic Sports League with sponsorship from Valve Corporation. The tournament had a total prize pool of $250,000 USD.

A 16 team qualifier was held with the top 8 teams qualifying for ESL One Katowice.[1]

Fnatic was the winner of the event after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-1 in the finals.[2]

The tournament was livestreamed on the official ESL twitch.tv channel and on the CS:GO in-game match viewing client. Over 1 million concurrent viewers watched the grand finals, breaking the record for a CS:GO event.[3]

Cloud9 was alleged to have been on Adderall during the duration of the tournament.[4]

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 eight teams of the DreamHack Winter 2014 qualified as Legends. Eight teams from the offline Qualifier tournament also participated in the tournament

Teams will be split up into four groups. All group matches are best of 1. 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

Analysts

Commentators

Observers

Teams

Legends
Qualifiers

Group Stage

Group A
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Sweden Fnatic 2 0 32 10 +22 6
2 Ukraine Natus Vincere 2 1 39 21 +18 6
3 Australia Vox Eminor 1 2 22 34 -12 3
4 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics 0 2 4 32 -28 0
Group A matches
Sweden Fnatic 16 3 Australia Vox Eminor
Ukraine Natus Vincere 16 2 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics
Sweden Fnatic 16 7 Ukraine Natus Vincere
Australia Vox Eminor 16 2 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics
Ukraine Natus Vincere 16 3 Australia Vox Eminor

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 France Team EnVyUs 2 0 32 22 +10 6
2 Germany PENTA Sports 2 1 35 32 +3 6
3 Norway LGB eSports 1 2 36 35 +1 3
4 France Titan 0 2 18 32 -14 0
Group B matches
France Team EnVyUs 16 14 France Titan
Germany PENTA Sports 3 16 Norway LGB eSports
France Team EnVyUs 16 8 Norway LGB eSports
Germany PENTA Sports 16 4 France Titan
Norway LGB eSports 12 16 Germany PENTA Sports
Group C
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 0 32 16 +16 6
2 Brazil Keyd Stars 2 1 41 36 +5 6
3 United States Counter Logic Gaming 1 2 31 46 -15 3
4 Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers 0 2 26 32 -6 0
Group C matches
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 9 Brazil Keyd Stars
Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers 14 16 United States Counter Logic Gaming
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 7 United States Counter Logic Gaming
Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers 12 16 Brazil Keyd Stars
United States Counter Logic Gaming 8 16 Brazil Keyd Stars

Group D

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Poland Virtus.pro 2 0 32 16 +16 6
2 Denmark Team SoloMid 2 1 46 34 +12 6
3 United States Cloud9 1 2 35 46 -11 3
4 Finland 3DMAX 0 2 15 32 -17 0
Group D matches
Poland Virtus.pro 16 5 Finland 3DMAX
Denmark Team SoloMid 14 16 United States Cloud9
Poland Virtus.pro 16 11 United States Cloud9
Denmark Team SoloMid 16 10 Finland 3DMAX
United States Cloud9 8 16 Denmark Team SoloMid

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                       
  Sweden  Fnatic 16 16 –  
Germany  PENTA Sports 8 7 –  
  Sweden  Fnatic 19 16 –  
  Poland  Virtus.pro 17 8 –  
Poland  Virtus.pro 16 17 16
  Brazil  Keyd Stars 4 19 1  
    Sweden  Fnatic 16 10 16
  Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 14 16 13
  France  Team EnVyUs 16 14 16  
Ukraine  Natus Vincere 12 16 3  
  France  Team EnVyUs 9 10 –
  Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 16 –  
Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 4 16
  Denmark  Team SoloMid 6 16 12  

Final Standings

Place Team Seed Roster Prize money
1st Sweden Fnatic ESL One Cologne 2015 Sweden JW, Sweden flusha, Sweden pronax, Sweden olofmeister, Sweden KRiMZ $100,000
2nd Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas Sweden f0rest, Sweden GeT_RiGhT, Sweden Xizt, Sweden friberg, Finland allu $50,000
3rd–4th France Team EnVyUs France kioShiMa, France Happy, France SmithZz, France NBK, France shox $22,000
Poland Virtus.pro Poland TaZ, Poland NEO, Poland pashaBiceps, Poland byali, Poland Snax
5–8th Brazil Keyd Stars Brazil FalleN, Brazil fer, Brazil steel, Brazil zqk, Brazil boltz $10,000
Ukraine Natus Vincere Ukraine Edward, Ukraine Zeus, Ukraine starix, Russia seized, Slovakia GuardiaN
Denmark Team SoloMid Denmark karrigan, Denmark dev1ce, Denmark cajunb, Denmark dupreeh, Denmark Xyp9x
Germany PENTA Sports Germany nex, Germany Spidii, Germany denis, Germany kRYSTAL, Germany Troubley
9–12th Australia Vox Eminor – Australia SPUNJ, Australia Havoc, Australia jks, Australia AZR, Australia topguN $2,000
Norway LGB eSports Norway RUBINO, Norway rain, Norway jkaem, Norway zEVES, Norway Polly
United States Cloud9 United States ShahZam, United States sgares, United States n0thing, Canada shroud, Canada Semphis
United States Counter Logic Gaming United States hazed, United States reltuC, United States tarik, United States ptr, Canada FNS
13–16th France Titan France kennyS, France Rpk, France apEX, Switzerland Maniac, Belgium Ex6TenZ $2,000
Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics Ukraine B1ad3, Ukraine bondik, Ukraine markeloff, Russia WorldEdit, Russia DavCost
Commonwealth of Independent States HellRaisers Ukraine ANGE1, Ukraine kucher, Russia flamie, Russia Dosia, Kazakhstan AdreN
Finland 3DMAX Finland diSTURBED, Finland natu, Finland KHRN, Finland stonde, Finland xartE

References

  1. ↑ Wynne, Jared (February 13, 2015). "Five teams with the most at stake at the ESL One qualifier". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "3 things we learned from ESL Katowice's Counter-Strike event". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Oelschlägel, Hans (March 26, 2015). "Record-breaking numbers: the ESL One Katowice infographic".
  4. ↑ "Semphis: Cloud9 was on Adderall at ESL Katowice". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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