EMS One Katowice 2014

2014 ESL Major Series One: Katowice
Venue Spodek Arena
Location Katowice, Poland
Dates March 13, 2014 (2014-03-13) – March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)
Teams 16
Grand Final score 2–0
Website dreamhack.se/dhw13/esport/csgo/
Medalists
 Poland Virtus.pro
 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
 Denmark Team Dignitas
Sweden LGB eSports

Electronic Sports League Major Series One Katowice 2014, known as EMS One Katowice 2014 for short, was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major that was held from March 13–16, 2014 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was organized by Electronic Sports League and sponsored by the game's developers Valve Corporation. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000. Virtus.pro was the winner of the event after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals.[1][2]

EMS One Katowice was livestreamed on twitch.tv had a peak of over 250,000 concurrent viewers.[3] The commentators and casters of the event were Sean Charles (Host), Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator), Jason Kaplan (Commentator), Stuart "TosspoT" Saw (Commentator), Scott "SirScoots" Smith (Analyst), Duncan "Thorin" Shields (Analyst), Joshua "steel" Nissan (Observer).[4]

The first, round-robin group stage consisted of 16 teams in four groups.[5] For the next stage the top two teams in each group were then seeded into a single-elimination bracket.

Qualification

The top 8 teams of the previous major qualified as "Legends". 2 teams were directly invited to participate in the tournament, while the remaining 6 teams qualified by virtue of winning various qualifying tournaments and previous DreamHack competitions.

Teams

Legends
Invitees
  • United States Team iBUYPOWER
  • Australia Vox Eminor
Qualifiers
  • Denmark 3DMAX
  • France Clan-Mystik
  • Germany mousesports
  • Ukraine Natus Vincere
  • Denmark Reason Gaming
  • Poland Virtus.pro

1 Astana Dragons team moved to Hellraisers.
2 Team Dignitas receives Copenhagen Wolves' Legend spot by signing FeTiSh, Xyp9x and device.
3 Team LDLC.com receives Recursive eSports' Legend spot by signing Happy, Uzzziii and Maniac.
4 VeryGames team moved to Titan.

Format

The sixteen teams were divided into four groups, with the two first match winners playing off against each other to find the groups top seed for the knockout stages. The losers of the first match played off in a knockout match, with the winner facing the loser of the winner's match to find the second seed. With eight teams remaining, the competition reached the quarter final stage, with all knockout matches hereon played in a best-of-three format.

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Poland Virtus.pro 2 0 35 23 +12 6
2 Ukraine Hellraisers 2 1 48 32 +6 6
3 France Titan 1 2 37 37 =0 3
4 Germany mousesports 0 2 14 32 −18 0
Group A matches
France Titan 16 5 Ukraine Natus Vincere
France Clan-Mystik 16 19 Sweden LGB eSports
Sweden LGB eSports 16 13 Ukraine Natus Vincere
France Clan-Mystik 6 16 Sweden Fnatic
France Clan-Mystik 2 16 Sweden LGB eSports

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 0 32 12 +20 6
2 France Team LDLC.com 2 1 39 42 −3 6
3 Denmark 3DMAX 1 2 34 39 −5 3
4 Australia Vox Eminor 0 2 20 32 −12 0
Group B matches
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 5 Denmark 3DMAX
France Team LDLC.com 16 13 Australia Vox Eminor
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 7 France Team LDLC.com
Denmark 3DMAX 16 7 Australia Vox Eminor
France Team LDLC.com 16 13 Denmark 3DMAX
Group C
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Denmark Team Dignitas 2 0 32 16 +16 6
2 Sweden Fnatic 2 1 44 35 +13 6
3 Denmark Reason Gaming 1 2 30 44 −14 3
4 United States Team iBUYPOWER 0 2 21 32 −11 0
Group C matches
Sweden Fnatic 12 16 Denmark Reason Gaming
Denmark Team Dignitas 16 8 United States Team iBUYPOWER
Denmark Reason Gaming 8 16 Denmark Team Dignitas
Sweden Fnatic 16 13 United States Team iBUYPOWER
Denmark Reason Gaming 6 16 Sweden Fnatic

Group D

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Sweden LGB eSports 2 0 32 19 +13 6
2 United States compLexity Gaming 2 1 43 38 +5 6
3 France Clan-Mystik 1 2 34 44 −10 3
4 Ukraine Natus Vincere 0 2 21 32 −11 0
Group D matches
United States compLexity Gaming 16 6 France Clan-Mystik
Sweden LGB eSports 16 8 Ukraine Natus Vincere
United States compLexity Gaming 11 16 Sweden LGB eSports
France Clan-Mystik 16 13 Ukraine Natus Vincere
United States compLexity Gaming 16 12 France Clan-Mystik

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas2
 
 
 
United States compLexity Gaming1
 
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas2
 
 
 
Denmark Team Dignitas0
 
Denmark Team Dignitas2
 
 
 
Ukraine Hellraisers0
 
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas0
 
 
 
Poland Virtus.pro2
 
Poland Virtus.pro2
 
 
 
France Team LDLC.com0
 
Poland Virtus.pro2
 
 
 
Sweden LGB eSports1
 
Sweden Fnatic1
 
 
Sweden LGB eSports2
 

Final standings

Place Team Prize money
1st Virtus.pro $100,000
2nd Ninjas in Pyjamas $50,000
3rd–4th Team Dignitas $22,000
LGB eSports
5–8th compLexity Gaming $10,000
HellRaisers
Team LDLC.com
Fnatic
9–12th Titan $2,000
3DMAX
Reason Gaming
Clan-Mystik
13–16th mousesports $2,000
Vox Eminor
Team iBUYPOWER
Natus Vincere

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Maiberg, Emanuel (March 17, 2014). "Five awesome moments from the 2014 EMS One Katowice CS:GO Championship". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ Nordmark, Sam 'Wndwrt' (March 17, 2014). "EMS One Katowice concludes with Virtus.pro dominating NiP". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Saedler, Philipp (March 23, 2015). "The record breaker: EMS One Katowice infographic". Electronic Sports League. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Chen, James 'Obscurica' (March 8, 2014). "EMS One Katowice Casters Announced". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ Nordmark, Sam 'Wndwrt' (March 6, 2014). "RaidCall EMS One Katowice groups announced". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
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