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.

Format

The top 8 teams of the 2013 DreamHack Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Championship qualified as Legends. 2 teams were directly invited to participate in the tournament, while the remaining 6 teams qualified through an online qualifier that consisted of sixteen teams.

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

Host

Analysts

Commentators

Observer

Teams

Legends
Invitees
  • United States Team iBUYPOWER
  • Australia Vox Eminor
Qualifiers

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 Europe mousesports 0 2 14 32 −18 0
Group A matches
France Titan 16 5 Europe mousesports
Ukraine HellRaisers 16 19 Poland Virtus.pro
France Titan 7 16 Poland Virtus.pro
Europe mousesports 9 16 Ukraine HellRaisers
France Titan 14 16 Ukraine HellRaisers

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

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                       
  Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 12 16 16  
United States  compLexity Gaming 16 2 11  
  Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 16 –  
  Denmark  Team Dignitas 6 5 –  
Denmark  Team Dignitas 16 16 –
  Ukraine  HellRaisers 7 11 –  
    Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 9 10 –
  Poland  Virtus.pro 16 16 –
  Poland  Virtus.pro 16 16 –  
France  Team LDLC.com 3 8 –  
  Poland  Virtus.pro 16 16 16
  Sweden  LBG eSports 8 19 7  
Sweden  Fnatic 16 12 14
  Sweden  LBG eSports 11 16 16  

Final standings

Place Team Roster Seed Prize money
1st Poland Virtus.pro Poland TaZ, Poland NEO, Poland pashaBiceps, Poland byali, Poland Snax ESL One Cologne 2014 US$$100,000
2nd Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas Sweden f0rest, Sweden GeT_RiGhT, Sweden Xizt, Sweden friberg, Sweden Fifflaren US$50,000
3rd–4th Denmark Team Dignitas Denmark FeTiSh, Denmark dev1ce, Denmark cajunb, Denmark dupreeh, Denmark Xyp9x US$22,000
Sweden LGB eSports Sweden dennis, Sweden olofmeister, Sweden KRiMZ, Sweden twist, Sweden cype
5–8th United States compLexity Gaming United States Hiko, United States n0thing, United States swag, United States Sgares, Canada Semphis US$10,000
Ukraine HellRaisers Ukraine ANGE1, Ukraine kusher, Ukraine markeloff, Russia Dosia, Kazakhstan AdreN
France Team LDLC.com France Uzzziii, France Happy, France KQLY, France apEX, Switzerland Maniac
Sweden Fnatic Sweden Devilwalk, Sweden JW, Sweden flusha, Sweden pronax, Sweden schneider
9–12th France Titan France kennyS, France SmithZz, France NBK, Belgium ScreaM, Belgium Ex6TenZ – US$2,000
Denmark 3DMAX Denmark aizy, Denmark gla1ve, Denmark Pimp, Denmark raalz, Denmark MSL
Denmark Reason Gaming Denmark EXR, Denmark LOMME, Denmark Friis, Denmark karrigan, Denmark smF
France Clan-Mystik France kioShiMa, France kennyS, France HaRts, France GMX, France Sf
13–16th European Union mousesports Germany tiziaN, Germany tabseN, Netherlands chrisJ, Denmark cadiaN, Slovakia LEGIJA – US$2,000
Australia Vox Eminor Australia SPUNJ, Australia AZR, Australia Havoc, Australia SnypeR, Australia topguN
United States Team iBUYPOWER United States Skadoodle, United States adreN, United States DaZeD, United States anger, Canada AZK
Ukraine Natus Vincere Ukraine Edward, Ukraine Zeus, Ukraine starix, Russia seized, Slovakia GuardiaN

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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