The qualification for DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 will take place from September 22nd to 26th, 2015 at DreamHack Stockholm 2015. Places 9 to 16 of the ESL One Cologne 2015 and eight other teams are allowed to participate after a successful pre-qualification.
United StatesCloud 9 (participant at ESL One Cologne 2015)
During the tournament, the teams have seven maps to choose from, which can be played. In the best-of-one mode, both teams take turns painting a map until two cards remain. From these two maps, the map that is ultimately played is selected at random. In the best-of-three mode, both teams will initially delete one map each. Then each side chooses a map, both of which are played in the first two matches. A possible decision map is chosen at random from among the three remaining maps.
Defending champion fnatic had to admit defeat to de_inferno with 13:16 after a win against Vexed Gaming in the game for group victory against the lineup of Luminosity Gaming . The Brazilians previously won against Cloud 9 with 16:11 on de_dust2.
Team SoloMid reached the quarter-finals as group winners after clear 16: 6 wins against Flipsid3 Tactics and G2 Esports . The German representative mousesports could not prevail against G2 Esports .
Mousesports won the loser match against Flipsid3 Tactics 16: 8 on de_overpass. In the rematch against G2 Esports , the mice in the best-of-3 could only win the second map and were eliminated from the tournament.
The winner of group C was Virtus.pro . The Polish lineup was able to win after overtime against Team Liquid in the second game against Titan eSports 16: 7 on de_train. Titan previously beat the ninjas in pajamas at 16:13 on de_cobblestone.
The final round started with several surprises in the quarter-finals. Defending champion fnatic was eliminated in the rematch of the final of ESL One Cologne 2015 against Team EnVyUs . After the Swedes were able to win the first map de_mirage with 16: 9, they had to admit defeat to the nV on de_cobblestone and de_cache with only nine and two rounds respectively. The three other quarter-finals were decided after just two tickets. G2 Esports reached the semifinals for the first time after a 16:10 win on de_cache and a 19:17 win in overtime on de_train. In the third quarter-finals, the ninjas in pajamas secured the ticket for the semi-finals against Team SoloMid with a 16:10 win on de_train and a 16: 8 win on de_dust2. Natus Vincere also made it into the round of the last four after 16:14 and 16:13 successes against Luminosity Gaming .
In the first semi-final, Team EnVyUs met G2 Esports . The latter team won the first map de_dust2 with 16:10. On the second map de_inferno, G2 could not use the possibility of reaching the final. In the third extension, Team EnVyUs was able to secure the map with 25:21. With this success behind them, the French also won the third map de_cache with a clearer 16: 7. The second semi-final between the ninjas in pajamas and Natus Vincere was far less exciting. Na'Vi dominated both the first map de_train and the second map de_dust2 and achieved second place in the final with 16: 3 and 16: 6 wins.
The first major final without Swedish participation began with the map selection by Natus Vincere de_train. Here both teams faced each other on an equal footing. Team EnVyUs was able to win this card after a 9: 6 lead at halftime with a narrow 16:14. The French allowed less on their own map choice de_cobblestone. After they were already 10: 5 in the lead after their T half, nV won all remaining rounds on the CT side and thus decided the final with 16: 5. For the organization Team EnVyUs as well as for the players Dan "apEX" Madesclaire and Kenny "kennyS" Schrub it was the first win of a CS: GO major.
Team EnVyUs
Sala Polivalentă , Cluj-Napoca
Cloud 9 (participant at ESL One Cologne 2015)
Flipsid3 Tactics (participant at ESL One Cologne 2015)
mousesports (participant at ESL One Cologne 2015)
Renegades (participant at ESL One Cologne 2015)
Vexed Gaming (participant at ESL One Cologne 2015) 1
Copenhagen Wolves (Europe Prequalification # 1)
Team ROCCAT (Europe pre-qualification # 2)
Team Dignitas (Europe pre-qualification # 2)
Winterfox (America pre-qualification)
Skyred (Asia pre-qualification)
fnatic (winner at ESL One Cologne 2015)
Luminosity Gaming (quarter-finalist at ESL One Cologne 2015)
