DreamHack Winter 2014 (CS: GO)

DreamHack Winter 2014
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	Team LDLC
organizer	DreamHack
venue	Elmia , Jonkoping
Participating clans	16
Beginning	November 27, 2014
final	November 29, 2014
Prize pool	$ 250,000
Games	27
Sponsors	Valve Corporation
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The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive -Event the DreamHack Winter 2014 was the fourth with 250,000 US dollars doped major tournament of his discipline . It took place from November 27th to 29th, 2014. The winner of the tournament was the French team LDLC .

Attendees

As usual in major tournaments , the eight quarter-finalists of the previous major ( ESL One Cologne 2014 ) should be considered as seeded participants. As a result of the VAC bans of the players Hovik "KQLY" Tovmassian and Gordon "Sf" Giry, the affected teams Titan eSports and Epsilon eSports were again unloaded. An offline Last Call Qualifier was held at short notice in which the Copenhagen Wolves and Flipsid3 Tactics were able to prevail.

• Ninjas in Pajamas (Winner of ESL One Cologne 2014 )
• fnatic (finalist of ESL One Cologne 2014 )
• Flipsid3 Tactics (Last Call Qualifier)
• Team Dignitas (semi-finalist of ESL One Cologne 2014 )
• Copenhagen Wolves (Last Call Qualifier)
• myXMG (Qualifier # 2)
• Team LDLC (Qualifier # 1)
• Cloud 9 (quarter-finalist of ESL One Cologne 2014 )
• iBUYPOWER (American Qualifier)
• Planetkey Dynamics (Qualifier # 1)
• PENTA Sports (Qualifier # 1)
• Virtus.pro (quarter-finalist of ESL One Cologne 2014 )
• ESC Gaming (Qualifier # 1)
• Natus Vincere (quarter-finalist of ESL One Cologne 2014 )
• HellRaisers (Qualifier # 2)
• Bravado Gaming (Invite)

Team line-ups

The following table shows the line-ups with which the teams competed.

Ninjas in pajamas	fnatic	Flipsid3 Tactics	Team Dignitas
Mikail "Maikelele" Bill	Markus "pronax" Wallsten	Simon "twist" Eliasson	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund	Robin "flusha" Rönnquist	André "Berg" Kjellberg	Henrik "FeTiSh" Christensen
Richard "Xizt" Landström	Jesper "JW" Wecksell	Erik “zende” Sundeqvist	Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth
Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg	Olof "olofm" Kajbjer	Benjamin "BENDJI" Söderena	Nicolai "device" Reedtz
Adam "friberg" Friberg	Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson	Miran "dumas" Matković	René "cajunb" Borg
Copenhagen Wolves	myXMG	Team LDLC	Cloud 9
Casper "cadiaN" Møller	Michael "Friis" Jørgensen	Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer	Sean "seangares" Gares
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche	Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen	Nathan "NBK" Schmitt	Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert
Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander	Danni "smF" Dyg	Richard "shox" Papillon	Spencer "hiko" Martin
Jesper "tenzki" Plougmann	Nicolai "DOGS" Petersen	Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux	Kory "SEMPHIS" ​​Frisians
Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye	Asger "AcilioN" Larsen	Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey	Michael "shroud" Grzesiek
iBUYPOWER	Planetkey Dynamics	PENTA Sports	Virtus.pro
Braxton "swag" Pierce	Tobias "Troubley" Tabbert	Robin "r0bs3n" Stephan	Filip "Neo" Kubski
Keven "AZK" Lariviere	Hendrik "strux1" Goetzendorff	Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend	Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski
Taylor "Skadoodle" Latham	Dimitrios "stavros" Smoilis	Felix "fel1x" Zech	Viktor "TaZ" Wojtas
Derek "desi" industries	Johannes "nex" Maget	Timo "Spiidi" judge	Paweł “byali” Bieliński
Nick "nitr0" Cannella	Alexander "alexRr" Fresh	Denis "denis" Howell	Jarosław “pasha” Jarząbkowski
ESC gaming	Natus Vincere	HellRaisers	Bravado Gaming
Jacek "Minise" Jeziak	Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko	Emil "kucher" Akhundov	Andreas "cent" Hadjipaschali
Paweł “innocent” Mocek	Sergey "starix" Ischuk	Yegor "markeloff" Markelov	Robby "bLacKpoisoN" Da Loca
Grzegorz "SZPERO" Dziamałek	Denis "seized" Kostin	Mihai "Dosia" Stolyarov	Dane "racno" Friedman
Mikołaj "mouz" Karolewski	Ioann "Edward" Sukharev	Kiril "ANGE1" Karasiov	Richard "deviaNt" Groves
Karol "rallen" Rodowicz	Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács	Alexander "s1mple" Kostylev	Dimitri "Detrony" Hadjipaschali

Preliminary round

Group A

	Semifinals					Group victory game
		fnatic	16
		Bravado Gaming	2
							fnatic	14th
							HellRaisers	16
		Cloud 9	5
		HellRaisers	16

	Loser match					Game for the second group place
							fnatic	16
		Bravado Gaming	1				Cloud 9	5
		Cloud 9	16

Group B

	Semifinals					Group victory game
		Team Dignitas	16
		PENTA Sports	9
							Team Dignitas	16
							iBUYPOWER	7th
		Copenhagen Wolves	4th
		iBUYPOWER	16

	Loser match					Game for the second group place
							iBUYPOWER	13
		PENTA Sports	16				PENTA Sports	16
		Copenhagen Wolves	12

Group C

	Semifinals					Group victory game
		Team LDLC	16
		ESC gaming	4th
							Team LDLC	16
							Ninjas in pajamas	13
		Planetkey Dynamics	2
		Ninjas in pajamas	16

	Loser match					Game for the second group place
							Ninjas in pajamas	16
		ESC gaming	16				ESC gaming	13
		Planetkey Dynamics	13

Group D

	Semifinals					Group victory game
		Virtus.pro	16
		myXMG	2
							Virtus.pro	16
							Natus Vincere	2
		Flipsid3 Tactics	8th
		Natus Vincere	16

	Loser match					Game for the second group place
							Natus Vincere	19th
		myXMG	11				Flipsid3 Tactics	15th
		Flipsid3 Tactics	16

Final round

	Quarter finals							Semifinals							final
		HellRaisers	5	6th
		Ninjas in pajamas	16	16
									Ninjas in pajamas	22nd	9	16
									Virtus.pro	20th	16	8th
		Virtus.pro	16	16
		PENTA Sports	9	5
																Ninjas in pajamas	10	16	16
																Team LDLC	16	4th	19th
		Team LDLC 1	16	8th	1
		fnatic 1	10	16	0
									Team LDLC	16	16
									Natus Vincere	11	11
		Team Dignitas	3	13
		Natus Vincere	16	16

¹Both teams formed illegal robber leaders on the third map de_overpass , with which one could see large parts of the map. The map should first be repeated; fnatic gave Team LDLC then the victory.

Prize money distribution

space	clan	Prize money (in US dollars )
1.	Team LDLC	$ 100,000
2.	Ninjas in pajamas	$ 50,000
3rd - 4th	Virtus.pro Natus Vincere	$ 22,000
5th - 8th	HellRaisers PENTA Sports fnatic Team Dignitas	$ 10,000
9-16	Bravado Gaming Cloud 9 Copenhagen Wolves iBUYPOWER Planetkey Dynamics ESC Gaming myXMG Flipsid3 Tactics	$ 2,000

Web links

• Overview page of the 99damage tournament
• Prize money distribution of the tournament on esportsearnings.com