ESL One Cologne 2015
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E lectronic S ports L eague One Cologne 2015
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Disciplines
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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winner
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Sweden fnatic
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organizer
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Electronic Sports League
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venue
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Germany Lanxess Arena , Cologne
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Participating clans
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16
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Beginning
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20th August 2015
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final
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23rd August 2015
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Prize pool
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$ 250,000
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Games
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27
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Sponsors
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Valve Corporation , Paysafecard, among others
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Homepage
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www.esl-one.com/csgo/cologne-2015/
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← ESL One Katowice 2015
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The ESL One Cologne 2015 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, which was held on August 22nd and 23rd, 2015 in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne . The prize money of the tournament was 250,000 US dollars . When Valve Corporation joined as a sponsor on June 3, 2015, ESL One Cologne 2015 became the sixth major tournament sponsored by Valve . For the first time, random doping tests were carried out in cooperation with the German anti-doping agency NADA at an esports tournament .
Due to the capacity of the Lanxess Arena , the tournament has the potential to become the largest event in its discipline to date . The tournament was seen by more than 10,000 viewers on site and up to 1.3 million viewers online.
The winner of ESL One Cologne 2015 was fnatic , who achieved their third victory in a major tournament and were the first team to defend a major title.
qualification
Eight participants in ESL One Cologne 2015 were found through regionally limited offline qualification tournaments. The participants were either invited or qualified through various pre-qualifiers.
Asia
The Asian qualification took place on July 18 and 19, 2015 in the eCurve shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur . Eight teams played for two slots for the main Cologne tournament. The first two of the group played in the playoff game against the runners-up of the respective other group for the two qualifying places for Cologne.
Group A
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Semifinals
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Group victory game
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Australia
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Team Immunity
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16
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Mongolia
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The Mongolz
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10
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Australia
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Team Immunity
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16
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Vietnam
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Skyred
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8th
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Korea South
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myRevenge.kr
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9
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Vietnam
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Skyred
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16
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Loser match
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Game for the second group place
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Vietnam
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Skyred
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14th
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Mongolia
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The Mongolz
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14th
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Korea South
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myRevenge.kr
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16
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Korea South
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myRevenge.kr
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16
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Group B
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Semifinals
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Group victory game
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Australia
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Renegades
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16
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India
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NeckBREAK
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0
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Australia
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Renegades
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16
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China People's Republic
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QeeYou
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8th
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Malaysia
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MVP.Karnal
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11
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China People's Republic
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QeeYou
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16
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Loser match
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Game for the second group place
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China People's Republic
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QeeYou
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5
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India
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NeckBREAK
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7th
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Malaysia
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MVP.Karnal
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16
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Malaysia
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MVP.Karnal
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16
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Playoffs
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Semifinals
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qualified for the main tournament
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Australia
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Team Immunity
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16
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16
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Malaysia
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MVP.Karnal
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13
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7th
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Australia
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Team Immunity
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Australia
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Renegades
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Korea South
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myRevenge.kr
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16
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2
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Australia
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Renegades
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19th
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16
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Europe
The European qualification tournament took place on July 25 and 26, 2015 in the ESL studios in Cologne. Four lineups of the 16 teams qualified.
Group A
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First round
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Semifinals
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final
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Consolation finals
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Qualified for the main tournament
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Game 1
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Denmark
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Team Dignitas
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16
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Spain
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OverGaming
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9
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Game 5
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Denmark
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Team Dignitas
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16
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Game 2
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Sweden
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Team Property
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14th
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Sweden
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Team Property
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16
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Russia
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PiTER
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7th
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Game 7
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Winning round
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Denmark
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Team Dignitas
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8th
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Game 3
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European Union
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Team Kinguin
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16
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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14th
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Germany
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KILLERFISH eSport
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16
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Game 6
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Germany
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KILLERFISH eSport
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8th
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Game 4
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European Union
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Team Kinguin
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16
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European Union
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Team Kinguin
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16
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Germany
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PENTA Sports
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9
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European Union
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Team Kinguin
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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Spain
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OverGaming
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16
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Russia
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PiTER
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8th
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Germany
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KILLERFISH eSport
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16
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Spain
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OverGaming
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8th
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Losers round
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Germany
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KILLERFISH eSport
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14th
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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19th
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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16
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Denmark
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Team Dignitas
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16
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Germany
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PENTA Sports
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17th
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Sweden
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Team Property
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3
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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19th
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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16
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Group B
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First round
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Semifinals
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final
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Consolation finals
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Qualified for the main tournament
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Game 1
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HellRaisers
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19th
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Norway
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LGB eSports
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17th
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Game 5
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HellRaisers
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14th
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Game 2
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Poland
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Team eBettle
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16
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Finland
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Epiphany Bolt
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19th
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Poland
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Team eBettle
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22nd
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Game 7
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Winning round
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Poland
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Team eBettle
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25th
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Game 3
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France
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Titan eSports
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23
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Finland
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Team ROCCAT
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9
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Hungary
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k1ck.hu
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16
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Game 6
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Hungary
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k1ck.hu
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8th
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Game 4
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France
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Titan eSports
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16
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Poland
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Gamers2
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5
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France
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Titan eSports
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16
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Poland
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Team eBettle
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France
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Titan eSports
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Norway
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LGB eSports
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16
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Finland
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Epiphany Bolt
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11
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Hungary
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k1ck.hu
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9
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Norway
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LGB eSports
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16
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Losers round
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Norway
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LGB eSports
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16
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Finland
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Team ROCCAT
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5
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HellRaisers
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7th
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France
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Titan eSports
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16
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Poland
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Gamers2
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16
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HellRaisers
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16
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Norway
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LGB eSports
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2
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Poland
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Gamers2
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9
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America
For the American qualifier, eight teams met on August 1st and 2nd, 2015 in the ESL Studio in Burbank and played for two qualification slots.
Group A
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Semifinals
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Group victory game
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United States
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Cloud 9
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16
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United States
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Classy esports
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2
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United States
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Cloud 9
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16
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United States
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Team Liquid
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10
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United States
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Team Liquid
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16
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United States
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Tempo Storm
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11
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Loser match
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Game for the second group place
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United States
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Team Liquid
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16
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United States
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Classy esports
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10
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United States
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Tempo Storm
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10
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United States
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Tempo Storm
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16
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Group B
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Semifinals
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Group victory game
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United States
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Counter Logic Gaming
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16
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United States
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eLevate
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11
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United States
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Counter Logic Gaming
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16
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United States
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Mythic
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14th
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United States
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Maximum effort
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13
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United States
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Mythic
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16
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Loser match
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Game for the second group place
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United States
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Mythic
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13
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United States
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eLevate
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16
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United States
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eLevate
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16
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United States
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Maximum effort
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3
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Playoffs
Attendees
The eight quarter-finalists of ESL One Katowice 2015 and eight other teams who were able to secure participation in the competition through regional qualifications in Europe , America and Asia were eligible to participate.
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Sweden fnatic (winner at ESL One Katowice 2015)
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Sweden Ninjas in pajamas (finalist at ESL One Katowice 2015)
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France Team EnVyUs (semi-finalist at ESL One Katowice 2015)
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Poland Virtus.pro (semi-finalist at ESL One Katowice 2015)
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Brazil Luminosity Gaming (quarter-finalist at ESL One Katowice 2015) 1
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Germany mousesports (quarter-finalist at ESL One Katowice 2015) 2
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Denmark Team SoloMid (quarter-finalist at ESL One Katowice 2015)
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Ukraine Natus Vincere (quarter-finalist at ESL One Katowice 2015)
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European Union Team Kinguin (Europe Qualifier)
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Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics (Europe Qualifier)
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Poland Team eBettle (Europe Qualifier)
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France Titan eSports (Europe Qualifier)
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United States Cloud 9 (North America Qualifier)
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United States Counter Logic Gaming (North America Qualifier)
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Australia Team Immunity (Asia Qualifier)
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Australia Renegades (Asia Qualifier)
Team lineups
draw
On August 10, 2015, the Electronic Sports League announced the results of the group draw.
Maps
During the tournament, the teams have seven maps to choose from, which can be played. In the best-of-one mode, both teams can delete two maps each. From the remaining three 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.
The following maps are available:
Winner bracket
Group A
In Group A, Team SoloMid prevailed after a 16:11 on de_train against the Australian team Renegades against the ninjas in pajamas with an impressive 16: 3 victory on de_cache. NiP had previously won a varied game on de_dust2 against Counter Logic Gaming 16:13.
Group B
The first round of Group B was marked by one-sided wins from Team EnVyUs and Luminosity Gaming . In the direct encounter between the two teams, the tournament was extended for the first time. EnVyUs was able to prevail there with 19:16 on de_cobblestone.
Group C
Defending champion fnatic was a strong and dominant team in Group C and only allowed two rounds against Team eBettle and Natus Vincere .
Group D
In Group D, the German team mousesports around announcer Fatih “gob b” Dayik suffered a defeat in their first game against Cloud 9 on de_overpass. After a 7: 3 lead, the mice could not hold their lead and lost with 16:10. Virtus.pro prevailed against Team Immunity before . In the game for group victory, the Poles were strong on de_cobblestone and beat Cloud 9 16: 8.
Lower bracket
After the winner bracket, the remaining teams that had not yet qualified for the final round were reassigned to new groups in the lower bracket in order to avoid two teams clashing again.
Group E
Natus Vincere was able to prevail against Counter Logic Gaming with 16:14 on de_cobblestone and thus moved into the quarter-finals.
Group F.
In Group F, the newly drawn Team Kinguin prevailed against Team Immunity and Cloud 9 each with 16:13 on de_dust2.
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Loser match
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Game for the second group place
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United States
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Cloud 9
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13
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Australia
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Team Immunity
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13
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European Union
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Team Kinguin
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16
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European Union
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Team Kinguin
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16
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Group G
In group G, the ninjas in pajamas were able to secure their place in the quarterfinals with a 16: 5 win on de_inferno against the Australian team Renegades .
Group H.
In the match against Flipsid3 Tactics could mousesports on de_cobblestone not prevail and lost with 14:16. Flipsid3 then lost to the Brazilians from Luminosity Gaming , who made it to the quarter-finals.
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Loser match
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Game for the second group place
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Brazil
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Luminosity Gaming
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22nd
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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16
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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18th
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Germany
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mousesports
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14th
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Final round
In the quarter-finals, all group leaders of the winner bracket groups prevail against the winners of the lower bracket groups. In the semifinals, Team EnVyUs secured the final with a 16: 9 win after a 16:12 win on de_cache and an 8:16 defeat on de_dust2 on the final map de_inferno. In the second semi-final game, Virtus.pro showed a strong performance at the beginning and won the first map de_mirage impressively with 16: 6. On the second de_inferno card, fnatic was able to equalize with a 16:14 after a strong final phase. on the third map de_cobblestone the Swedes finally secured the final with a 16: 7 success.
The final game between Team EnVyUs and fnatic started furiously on de_dust2 with a knife kill from Nathan "NBK" Schmitt . EnVyUs was able to develop a 10: 5 half-time lead in a high-class game. Towards the end of regular time, the Swedes got stronger and were able to earn extra time. In this fnatic decided the first map without giving up a round. The second map de_cobblestone was characterized by a dominance of the Swedes from the beginning. After a 9: 6 half-time lead on their T-half, fnatic let the French only have one more round until the end of the match. The British organization celebrated its third title in a major tournament .
Prize money distribution
facts and figures
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ ESL hosts world's largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event. LANXESS arena to host US $ 250,000 ESL One Cologne tournament from August 22-23. (No longer available online.) Esl-one.com, June 3, 2015, archived from the original on May 15, 2015 ; accessed on June 3, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.esl-one.com
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^ Valve to support ESL One Cologne. hltv.org, June 3, 2015, accessed June 3, 2015 .
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↑ World's largest standalone Counter-Strike event confirmed as next Valve Major. ESL One Cologne 2015 has now officially been named a CS: GO Major Championship. (No longer available online.) Esl-one.com, June 3, 2015, archived from the original on July 11, 2015 ; accessed on June 3, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.esl-one.com
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↑ ESL leads anti-PED initiative for esports with the support of NADA. eslgaming.com, July 23, 2015, accessed August 10, 2015 .
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↑ The wrong game with the mouse. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 3, 2015, accessed on August 10, 2015 .
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↑ Qualifiers. (No longer available online.) ESL, archived from the original on July 10, 2015 ; accessed on July 9, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.esl-one.com
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↑ Announcing the ESL One Cologne groups! With ESL One Cologne less than two weeks away, it's time to meet the groups. www.esl-one.com, October 18, 2015, accessed on October 18, 2015 (English).
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↑ Milestones. counter-strike.net, August 25, 2015, accessed on August 26, 2015 .
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↑ ESL One Cologne 2015 the world's biggest and most watched Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event to date! ESL, August 25, 2015, accessed on August 26, 2015 .
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↑ Player statistics for ESL One Cologne 2015 on hltv.org
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↑ Acestatistics for ESL One Cologne 2015 ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hltv.org @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hltv.org
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↑ PR statistics for ESL One Cologne 2015 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hltv.org @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hltv.org