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E lectronic S ports L eague One Katowice 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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Poland Spodek , Katowice
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Participating clans
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16
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Beginning
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March 12, 2015
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final
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March 15, 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
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Homepage
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official website
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| ← DreamHack Winter 2014
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The ESL One Katowice 2015 was the fifth of the Valve Corporation sponsored major tournament in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , which of fnatic was recovered. It was held from March 12th to 15th, 2015 parallel to the ESL Intel Extreme Masters in the Spodek in Katowice .
qualification
The eight quarter-finalists of DreamHack Winter 2014 were invited to the main tournament . The remaining eight participants were determined for the first time in an offline qualifier taking place on February 14th and 15th in the Angelo Hotel Katowice .
Some of the 16 participants in the offline qualifier were invited or qualified by means of regionally limited online qualifiers. The Brazilian organization KaBuM.TD successfully organized an appeal for donations in order to be able to pay their players' travel expenses. The ESEA League and the fnatic player Robin "flusha" Rönnquist donated part of the required money .
Group A
Group B
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LB 1
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LB 2
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Qualified
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Denmark
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Team Dignitas
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3
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Poland
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INSHOCK
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11
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Brazil
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KaBuM.TD
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16
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Brazil
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KaBuM.TD
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16
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Brazil
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KaBuM.TD
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Q
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Finland
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3DMAX
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Q
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Germany
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mousesports
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8th
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Finland
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3DMAX
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16
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Finland
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3DMAX
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16
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Denmark
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ESC gaming
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8th
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Attendees
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France
Team EnVyUs (winner at DreamHack Winter 2014) 1
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Sweden Ninjas in Pajamas (Finalist at DreamHack Winter 2014)
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Poland Virtus.pro (semi-finalist at DreamHack Winter 2014)
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Ukraine
Natus Vincere (semi-finalist at DreamHack Winter 2014)
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HellRaisers (quarter-finalist at DreamHack Winter 2014)
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Germany PENTA Sports (quarter-finalist at DreamHack Winter 2014)
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Denmark Team SoloMid (quarter-finalist at DreamHack Winter 2014) 2
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Sweden fnatic (quarter-finalist at DreamHack Winter 2014)
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United States
Counter Logic Gaming (Offline Qualifier)
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Norway
LGB eSports (offline qualifier)
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Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics (offline qualifier)
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France Titan eSports (offline qualifier)
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United States Cloud 9 (offline qualifier)
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Australia
Vox Eminor (offline qualifier)
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BrazilKeyd Stars (offline qualifier) 3
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Finland 3DMAX (offline qualifier)
3 Lineup of KaBuM.TD at the offline qualifier
Team lineups
draw
On February 26, 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:
Preliminary round
Group A
In group A, the fnatic lineup, which is considered the top favorite, prevailed against the Australian team Vox Eminor and the roster of the Ukrainian organization Natus Vincere . Bottom of the group was Flipsid3 Tactics , which suffered clear defeats against both Natus Vincere and Vox Eminor . The second place in the final round of Group A went to Natus Vincere in the game against Vox Eminor . On de_inferno, the Australians had to accept a 1:14 halftime score against securely standing Ukrainians on the T side. Natus Vincere was able to secure victory in the 19th round.
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Loser match
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Game for the second group place
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Ukraine
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Natus Vincere
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16
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Ukraine
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Flipsid3 Tactics
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Australia
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Vox Eminor
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Australia
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Vox Eminor
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16
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Group B
As expected, Team EnVyUs was able to prevail in group B. The German participant PENTA Sports initially disappointed with a 3:16 defeat against LGB eSports on de_dust2. Only in the lower bracket did PENTA show an appealing performance and sent the French lineup of Titan eSports , which was rated as stronger, home with an aggressive style of play on de_cache. Again playing against LGB eSports on de_dust2, PENTA was able to win this time against the Norwegians 16:12 in the decisive game for progress.
Group C
Group C was dominated by the ninjas in pajamas , who entered the final round as group winners with two wins against the Brazilian team Keyd Stars and the US roster from Counter Logic Gaming . Keyd Stars was able to prevail with victories against the better rated lineups of HellRaisers and Counter Logic Gaming in the lower bracket and thus advanced as second in the group.
Group D
In group D, the local Virtus.pro lineup secured group victory . Team SoloMid , which was moved to the lower bracket after a comeback from Cloud 9 to de_nuke, reached the final round after victories against the Finnish roster from 3DMAX and a successful revenge against Cloud 9 as second in the group.
Final round
In the first round of the final game, Team EnVyUs faced Natus Vincere . After a first 12:16 defeat on de_cache, Natus Vincere was able to fight for a 16:14 on de_dust2 with her patient style of play. On the decisive third map de_cbble, however, the Ukrainians could not oppose the EnVyUs team. The French reached the semi-finals with a 16-3 victory. In the second quarter-final game, the German team PENTA Sports competed against fnatic . The German team around newcomer Tobias "Troubley" Tabbert was inferior to the Swedes. Both on de_inferno and on their own map request de_cache, PENTA did not achieve a double-digit number of laps and was eliminated in the quarter-finals. The third game between the Polish team from Virtus.pro and the significantly weaker Brazilians from Keyd Stars turned out to be more exciting than expected. On the keyd Stars de_mirage request map, Virtus.pro initially went as planned with a 16: 4 win. But on their own mappick Keyd Stars was able to withstand the Poles and achieved a 15:15 after 30 laps. It was the first overtime of the tournament. Here the Brazilians decided the map after winning all CT rounds. On the Decidermap de_nuke, Virtus.pro prevailed 16: 1 driven by the chants of the local fans and reached the semi-finals. In the last quarter-final game, the ninjas in pajamas met Team SoloMid . After the favored Swedes from NiP were able to win their map request de_dust2 with 16: 8, they gave the Danes from TSM little resistance to their pick de_inferno and lost there with 4:16. The decision was made on the map de_nuke, which is easier to play for the CT side. After a weak start on the CT side, the ninjas in pajamas were able to take a modest 9-6 lead into the T side. There the Swedish players were able to use their experience and secure a place in the semi-finals in the 28th round.
In the first semi-final, fnatic and Virtus.pro faced each other. First, de_cbble was played on the Sweden's wish map. Driven by domestic support, Virtus.pro achieved an 8: 1 lead, which the Poles were unable to maintain. At halftime, VP was still leading 9: 6. After fnatic took the lead in the second half, the Swedes could not keep it. It was extended. There fnatic turned up on the T-side, won all the rounds there and secured the map. On the request map from VP de_mirage, after a decent seven rounds on the T side, they could not defend the aggressively playing Swedes on the CT side. After just one lap on the CT side, Virtus.pro had to give the Swedes the final place. The Swedish team also prevailed in the second semi-final. The ninjas in pajamas were able to see through many of Team EnVyUs' moves and fend them off. After a 16: 9 win on de_cache, the French's choice of map, and a 16:10 win on their own pick de_dust2, the ninjas in pajamas were the final opponents of fnatic.
In the Swedish final between fnatic and ninjas in pajamas , NiP chose de_dust2 and fnatic de_cache. The decision map should be de_inferno. On de_dust2, fnatic reached a 10: 5 lead on the CT half starting at half time. NiP quickly caught up with fnatic in the second half. Ultimately, fnatic secured the last two rounds and won after 30 rounds with 16:14. As in many of the previous games, the most conspicuous player was Olof "olofm" Kajbjer . On de_cache, the ninjas in pajamas first took a 5: 0 lead on the T side before fnatic caught up and went into halftime with an 8: 7 lead. After half-time, NiP took over again and won most of the remaining rounds. In the end, it was 4:10 p.m. for the ninjas in pajamas. Newcomers Aleksi "allu" Jalli and Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund were able to score the most kills on de_cache. The third and decisive map de_inferno started with several Force Buy rounds won for both teams. Later on, fnatic took over the helm and secured an 11: 4 half-time lead and the following three rounds. With over 10,000 live viewers on site and almost a million viewers on the live stream, the ninjas in pajamas were able to win nine more rounds in the second half, playing on the CT side, before fnatic won the victorious sixteenth round. Olof "olofm" Kajbjer was again the most noticeable player. With this victory, Fnatic is the first team to win two major tournaments .
Prize money distribution
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ ESEA sends KaBuM to Katowice. hltv.org, February 9, 2015, accessed February 10, 2015 .
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^ The groups for ESL One Katowice 2015. These four groups of four will determine the eight playoff participants and new legends. www.esl-one.com, February 26, 2015, accessed on February 27, 2015 (English).
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↑ Match data of the 1st map on hltv.org
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↑ Match data of the 2nd map on hltv.org
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↑ Match data of the 3rd map on hltv.org
