ESL One Cologne 2015

ESL One Cologne
2015
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Dates August 14, 2015–August 18, 2015
Administrator(s) Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Tournament format(s) 32 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
Teams 16 teams
Purse $250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions Sweden Fnatic
1st runners-up France Team EnVyUs
2nd runners-up Poland Virtus.pro
Denmark Team SoloMid
← ESL One Katowice 2015 DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 →

ESL One Cologne 2015 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major that was held from August 14-18, 2015 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.[1] It was organized by Electronic Sports League. The Cologne event was the first ESL tournament that required competitors to take drug tests, which all came up negative.[2][3][4] The tournament had a total prize pool of $250,000 USD. The online livestream was viewed by around 27 million viewers with a peak of 1.3 million concurrent viewers.[5]

There were qualifiers for the event.[6]

Fnatic was the winner of the event after beating EnVyUs 16-7 in the finals on Cobblestone (de_cbble).[7] Fnatic's Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson scored a quad-kill in the finals against EnVyUs to help win the tournament.[8]

Format

The top eight teams of the ESL One Katowice 2015 qualified as Legends. In addition, four team from the European Qualifier, two teams from the Asian qualifier, and two teams from the North American qualifier were the "Challengers" for the tournament.

Teams will be split up into four groups. All group matches are best of 1. 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 this match receives a "high seed" in the second group stage. The two losers from the first matches play as the "low seeds" in the second group stage, while the high seed gets a bye. The winner between the two losing teams play against the high seed. The winner of that match qualifies for 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

Hosts

Reporting

Analysts

Commentators

Observers

Esports in Cinemas

Teams

Legends
Qualifiers

Group Stage 1

The green color shows that the team has automatically moved on to the Playoffs bracket.

The yellow color shows that the team has moved on to the second group stage as a high seed.

The peach color shows that the team has moved on to the second group stage as a low seed.

Group A
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Denmark Team SoloMid 2 0 32 24 +18 6
2 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 1 19 29 -10 3
3 United States Counter Logic Gaming 0 1 13 16 -3 0
4 Australia LA Renegades 0 1 11 16 -5 0
Group A matches
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 13 United States Counter Logic Gaming
Denmark Team SoloMid 16 11 Australia LA Renegades
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 3 16 Denmark Team SoloMid

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 France Team EnVyUs 2 0 35 19 +16 6
2 Brazil Luminosity Gaming 1 1 32 25 +7 3
3 European Union Team Kinguin 0 1 6 16 -10 0
4 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics 0 1 3 16 -13 0
Group B matches
France Team EnVyUs 16 3 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics
Brazil Luminosity Gaming 16 6 European Union Team Kinguin
France Team EnVyUs 19 16 Brazil Luminosity Gaming
Group C
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Sweden Fnatic 2 0 32 4 +28 6
2 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 1 1 21 33 -12 3
3 France Titan 0 1 17 19 -2 0
4 Poland Team eBettle 0 1 2 16 -14 0
Group C matches
Sweden Fnatic 16 2 Poland Team eBettle
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 19 17 France Titan
Sweden Fnatic 16 2 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere

Group D

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Poland Virtus.pro 2 0 32 16 +16 6
2 United States Cloud9 1 1 24 26 -2 3
3 Germany mousesports 0 1 10 16 -10 0
4 Australia Team Immunity 0 1 8 16 -8 0
Group D matches
Poland Virtus.pro 16 8 Australia Team Immunity
Germany mousesports 10 16 United States Cloud9
Poland Virtus.pro 16 8 United States Cloud9

Group Stage 2

The green color shows that the team has qualified for the Playoffs bracket

The red color shows that the team has moved on to the second group stage as a low seed.

Group E
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 1 0 16 14 +2 3
2 United States Counter Logic Gaming 1 1 30 30 +0 3
3 Poland Team eBettle 0 1 14 16 -2 0
Group E matches
United States Counter Logic Gaming 16 14 Poland Team eBettle
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 16 14 United States Counter Logic Gaming

Group F

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 European Union Team Kinguin 2 0 32 26 +6 6
2 United States Cloud9 0 1 13 16 -3 0
3 Australia Team Immunity 0 1 13 16 -3 0
Group F matches
European Union Team Kinguin 16 13 Australia Team Immunity
United States Cloud9 13 16 European Union Team Kinguin
Group G
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 0 16 5 +11 3
2 Australia LA Renegades 1 1 21 25 -4 3
3 France Titan 0 1 9 16 -7 0
Group G matches
France Titan 9 16 Australia LA Renegades
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 5 Australia LA Renegades

Group H

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Brazil Luminosity Gaming 1 0 22 18 +4 3
2 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics 1 1 34 36 -2 3
3 Germany mousesports 0 1 14 16 -2 0
Group H matches
Germany mousesports 14 16 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics
Brazil Luminosity Gaming 22 18 Ukraine Flipsid3 Tactics


Playoff bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                       
  France  Team EnVyUs 16 16 –  
Commonwealth of Independent States  Natus Vincere 13 10 –  
  France  Team EnVyUs 16 8 16  
  Denmark  Team SoloMid 12 16 9  
Denmark  Team SoloMid 16 16 –
  European Union  Team Kinguin 6 8 –  
    France  Team EnVyUs 15 7 –
  Sweden  fnatic 19 16 –
  Poland  Virtus.pro 16 16 –  
Sweden  Ninjas in Pyjamas 14 5 –  
  Poland  Virtus.pro 16 14 7
  Sweden  Fnatic 6 16 16  
Sweden  Fnatic 16 16 –
  Brazil  Luminosity Gaming 5 14 –  

Final standings

Place Team Prize Money Seed Roster
1st Sweden Fnatic US$100,000 DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 Sweden JW, Sweden flusha, Sweden pronax, Sweden olofmeister, Sweden KRiMZ
2nd France Team EnVyUs US$50,000 France kioShiMa, France Happy, France kennyS, France NBK, France apEX
3rd–4th Denmark Team SoloMid US$22,000 Denmark karrigan, Denmark dev1ce, Denmark cajunb, Denmark dupreeh, Denmark Xyp9x
Poland Virtus.pro Poland TaZ, Poland NEO, Poland pashaBiceps, Poland byali, Poland Snax
5–8th Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere US$10,000 Ukraine Edward, Ukraine Zeus, Russia seized, Russia flamie, Slovakia GuardiaN
European Union Team Kinguin Sweden Maikelele, Sweden dennis, Portugal fox, Belgium ScreaM, Norway rain
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas Sweden f0rest, Sweden GeT_RiGhT, Sweden Xizt, Sweden friberg, Finland allu
Brazil Luminosity Gaming Brazil FalleN, Brazil fer, Brazil steel, Brazil coldzera, Brazil boltz
9–12th United States Counter Logic Gaming US$2,000 DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015 United States hazed, United States reltuC, United States tarik, United States jdm64, Canada FNS
United States Cloud9 United States Skadoodle, United States sgares, United States fREAKAZOiD, United States n0thing, Canada shroud
Australia LA Renegades Australia SPUNJ, Australia Havoc, Australia jks, Australia AZR, Australia Yam
Ukraine FlipSid3 Tactics Ukraine B1ad3, Ukraine bondik, Ukraine markeloff, Russia WorldEdit, Russia DavCost
13–16th Poland Team eBettle US$2,000 Poland peet, Poland GruBy, Poland Hyper, Poland rallen, Poland Furlan
Australia Team Immunity Australia SnypeR, Australia USTILO, Australia Rickeh, Australia James, Australia emagine
France Titan France shox, France Rpk, France SmithZz, Switzerland Maniac, Belgium Ex6TenZ
Germany mousesports Germany nex, Germany Spidii, Germany denis, Netherlands chrisJ, Turkey gob b

References

  1. ↑ Rittfeldt, Joachim (August 8, 2015). "ESL One Cologne – About". Aftonbladet. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Chalk, Andy (August 25, 2015). "ESL One Cologne drug tests come up empty". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Neuman, Scott (August 13, 2015). "Video Game League Announces Random Drug Tests For Competitors". NPR. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ Chalk, Andy (July 23, 2015). "ESL to begin randomized drug testing at ESL One Cologne". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ Wynne, Jared (August 26, 2015). "ESL One Cologne pulls in $4.2 million in revenue for teams, sets viewer records". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.ongamers.com/articles/all-16-teams-for-esl-one-cologne-have-been-determi/1100-2004/
  7. ↑ Rad, Chloi (August 25, 2015). "27 Million People Watched the Biggest Counter-Strike Tournament Ever". IGN. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ Lahti, Evan (August 24, 2015). "This amazing quad-kill was the turning point of the CS:GO championship". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

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