DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015

2015
The DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 logo
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates	October 28, 2015–November 1, 2015
Administrator	Valve DreamHack
Tournament format(s)	16 team round-robin group stage Eight team single-elimination playoff
Venue(s)	Polyvalent Hall
Teams	16 teams
Purse	$250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions	Team EnVyUs (1st title)
1st runners-up	Natus Vincere
2nd runners-up	G2 Esports Ninjas in Pyjamas
MVP	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub

DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 was the seventh Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship that was held from October 28 – November 1, 2015 at the Sala Polivalentă in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was organized by DreamHack with help from Valve and the Professional Gamers League. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000.

Eight teams were featured in the playoffs. Fnatic, G2 Esports, Luminosity Gaming, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team EnVyUs, Team SoloMid, and Virtus.pro – all Legends from the last major – were once again Legends as no Challenger took their spots. Team EnVyUs, which defeated Fnatic and G2 Esports, was the winner of the event, defeating Natus Vincere, which defeated Luminosity Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas, in the finals, 2–0. This came after Team EnVyUs placed second at the previous major, including a game in which Fnatic came back from a large deficit in the first game of grand finals.^[1][2]

Format

The top eight teams from ESL One Cologne 2015 ("Legends") received direct invitations to Cluj-Napoca. This was the first Major to fill the other eight Major spots from a single Major qualifier, instead of directly from various regional qualifiers. For the Cluj-Napoca Major cycle, the regional qualifiers sent teams to DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015, where they faced off against the bottom eight teams from Cologne 2015. The top eight teams from DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015 then advanced to the Major as the "Challengers"

Teams were split up into four groups, and all group matches were best-of-ones with the exception of the final decider match. The highest seed would play the lowest seed in each group and the second and third seeds would play against each other. The winner of those two matches would play each other to determine which team moved on to the playoff stage, while the losers of the first round of matches also played. The loser of the lower match was then eliminated from the tournament. With one team advanced and one eliminated, the two remaining teams would play a best-of-three elimination match for the second playoff spot. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the Global StarCraft II League.^[3]

The playoffs bracket consisted of eight teams, two from each group. All of these matches were best-of-three, single elimination. Teams advanced in the bracket until a winner was decided.

Main Qualifier

Broadcast talent

Hosts

• Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
• Richard Lewis

Interviewers

• Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen
• Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Analysts

• Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson
• Joona "natu" Leppänen
• Jason "moses" O'Toole
• Duncan "Thorin " Shields

Commentators

• James Bardolph
• Anders Blume
• Henry "HenryG" Greer
• Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
• Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
• Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Teams

Pre-Major Ranking

The HLTV.org October 26, 2015 ranking of teams, displayed below, was the final ranking released before the Major.^[6]

HLTV.org Pre-Major Ranking

World Ranking
Place	Team	Points	Move†
1	Team SoloMid	892
2	Fnatic	888
3	Virtus.pro	805
4	Team EnVyUs	778
5	Ninjas in Pyjamas	440
6	Natus Vincere	432
7	Cloud9	279
8	Team Dignitas	214
9	G2 Esports	209
10	Counter Logic Gaming	208
11	Team Liquid	207	1
12	Titan	203	1
13	mousesports	197	2
14	Flipsid3 Tactics	183
15	Luminosity Gaming	175
18	Vexed Gaming	102

^†Change since October 19, 2015 ranking

Group stage

Playoffs

Final standings

Post-Major Ranking

The HLTV.org November 3, 2015 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the first one released after the major.^[7]

HLTV.org Post-Major Ranking

World Ranking
Place	Team	Points	Move†
1	Team EnVyUs	949	3
2	Team SoloMid	821	1
3	Fnatic	785	1
4	Virtus.pro	722	1
5	Natus Vincere	598	1
6	Ninjas in Pyjamas	491	1
7	G2 Esports	308	2
8	Cloud9	273	1
9	Luminosity Gaming	222	6
10	Counter Logic Gaming	220
11	Titan	201	1
12	Team Dignitas	199	4
13	mousesports	198
14	Team Liquid	196	3
15	Flipsid3 Tactics	178	1
18	Vexed Gaming	90

^†Change since October 26, 2015 ranking

References

External links

• Official webpage