ESL One Cologne 2014
2014
The ESL One Cologne 2014 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
DatesAugust 14, 2014–August 17, 2014
AdministratorValve
ESL
Tournament
format(s)
16 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)Gamescom 2014
VenueCologne Exhibition Centre
Teams16 teams
Purse$250,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsNinjas in Pyjamas (1st title)
1st runners-upFnatic
2nd runners-upTeam LDLC.com
Team Dignitas
MVPAdam "friberg" Friberg

Electronic Sports League One Cologne 2014, also known as ESL One Cologne 2014, was the third Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. The tournament was held during Gamescom 2014 from August 14–17, 2014 at the Cologne Exhibition Centre in Cologne, Germany. It was the second CS:GO Major of 2014. It was organized by Electronic Sports League with sponsorship from Valve. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000.[1]

Ninjas in Pyjamas won the event by beating Fnatic 2–1 in the finals.[2] The tournament was livestreamed on the official ESL Twitch channel. Over 400,000 concurrent viewers watched the grand finals, while 2,950,600 total unique viewers watched the event across four days.[3]

Format

The top seven teams from EMS One Katowice 2014 qualified as Legends. LGB eSports would have had a Legends spot as the eighth finalist from Katowice 2014, but disbanded before Cologne 2015.[4] Six teams from Europe, one team from North America, one team from the Oceanic region, and one team from India played online qualifiers in order to play in the tournament

Teams were split into four seeded groups, and all group matches were best-of-one. In the first round of matches, the highest and lowest seeds faced each other, and the second and third seeds played each other. The winner of those two matches then played to determine the first team to move on to the playoff stage, while the losers played to eliminate one team from the tournament. With one team advanced and one eliminated, the final two teams faced off to decide the remaining playoff spot. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the Global StarCraft II League.[5]

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

Map Pool

There were seven maps to choose from, two more than the previous Major. Train was removed for the tournament, while Cache, Overpass, and Cobblestone were added. Overpass was released by Valve only a month before the tournament, and the decision to add a new map on such short notice before a Major caused some controversy.[6]

Before each match in the group stage, both teams banned two maps. The map for the match was then randomly selected from the remaining three maps. In the playoffs, each team first banned one map, then chose one map. The two chosen maps were the first two maps in the best-of-three. If the series were to require a third map, the map was randomly selected from the three remaining maps.

Maps
  • Cache
  • Cobblestone
  • Dust II
  • Inferno
  • Mirage
  • Nuke
  • Overpass

Qualifiers

European Qualifier

There were 16 teams in the main European qualifier. Four teams from each regional qualifier – Open, North, Southeast, and Southwest – were in the tournament. The tournament was a best of three, double-elimination bracket, with six teams qualifying to the Major.

Winner's Bracket
Round 1 Round 2 Qualified Cologne 2014
            
Natus Vincere 2
USSR Team 0
Natus Vincere 1
London Conspiracy 2
London Conspiracy 2
k1ck eSports Club 1
London Conspiracy Q
dAT Team Q
mousesports 0
dAT Team 2
dAT Team 2
ESG! 1
ESC Gaming 1
ESG! 2
Cologne 2014 →
Cologne 2014 →
Epsilon eSports 2
mTw 0
Epsilon eSports 2
Copenhagen Wolves 1
unu.Ain 0
Copenhagen Wolves 2
Epsilon eSports Q
Titan Q
ENCPOE 2
Planetkey Dynamics 0
ENCORE 0
Titan 2
tomtebloss 0
Titan 2
Loser's Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
ENCORE 2
k1ck eSports Club 0
ENCORE 0
Copenhagen Wolves 2
Copenhagen Wolves 2
mousesports 0
Copenhagen Wolves Q
Natus Vincere Q
ESG! 2
unu.Ain 1
ESG! 1
Natus Vincere 2
Natus Vincere 2
Planetkey Dynamics 0

North American Qualifier

This was a 16 team, single elimination bracket with just one team qualifying for the Major.

NA Qualifier Bracket
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Cologne 2014
            
Team iBUYPOWER →
BYE
Team iBUYPOWER 2
devastation 0
Anonymous 5 0
devastation 1
Team iBUYPOWER 2
tNt 0
Team JustUs 0
Defiant Ghosts 1
Defiant Ghosts 0
tNt 2
xero error gaming 0
tNt 1
Team iBUYPOWER 2
LunatiK eSports 0
LunatiK eSports 1
fujiboyz 0
LunatiK eSports 2
Exertus eSports 0
Exertus eSports 1
Mobility Gaming 0
LunatiK eSports 2
Flaming Rainbows 0
Armata Gaming 0
Adaptation 1
Adaptation 0
Flaming Rainbows 2
BYE
Flaming Rainbows →

Oceanic Qualifier

This was an 8 team, single elimination bracket with just one team qualifying for the Major.

Oceania Qualifier Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Vox Eminor 2
Athletico Esports 0
Vox Eminor 2
Fallen 0
Fallen 2
Qlimax Crew 0
Vox Eminor 2
Team Immunity 0
Team Immunity 2
Control e-Sports 1
Team Immunity 2
Avant Garde 1
auRa eSports 0
Avant Garde 2

Indian Qualifier

LGB eSports, which placed third at the previous Major, disbanded, so only seven Legends remained. The tournament organizers decided to fill up the remaining spot with a team from India. This qualifier had 8 teams. The teams played in a robin round and the top four teams played in a double elimination bracket.

Indian Qualifier Grand Final
Cologne 2014
   
Team Wolf 2
Virtual Impact 0

Broadcast Talent

Hosts

  • Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
  • Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Analyst

  • Richard Lewis

Commentators

  • Anders Blume
  • Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
  • Joshua "steel" Nissan
  • Stuart "TosspoT" Saw
  • Lauren "Pansy" Scott

Teams

Legends
Qualifiers
  1. ↑ One of the players on dAT Team, Egor "flamie" Vasilyev, was alleged to have cheated in a qualifier by using an account that may not have been his.[7] Ultimately he was allowed to compete.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Epsilon eSports 2 0 32 7 +25 6
2 Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 1 38 34 +4 6
3 HellRaisers 1 2 26 33 −7 3
4 Team Wolf 0 2 11 32 −21 0
Group A matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Dust II 7 Team Wolf
HellRaisers 1 Inferno 16 Epsilon eSports
HellRaisers 16 Mirage 4 Team Wolf
Ninjas in Pyjamas 6 Cobblestone 16 Epsilon eSports
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Overpass 11 HellRaisers

Group B

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Team LDLC.com 2 0 32 14 +18 6
2 Natus Vincere 2 1 47 39 +8 6
3 Copenhagen Wolves 1 2 39 40 −1 3
4 London Conspiracy 0 2 7 32 −25 0
Group B matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Team LDLC.com 16 Nuke 2 London Conspiracy
Natus Vincere 16 Inferno 4 Copenhagen Wolves
Copenhagen Wolves 16 Cache 5 London Conspiracy
Team LDLC.com 16 Inferno 12 Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere 19 Dust II 17 Copenhagen Wolves

Group C

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Fnatic 2 0 35 23 +12 6
2 Virtus.pro 2 1 48 28 +20 6
3 Team iBUYPOWER 1 2 33 45 −12 3
4 dAT Team 0 2 15 32 −17 0
Group C matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Virtus.pro 16 Overpass 7 dAT Team
Fnatic 16 Cobblestone 7 Team iBUYPOWER
Team iBUYPOWER 16 Cobblestone 6 dAT Team
Virtus.pro 16 Overpass 19 Fnatic
Virtus.pro 16 Cache 2 Team iBUYPOWER

Group D

Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Cloud9 2 0 38 32 +4 6
2 Team Dignitas 2 1 46 26 +20 6
3 Titan 1 2 35 39 −4 3
4 Vox Eminor 0 2 10 32 −22 0
Group D matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Dignitas 16 Dust II 9 Vox Eminor
Cloud9 22 Dust II 18 Titan
Titan 16 Nuke 1 Vox Eminor
Team Dignitas 14 Mirage 16 Cloud9
Team Dignitas 16 Nuke 2 Titan

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Fnatic 2
Natus Vincere 1
Fnatic 2
Team Dignitas 0
Epsilon eSports 0
Team Dignitas 2
Fnatic 1
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2
Team LDLC.com 2
Virtus.pro 0
Team LDLC.com 1
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2
Cloud9 1
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2

Quarterfinals

Fnatic vs Natus Vincere
Team Score Map Score Team
Fnatic 16 Inferno 11 Natus Vincere
Fnatic 7 Dust II 16 Natus Vincere
Fnatic 16 Nuke 14 Natus Vincere
Epsilon eSports vs Team Dignitas
Team Score Map Score Team
Epsilon eSports 9 Dust II 16 Team Dignitas
Epsilon eSports 8 Inferno 16 Team Dignitas
Epsilon eSports – Overpass – Team Dignitas
Team LDLC.com vs Virtus.pro
Team Score Map Score Team
Team LDLC.com 16 Dust II 14 Virtus.pro
Team LDLC.com 16 Mirage 12 Virtus.pro
Team LDLC.com – Inferno – Virtus.pro
Cloud9 vs Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team Score Map Score Team
Cloud9 16 Nuke 8 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Cloud9 14 Dust II 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Cloud9 14 Cobblestone 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas

Semifinals

Fnatic vs Team Dignitas
Team Score Map Score Team
Fnatic 16 Dust II 11 Team Dignitas
Fnatic 16 Overpass 14 Team Dignitas
Fnatic – Inferno – Team Dignitas
Team LDLC.com vs Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team Score Map Score Team
Team LDLC.com 16 Inferno 10 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team LDLC.com 6 Nuke 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team LDLC.com 14 Cobblestone 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas

Finals

Fnatic vs Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team Score Map Score Team
Fnatic 11 Cobblestone 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Fnatic 16 Cache 8 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Fnatic 13 Inferno 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas

Final standings

Place Prize Money Team Seed for DreamHack Winter 2014 Roster Coach
1st US$100,000 Ninjas in Pyjamas Legends status f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, Fifflaren pita
2nd US$50,000 Fnatic JW, flusha, pronax, olofmeister, KRiMZ Devilwalk
3rd–4th US$22,000 Team Dignitas FeTiSh, dev1ce, aizy, dupreeh, Xyp9x 3k2
Team LDLC.com Uzzziii, Happy, KQLY, apEX, Maniac MoMan
5–8th $10,000 Epsilon eSports Sf, fxy0, kioShiMa, GMX, shox
Natus Vincere Edward, Zeus, starix, seized, GuardiaN
Virtus.pro TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, byali, Snax
Cloud9 Hiko, sgares, n0thing, shroud, Semphis
9–12th $2,000 HellRaisers – ANGE1, kucher, markeloff, AdreN Dosia
Copenhagen Wolves gla1ve, Pimp, cajunb, karrigan, Nico
Titan kennyS, SmithZz, NBK, ScreaM, Ex6TenZ
Team iBUYPOWER DaZeD, Skadoodle, swag, steel, AZK
13–16th $2,000 Team Wolf RiTz, RiX, aStarrr, Ace, MithilF kassad
London Conspiracy RUBINO, rain, Skurk, prb, Polly
dAT Team WorldEdit, flamie, ub1que, bondik, Blad3
Vox Eminor AZR, Havoc, SPUNJ, jks, topguN

References

  1. ↑ Turton, William (June 19, 2014). "ESL launches $250K 'CS:GO' tournament". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "ESL One Cologne 2014 – Winners". Counter-Strike. Valve. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Lahti, Evan (August 18, 2014). "The best highlights from CS:GO's ESL One Cologne 2014 tournament". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Meulendijks, Victor. "LGB eSports Lose CS:GO Team". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Švejda, Milan. "Searching for the perfect format". HLTV.org. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Wynne, Jared (July 9, 2014). "ESL One's map choices stir controversy". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ Wynne, Jared (July 28, 2014). "Cheating allegations mar ESL One qualifier". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
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