![]() ![]() They will be joined by eight teams to be determined through upcoming qualifiers. Taking place at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland from March 12-15, the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament will feature the eight quarter-finalists from DreamHack Winter 2014. Janu– Valve today announced a $250,000 prize pool for the CS:GO tournament at ESL One Katowice 2015. Ninjas in Pyjamas Scoresīoth teams in the final had at one point been considered the best team in the world, and the head-to-head was split right down the middle, with Fnatic having a 16–15 lead.Ĭasters: Anders Blume, TossopT, & Fnatic vs.CS:GO Major Tourney At ESL One Katowice 2015ĬS:GO’s Fifth Consecutive $250k Major Returns to Katowice Ninjas in Pyjamas Ĭasters: Deman & Team EnVyUs vs. Virtus.pro Ĭasters: Anders Blume & SEMPHIS Fnatic vs. Team SoloMid Ĭasters: Anders Blume & natu Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Keyd Stars ScoresĬasters: Pansy & natu Team EnVyUs vs. PENTA Sports ScoresĬasters: TosspoT & Virtus.pro vs. PENTA Sports Ĭasters: Deman & SPUNJ Fnatic vs. The winner of each group played the runner-up of a different group for each quarterfinals match. ^ Team EnVyUs acquired the full roster of Team.^ The roster of Team Dignitas was acquired by Team SoloMid. ![]() If the series were to require a third map, the map was randomly selected from the three remaining maps. The two chosen maps were the first two maps in the best-of-three. In the playoffs, each team first banned one map, then chose one map. The map for the match was then randomly selected from the remaining three maps. Before each match in the group stage, both teams banned two maps. The seven-map pool did not change from DreamHack Winter 2014. Teams advanced in the bracket until a winner was decided. All of these matches were best-of-three, single elimination. The playoffs bracket consisted of eight teams, two from each group. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the Global StarCraft II League. With one team advanced and one eliminated, the two remaining teams would play an elimination match for the second playoff spot. The loser of the lower match was then eliminated from the tournament. 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 highest seed would play the lowest seed in each group and the second and third seeds would play against each other. Teams were split up into four groups, and all group matches were best-of-ones. In addition, eight other teams (the "Challengers") emerged from offline qualifiers. The top eight teams from DreamHack Winter 2014 ("Legends") received direct invitations to Katowice. Fnatic became the first team to win a second Major, and remained the only team to do so until MIBR (attending Katowice 2015 as Keyd Stars) won MLG Columbus 2016 and ESL One Cologne 2016. Fnatic then beat Ninjas in Pyjamas 2–1 in the finals. Fnatic defeated PENTA Sports and Virtus.pro in the bracket while Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated Team SoloMid and Team EnVyUs on their way to the grand finals. ![]() The grand finals featured two Swedish teams. HellRaisers lost its Legends status after losing to Counter Logic Gaming and Keyd Stars in the group stage. Keyd Stars was the only new Legends and became the first South American team to play in a Major and qualify to the playoff bracket. Fnatic, Team EnVyUs, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, PENTA Sports, and Team SoloMid were returning Legends from the previous Major. The defending champion was Team EnVyUs, whose roster had won the previous Major as Team .Įight teams advanced from the group stage to a playoff bracket, earning "Legends" status and automatic qualification to the following Major. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000. It was organized by Electronic Sports League with sponsorship from Valve. ESL One Katowice 2015, also known as Katowice 2015, was the fifth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship, held from March 12 to March 15, 2015, at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. ![]()
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