EMS One Katowice 2014

Electronic Sports League Major Series One Katowice 2014, also known as EMS One Katowice 2014, was the second Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. The tournament was held from March 13–16, 2014 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was organized by Electronic Sports League and sponsored by the game's developers Valve. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000. The Polish roster of Virtus.pro won the event by beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals.^[1][2] EMS One Katowice 2014 was streamed on Twitch and had a peak of over 250,000 concurrent viewers.^[3]

EMS One Katowice 2014

2014
The EMS One Katowice 2014 logo
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Katowice, Poland
Dates	March 13, 2014–March 16, 2014
Administrator	Valve ESL
Tournament format(s)	16 team round-robin group stage Eight team single-elimination playoff
Venue	Spodek Arena
Teams	16 teams
Purse	$250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions	Virtus.pro
1st runners-up	Ninjas in Pyjamas
2nd runners-up	Team Dignitas LGB eSports
MVP	Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski
← Jönköping 2013 Cologne 2014 →

Format

The top eight teams from Dreamhack Winter 2013 qualified as Legends. Two teams were directly invited to participate in the tournament, while the remaining six teams qualified through an online qualifier that consisted of sixteen teams.

Teams were split up into four groups, and all group matches were best-of-ones. 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 an elimination match for the second playoff spot. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the Global StarCraft II League.^[4]

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.^[5]

Map Pool

There were five maps to choose from: Dust II, Inferno, Mirage, Nuke, and Train. In the group stage, each team banned two maps and the match was played on the remaining map. In the playoffs, each team banned one map and chose one map; the remaining map would be the decider map of the best-of-three series, if needed.

Main Qualifier

Only teams from Europe competed in the main qualifier tournament. One team from the Nordic region, one team from France, one from the United Kingdom, one from Germany, two from the CIS region, and two from Poland played in their respective regional qualifiers to qualify for the main qualifier. In addition, four teams each advanced from two general European qualifiers to the main qualifier.

The main qualifier was a 16 team, best of three, double elimination bracket. A total of six teams advanced to the Major. Team iBUYPOWER from the United States and Vox Eminor from Australia did not have to play in any qualifier and were invited to play in the Major.

Teams Competing

Regional Qualifiers 3DMAX (Nordic) Clan-Mystic (France) hudzGs TEAM (UK) mousesports (Germany) Natus Vincere (CIS) USSR Team (CIS) Meet Your Makers (Poland) Virtus.pro (Poland)	Europe Qualifiers oFF Balance Gaming (Europe 1) To Be Announced (Europe 1) Team Alternate (Europe 1) Reason Gaming (Europe 1) GreyFaceNoSpace (Europe 2) H2k Gaming (Europe 2) partyastronauts (Europe 2) Wizards e-Sports Club (Europe 2)

Bracket

Winner's Bracket

Round 1

Round 2

Qualified

Katowice 2014

Virtus.pro

2

GreyFaceNoSpace

0

Virtus.pro

2

Team Alternate

0

Team Alternate

2

USSR Team

1

Virtus.pro

Q

Clan-Mystik

Q

3DMAX

2

oFF Balance Gaming

0

3DMAX

1

Clan-Mystik

2

Wizards e-Sports Club

0

Clan-Mystik

2

Katowice 2014

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Katowice 2014

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mousesports

2

H2k Gaming

0

mousesports

0

Reason Gaming

2

Reason Gaming

2

hudsGz TEAM

1

Reason Gaming

Q

Natus Vincere

Q

Meet Your Makers

0

To Be Announced

2

To Be Announced

1

Natus Vincere

2

partyastronauts

0

Natus Vincere

2

Loser's Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

To Be Announced

2

USSR Team

1

To Be Announced

0

mousesports

2

mousesports

2

Wizards e-Sports Club

0

mousesports

Q

3DMAX

Q

3DMAX

2

H2k Gaming

1

3DMAX

2

Team Alternate

1

Team Alternate

2

Meet Your Makers

1

Broadcast Talent

Host^[6]

• Sean Charles

Analysts

• Scott "SirScoots" Smith
• Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Commentators

• Lauren "Pansy" Scott
• Stuart "TosspoT" Saw
• Jason Kaplan

Observer

• Joshua "steel" Nissan

Teams

Legends compLexity Gaming Fnatic HellRaisers[a] LGB eSports Ninjas in Pyjamas Team Dignitas[b] Team LDLC.com[c] Titan[d]	Challengers Team iBUYPOWER Vox Eminor 3DMAX Clan-Mystik mousesports Natus Vincere Reason Gaming Virtus.pro

1. The Astana Dragons roster moved to HellRaisers.
2. Team Dignitas took Copenhagen Wolves' Legends spot by signing FeTiSh, Xyp9x and device.
3. Team LDLC.com took Recursive eSports' Legends spot by signing Happy, Uzzziii and Maniac.
4. The VeryGames roster moved to Titan.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Virtus.pro	2	0	35	23	+12	6
2	HellRaisers	2	1	48	32	+6	6
3	Titan	1	2	37	37	=0	3
4	mousesports	0	2	14	32	−18	0

Group A matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Titan	16	Dust II	5	mousesports
HellRaisers	16	Mirage	19	Virtus.pro
Titan	7	Mirage	16	Virtus.pro
HellRaisers	16	Dust II	9	mousesports
Titan	14	Inferno	16	HellRaisers

Group B

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Ninjas in Pyjamas	2	0	32	12	+20	6
2	Team LDLC.com	2	1	39	42	−3	6
3	3DMAX	1	2	34	39	−5	3
4	Vox Eminor	0	2	20	32	−12	0

Group B matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Dust II	5	3DMAX
Team LDLC.com	16	Inferno	13	Vox Eminor
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Inferno	7	Team LDLC.com
Vox Eminor	7	Inferno	16	3DMAX
Team LDLC.com	16	Inferno	13	3DMAX

Group C

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Team Dignitas	2	0	32	16	+16	6
2	Fnatic	2	1	44	35	+13	6
3	Reason Gaming	1	2	30	44	−14	3
4	Team iBUYPOWER	0	2	21	32	−11	0

Group C matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Fnatic	12	Inferno	16	Reason Gaming
Team Dignitas	16	Nuke	8	Team iBUYPOWER
Team Dignitas	16	Inferno	8	Reason Gaming
Fnatic	16	Inferno	13	Team iBUYPOWER
Reason Gaming	6	Inferno	16	Fnatic

Group D

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	LGB eSports	2	0	32	19	+13	6
2	compLexity Gaming	2	1	43	38	+5	6
3	Clan-Mystik	1	2	34	44	−10	3
4	Natus Vincere	0	2	21	32	−11	0

Group D matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
compLexity Gaming	16	Inferno	6	Clan-Mystik
LGB eSports	16	Inferno	8	Natus Vincere
compLexity Gaming	11	Dust II	16	LGB eSports
Clan-Mystik	16	Dust II	13	Natus Vincere
compLexity Gaming	16	Nuke	12	Clan-Mystik

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	Ninjas in Pyjamas		2
	compLexity Gaming		1
						Ninjas in Pyjamas		2
						Team Dignitas		0
	Team Dignitas		2
	HellRaisers		0
											Ninjas in Pyjamas		0
											Virtus.pro		2
	Virtus.pro		2
	Team LDLC.com		0
						Virtus.pro		2
						LGB eSports		1
	Fnatic		1
	LGB eSports		2

Quarterfinals

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs compLexity Gaming
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas	12	Dust II	16	compLexity Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Nuke	2	compLexity Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Train	11	compLexity Gaming

Team Dignitas vs HellRaisers
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team Dignitas	16	Dust II	7	HellRaisers
Team Dignitas	16	Mirage	11	HellRaisers
Team Dignitas	–	Inferno	–	HellRaisers

Virtus.pro vs Team LDLC.com
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Virtus.pro	16	Mirage	3	Team LDLC.com
Virtus.pro	16	Inferno	8	Team LDLC.com
Virtus.pro	–	Train	–	Team LDLC.com

Fnatic vs LGB eSports
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Fnatic	16	Inferno	11	LGB eSports
Fnatic	12	Mirage	16	LGB eSports
Fnatic	14	Train	16	LGB eSports

Semifinals

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Team Dignitas
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Inferno	6	Team Dignitas
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Nuke	5	Team Dignitas
Ninjas in Pyjamas	–	–	–	Team Dignitas

Virtus.pro vs LGB eSports
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Virtus.pro	16	Inferno	8	LGB eSports
Virtus.pro	14	Mirage	16	LGB eSports
Virtus.pro	16	Train	7	LGB eSports

Finals

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Virtus.pro
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas	9	Mirage	16	Virtus.pro
Ninjas in Pyjamas	10	Inferno	16	Virtus.pro
Ninjas in Pyjamas	–	Dust II	–	Virtus.pro

Final standings

Place	Team	Prize Money	Seed for ESL One Cologne 2014	Roster	Coach
1st	Virtus.pro	US$100,000	Legends status	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, byali, Snax	–
2nd	Ninjas in Pyjamas	US$50,000		f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, Fifflaren	–
3rd–4th	Team Dignitas	US$22,000		FeTiSh, dev1ce, cajunb, dupreeh, Xyp9x	3k2
	LGB eSports			dennis, olofmeister, KRiMZ, twist, cype	–
5–8th	compLexity Gaming	US$10,000		Hiko, n0thing, swag, sgares, Semphis	–
	HellRaisers			ANGE1, kucher, markeloff, Dosia, AdreN	–
	Team LDLC.com			Uzzziii, Happy, KQLY, apEX, Maniac	MoMan
	Fnatic			Devilwalk, JW, flusha, pronax, schneider	cArn
9–12th	Titan	US$2,000	–	shox, SmithZz, NBK, ScreaM, Ex6TenZ	–
	3DMAX			aizy, gla1ve, Pimp, raalz, MSL	–
	Reason Gaming			EXR, LOMME, Friis, karrigan, smF	–
	Clan-Mystik			kioShiMa, kennyS, HaRts, GMX, Sf	–
13–16th	mousesports	US$2,000	–	tiziaN, tabseN, chrisJ, cadiaN, LEGIJA	–
	Vox Eminor			SPUNJ, AZR, Havoc, SnypeR, topguN	–
	Team iBUYPOWER			Skadoodle, adreN, DaZeD, anger, AZK	–
	Natus Vincere			Edward, Zeus, starix, seized, GuardiaN	–