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ESL One Cologne
2014
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
DatesAugust 14, 2014–August 17, 2014
AdministratorElectronic Sports League (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 runners-upFnatic
2nd runners-upTeam LDLC.com, Team Dignitas

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

The Train map was removed for the tournament, while Cache and Overpass, as well as the Cbbl remix Cobblestone were added. Overpass was released by Valve only a month before the tournament, and the decision to add a new map with such short notice and at Major event caused some controversy.[2]

Ninjas in Pyjamas was the winner of the event after beating Fnatic 2-1 in the finals.[3] The tournament was livestreamed on the official ESL twitch.tv channel. 409,368 concurrent viewers watched the grand finals, while 2,950,600 total unique viewers watched the event across four days.[4]

dAT Team player Egor “Flamie” Vasilyev was alleged to have cheated in a qualifier by using an account that may not have his due it having an unusually low number of playig hours.[clarification needed][5] Ultimately he was allowed to compete.

Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner hosted the event with Scott "SirScoots" Smith as co-host. The commentators and casters of the event were Richard Lewis (Analyst), Lauren "Pansy" Scott (Commentator), Stuart "TosspoT" Saw (Commentator), Anders Blume (Commentator), Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat (Commentator).

The first, round-robin group stage consisted of 16 teams in four groups. For the next stage the top two teams in each group were then seeded into a single-elimination bracket.

Final standings

Place Team Prize money
1st Ninjas in Pyjamas $100,000
2nd Fnatic $50,000
3rd–4th Team Dignitas $22,000
Team LDLC.com
5–8th Natus Vincere $10,000
Epsilon eSports
Virtus.pro
Cloud9
9–12th HellRaisers $2,000
Copenhagen Wolves
Team iBUYPOWER
Titan
13–16th Team Wolf $2,000
London Conspiracy
dAT Team
Vox Eminor

References

  1. ^ Turton, William (June 19, 2014). "ESL launches $250K 'CS:GO' tournament". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  2. ^ Wynne, Jared (July 9, 2014). "ESL One's map choices stir controversy". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  3. ^ "ESL One Cologne 2014 – Winners". Counter-Strike. Valve Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Lahti, Evan (August 18, 2014). "The best highlights from CS:GO's ESL One Cologne 2014 tournament". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  5. ^ Wynne, Jared (July 28, 2014). "Cheating allegations mar ESL One qualifier". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.