ESL One Cologne 2014
| 2014 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Dates | August 14, 2014–August 17, 2014 |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League (ESL) |
Tournament format(s) | 16 team round-robin group stage Eight team single-elimination playoff |
| Host(s) | Gamescom 2014 |
| Venue | Cologne Exhibition Centre |
| Teams | 16 teams |
| Purse | $250,000 USD |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| 1st runners-up | Fnatic |
| 2nd runners-up | Team 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
- ^ Turton, William (June 19, 2014). "ESL launches $250K 'CS:GO' tournament". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ Wynne, Jared (July 9, 2014). "ESL One's map choices stir controversy". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ "ESL One Cologne 2014 – Winners". Counter-Strike. Valve Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ Lahti, Evan (August 18, 2014). "The best highlights from CS:GO's ESL One Cologne 2014 tournament". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ Wynne, Jared (July 28, 2014). "Cheating allegations mar ESL One qualifier". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.