DreamHack Winter 2014

The DreamHack Winter 2014 was the fourth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship that was held from November 27–29, 2014 at Elmia in Jönköping. It was organized by DreamHack.

DreamHack Winter 2014
2014
The DreamHack Winter 2014 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationJönköping, Sweden
DatesNovember 27, 2014–December 29, 2014
Administrator(s)Valve
DreamHack
Tournament
format(s)
16 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)DreamHack
VenueElmia
Teams16
Purse$250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions Team LDLC.com
1st runners-up Ninjas in Pyjamas
2nd runners-up Virtus.pro
Natus Vincere
MVP Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer

The tournament had a total prize pool of $250,000 USD.[1] The eight quarter-finalists from the previous major, ESL One Cologne 2014 were invited, while qualifiers were held for the other eight spots.

Team LDLC was the winner of the event after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas 16-10, 16-4, 19-16 in the finals.[2]

Format

The top six teams of the ESL One Cologne 2014 qualified as Legends. Five teams from Europe, one team from North America, and two teams from the Last LAN Qualifier qualified from the tournament. In addition, two teams were invited to the major.

Teams will be split up into four groups. All group matches are best of one. The highest seed will play the lowest seed in each group and the second and third seeds will play against each other. The winner of those two matches will play to determine which team moves on to the Playoffs; the loser of that match will play another match against the winner of the two losing teams. The loser of the lower match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams will play each other and the winner of that match moves on to the playoffs.

The playoffs bracket consists of eight teams, two from each group. All of these matches are a best of three, single elimination format. Teams advance in the bracket until a winner is decided.

Map Pool

The same map pool was kept at this major.

There were seven maps to choose from. In the group stage, both teams can delete two maps. From the remaining three maps, the map is randomly selected, which is played in the end. In the playoffs, each team will first remove one map. Then, each side chooses a map, which will be played in the first two matches. If the series were to go to a third map, that map is randomly selected among the three remaining maps.

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

Regional Qualifiers

European Closed Qualifier
European Qualifier
Round 1 Round 2 DH Winter 2014 DH Winter 2014
            
Team LDLC.com 2
AliGon 0
Team LDLC.com 2
myXMG 0
dAT Team 1
myXMG 2
Team LDLC.com Q
Planetkey Dynamics Q
3DMAX 1
Flipsid3 Tactics 2
Flipsid3 Tactics 0
Planetkey Dynamics 2
mousesports 0
Planetkey Dynamics 2
DreamHack Winter 2014 →
DreamHack Winter 2014 →
Copenhagen Wolves 0
ESC Gaming 2
ESC Gaming 2
Team Alternate 0
London Conspiracy 1
Team Alternate 2
ESC Gaming Q
PENTA Sports Q
x6tence 0
PENTA Sports 2
PENTA Sports 2
HellRaisers 0
HellRaisers 2
duttdutt 0
5th Place Decider DH Winter 2014
      
myXMG 2
Flipsid3 Tactics 1
myXMG 0
HellRaisers 2
Team Alternate 0
HellRaisers 2

North America Closed Qualifier
North America Qualifier
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Team iBUYPOWER 16
WeRidePonies 2
Team iBUYPOWER 16
eLevate 7
eLevate 16
'SapphireKelwona 5
Team iBUYPOWER 2
NetCodeGuides.com 1
NetCodeGuides.com 16
dxm 5
NetCodeGuides.com 16
Denial eSports 10
Denial eSports 16
The Stream Team 14

Last Call LAN Qualifier
Last Chance Qualifier; Stockholm, Sweden
5th Place Decider DH Winter 2014
      
Copenhagen Wolves 2
3DMAX 1
Copenhagen Wolves 16
Flipsid3 Tactics 6
Flipsid3 Tactics 2
London Conspiracy 0

Broadcast Talent

Host

  • Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Stage Host

  • James Duffield

Analyst

  • Duncan "Thorin" Shields

Commentators

  • Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
  • Anders Blume
  • Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson
  • Stuart "TosspoT" Saw

Teams
Legends
Challengers

1Bravado Gaming and myXMG were invited to the tournament. Bravado did not have to play in any qualifier. myXMG failed to qualify through the European qualifier but was still invited.

Prior to the major, changes took place.

The biggest change came after the scandal of three French players. Two teams that achieved Legends statuses at the previous major, ESL One Cologne 2014, were dropped from their Legends spots. Titan, which achieved Legends status with Team LDLC.com,[3] was disqualified from the tournament after Hovik "KQLY" Tovmassian was found cheating. In the same incident, Epsilon eSports was disqualified after Gordon "Sf" Giry was found to be cheating. The two players and Simon "smn" Beck were then VAC banned by Valve and were permanently banned from any Valve-sponsored tournaments, including any majors. The two remaining spots were then filled up in the Last Call LAN qualifier, taken by Copenhagen Wolves and Flipsid3 Tactics.[4]

After KQLY, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, and Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez left for Titan, Team LDLC.com released Kévin "Uzzziii" Vernel and signed Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt, Richard "shox" Papillon, Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey, and Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux.[5]

Team Dignitas released Philip "aizy" Aistrup and signed René "cajunb" Borg from the Copenhagen Wolves.[6] Copenhagen Wolves also released Finn "karrigan" Andersen and Nicolaj "Nico" Jensen along with cajunb and sign Casper "cadiaN" Møller, Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye, and Jesper "tenzki" Mikalski.[7][8]

HellRaisers drop Dauren “AdreN” Kystaubayev in favor of Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev[9]

iBuyPower dropped Sam "DaZeD" Marine and Joshua "steel" Nissan despite being considered to be the best North American team. The team brings in Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella and Derek "desi" Branchen in their place.[10]

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 HellRaisers 2 0 32 19 +13 6
2 Fnatic 2 1 46 23 +23 6
3 Cloud9 1 2 26 33 -7 3
4 Bravado Gaming 0 2 3 32 -29 0
Group A Matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Fnatic 16 Mirage 2 Bravado Gaming
Cloud9 5 Inferno 16 HellRaisers
Fnatic 14 Mirage 16 HellRaisers
Cloud9 16 Cache 1 Bravado Gaming
Fnatic 16 Dust II 5 Cloud9

Group B
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Team Dignitas 2 0 32 16 +16 6
2 PENTA Sports 2 1 41 41 +0 6
3 Team iBUYPOWER 1 2 36 36 +0 3
4 Copenhagen Wolves 0 2 16 32 -16 0
Group B Matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Dignitas 16 Nuke 9 PENTA Sports
Team iBUYPOWER 16 Nuke 4 Copenhagen Wolves
Team Dignitas 16 Nuke 7 Team iBUYPOWER
PENTA Sports 16 Dust II 12 Copenhagen Wolves
Team iBUYPOWER 13 Inferno 16 PENTA Sports

Group C
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Team LDLC.com 2 0 32 17 +15 6
2 Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 1 41 36 +5 6
3 ESC Gaming 1 2 33 45 -12 3
4 Planetkey Dynamics 0 2 15 32 -17 0
Group C Matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Overpass 2 Planetkey Dynamics
Team LDLC.com 16 Cobblestone 4 ESC Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas 13 Overpass 16 Team LDLC.com
ESC Gaming 16 Mirage 13 Planetkey Dynamics
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Cache 13 ESC Gaming

Group D
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Virtus.pro 2 0 32 4 +28 6
2 Natus Vincere 2 1 37 39 -2 6
3 Flipsid3 Tactics 1 2 39 46 -7 3
4 myXMG 0 2 13 32 -19 0
Group D Matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Virtus.pro 16 Inferno 2 myXMG
Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 8 Flipsid3 Tactics
Virtus.pro 16 Nuke 2 Natus Vincere
Flipsid3 Tactics 16 Mirage 11 myXMG
Natus Vincere 19 Overpass 15 Flipsid3 Tactics

Playoffs

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
HellRaisers 0
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2
Virtus.pro 0
Virtus.pro 2
PENTA Sports 0
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1
Team LDLC.com 2
Team LDLC.com 21
Fnatic 1
Team LDLC.com 2
Natus Vincere 0
Team Dignitas 0
Natus Vincere 2

1The third map originally ended with a Fnatic win. However, the match was to be replayed due to both teams violating in-game rules. Fnatic refused to replay the map and LDLC was given the win

HellRaisers vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

HellRaisers had a surprise run to the playoffs, as it easily took down Cloud9 and upset Fnatic in the winner's match to take the first seed of Group A. Meanwhile, Ninjas in Pyjamas easily took down Planetkey Dynamics before losing a close match to Team LDLC.com. The Swedes had to edge its way past ESC Gaming to reach the playoffs.

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

HellRaisers vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team Score Map Score Team
HellRaisers 5 Dust II 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
HellRaisers 5 Inferno 16 Ninjas in Pyjamas
HellRaisers – Overpass – Ninjas in Pyjamas

Virtus.pro vs. PENTA Sports

Virtus.pro took care of business in Group D, giving up only four rounds in two maps to easily move on to the playoffs. PENTA Sports had an early loss to Team Dignitas but came back to defeat Copenhagen Wolves of Denmark and Team iBUYPOWER of the United States to claim the second seed of Group B.

Casters: TosspoT & Fifflaren

Virtus.pro vs. PENTA Sports
Team Score Map Score Team
Virtus.pro 16 Cache 9 PENTA Sports
Virtus.pro 16 Mirage 5 PENTA Sports
Virtus.pro – Nuke – PENTA Sports

Team LDLC.com vs. Fnatic

Team LDLC.com had an easy game against ESC Gaming and took down the Swedish powerhouse of the Ninjas in Pyjamas to top Group C. Fnatic easily took down the South Africans of Bravado Gaming but suffered an upset to HellRaisers. However, it came back and beat Cloud9 in the elimination match. The third map of this series would become one of the most infamous matches in CSGO history.

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Team LDLC.com vs. Fnatic
Team Score Map Score Team
Team LDLC.com 16 Dust II 10 Fnatic
Team LDLC.com 8 Cache 16 Fnatic
Team LDLC.com W Overpass F Fnatic

Team Dignitas vs. Natus Vincere

Team Dignitas topped Group B after defeating Germany's PENTA Sports and USA's Team iBUYPOWER. Natus Vincere defeated Sweden's Flipsid3 Tactics twice in the initial matches and the elimination match, but was stomped on by Poland's Virtus.pro in the winner's match of Group D.

Casters: TosspoT & Fifflaren

Team Dignitas vs. Natus Vincere
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Dignitas 3 Cobblestone 16 Natus Vincere
Team Dignitas 13 Mirage 16 Natus Vincere
Team Dignitas – Overpass – Natus Vincere

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Virtus.pro

The runner-up of Group C faced off against the winner of Group D. The Swedish legends easily took care of HellRaisers, winning each map by 11 rounds. The Polish legends also had a relatively easy time against PENTA Sports, with the Germans not getting to double digits in either of the two maps.

Casters: TosspoT vs. Fifflaren

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Virtus.pro
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 22 Nuke 20 Virtus.pro
Ninjas in Pyjamas 10 Cache 16 Virtus.pro
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Inferno 8 Virtus.pro

Team LDLC.com vs. Natus Vincere

After the controversial series against Fnatic, Team LDLC.com had a ticket to the semifinals against the Ukrainians of Natus Vincere which defeated Team Dignitas in a 2-0 sweep.

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Team LDLC.com vs. Natus Vincere
Team Score Map Score Team
Team LDLC.com 16 Mirage 11 Natus Vincere
Team LDLC.com 16 Inferno 11 Natus Vincere
Team LDLC.com – Cobblestone – Natus Vincere

Finals Scores

The Ninjas in Pyjamas had a close series against Virtus.pro and was back in the finals. NiP was the defending major champions and looked to defend it; it was also NiP's fourth straight major final appearance. Team LDLC.com became the first French team to make it to a major final, taking down Natus Vincere by five rounds in both maps in the semifinals.

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Team LDLC.com
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 10 Dust II 16 Team LDLC.com
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Inferno 4 Team LDLC.com
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Overpass 19 Team LDLC.com

Final standings
Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach
1st US$100,000 Team LDLC.com ESL One Katowice 2015 kioShiMa, Happy, SmithZz, NBK, shox MoMaN
2nd US$50,000 Ninjas in Pyjamas f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, Maikelele pita
3rd–4th US$22,000 Natus Vincere Edward, Zeus, starix, seized, GuardiaN
Virtus.pro TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, byali, Snax
5–8th US$10,000 HellRaisers ANGE1, kucher, markeloff, s1mple Dosia Blad3
Fnatic JW, flusha, pronax, olofmeister, KRiMZ Devilwalk
Team Dignitas FeTiSh, dev1ce, cajunb, dupreeh, Xyp9x 3k2
PENTA Sports r0bs3n, Spidii, denis, kRYSTAL, fel1x
9–12th US$2,000 Flipsid3 Tactics ESL One Katowice 2015 Main Qualifier twist, berg, zende, BENDJI, Dumas
ESC Gaming innocent, SZPERO, mouz, MINISE, rallen
Cloud9 ShahZam, sgares, n0thing shroud, Semphis
Team iBuyPower nitr0, Skadoodle, swag, desi, AZK lrukandji
13–16th US$2,000 Bravado Gaming Cent, Detrony, Racno, bLacKpoisoN, deviaNt
Copenhagen Wolves gla1ve, Pimp, tenzki, Kjaerbye, cadiaN
Planetkey Dynamics strux1, alexRr, Troubley, nex, stavros
myXMG MSL, HUNDEN, AcilioN, Friis, smF

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