EMS One Katowice 2014

Electronic Sports League Major Series One Katowice 2014, known as EMS One Katowice 2014 for short, was the second Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship that 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. Virtus.pro was the winner of the event after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals.[1][2]

EMS One Katowice 2014
2014
The EMS One Katowice 2014 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationKatowice, Poland
DatesMarch 13, 2014–March 16, 2014
Administrator(s)Valve
ESL
Tournament
format(s)
16 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
VenueSpodek Arena
Teams16 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

EMS One Katowice was livestreamed on Twitch had a peak of over 250,000 concurrent viewers.[3]

Format

The top 8 teams of the 2013 DreamHack Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Championship qualified as Legends. 2 teams were directly invited to participate in the tournament, while the remaining 6 teams qualified through an online qualifier that consisted of sixteen teams.

Teams will be split up into four groups. All group matches are best of a. 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.[4]

Map Pool

There were five maps to choose from. In the group stage, each team bans two maps so that one remains. In the playoffs, each team bans one map and chooses one map; the remaining map would be the decider map of the series.

Maps
  • Dust II
  • Inferno
  • Mirage
  • Nuke
  • Train

Main Qualifier

Only teams from Europe were invited to play in the qualifier, including 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; all these teams played in their respective qualifiers to qualify for the main qualifier. In addition, two European qualifiers were held and a four teams from each qualifier advanced to the main qualifier.

The main qualifier was a 16 team, best of three, double elimination bracket. A total of six teams moved on 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.

The four teams that are not shown in the loser's bracket but were eliminated in the round one of loser's bracket were GreyFaceNoSpace, hudzGs TEAM, oFF Balance Gaming, and partyastronauts.

Teams Competing
Regional Qualifiers
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 →
Katowice 2014 →
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[5]

  • Sean Charles

Analysts

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

Commentators

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

Observer

  • Joshua "steel" Nissan

Teams
Legends
Challengers

1 Astana Dragons team moved to HellRaisers.
2 Team Dignitas receives Copenhagen Wolves' Legend spot by signing FeTiSh, Xyp9x and device.
3 Team LDLC.com receives Recursive eSports' Legend spot by signing Happy, Uzzziii and Maniac.
4 VeryGames team 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 Scores
Quarterfinals
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 16 Dust II 7 HellRaisers
Team Dignitas 16 Mirage 11 HellRaisers
Team Dignitas – Inferno – HellRaisers
Virtus.pro 16 Mirage 3 Team LDLC.com
Virtus.pro 16 Inferno 8 Team LDLC.com
Virtus.pro – Train – Team LDLC.com
Fnatic 16 Inferno 11 LGB eSports
Fnatic 12 Mirage 16 LGB eSports
Fnatic 14 Train 16 LGB eSports

Semifinals Scores
Semifinals
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 16 Inferno 8 LGB eSports
Virtus.pro 14 Mirage 16 LGB eSports
Virtus.pro 16 Train 7 LGB eSports

Finals Scores
Finals
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 Roster Coach
1st Virtus.pro US$100,000 ESL One Cologne 2014 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, kusher, 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

See also

References
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  2. Nordmark, Sam 'Wndwrt' (March 17, 2014). "EMS One Katowice concludes with Virtus.pro dominating NiP". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
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