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
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationKatowice, Poland
DatesMarch 13, 2014–March 16, 2014
AdministratorValve
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
ChampionsVirtus.pro
1st runners-upNinjas in Pyjamas
2nd runners-upTeam Dignitas
LGB eSports
MVPJarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski

Format

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Legends
Challengers
  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

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Bracket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ Maiberg, Emanuel (March 17, 2014). "Five awesome moments from the 2014 EMS One Katowice CS:GO Championship". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  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.
  3. ^ Saedler, Philipp (March 23, 2015). "The record breaker: EMS One Katowice infographic". Electronic Sports League. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Švejda, Milan. "Searching for the perfect format". HLTV.org. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Nordmark, Sam 'Wndwrt' (March 6, 2014). "RaidCall EMS One Katowice groups announced". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Chen, James 'Obscurica' (March 8, 2014). "EMS One Katowice Casters Announced". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 17, 2015.