DreamHack Winter 2014 explained

DreamHack Winter 2014
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Year:2014
Location:Jönköping, Sweden
Start Date:November 27, 2014
End Date:December 29, 2014
Administrator:Valve
DreamHack
Tournament Format:16 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
Host:DreamHack
Venue:Elmia
Teams:16
Purse:$250,000 USD
Champions:Team LDLC.com (1st title)
Runners-Up1:Ninjas in Pyjamas
Runners-Up2:Virtus.pro
Natus Vincere
Mvp:Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer
Previous:Cologne 2014
Next:Katowice 2015

DreamHack Winter 2014 was the fourth Major Championship, held from November 27–29, 2014 at Elmia in Jönköping. It was organized by DreamHack and sponsored by Valve. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000.[1] The eight quarter-finalists from the previous Major, ESL One Cologne 2014 received direct invitations, while qualifiers were held for the remaining spots.

Team LDLC was the winner of the event after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas 2–1 in the finals.[2]

Format

The top eight teams from ESL One Cologne 2014 ("Legends") received direct invitations to DreamHack Winter 2014. Two of these invitations were rescinded after a cheating scandal, leaving ten spots (the "Challengers") to be filled by a mixtures of qualifiers and invites. Five teams from Europe, one team from North America, and two teams from a "Last Call LAN Qualifier" qualified for the tournament. After the scheduled qualifiers were completed, two teams were directly invited to the Major to fill the final two spots.[3]

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.

Map pool

The seven-map pool did not change from ESL One Cologne 2014. Before each match in the group stage, both teams banned two maps. The map for the match was then randomly selected from the remaining three maps. In the playoffs, each team first banned one map, then chose one map. The two chosen maps were the first two maps in the best-of-three. If the series were to require a third map, the map was randomly selected from the three remaining maps.

Regional qualifiers

Last Call LAN Qualifier

Broadcast talent

Host

Stage Host

Analyst

Commentators

Teams

The most notable pre-Major team change came after a cheating scandal involving three French players. Two teams that achieved Legends status at the previous Major were dropped from their Legends spots. Titan, whose roster achieved Legends status as Team LDLC.com,[5] was disqualified from the tournament after Hovik "KQLY" Tovmassian was caught cheating. At the same time, 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 Majors. Titan and Epsilons' spots were then filled by Copenhagen Wolves and Flipsid3 Tactics, teams advancing from a new qualifier.[6]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1HellRaisers203219+136
2Fnatic214623+236
3Cloud9122633−73
4Bravado Gaming02332−290
Group A Matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Fnatic16Mirage2Bravado Gaming
Cloud95Inferno16HellRaisers
Fnatic14Mirage16HellRaisers
Cloud916Cache1Bravado Gaming
Fnatic16Dust II5Cloud9

Group B

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1Team Dignitas203216+166
2PENTA Sports214141+06
3Team iBUYPOWER123636+03
4Copenhagen Wolves021632−160
Group B Matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Dignitas16Nuke9PENTA Sports
Team iBUYPOWER16Nuke4Copenhagen Wolves
Team Dignitas16Nuke7Team iBUYPOWER
PENTA Sports16Dust II12Copenhagen Wolves
Team iBUYPOWER13Inferno16PENTA Sports

Group C

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1Team LDLC.com203217+156
2Ninjas in Pyjamas214136+56
3ESC Gaming123345−123
4Planetkey Dynamics021532−170
Group C Matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Overpass2Planetkey Dynamics
Team LDLC.com16Cobblestone4ESC Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas13Overpass16Team LDLC.com
ESC Gaming16Mirage13Planetkey Dynamics
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Cache13ESC Gaming

Group D

PosTeamWLRFRARDPts
1Virtus.pro20324+286
2Natus Vincere213739−26
3Flipsid3 Tactics123946−73
4myXMG021332−190
Group D Matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Virtus.pro16Inferno2myXMG
Natus Vincere16Mirage8Flipsid3 Tactics
Virtus.pro16Nuke2Natus Vincere
Flipsid3 Tactics16Mirage11myXMG
Natus Vincere19Overpass15Flipsid3 Tactics

Playoffs

Quarterfinals scores

HellRaisers vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

HellRaisers vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
HellRaisers5Dust II16Ninjas in Pyjamas
HellRaisers5Inferno16Ninjas in Pyjamas
HellRaisersOverpassNinjas in Pyjamas

Virtus.pro vs. PENTA Sports

Casters: TosspoT & Fifflaren

Virtus.pro vs. PENTA Sports
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Virtus.pro16Cache9PENTA Sports
Virtus.pro16Mirage5PENTA Sports
Virtus.proNukePENTA Sports

Team LDLC.com vs. Fnatic

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Team LDLC.com vs. Fnatic
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team LDLC.com16Dust II10Fnatic
Team LDLC.com8Cache16Fnatic
Team LDLC.comWOverpassFFnatic

Team Dignitas vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: TosspoT & Fifflaren

Team Dignitas vs. Natus Vincere
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Dignitas3Cobblestone16Natus Vincere
Team Dignitas13Mirage16Natus Vincere
Team DignitasOverpassNatus Vincere

Semifinals scores

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Virtus.pro

Casters: TosspoT vs. Fifflaren

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Virtus.pro
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Ninjas in Pyjamas22Nuke20Virtus.pro
Ninjas in Pyjamas10Cache16Virtus.pro
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Inferno8Virtus.pro

Team LDLC.com vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Team LDLC.com vs. Natus Vincere
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team LDLC.com16Mirage11Natus Vincere
Team LDLC.com16Inferno11Natus Vincere
Team LDLC.comCobblestoneNatus Vincere

Finals scores

NiP was the defending Major champions and was also making its fourth straight Major final appearance. Team LDLC.com became the first French team to appear in a CS:GO Major final.

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Team LDLC.com
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Ninjas in Pyjamas10Dust II16Team LDLC.com
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Inferno4Team LDLC.com
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Overpass19Team LDLC.com

Final standings

PlacePrize MoneyTeamSeed for ESL One Katowice 2015RosterCoach
1st100,000Team LDLC.comLegends status kioShiMa, Happy, SmithZz, NBK, MoMaN
2nd50,000 Ninjas in Pyjamas, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, Maikelele
3rd–4th22,000Natus VincereEdward, Zeus, starix,, GuardiaN–
Virtus.proTaZ, NEO,, byali, Snax –
5–8th10,000 HellRaisersANGE1,,,, DosiaB1ad3
FnaticJW, flusha,, olofmeister, KRiMZDevilwalk
Team DignitasFeTiSh,,, dupreeh, Xyp9x3k2
PENTA Sports, Spidii, denis, kRYSTAL, fel1x–
9–12th2,000Flipsid3 TacticsMain Qualifier invitation,,, BENDJI, Dumas–
ESC Gaming, SZPERO,, MINISE, –
Cloud9Hiko, sgares, n0thing, shroud, SEMPHIS–
Team iBuyPower, Skadoodle,,, AZK
13–16th2,000Bravado GamingCent, Detrony, Racno,, –
Copenhagen Wolves, Pimp,, Kjaerbye, –
Planetkey Dynamics,, Troubley,, –
MSL, HUNDEN, AcilioN, Friis, –

References

  1. Web site: The biggest stories from CS:GO's DreamHack 2014 tournament. Tomi "lurppis" . Kovanen. PC Gamer.
  2. Web site: LDLC victorious at DreamHack Winter. Jared. Wynne. The Daily Dot. November 17, 2015.
  3. Web site: Milovanovic . Petar . DH Winter with myXMG and Bravado . HLTV.org . 12 February 2021 . en.
  4. Web site: Švejda . Milan . Searching for the perfect format . HLTV.org . 11 February 2021 . en.
  5. Web site: Official: Titan sign LDLC trio. Luis. Mira. September 3, 2014. HLTV.org.
  6. Web site: CS:GO competitive scene in hacking scandal, 3 players banned. Evan. Lahti. November 22, 2014. PC Gamer.

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