DreamHack Winter 2014

Counter-Strike video game championship

DreamHack Winter 20142014

The DreamHack Winter 2014 logo

Tournament information
Sport| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location| Jönköping, Sweden
Dates| November 27, 2014–December 29, 2014
Administrator| Valve
DreamHack

Tournament
format(s)

| 16 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)| DreamHack
Venue| Elmia
Teams| 16
Purse| $250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions| Team LDLC.com (1st title)
1st runners-up| Ninjas in Pyjamas
2nd runners-up| Virtus.pro
Natus Vincere
MVP| Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer

<- Cologne 2014

Katowice 2015 ->

DreamHack Winter 2014 was the fourth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 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[edit]

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 Two of these invitations were rescinded after a cheating scandal, leaving ten spots (the "Challengers") to be filled by a mixtures of qualifiers and invites.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[edit]

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.

Maps

* Cache
* Cobblestone
* Dust II
* Inferno
* Mirage
* Nuke
* Overpass

## Regional qualifiers[edit]

### European Closed Qualifier[edit]

European Qualifier

| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | DH Winter 2014 | | | DH Winter 2014 |

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| Team LDLC.com | 2 | | | |
| AliGon | 0 |
| | Team LDLC.com | 2 |
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| | | myXMG | 0 |
| dAT Team | 1 |

| myXMG | 2 |
| | Team LDLC.com | Q |
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| | | Planetkey Dynamics | Q |
| 3DMAX | 1 | |

| Flipsid3 Tactics | 2 |
| | Flipsid3 Tactics | 0 |
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| | | Planetkey Dynamics | 2 |
| mousesports | 0 |

| Planetkey Dynamics | 2 |
| | DreamHack Winter 2014 | → |
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| Copenhagen Wolves | 0 | | |

| ESC Gaming | 2 |
| | ESC Gaming | 2 |
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| | | Team Alternate | 0 |
| London Conspiracy | 1 |

| Team Alternate | 2 |
| | ESC Gaming | Q |
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| | | PENTA Sports | Q |
| x6tence | 0 | |

| PENTA Sports | 2 |
| | PENTA Sports | 2 |
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| | | HellRaisers | 0 |
| HellRaisers | 2 |

| duttdutt | 0 |
| 5th Place Decider | | | DH Winter 2014 |

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| myXMG | 2 | |
| Flipsid3 Tactics | 1 |
| | myXMG | 0 |
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| | | HellRaisers | 2 |
| Team Alternate | 0 |

| HellRaisers | 2 |

### North America Closed Qualifier[edit]

North America Qualifier

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| Team iBUYPOWER | 16 | | |
| WeRidePonies | 2 |
| | Team iBUYPOWER | 16 |
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| | | eLevate | 7 |
| eLevate | 16 |

| 'SapphireKelwona | 5 |
| | Team iBUYPOWER | 2 |
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| | | NetCodeGuides.com | 1 |
| NetCodeGuides.com | 16 | |

| dxm | 5 |
| | NetCodeGuides.com | 16 |
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| | | Denial eSports | 10 |
| Denial eSports | 16 |

| The Stream Team | 14 |

### Last Call LAN Qualifier[edit]

Last Call Qualifier; Stockholm, Sweden

| 5th Place Decider | | | DH Winter 2014 |

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| Copenhagen Wolves | 2 | |
| 3DMAX | 1 |
| | Copenhagen Wolves | 16 |
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| | | Flipsid3 Tactics | 6 |
| Flipsid3 Tactics | 2 |

| London Conspiracy | 0 |

## Broadcast talent[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Legends

* Ninjas in Pyjamas
* Fnatic
* Team Dignitas
* Natus Vincere
* Cloud9
* Virtus.pro

Challengers

* Team LDLC.com
* Planetkey Dynamics
* PENTA Sports
* ESC Gaming
* HellRaisers
* Team iBUYPOWER
* Copenhagen Wolves
* Flipsid3 Tactics
* myXMG[a]
* Bravado Gaming[a]

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

## Group stage[edit]

### Group A[edit]

Pos  | Team  | W  | L  | RF  | RA  | RD  | Pts

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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[edit]

Pos  | Team  | W  | L  | RF  | RA  | RD  | Pts

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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[edit]

Pos  | Team  | W  | L  | RF  | RA  | RD  | Pts

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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[edit]

Pos  | Team  | W  | L  | RF  | RA  | RD  | Pts

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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[edit]

### Bracket[edit]

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| HellRaisers | 0 | | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 |
| | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 |
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| | | Virtus.pro | 0 |
| Virtus.pro | 2 |

| PENTA Sports | 0 |
| | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 |
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| | | Team LDLC.com | 2 |
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| Fnatic | 1 |
| | Team LDLC.com | 2 |
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| | | Natus Vincere | 0 |
| Team Dignitas | 0 |

| Natus Vincere | 2 |

1. ^ The third map originally ended with a Fnatic win. However, the match was to be replayed due to both teams violating in-game rules. After community backlash directed at Fnatic, Fnatic forfeited the match.

### Quarterfinals scores[edit]

#### HellRaisers vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

### Semifinals scores[edit]

#### Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Virtus.pro[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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[edit]

Place  | Prize Money  | Team  | Seed for ESL One Katowice 2015 | Roster  | Coach

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1st  | US$100,000  | Team LDLC.com | Legends status  | 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 | Main Qualifier invitation  | 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  |

## References[edit]

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

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