DreamHack Winter 2014

DreamHack and Valve announced a $250,000 prize pool for the DreamHack CS:GO Championship at DreamHack Winter 2014. Taking place in Jönköping, Sweden from November 27–29, the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament featured the eight quarterfinalists from ESL One Cologne 2014. They were joined by a further eight teams, decided by regional qualifiers. ^[1]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Host:
- SirScoots (Scott Smith)

Stage Host:
- James Duffield (James Duffield)

Analyst:
- Thorin (Duncan Shields)

Commentators:
- Semmler (Auguste Massonnat)
- Anders (Anders Blume)
- Fifflaren (Robin Johansson)
- TosspoT (Stuart Saw)

Format[edit]

Group Stage:
- Four double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
  - Each group has 4 teams
  - All matches are Bo1
- Top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs

Playoffs:
- Single-Elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3

Prize Pool[edit]

$250,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants[edit]

Legends[edit]

Ninjas in Pyjamas⁶

1	f0rest
2	GeT_RiGhT
3	Xizt
4	friberg
5	Maikelele
C	pita


ESL One Cologne 2014

Fnatic

1	JW
2	flusha
3	pronax
4	olofmeister
5	KRIMZ
C	Devilwalk


ESL One Cologne 2014

Team Dignitas⁵

1	FeTiSh
2	dupreeh
3	Xyp9x
4	device
5	cajunb
C	3k2


ESL One Cologne 2014

Natus Vincere

1	Zeus
2	starix
3	seized
4	Edward
5	GuardiaN


ESL One Cologne 2014

Virtus.pro

1	TaZ
2	NEO
3	pashaBiceps
4	Snax
5	byali


ESL One Cologne 2014

Cloud9

1	Hiko
2	seang@res
3	SEMPHIS
4	n0thing
5	shroud


ESL One Cologne 2014

Former Participants ^{2, 3}

Titan^{1, 8}


ESL One Cologne 2014

Epsilon eSports^{2, 3, 4, 9}


ESL One Cologne 2014

Challengers[edit]

Team LDLC.com^{1, 2}

1	NBK-
2	SmithZz
3	kioShiMa
4	shox
5	Happy
C	MoMaN


European Qualifier

Planetkey Dynamics

1	strux1
2	stavros
3	alexRr
4	Troubley
5	nex


European Qualifier

PENTA Sports

1	fel1x
2	kRYSTAL
3	r0bs3n
4	denis
5	Spiidi


European Qualifier

ESC Gaming

1	innocent
2	SZPERO
3	mouz
4	MINISE
5	rallen


European Qualifier

HellRaisers¹⁰

1	ANGE1
2	Dosia
3	markeloff
4	kUcheR
5	s1mple
C	B1ad3


European Qualifier

myXMG

1	MSL
2	HUNDEN
3	AcilioN
4	Friis
5	smF


European Qualifier

Team iBUYPOWER⁷

1	AZK
2	Skadoodle
3	swag
4	nitr0
5	desi
C	Irukandji


North American Qualifier

Copenhagen Wolves^{8, 9}

1	gla1ve
2	Pimp
3	tenzki
4	Kjaerbye
5	cadiaN


Last Chance Qualifier

FlipSid3 Tactics^{8, 9}

1	twist
2	berg
3	zende
4	BENDJI
5	Dumas


Last Chance Qualifier

Bravado Gaming

1	Cent
2	Detrony
3	Racno
4	bLacKpoisoN
5	deviaNt


Invited

¹ Post-"French Shuffle", Titan receives Team LDLC.com's spot from ESL One Cologne by signing

Maniac,

KQLY, and

apEX in

NBK-,

SmithZz and

ScreaM's places.

NBK- and

SmithZz move over to Mercenary.

² Post-"French Shuffle", The players of Epsilon eSports also leave the organization and continue as BST.

kioShiMa and

shox also both move over to Mercenary and are replaced by former Team LDLC.com player

Uzzziii, and former Titan player

ScreaM.

³ BST are signed by Epsilon eSports. ^[2]^[3]

⁴ Epsilon eSports replace

fxy0 for

sixeR. The fate of their legend's status is currently unknown due to only having two players from the previous major's Epsilon lineup. ^[4]

⁵ Team Dignitas replace

aizy for returning player

cajunb. ^[5]

⁶

Fifflaren retires and Ninjas in Pyjamas the next day sign

Maikelele (formerly known as eksem). ^[6]^[7]

⁷ After qualifying for the major, Team iBUYPOWER release

DaZeD and

steel and eventually sign

desi and

nitr0.

Irukandji also joins on board as a coach. ^[8]^[9]

⁸ Titan is disqualified due to

KQLY receiving a VAC ban, also leaving only two players from the old Team LDLC.com team. The spot is to be filled at a qualifier hosted at Inferno Online Stockholm. ^[10]

⁹ Epsilon eSports is also later disqualified due to

Sf receiving a VAC ban. The spot is to be filled at a qualifier hosted at Inferno Online Stockholm. ^[10]

¹⁰ HellRaisers confirm that

B1ad3 will be coaching their team. ^[11]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.	HellRaisers	2-0	32-19	+13	6p
2.	Fnatic	2-1	46-23	+23	6p
3.	Cloud9	1-2	26-33	-7	3p
4.	Bravado Gaming	0-2	3-32	-29	0p

Group A Matches

Opening Matches

Winners Match

Elimination Match

Decider Match

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.	Team Dignitas	2-0	32-16	+16	6p
2.	PENTA Sports	2-1	41-41	0	6p
2.	Team iBUYPOWER	1-2	36-36	0	3p
4.	Copenhagen Wolves	0-2	16-32	-16	0p

Group B Matches

Opening Matches

Winners Match

Elimination Match

Decider Match

Group C[edit]

Group C
1.	Team LDLC.com	2-0	32-17	+15	6p
2.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	2-1	45-31	+14	6p
3.	ESC Gaming	1-2	33-45	-12	3p
4.	Planetkey Dynamics	0-2	15-32	-17	0p

Group C Matches

Opening Matches

Winners Match

Elimination Match

Decider Match

Group D[edit]

Group D
1.	Virtus.pro	2-0	32-4	+28	6p
2.	Natus Vincere	2-1	37-39	-2	6p
3.	FlipSid3 Tactics	1-2	39-46	-7	3p
4.	myXMG	0-2	13-32	-19	0p

Group D Matches

Opening Matches

Winners Match

Elimination Match

Decider Match

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Additional Content[edit]

Previews[edit]

2014-11-26 | DreamHack Winter viewer's guide by lurppis of HLTV
2014-11-26 | Biggest storylines for DreamHack by lurppis of HLTV

Conclusions[edit]

2014-12-02 | What did we learn from DH Winter by lurppis of HLTV

Interviews[edit]

Videos and Photos[edit]

Galleries[edit]

2014-11-27 | DreamHack Winter 2014 - Day 1 by HLTV
2014-11-28 | DreamHack Winter 2014 - Day 2 by HLTV
2014-11-28 | DreamHack Winter 2014 - Day 3 by HLTV

Highlights[edit]

2014-11-27 | HellRaisers' winning moment of HLTV
2014-11-27 | pronax vs. HellRaisers by brcho of HLTV
2014-11-27 | Hiko and JW by brcho of HLTV
2014-11-27 | PENTA's winning moment of HLTV
2014-11-27 | Troubley vs. NiP by proutounz of HLTV
2014-11-28 | friberg vs. LDLC by proutounz of HLTV
2014-11-28 | f0rest vs. HellRaisers by brcho of HLTV
2014-11-29 | NBK vs. fnatic by proutounz of HLTV
2014-11-29 | LDLC's winning moment of HLTV
2014-11-29 | Maikelele vs. LDLC by brcho of HLTV
2014-11-29 | f0rest vs. LDLC by proutounz of HLTV
2014-12-21 | DreamHack Winter 2014: The Movie by MAKKU of HLTV

Country Representation[edit]

#	Country/Region	#P	ΔPrev. Major	Players
1	Denmark	15	+5	FeTiSh, Xyp9x, device, dupreeh, cajunb, MSL, HUNDEN, AcilioN, Friis, smF, gla1ve, Pimp, tenzki, Kjaerbye, cadiaN
2	Sweden	13	+3	f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, friberg, Xizt, Maikelele, flusha, JW, pronax, olofmeister, KRiMZ, twist, berg, zende
3	Poland	10	+5	TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali, innocent, SZPERO, mouz, MINISE, rallen
4	Germany	9	+9	strux1, alexRr, Troubley, nex, fel1x, kRYSTAL, r0bs3n, denis, Spiidi
5	USA	7	+1	Hiko, n0thing, sgares, nitr0, Skadoodle, swag, desi
6	Ukraine	6	-1	Zeus, starix, Edward, ANGE1, markeloff, s1mple
7	France	5	-7	NBK-, shox, kioShiMa, Happy, SmithZz
7	South Africa	5	+5	Cent, Detrony, Racno, bLacKpoisoN, deviaNt
9	Canada	3	-1	SEMPHIS, shroud, AZK
9	Russia	3	-3	seized, Dosia, kUcheR
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	+2	BENDJI, Dumas
12	Greece	1	+1	stavros
12	Slovakia	1	0	GuardiaN

References[edit]

↑ Official Tournament announcement blog.counter-strike.net
↑ Alexandre Picq (2014-09-10). "Epsilon CS:GO formalizes the arrival of ScreaM and Uzzziii". Epsilon.
↑ MIRAA. "ScreaM in new team for FACEIT". HLTV.
↑ Epsilon removes fxy0, adds sixeR epsilon-esports.com
↑ Team Dignitas CSGO: cajunb replaces aizy, Team-Dignitas.net
↑ MIRAA (2014-11-03). "Fifflaren leaves NiP". HLTV.
↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2014-11-04). "Maikelele joins NiP". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA. "iBUYPOWER dismiss steel, DaZeD". HLTV.
↑ desi joins iBUYPOWER as a substitute for DreamHack Winter 2014 gosugamers.net
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 MIRAA. "Titan, Epsilon disqualified from DHW". HLTV.
↑ MIRAA (2014-11-22). "HellRaisers confirm B1ad3 as Coach". HLTV.
↑ Striker. "DH: "Overpass will be replayed"". HLTV.
↑ DreamHack announces that Fnatic have decided to forfeit the match, twitter.com/DreamHack

[1] Official Tournament announcement blog.counter-strike.net

[epsilon_sign_bst-2] Alexandre Picq (2014-09-10). "Epsilon CS:GO formalizes the arrival of ScreaM and Uzzziii". Epsilon.

[bst_and_mercenary-3] MIRAA. "ScreaM in new team for FACEIT". HLTV.

[Epsilon_removes_fxy0,_adds_sixeR-4] Epsilon removes fxy0, adds sixeR epsilon-esports.com

[cajunb_returns-5] Team Dignitas CSGO: cajunb replaces aizy, Team-Dignitas.net

[Fifflaren_leaves_NiP-6] MIRAA (2014-11-03). "Fifflaren leaves NiP". HLTV.

[Maikelele_joins_NiP-7] Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2014-11-04). "Maikelele joins NiP". HLTV.

[dazed,_steel-8] MIRAA. "iBUYPOWER dismiss steel, DaZeD". HLTV.

[desi_joins_iBP_as_a_permanent_player-9] si joins iBUYPOWER as a substitute for DreamHack Winter 2014 gosugamers.net

[titanepsilon-10] 10.0 ^10.1 MIRAA. "Titan, Epsilon disqualified from DHW". HLTV.

[B1ad3_HellRaisers_Coach-11] MIRAA (2014-11-22). "HellRaisers confirm B1ad3 as Coach". HLTV.

[12] Striker. "DH: "Overpass will be replayed"". HLTV.

[13] DreamHack announces that Fnatic have decided to forfeit the match, twitter.com/DreamHack

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DreamHack Winter 2014

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Format[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Legends[edit]

Challengers[edit]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Additional Content[edit]

Previews[edit]

Conclusions[edit]

Interviews[edit]

HLTV.org[edit]

Fragbite[edit]

ESEA[edit]

99Damage[edit]

Videos and Photos[edit]

Galleries[edit]

Highlights[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

References[edit]