# ESL One Cologne 2014

Electronic Sports League One Cologne 2014, also known as ESL One Cologne 2014, was the third Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. The tournament was held during Gamescom 2014 from August 14–17, 2014 at the Cologne Exhibition Centre in Cologne, Germany. It was the second CS:GO Major of 2014. It was organized by Electronic Sports League with sponsorship from Valve. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000.
Ninjas in Pyjamas won the event by beating Fnatic 2–1 in the finals. The tournament was livestreamed on the official ESL Twitch channel. Over 400,000 concurrent viewers watched the grand finals, while 2,950,600 total unique viewers watched the event across four days.

## Format

The top seven teams from EMS One Katowice 2014 qualified as Legends. LGB eSports would have had a Legends spot as the eighth finalist from Katowice 2014, but disbanded before Cologne 2014. Six teams from Europe, one team from North America, one team from the Oceanic region, and one team from India played online qualifiers in order to play in the tournament
Teams were split into four seeded groups, and all group matches were best-of-one. In the first round of matches, the highest and lowest seeds faced each other, and the second and third seeds played each other. The winner of those two matches then played to determine the first team to move on to the playoff stage, while the losers played to eliminate one team from the tournament. With one team advanced and one eliminated, the final two teams faced off to decide the remaining playoff spot. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the Global StarCraft II League.
The playoff bracket consisted of eight teams, two from each group. All of these matches were single elimination, best-of-three. Teams advanced in the bracket until a winner was decided.

### Map Pool

There were seven maps to choose from, two more than the previous Major. Train was removed for the tournament, while Cache, Overpass, and Cobblestone were added. Overpass was released by Valve only a month before the tournament, and the decision to add a new map on such short notice before a Major caused some controversy.
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

## Qualifiers
### European Qualifier

There were 16 teams in the main European qualifier. Four teams from each regional qualifier – Open, North, Southeast, and Southwest – were in the tournament. The tournament was a best of three, double-elimination bracket, with six teams qualifying to the Major.
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | | Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 |
| Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| USSR Team | USSR Team | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| USSR Team | USSR Team | 0 | Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | London Conspiracy | London Conspiracy | 2 | | | | | | | |
| London Conspiracy | London Conspiracy | 2 | London Conspiracy | London Conspiracy | 2 | | | | | | | |
| k1ck eSports Club | k1ck eSports Club | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| k1ck eSports Club | k1ck eSports Club | 1 | | | | London Conspiracy | London Conspiracy | Q | | | | |
| | | | | | | dAT Team | dAT Team | Q | | | | |
| mousesports | mousesports | 0 | | | | | | | dAT Team | dAT Team | Q | | | | |
| dAT Team | dAT Team | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| dAT Team | dAT Team | 2 | dAT Team | dAT Team | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | ESG! | ESG! | 1 | | | | | | | |
| ESC Gaming | ESC Gaming | 1 | ESG! | ESG! | 1 | | | | | | | |
| ESG! | ESG! | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| ESG! | ESG! | 2 | | | | | | | | Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 | → |
| | | | | | | | | | | Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 | → |
| Epsilon eSports | Epsilon eSports | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 | → |
| mTw | mTw | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| mTw | mTw | 0 | Epsilon eSports | Epsilon eSports | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Copenhagen Wolves | Copenhagen Wolves | 1 | | | | | | | |
| unu.Ain | unu.Ain | 0 | Copenhagen Wolves | Copenhagen Wolves | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Copenhagen Wolves | Copenhagen Wolves | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Copenhagen Wolves | Copenhagen Wolves | 2 | | | | Epsilon eSports | Epsilon eSports | Q | | | | |
| | | | | | | Titan | Titan | Q | | | | |
| ENCPOE | ENCPOE | 2 | | | | | | | Titan | Titan | Q | | | | |
| Planetkey Dynamics | Planetkey Dynamics | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Planetkey Dynamics | Planetkey Dynamics | 0 | ENCORE | ENCORE | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Titan | Titan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| tomtebloss | tomtebloss | 0 | Titan | Titan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Titan | Titan | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| ENCORE | ENCORE | 2 | | | | | | |
| k1ck eSports Club | k1ck eSports Club | 0 | | | | | | |
| k1ck eSports Club | k1ck eSports Club | 0 | ENCORE | ENCORE | 0 | | | |
| | | | Copenhagen Wolves | Copenhagen Wolves | 2 | | | |
| Copenhagen Wolves | Copenhagen Wolves | 2 | Copenhagen Wolves | Copenhagen Wolves | 2 | | | |
| mousesports | mousesports | 0 | | | | | | |
| mousesports | mousesports | 0 | | | | Copenhagen Wolves | Copenhagen Wolves | Q |
| | | | | | | Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | Q |
| ESG! | ESG! | 2 | | | | | | | Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | Q |
| unu.Ain | unu.Ain | 1 | | | | | | |
| unu.Ain | unu.Ain | 1 | ESG! | ESG! | 1 | | | |
| | | | Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 2 | | | |
| Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 2 | Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 2 | | | |
| Planetkey Dynamics | Planetkey Dynamics | 0 | | | | | | |

### North American Qualifier

This was a 16 team, single elimination bracket with just one team qualifying for the Major.
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 |
| Team iBUYPOWER | Team iBUYPOWER | → | | | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | Team iBUYPOWER | Team iBUYPOWER | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | devastation | devastation | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Anonymous 5 | Anonymous 5 | 0 | devastation | devastation | 0 | | | | | | | |
| devastation | devastation | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| devastation | devastation | 1 | | | | Team iBUYPOWER | Team iBUYPOWER | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | tNt | tNt | 0 | | | | |
| Team JustUs | Team JustUs | 0 | | | | | | | tNt | tNt | 0 | | | | |
| Defiant Ghosts | Defiant Ghosts | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Defiant Ghosts | Defiant Ghosts | 1 | Defiant Ghosts | Defiant Ghosts | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | tNt | tNt | 2 | | | | | | | |
| xero error gaming | xero error gaming | 0 | tNt | tNt | 2 | | | | | | | |
| tNt | tNt | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| tNt | tNt | 1 | | | | | | | | Team iBUYPOWER | Team iBUYPOWER | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | LunatiK eSports | LunatiK eSports | 0 |
| LunatiK eSports | LunatiK eSports | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | LunatiK eSports | LunatiK eSports | 0 |
| fujiboyz | fujiboyz | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| fujiboyz | fujiboyz | 0 | LunatiK eSports | LunatiK eSports | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Exertus eSports | Exertus eSports | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Exertus eSports | Exertus eSports | 1 | Exertus eSports | Exertus eSports | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Mobility Gaming | Mobility Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mobility Gaming | Mobility Gaming | 0 | | | | LunatiK eSports | LunatiK eSports | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Flaming Rainbows | Flaming Rainbows | 0 | | | | |
| Armata Gaming | Armata Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | Flaming Rainbows | Flaming Rainbows | 0 | | | | |
| Adaptation | Adaptation | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Adaptation | Adaptation | 1 | Adaptation | Adaptation | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Flaming Rainbows | Flaming Rainbows | 2 | | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | Flaming Rainbows | Flaming Rainbows | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Flaming Rainbows | Flaming Rainbows | → | | | | | | | | | | |

### Oceanic Qualifier

This was an 8 team, single elimination bracket with just one team qualifying for the Major.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Vox Eminor | Vox Eminor | 2 | | | | | | |
| Athletico Esports | Athletico Esports | 0 | | | | | | |
| Athletico Esports | Athletico Esports | 0 | Vox Eminor | Vox Eminor | 2 | | | |
| | | | Fallen | Fallen | 0 | | | |
| Fallen | Fallen | 2 | Fallen | Fallen | 0 | | | |
| Qlimax Crew | Qlimax Crew | 0 | | | | | | |
| Qlimax Crew | Qlimax Crew | 0 | | | | Vox Eminor | Vox Eminor | 2 |
| | | | | | | Team Immunity | Team Immunity | 0 |
| Team Immunity | Team Immunity | 2 | | | | | | | Team Immunity | Team Immunity | 0 |
| Control e-Sports | Control e-Sports | 1 | | | | | | |
| Control e-Sports | Control e-Sports | 1 | Team Immunity | Team Immunity | 2 | | | |
| | | | Avant Garde | Avant Garde | 1 | | | |
| auRa eSports | auRa eSports | 0 | Avant Garde | Avant Garde | 1 | | | |
| Avant Garde | Avant Garde | 2 | | | | | | |

### Indian Qualifier

LGB eSports, which placed third at the previous Major, disbanded, so only seven Legends remained. The tournament organizers decided to fill up the remaining spot with a team from India. This qualifier had 8 teams. The teams played in a robin round and the top four teams played in a double elimination bracket.
| Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 | Cologne 2014 |
| Team Wolf | Team Wolf | 2 |
| Virtual Impact | Virtual Impact | 0 |

## Broadcast Talent

Hosts
* Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
* Scott "SirScoots" Smith
Analyst
* Richard Lewis
Commentators
* Anders Blume
* Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
* Joshua "steel" Nissan
* Stuart "TosspoT" Saw
* Lauren "Pansy" Scott

## Teams

| Legends Cloud9 Fnatic Hellraisers Ninjas in Pyjamas Team Dignitas Team LDLC.com Virtus.pro | Qualifiers Copenhagen Wolves dAt Team Epsilon eSports London Conspiracy Natus Vincere Team iBUYPOWER Team Wolf Titan Vox Eminor |
* ↑ One of the players on dAT Team, Egor "flamie" Vasilyev, was alleged to have cheated in a qualifier by using an account that may not have been his. Ultimately he was allowed to compete.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
| 1 | Epsilon eSports | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | +25 | 6 |
| 2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | 1 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | HellRaisers | 1 | 2 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 3 |
| 4 | Team Wolf | 0 | 2 | 11 | 32 | −21 | 0 |
Group A matches :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16 | Dust II | 7 | Team Wolf |
| HellRaisers | 1 | Inferno | 16 | Epsilon eSports |
| HellRaisers | 16 | Mirage | 4 | Team Wolf |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 6 | Cobblestone | 16 | Epsilon eSports |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16 | Overpass | 11 | HellRaisers |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
| 1 | Team LDLC.com | 2 | 0 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 6 |
| 2 | Natus Vincere | 2 | 1 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 6 |
| 3 | Copenhagen Wolves | 1 | 2 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | London Conspiracy | 0 | 2 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 0 |
Group B matches :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Team LDLC.com | 16 | Nuke | 2 | London Conspiracy |
| Natus Vincere | 16 | Inferno | 4 | Copenhagen Wolves |
| Copenhagen Wolves | 16 | Cache | 5 | London Conspiracy |
| Team LDLC.com | 16 | Inferno | 12 | Natus Vincere |
| Natus Vincere | 19 | Dust II | 17 | Copenhagen Wolves |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
| 1 | Fnatic | 2 | 0 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 6 |
| 2 | Virtus.pro | 2 | 1 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 6 |
| 3 | Team iBUYPOWER | 1 | 2 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 3 |
| 4 | dAT Team | 0 | 2 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 0 |
Group C matches :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Virtus.pro | 16 | Overpass | 7 | dAT Team |
| Fnatic | 16 | Cobblestone | 7 | Team iBUYPOWER |
| Team iBUYPOWER | 16 | Cobblestone | 6 | dAT Team |
| Virtus.pro | 16 | Overpass | 19 | Fnatic |
| Virtus.pro | 16 | Cache | 2 | Team iBUYPOWER |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
| 1 | Cloud9 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 32 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | Team Dignitas | 2 | 1 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 6 |
| 3 | Titan | 1 | 2 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 3 |
| 4 | Vox Eminor | 0 | 2 | 10 | 32 | −22 | 0 |
Group D matches :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Team Dignitas | 16 | Dust II | 9 | Vox Eminor |
| Cloud9 | 22 | Dust II | 18 | Titan |
| Titan | 16 | Nuke | 1 | Vox Eminor |
| Team Dignitas | 14 | Mirage | 16 | Cloud9 |
| Team Dignitas | 16 | Nuke | 2 | Titan |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Fnatic | Fnatic | 2 | | | | | | |
| Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 1 | | | | | | |
| Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 1 | Fnatic | Fnatic | 2 | | | |
| | | | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 0 | | | |
| Epsilon eSports | Epsilon eSports | 0 | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 0 | | | |
| Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 2 | | | | | | |
| Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 2 | | | | Fnatic | Fnatic | 1 |
| | | | | | | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 |
| Team LDLC.com | Team LDLC.com | 2 | | | | | | | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 |
| Virtus.pro | Virtus.pro | 0 | | | | | | |
| Virtus.pro | Virtus.pro | 0 | Team LDLC.com | Team LDLC.com | 1 | | | |
| | | | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | | | |
| Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | | | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Fnatic vs Natus Vincere :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Fnatic | 16 | Inferno | 11 | Natus Vincere |
| Fnatic | 7 | Dust II | 16 | Natus Vincere |
| Fnatic | 16 | Nuke | 14 | Natus Vincere |
Epsilon eSports vs Team Dignitas :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Epsilon eSports | 9 | Dust II | 16 | Team Dignitas |
| Epsilon eSports | 8 | Inferno | 16 | Team Dignitas |
| Epsilon eSports | – | Overpass | – | Team Dignitas |
Team LDLC.com vs Virtus.pro :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Team LDLC.com | 16 | Dust II | 14 | Virtus.pro |
| Team LDLC.com | 16 | Mirage | 12 | Virtus.pro |
| Team LDLC.com | – | Inferno | – | Virtus.pro |
Cloud9 vs Ninjas in Pyjamas :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Cloud9 | 16 | Nuke | 8 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Cloud9 | 14 | Dust II | 16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Cloud9 | 14 | Cobblestone | 16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |

### Semifinals

Fnatic vs Team Dignitas :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Fnatic | 16 | Dust II | 11 | Team Dignitas |
| Fnatic | 16 | Overpass | 14 | Team Dignitas |
| Fnatic | – | Inferno | – | Team Dignitas |
Team LDLC.com vs Ninjas in Pyjamas :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Team LDLC.com | 16 | Inferno | 10 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Team LDLC.com | 6 | Nuke | 16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Team LDLC.com | 14 | Cobblestone | 16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |

### Finals

Fnatic vs Ninjas in Pyjamas :
| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Fnatic | 11 | Cobblestone | 16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Fnatic | 16 | Cache | 8 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Fnatic | 13 | Inferno | 16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |

## Final standings

| Place | Prize Money | Team | Seed for DreamHack Winter 2014 | Roster | Coach |
| 1st | US$100,000 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Legends status | f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, Fifflaren | pita |
| 2nd | US$50,000 | Fnatic | Legends status | JW, flusha, pronax, olofmeister, KRiMZ | Devilwalk |
| 3rd–4th | US$22,000 | Team Dignitas | Legends status | FeTiSh, dev1ce, aizy, dupreeh, Xyp9x | 3k2 |
| 3rd–4th | US$22,000 | Team LDLC.com | Legends status | Uzzziii, Happy, KQLY, apEX, Maniac | MoMan |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | Epsilon eSports | Legends status | Sf, fxy0, kioShiMa, GMX, shox | – |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | Natus Vincere | Legends status | Edward, Zeus, starix, seized, GuardiaN | – |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | Virtus.pro | Legends status | TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, byali, Snax | – |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | Cloud9 | Legends status | Hiko, sgares, n0thing, shroud, Semphis | – |
| 9–12th | $2,000 | HellRaisers | – | ANGE1, kucher, markeloff, AdreN Dosia | – |
| 9–12th | $2,000 | Copenhagen Wolves | – | gla1ve, Pimp, cajunb, karrigan, Nico | – |
| 9–12th | $2,000 | Titan | – | kennyS, SmithZz, NBK, ScreaM, Ex6TenZ | – |
| 9–12th | $2,000 | Team iBUYPOWER | – | DaZeD, Skadoodle, swag, steel, AZK | – |
| 13–16th | $2,000 | Team Wolf | – | RiTz, RiX, aStarrr, Ace, MithilF | kassad |
| 13–16th | $2,000 | London Conspiracy | – | RUBINO, rain, Skurk, prb, Polly | – |
| 13–16th | $2,000 | dAT Team | – | WorldEdit, flamie, ub1que, bondik, B1ad3 | – |
| 13–16th | $2,000 | Vox Eminor | – | AZR, Havoc, SPUNJ, jks, topguN | – |