# Dreamhack Winter 2013

The 2013 DreamHack SteelSeries Counter Strike: Global Offensive Championship, also known as DreamHack Winter 2013, was the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. The tournament was organized by DreamHack and sponsored by Valve. The competition was held during the Winter 2013 DreamHack digital festival at the Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre in Jönköping, Sweden. Six invitees joined ten qualifiers to form the sixteen team event. Community funding helped to build the US$250,000 prize pool. The tournament had a peak 145,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch and the in-game viewing client.

## Format

Six teams – Astana Dragons, compLexity Gaming, VeryGames, Clan-Mystik, Fnatic, and Team iBuyPower – were directly invited to participate in the tournament.
In addition to those six teams, ten other teams qualified through other tournaments. For instance, Ninjas in Pyjamas qualified by winning the DreamHack Summer 2013 tournament; Copenhagen Wolves qualified by winning EMS One Fall 2013; LGB eSports qualified through an online qualifier; and Reason Gaming qualified through the BYOC qualifier.
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.
The playoff 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 final winner was decided, and the eight teams to make the playoff bracket earned automatic invitations to the next Major, EMS One Katowice 2014.

### Map Pool

There were five maps to choose from. In the group stage, each team bans two maps so that one remains. In the playoffs, each team bans one map and chooses one map; the remaining map would be the decider map of the series.
* Maps
* Dust II
* Inferno
* Mirage
* Nuke
* Train

## Broadcast Talent

Hosts
* Scott "SirScoots" Smith
* Jonas "bsl" Vikan
Commentators
* Corey "dunN" Dunn
* Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen
* Stuart "TosspoT" Saw
Analyst
* Duncan "Thorin" Shields"

## Teams

| Direct invitation Astana Dragons Clan-Mystik compLexity Gaming Fnatic iBUYPOWER VeryGames | Qualifiers Copenhagen Wolves LGB eSports Natus Vincere Ninjas in Pyjamas n!faculty | Reason Gaming Recursive eSports SK Gaming Universal Soldiers Xapso |
* 1 2 3rd–4th place at EMS One Fall 2013
* 1 2 DreamHack Winter 2013 Online Qualifiers winners
* ↑ 3rd place at TECHLABS Cup 2013 Finals
* ↑ 1st place at DreamHack Summer 2013
* ↑ 1st place at DreamHack Valencia 2013
* 1 2 DreamHack Winter 2013 BYOC Qualifier winners
* ↑ 2nd place at DreamHack Bucharest 2013

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
| 1 | Fnatic | 2 | 0 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 6 |
| 2 | LGB eSports | 2 | 1 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 6 |
| 3 | Clan-Mystik | 1 | 2 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 3 |
| 4 | Natus Vincere | 0 | 2 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 0 |
Opening matches
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 10:54 CET (UTC+1) | Fnatic | 16–9 Mirage | Natus Vincere |
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 11:00 CET (UTC+1) | Clan-Mystik | 16–14 Dust II | LGB eSports |
Elimination match
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 12:04 CET (UTC+1) | LGB Esports | 16–13 Mirage | Natus Vincere |
Winners' match
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 12:18 CET (UTC+1) | Clan-Mystik | 6–16 Inferno | Fnatic |
Decider match
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 13:15 CET (UTC+1) | Clan-Mystik | 2–16 Inferno | LGB eSports |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
| 1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | 0 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 6 |
| 2 | Recursive eSports | 2 | 1 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 6 |
| 3 | Universal Soldiers | 1 | 2 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 3 |
| 4 | iBUYPOWER | 0 | 2 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 0 |
Opening matches
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 15:23 CET (UTC+1) | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16–13 Inferno | Recursive eSports |
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 15:33 CET (UTC+1) | iBUYPOWER | 9–16 Dust II | Universal Soldiers |
Elimination match
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 16:38 CET (UTC+1) | iBUYPOWER | 8–16 Inferno | Recursive eSports |
Winners' match
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 18:20 CET (UTC+1) | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16–4 Inferno | Universal Soldiers |
Decider match
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 19:58 CET (UTC+1) | Universal Soldiers | 13–16 Inferno | Recursive eSports |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
| 1 | compLexity Gaming | 2 | 0 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 6 |
| 2 | VeryGames | 2 | 1 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 6 |
| 3 | n!faculty | 1 | 2 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 3 |
| 4 | Xapso | 0 | 2 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 0 |
Opening matches
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 09:43 CET (UTC+1) | n!faculty | 5–16 Inferno | compLexity Gaming |
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 09:45 CET (UTC+1) | VeryGames | 16–8 Inferno | Xapso |
Winners' match
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 11:07 CET (UTC+1) | compLexity Gaming | 16–14 Inferno | VeryGames |
Elimination match
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 11:20 CET (UTC+1) | n!faculty | 16–5 Train | Xapso |
Decider match
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 12:39 CET (UTC+1) | n!faculty | 9–16 Dust II | VeryGames |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
| 1 | Copenhagen Wolves | 2 | 0 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 6 |
| 2 | Astana Dragons | 2 | 1 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 | Reason Gaming | 1 | 2 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 3 |
| 4 | SK Gaming | 0 | 2 | 14 | 32 | −18 | 0 |
Opening matches
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 15:03 CET (UTC+1) | Copenhagen Wolves | 16–11 Inferno | SK Gaming |
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 15:06 CET (UTC+1) | Astana Dragons | 16–11 Inferno | Reason Gaming |
Winners' match
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 16:15 CET (UTC+1) | Astana Dragons | 7–16 Nuke | Copenhagen Wolves |
Elimination match
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 16:21 CET (UTC+1) | SK Gaming | 3–16 Inferno | Reason Gaming |
Decider match
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 17:30 CET (UTC+1) | Astana Dragons | 16–13 Nuke | Reason Gaming |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 28 November 2013 | 28 November 2013 | | | |
| LGB eSports | 1 | | | |
| LGB eSports | 1 | 30 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 | | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | 30 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | |
| 29 November 2013 | 29 November 2013 | | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | |
| 29 November 2013 | 29 November 2013 | VeryGames | 1 | |
| Copenhagen Wolves | 1 | VeryGames | 1 | |
| Copenhagen Wolves | 1 | | | | 30 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 |
| VeryGames | 2 | | | | 30 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 |
| VeryGames | 2 | | | | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 |
| 28 November 2013 | 28 November 2013 | | | | | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 |
| 28 November 2013 | 28 November 2013 | | | | Fnatic | 2 |
| Fnatic | 2 | | | | Fnatic | 2 |
| Fnatic | 2 | 30 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 | | | |
| Recursive eSports | 1 | 30 November 2013 | 30 November 2013 | | | |
| Recursive eSports | 1 | Fnatic | 2 | | | |
| 29 November 2013 | 29 November 2013 | | Fnatic | 2 | | | |
| 29 November 2013 | 29 November 2013 | compLexity Gaming | 0 | |
| compLexity Gaming | 2 | compLexity Gaming | 0 | |
| Astana Dragons | 1 | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 22:29 CET (UTC+1) | LGB eSports | 16–14 Dust II | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 23:41 CET (UTC+1) | LGB eSports | 9–16 Train | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 00:34 CET (UTC+1) | LGB eSports | 7–16 Mirage | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
Ninjas in Pyjamas won series 2–1
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Copenhagen Wolves | 6–16 Dust II | VeryGames |
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 20:49 CET (UTC+1) | Copenhagen Wolves | 16–5 Inferno | VeryGames |
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 21:42 CET (UTC+1) | Copenhagen Wolves | 12–16 Mirage | VeryGames |
VeryGames won series 2–1
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 22:21 CET (UTC+1) | Fnatic | 16–9 Inferno | Recursive eSports |
| 28 November 2013 (2013-11-28) 23:10 CET (UTC+1) | Fnatic | 13–16 Dust II | Recursive eSports |
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 00:11 CET (UTC+1) | Fnatic | 16–10 Train | Recursive eSports |
Fnatic won series 2–1
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 19:58 CET (UTC+1) | compLextity Gaming | 9–16 Nuke | Astana Dragons |
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 20:36 CET (UTC+1) | compLextity Gaming | 16–7 Dust II | Astana Dragons |
| 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29) 21:47 CET (UTC+1) | compLextity Gaming | 16–12 Inferno | Astana Dragons |
compLextity Gaming won series 2–1

### Semifinals

| 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30) 14:17 CET (UTC+1) | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16–13 Dust II | VeryGames |
| 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30) 15:45 CET (UTC+1) | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 6–16 Inferno | VeryGames |
| 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30) 16:35 CET (UTC+1) | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16–5 Nuke | VeryGames |
Ninjas in Pyjamas won series 2–1
| 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30) 17:56 CET (UTC+1) | Fnatic | 16–7 Train | compLexity Gaming |
| 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30) 18:54 CET (UTC+1) | Fnatic | 16–7 Mirage | compLexity Gaming |
Fnatic won series 2–0

### Finals

| 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30) 22:47 CET (UTC+1) | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 14–16 Dust II | Fnatic |
| 30 November 2013 (2013-11-30) 23:45 CET (UTC+1) | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16–6 Inferno | Fnatic |
| 1 December 2013 (2013-12-01) 00:49 CET (UTC+1) | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2–16 Train | Fnatic |
Fnatic won series 2–1

## Final standings

| Place | Team | Prize Money | Seed for EMS One Katowice 2014 | Roster | Coach |
| 1st | Fnatic | US$100,000 | Legends status | Devilwalk, JW, flusha, pronax, schneider | cArn |
| 2nd | Ninjas in Pyjamas | US$50,000 | Legends status | f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, Fifflaren | – |
| 3rd–4th | compLexity Gaming | US$22,000 | Legends status | Hiko, n0thing, swag, sgares, Semphis | – |
| 3rd–4th | VeryGames | US$22,000 | Legends status | shox, SmithZz, NBK, ScreaM, Ex6TenZ | – |
| 5–8th | LGB eSports | US$10,000 | Legends status | dennis, olofmeister, KRiMZ, eksem, SKYTTEN | – |
| 5–8th | Astana Dragons | US$10,000 | Legends status | kucher, Dosia, ANGE1, markeloff, AdreN | – |
| 5–8th | Recursive eSports | US$10,000 | Legends status | Uzzziii, Happy, GMX, kennyS, Maniac | – |
| 5–8th | Copenhagen Wolves | US$10,000 | Legends status | FeTiSh, dev1ce, Nico, dupreeh, Xyp9x | 3k2 |
| 9–12th | Clan-Mystik | US$2,000 | – | apEX, HaRts, KQLY, ioRek, kioShiMa | – |
| 9–12th | Universal Soldiers | US$2,000 | – | TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, byali, Snax | – |
| 9–12th | n!faculty | US$2,000 | – | karrigan, gla1ve, Pimp, cajunb, raalz | – |
| 9–12th | Reason Gaming | US$2,000 | – | coloN, MSL, smF, EXR, LOMME | – |
| 13–16th | SK Gaming | US$2,000 | – | MODDII, twist, xelos, Delpan, pita | – |
| 13–16th | Xapso | US$2,000 | – | ultra, centeks, cadiaN, aizy, robiin | – |
| 13–16th | Team iBUYPOWER | US$2,000 | – | Skadoodle, adreN, DaZeD, anger, AZK | – |
| 13–16th | Natus Vincere | US$2,000 | – | ceh9, Zeus, starix, seized, kibaken | – |