DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015

DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
2015
	The DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 logo
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates	October 28, 2015–November 1, 2015
Administrator	Valve; DreamHack
Tournament; format(s)	16 team round-robin group stage ; Eight team single-elimination playoff
Venue(s)	Polyvalent Hall
Teams	16 teams
Final positions
Champions	Team EnVyUs (1st title)
1st runners-up	Natus Vincere
2nd runners-up	G2 Esports; Ninjas in Pyjamas
MVP	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub

DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 was the seventh Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship that was held from October 28–November 1, 2015 at the Sala Polivalentă in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was organized by DreamHack with help from Valve and the Professional Gamers League. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000.

Eight teams were featured in the playoffs. Fnatic, G2 Esports, Luminosity Gaming, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team EnVyUs, Team SoloMid, and Virtus.pro – all Legends from the last major – were once again Legends as no Challenger took their spots. Team EnVyUs, which defeated Fnatic and G2 Esports, was the winner of the event, defeating Natus Vincere, which defeated Luminosity Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas, in the finals, 2–0. This came after Team EnVyUs placed second at the previous major, including a game in which Fnatic came back from a large deficit in the first game of grand finals.[1][2]

Format

The top eight teams from ESL One Cologne 2015 ("Legends") received direct invitations to Cluj-Napoca. This was the first Major to fill the other eight Major spots from a single Major qualifier, instead of directly from various regional qualifiers. For the Cluj-Napoca Major cycle, the regional qualifiers sent teams to DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015, where they faced off against the bottom eight teams from Cologne 2015. The top eight teams from DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015 then advanced to the Major as the "Challengers"

Teams were split up into four groups, and all group matches were best-of-ones with the exception of the final decider match. 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 a best-of-three elimination match for the second playoff spot. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the Global StarCraft II League.[3]

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 Cologne 2015. Before each best-of-one match in the group stage, teams alternated banning maps until five maps had been banned. One of the two remaining maps was randomly selected, and the team that that did not get a third ban then selected which side it wanted to start on. In all best-of-three series, each team first banned a map, leaving a five-map pool. Each team then chose a map, with the opposing team selecting which side they wanted to start on for their opponent's map choice. The two map picks 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
Overpass
Train

Main Qualifier

Regional Qualifiers

Two teams from the first European qualifier moved on to the major. Eight teams that were eliminated in the said qualifier moved to the second European qualifier. Three teams from that qualifier moved on to the major. Two teams from the North American qualifier moved on to the major and one team from the Asian qualifier moved on to the major.

Europe Qualifiers

Europe Qualifier #1

Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			DH Cluj-Napoca 2015

	Team Dignitas	0

	k1ck eSports.hu	2
				k1ck eSports.hu	2

				Reason Gaming.dk	0
	Reason Gaming.dk	2

	Los Jefes	0
							k1ck eSports.hu	0

							Copenhagen Wolves	2
	Copenhagen Wolves	2

	EURONICS Gaming	0
				Copenhagen Wolves	2

				PENTA Sports	1
	PENTA Sports	2

	Torpedo Gaming	1
										Copenhagen Wolves	Q

										HellRaisers	Q
	SK Gaming	2

	Infinity	0
				SK Gaming	2

				Dobry&Gaming	0
	Dobry&Gaming	2

	MIXCAT	1
							SK Gaming	0

							HellRaisers	2
	Space Soldiers	1

	London Conspiracy	2
				London Conspiracy	0

				HellRaisers	2
	HellRaisers	2

	Wizards e-Sports Club	1

Europe Qualifier #2

Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			DH Cluj-Napoca 2015

	SK Gaming	2
	NIGHT RAID	0		SK Gaming	0
	Torpedo Gaming	1		MIXCAT	2
	MIXCAT	2					MIXCAT	0
	London Conspiracy	2					Dobry&Gaming	2
	x6tence	1		London Conspiracy	0
	Dobry&Gaming	2		Dobry&Gaming	2
	OverGaming	0								Dobry&Gaming	Q
	PENTA Sports	1								Team Dignitas	Q
	Team LDLC.com Blue	2		Team LDLC.com Blue	0
	Reason Gaming.dk	2		Reason Gaming.dk	2
	Space Soldiers	0					Reason Gaming.dk	0	3rd Place DHCN Qualifier
	Team Dignitas	2					Team Dignitas	2
	AWTR	0		Team Dignitas	2					MIXCAT	2
	k1ck eSports.hu	2		k1ck eSports.hu	0					Reason Gaming.dk	1
	WorstPlayers	0

North American Qualifier

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Team Liquid

2

h00liGaNz

2

Team Liquid

2

compLexity Gaming

0

3sUP Enterprises

0

compLexity Gaming

2

Team Liquid

Q

Mythic

Q

Mythic

2

Method

1

Mythic

2

Conquest

1

Games Academy

0

Conquest

2

Asian Qualifier

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

	m0nster.kr	0

	ExsequoR	2
				ExsequoR	0

				QeeYou	2
	QeeYou	2

	iSg.vA	0
							QeeYou	2

							Skyred	0
	Skyred	2

	Team nxl	1
				Skyred	2

				TyLoo	0
	MVP Karnal	1

	TyLoo	2

Main Qualifier

The 16 teams at the major qualifier played at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015. The bottom eight teams from ESL One Cologne 2015, five teams from two European qualifiers, two teams from the North American qualifier, and one team from the Asian qualifier.

Teams were divided into four groups and the top two from each group made it to the major.

ESL One Cologne 2015 Bottom 8

Regional Qualifiers

Copenhagen Wolves (Europe Qualifier 1)
HellRaisers (Europe Qualifier 1)
Lounge Gaming[lower-alpha 1] (Europe Qualifier 2)
Team Dignitas (Europe Qualifier 2)
Team ROCCAT[lower-alpha 2] (Europe Qualifier 2)
Team Liquid (North America Qualifier)
Winterfox[lower-alpha 3] (North America Qualifier)
Skyred[lower-alpha 4] (Asia Qualifier)

Lounge Gaming signed the entire Dobry&Gaming lineup.
MIXCAT signed with Team ROCCAT.
Mythic was signed by Winterfox.
The Asia Qualifier champion, QeeYou, had passport issues and could not attend. Skyred was the runner-up of the qualifier and took its place at the main qualifier.

DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015

The main qualifier took place at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015. Group A

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Cloud9	2	0	64	40	+24	6
2	Team Dignitas	2	1	93	89	+4	6
3	Team Immunity	1	2	89	97	-8	3
4	Team ROCCAT	0	2	44	64	-20	0

Group A Results
Cloud9	2	0	Team ROCCAT
Team Immunity	0	2	Team Dignitas
Cloud9	2	0	Team Dignitas
Team Immunity	2	0	Team ROCCAT
Team Dignitas	2	1	Team Immunity

Group B

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Titan	2	0	72	51	+21	6
2	Vexed Gaming	2	1	89	98	-9	6
3	HellRaisers	1	2	108	97	+11	3
4	Skyred	0	2	41	64	-23	0

Group B Results
Titan	2	0	Skyred
Vexed Gaming	0	2	HellRaisers
Titan	2	1	HellRaisers
Vexed Gaming	2	0	Skyred
HellRaisers	1	2	Vexed Gaming

Group C

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	mousesports	2	0	67	47	+20	6
2	Team Liquid	2	1	97	77	+20	6
3	Renegades	1	2	77	101	-24	3
4	Winterfox	0	2	51	67	-16	0

Group C Results
mousesports	2	0	Winterfox
Renegades	1	2	Team Liquid
mousesports	2	0	Team Liquid
Renegades	2	0	Winterfox
Team Liquid	2	0	Renegades

Group D

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Counter Logic Gaming	2	0	81	66	+15	6
2	FlipSid3 Tactics	2	1	90	68	+22	6
3	Copenhagen Wolves	1	2	82	95	-13	3
4	Lounge Gaming	0	2	71	95	-24	0

Group D Results
FlipSid3 Tactics	2	0	Copenhagen Wolves
Counter Logic Gaming	2	1	Lounge Gaming
FlipSid3 Tactics	0	2	Counter Logic Gaming
Copenhagen Wolves	2	1	Lounge Gaming
FlipSid3 Tactics	2	0	Copenhagen Wolves

Broadcast talent

Hosts

Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
Richard Lewis

Interviewers

Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen
Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Analysts

Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson
Joona "natu" Leppänen
Jason "moses" O'Toole
Duncan "Thorin " Shields

Commentators

James Bardolph
Anders Blume
Henry "HenryG" Greer
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Broadcasts

All streams were broadcast on Twitch in various languages.

DreamHackCS
99Damage
BiDa
cadiaN
cnon3
DreamHackCS Spain
Excello
GamermagTV
Gameshow
GamingLive
GEC TV
Hungarian Esport TV
HuntingDuck
IzakOOO
striimIT
Subzidite
svtplay

Teams

Legends

Qualifiers

Team Kinguin partnered with G2 Esports and the players played under the G2 name.[4]
The roster of Team eBettle played under the name Vexed Gaming due to the organization wanting to distance its eSports and betting operations.[5]

Pre-Major Ranking

The HLTV.org October 26, 2015 ranking of teams, displayed below, was the final ranking released before the Major.[6]

HLTV.org Pre-Major Ranking

World Ranking
Place	Team	Points	Move^†
1	Team SoloMid	892
2	Fnatic	888
3	Virtus.pro	805
4	Team EnVyUs	778
5	Ninjas in Pyjamas	440
6	Natus Vincere	432
7	Cloud9	279
8	Team Dignitas	214
9	G2 Esports	209
10	Counter Logic Gaming	208
11	Team Liquid	207	1
12	Titan	203	1
13	mousesports	197	2
14	Flipsid3 Tactics	183
15	Luminosity Gaming	175
18	Vexed Gaming	102

^†Change since October 19, 2015 ranking

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Luminosity Gaming	2	0	32	24	+8	6
2	Fnatic	2	1	61	44	+17	6
3	Cloud9	1	2	45	61	-16	3
4	Vexed Gaming	0	2	23	32	-9	0

Group A Matches
Fnatic	1	0	Vexed Gaming
Luminosity Gaming	1	0	Cloud9
Cloud9	1	0	Vexed Gaming
Fnatic	0	1	Luminosity Gaming
Fnatic	2	0	Cloud9

Group A Scores

Group A Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Fnatic	16	Cobblestone	10	Vexed Gaming
Luminosity Gaming	16	Dust II	11	Cloud9
Cloud9	16	Cobblestone	13	Vexed Gaming
Fnatic	13	Inferno	16	Luminosity Gaming
Fnatic	16	Dust II	6	Cloud9
Fnatic	16	Overpass	12	Cloud9
Fnatic	–	Cache	–	Cloud9

Group B

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Team SoloMid	2	0	32	12	+20	6
2	G2 Esports	2	1	69	61	+8	6
3	mousesports	1	2	61	71	-10	3
4	FlipSid3 Tactics	0	2	14	32	-18	0

Group B Matches
Team SoloMid	1	0	FlipSid3 Tactics
G2 Esports	1	0	mousesports
mousesports	1	0	FlipSid3 Tactics
Team SoloMid	1	0	G2 Esports
G2 Esports	2	1	mousesports

Group B Scores

Group B Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team SoloMid	16	Cache	6	FlipSid3 Tactics
G2 Esports	16	Inferno	8	mousesports
mousesports	16	Overpass	8	FlipSid3 Tactics
Team SoloMid	16	Dust II	6	G2 Esports
G2 Esports	19	Mirage	16	mousesports
G2 Esports	12	Inferno	16	mousesports
G2 Esports	16	Cache	5	mousesports

Group C

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Virtus.pro	2	0	35	22	+13	6
2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	2	1	61	42	+19	6
3	Titan	1	2	38	61	-23	3
4	Team Liquid	0	2	26	35	-9	0

Group C Matches
Virtus.pro	1	0	Team Liquid
Ninjas in Pyjamas	0	1	Titan
Ninjas in Pyjamas	1	0	Team Liquid
Virtus.pro	1	0	Titan
Titan	0	2	Ninjas in Pyjamas

Group C Scores

Group C Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Virtus.pro	19	Cobblestone	15	Team Liquid
Ninjas in Pyjamas	13	Cobblestone	16	Titan
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Mirage	11	Team Liquid
Virtus.pro	16	Train	7	Titan
Titan	14	Cache	16	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Titan	1	Dust II	16	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Titan	–	Overpass	–	Ninjas in Pyjamas

Group D

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Team EnVyUs	2	0	32	15	+17	6
2	Natus Vincere	2	1	67	61	+6	6
3	Counter Logic Gaming	1	2	61	72	-11	3
4	Team Dignitas	0	2	20	32	-12	0

Group D Matches
Team EnVyUs	1	0	Team Dignitas
Natus Vincere	1	0	Counter Logic Gaming
Counter Logic Gaming	1	0	Team Dignitas
Team EnVyUs	1	0	Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere	2	1	Counter Logic Gaming

Group D Scores

Group D Scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team EnVyUs	16	Cobblestone	6	Team Dignitas
Natus Vincere	16	Cobblestone	12	Counter Logic Gaming
Counter Logic Gaming	16	Cobblestone	14	Team Dignitas
Team EnVyUs	16	Cobblestone	9	Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere	16	Train	9	Counter Logic Gaming
Natus Vincere	10	Cobblestone	16	Counter Logic Gaming
Natus Vincere	16	Inferno	8	Counter Logic Gaming

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

D1

Team EnVyUs

2

A2

Fnatic

1

D1

Team EnVyUs

2

B2

G2 Esports

1

C1

Virtus.pro

0

B2

G2 Esports

2

D1

Team EnVyUs

2

D2

Natus Vincere

0

B1

Team SoloMid

0

C2

Ninjas in Pyjamas

2

C2

Ninjas in Pyjamas

0

D2

Natus Vincere

2

A1

Luminosity Gaming

0

D2

Natus Vincere

2

Team EnVyUs vs. Fnatic

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Team EnVyUs vs. Fnatic
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team EnVyUs	9	Mirage	16	Fnatic
Team EnVyUs	16	Cobblestone	9	Fnatic
Team EnVyUs	16	Cache	2	Fnatic

Virtus.pro vs. G2 Esports

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Virtus.pro vs. G2 Esports
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Virtus.pro	10	Cache	16	G2 Esports
Virtus.pro	17	Train	19	G2 Esports
Virtus.pro	–	Mirage	–	G2 Esports

Team SoloMid vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

Casters: Anders Blume & moses

Team SoloMid vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team SoloMid	10	Train	16	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team SoloMid	8	Dust II	16	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team SoloMid	–	Inferno	–	Ninjas in Pyjamas

Luminosity Gaming vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Luminosity Gaming vs. Natus Vincere
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Luminosity Gaming	14	Dust II	16	Natus Vincere
Luminosity Gaming	13	Overpass	16	Natus Vincere
Luminosity Gaming	–	Inferno	–	Natus Vincere

Team EnVyUs vs. G2 Esports

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Team EnVyUs vs. G2 Esports
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team EnVyUs	10	Dust II	16	G2 Esports
Team EnVyUs	25	Inferno	21	G2 Esports
Team EnVyUs	16	Cache	7	G2 Esports

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Natus Vincere
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas	3	Train	16	Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas	6	Dust II	16	Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas	–	Inferno	–	Natus Vincere

Finals

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Team EnVyUs won its first title. kennyS and apEX had their first major title and NBK-, kioShiMa, and Happy won their second title, their first being with Team LDLC.com at DreamHack Winter 2014.

Team EnVyUs vs. Natus Vincere
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team EnVyUs	16	Train	14	Natus Vincere
Team EnVyUs	16	Cobblestone	5	Natus Vincere
Team EnVyUs	–	Dust II	–	Natus Vincere

Final standings

Place	Team	Prize Money	Seed	Roster	Coach
1st	Team EnVyUs	$100,000	MLG Columbus 2016	kioShiMa, Happy, kennyS, NBK, apEX	Next
2nd	Natus Vincere	$50,000		Edward, Zeus, seized, flamie, GuardiaN	starix
3rd–4th	G2 Esports	$22,000		Maikelele, fox, dennis, jkaem, rain
3rd–4th	Ninjas in Pyjamas	$22,000		f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, allu	HeatoN
5–8th	Fnatic	$10,000		JW, flusha, pronax, olofmeister, KRiMZ	vuggo
	Virtus.pro			TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, byali, Snax	kuben
	Team SoloMid			karrigan, dev1ce, cajunb, dupreeh, Xyp9x	3k2
	Luminosity Gaming			FalleN, fer, steel, coldzera, boltz	nak
9–12th	Cloud9	$2,000	MLG Columbus 2016 Qualifier	Skadoodle, sgares, fREAKAZOiD, n0thing, shroud
	mousesports			gob b, nex, denis, chrisj, Niko
	Titan			RpK, shox, SmithZz, Ex6TenZ, ScreaM
	Counter Logic Gaming			hazed, reltuC, tarik, jdm64, FNS
13–16th	Vexed Gaming	$2,000		peet, GruBy, Hyper, rallen, Furlan
	FlipSid3 Tactics			B1ad3, bondik, markeloff, WorldEdit, DavCost	Johnta
	Team Liquid			Hiko, adreN, EliGE, FugLy, nitr0	GBJame^s
	Team Dignitas			MSL, Pimp, aizy, Kjaerbye, tenzki	zonic

Post-Major Ranking

The HLTV.org November 3, 2015 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the first one released after the major.[7]

HLTV.org Post-Major Ranking

World Ranking
Place	Team	Points	Move^†
1	Team EnVyUs	949	3
2	Team SoloMid	821	1
3	Fnatic	785	1
4	Virtus.pro	722	1
5	Natus Vincere	598	1
6	Ninjas in Pyjamas	491	1
7	G2 Esports	308	2
8	Cloud9	273	1
9	Luminosity Gaming	222	6
10	Counter Logic Gaming	220
11	Titan	201	1
12	Team Dignitas	199	4
13	mousesports	198
14	Team Liquid	196	3
15	Flipsid3 Tactics	178	1
18	Vexed Gaming	90

^†Change since October 26, 2015 ranking

References

Lupton, Drake (November 2, 2015). "Envyus Shine over Navi 2-0 in the DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca Finals". GeekSnack. Archived from the original on November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
Kovanen, Tomi "lurppis" (October 28, 2015). "The favorites in this weekend's CS:GO tournament". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
Švejda, Milan. "Searching for the perfect format". HLTV.org. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
"CSGO TEAM & KINGUIN PARTNERSHIP". G2 Esports. September 11, 2015.
Julliet, Jacon (September 16, 2015). "Team eBettle become Vexed Gaming". The Score eSports.
"HLTV.org - The home of competitive Counter-Strike". HLTV.org.
"HLTV.org - The home of competitive Counter-Strike". HLTV.org.

External links

Official webpage

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[4] Lounge Gaming signed the entire Dobry&Gaming lineup.

[5] MIXCAT signed with Team ROCCAT.

[6] Mythic was signed by Winterfox.

[7] The Asia Qualifier champion, QeeYou, had passport issues and could not attend. Skyred was the runner-up of the qualifier and took its place at the main qualifier.

[9] Team Kinguin partnered with G2 Esports and the players played under the G2 name.[4]

[11] The roster of Team eBettle played under the name Vexed Gaming due to the organization wanting to distance its eSports and betting operations.[5]

[1] Lupton, Drake (November 2, 2015). "Envyus Shine over Navi 2-0 in the DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca Finals". GeekSnack. Archived from the original on November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

[2] Kovanen, Tomi "lurppis" (October 28, 2015). "The favorites in this weekend's CS:GO tournament". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

[3] Švejda, Milan. "Searching for the perfect format". HLTV.org. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[8] "CSGO TEAM & KINGUIN PARTNERSHIP". G2 Esports. September 11, 2015.

[10] Julliet, Jacon (September 16, 2015). "Team eBettle become Vexed Gaming". The Score eSports.

[12] "HLTV.org - The home of competitive Counter-Strike". HLTV.org.

[13] "HLTV.org - The home of competitive Counter-Strike". HLTV.org.