This is the place to find everything you need to know prior to the CS:GO ESL One Katowice 2015 tournament. This includes the twitch.tv stream, event schedule and event details.
Prize pool – $250,000
1. $100,000 USD
2. $50,000 USD
3-4. $22,000 USD
5-8. $10,000 USD
9-16. $2,000 USD
Map pool
de_dust2
de_nuke
de_inferno
de_cache
de_overpass
de_mirage
de_cbble
Participating teams:
| Fnatic | FlipSid3 Tactics |
| Natus Vincere | LGB eSports |
| HellRaisers | Team Solomid |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | VOX EMINOR |
| Team EnVyUs | Counter Logic Gaming |
| Penta Sports | Titan |
| Virtus.pro | Cloud9 |
| 3DMAX | Team KaBuM |
Groups
Group A
| Team | P | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Na`Vi.CS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| fnatic.CS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VOX EMINOR | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FlipSid3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | P | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnVyUs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PENTA Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LGB | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TitanCS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group C
| Team | P | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| NiP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HR.CS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LG.CS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K.Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group D
| Team | P | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| VP.CS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TSM.CS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud9.CS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3DMAX.CS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Talent
Host:
Sean Charles – Host
Commentators:
Leigh “Deman” Smith
Lauren “Pansy” Scott
Anders Blume
Stuart “TosspoT” Saw
The Desk:
Alex “machine” Richardson
Spencer “Hiko” Martin
Casper “cadiaN” Møller
Observers:
Halvor “vENdetta” Gulestøl
Janko “YNk” Paunović
Watch live video from esl_csgo on www.twitch.tv
All times are GMT+1 (-1 hour for UK time)
| Thursday, March 12 | ||||
| 13:00 | EnVyUs | vs. | Titan | A1 |
| 13:00 | LGB | vs. | PENTA Sports | A2 |
| 14:10 | Winner A1 | vs. | Winner A2 | A4 |
| 14:10 | Loser A1 | vs. | Loser A2. | A3 |
| 14:10 | Vox Eminor | vs. | fnatic | B1 |
| 14:10 | Na`Vi | vs. | FlipSid3 Tactics | B2 |
| 15:20 | Winner B1 | vs. | Winner B2 | B4 |
| 15:20 | Loser A4 | vs. | Winner A3 | |
| 15:20 | Loser B1 | vs. | Loser B2 | B3 |
| 16:20 | NiP | vs. | Keyd Stars | C1 |
| 16:20 | CLG | vs. | HellRaisers | C2 |
| 16:30 | Loser B4 | vs. | Winner B3 | |
| 17:40 | Winner C1 | vs. | Winner C2 | C4 |
| 17:40 | Loser C1 | vs. | Loser C2 | C3 |
| 18:30 | Virtus.pro | vs. | 3DMAX | D1 |
| 18:30 | Cloud9 | vs. | Team SoloMid | D2 |
| 18:50 | Loser C4 | vs. | Winner C3 | |
| 19:40 | Loser D1 | vs. | Loser D2 | D3 |
| 20:00 | Winner D1 | vs. | Winner D2 | D4 |
| 21:10 | Loser D4 | vs. | Winner D3 | |
| Friday, March 13 | ||||
| 13:00 | Quarter-final #1 | |||
| 16:00 | Quarter-final #2 | |||
| 19:00 | Quarter-final #3 | |||
| Saturday, March 14 | ||||
| 13:00 | Quarter-final #4 | |||
| 16:00 | Semi-final #1 | |||
| 19:00 | Semi-final #2 | |||
| Sunday, March 15 | ||||
| 13:00 | Grand final | |||
Predictions
1st. – Virtus.Pro
The resident team who won ESL One Katowice last year should be getting another huge boost from the home advantage and home crowd, which was one of the large factors in their win last year. This and their current run of form should allow the Polish team to take victory in the second ESL One Katowice major. If Virtus.pro make it to the stage, they will win on that stage.
2nd. – fnatic
fnatic are a very strong team coming in to this event and many people will argue they will win. However, they will not have the crowd advantage, this will affect your mindset immensely, especially when ingame, it will make it almost impossible to come back after losing a couple of rounds. I feel fnatic will reach the final, but will have to play NiP in a match which will determine who plays in the final, this will be a game to look out for (expect many overtimes).
3rd. – NiP
With the introduction of allu the NiP team has been playing well, getting some good results recently such as their victories against teams such as TSM, Virtus.Pro and ENVYUS. NiP won’t win this event, but they will hold a strong placing. It will be interesting to watch allu at his first offline event with his new team.
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