ESWC 2014 group draw

17-10-2014 16:10

The group draw for the ESWC finals is out, with the 24 participants having been placed in four groups.

The 2014 edition of the ESWC world finals will take place from October 30 to November 2, in Paris, with 24 teams from all over the world battling it out for a piece of the $50,000 prize pool.

The tournament will kick off with a round-robin, best-of-one group stage - with the 24 participants being placed in four groups of six teams - followed by the single-elimination playoffs with the remaining eight sides.

Based on their past achievements, the teams were placed into four different seed categories: top, high, medium and challenger. Each group will consist of one team from both the top and the high seed categories, and two from the medium and the challenger categories.

ESWC 2014 Seed distribution:

Top seed: fnatic / Virtus.Pro / ESWC France winner / Dignitas

High seed: NiP / ESWC France runner-up / Na`Vi / iBUYPOWER

Medium seed: HellRaisers / Cloud9 / London Conspiracy / 3DMAX / Mousesports / Planetkeys Dynamics / Copenhagen Wolves / k1ck

Challenger seed: Pow / GPlay / Alien Tech / KaBuM / Energy eSports / E4US / Virtual Impact / Cipangu.GO

Group A	Group B
fnatic	Virtus.pro
Na`Vi	ESWC France runner-up
k1ck	Cloud9
London Conspiracy	Planetkey Dynamics
Pow	Virtual Impact
Energy eSports	AlienTech
Group C	Group D
ESWC France Winner	dignitas
NiP	iBUYPOWER
HellRaisers	3DMAX
CPH Wolves	mousesports
KaBuM	GPlay
E4US	Cipangu.GO

NICE

2014-10-17 16:10

14 replies

POW easy traveling easy group

2014-10-17 16:38

1 reply

I root for Pow, my chinese friend

2014-10-17 18:19

RIP KABUM :(

2014-10-17 19:22

9 replies

just like kabum.LoL at Worlds

2014-10-17 19:57

6 replies

hope they win at least 1 match

2014-10-17 20:28

4 replies

just like kabum.LoL at Worlds

2014-10-17 22:34

3 replies

actually, i think kabum can beat NiP

2014-10-17 23:45

2 replies

l m a o

2014-10-18 10:51

1 reply

f i f f

2014-10-29 14:54

KabuM beat best EU team at his first WC. RIP Alliance, qq EU.

2014-10-18 01:08

E4US??????????????????????????????????????

2014-10-17 20:50

gl tho :(

2014-10-18 13:31

I'm really curious how ibp is a highseed and cloud9 is a medium seed. Especially given international results....

2014-10-17 21:16

1 reply

Because they didn't especially give preference to international results, they took the fact that iBP has won two LANs, of higher prestige than the fact that c9 has made it out of the groups of every major.

2014-10-18 00:02

NICEE!!!

2014-10-17 16:10

nice, GOGO VP!

2014-10-17 16:11

ESWC France Winner ez

2014-10-17 16:12

1 reply

ez baguette, ez life :D

2014-10-17 16:40

B+C, auuch! :'(

2014-10-17 16:12

7 replies

gl with that :D

2014-10-17 16:14

Bad luck mate.

2014-10-17 16:18

B will be epic D seems good too

2014-10-17 16:18

gl with new line up

2014-10-17 16:23

You got this, pimp! :)

2014-10-17 16:31

pimp u are the man bro :)

2014-10-17 18:46

U can do this Pimp

2014-10-17 18:58

Sad not to see a UK team =[

2014-10-17 16:12

4 replies

fm-esports pls

2014-10-17 16:27

Sad not to see ex6tenz

2014-10-17 16:48

2 replies

Still have the 2 France Qualifiers (imo, Titan and LDLC should take)

2014-10-18 03:49

1 reply

I think he was talking about the spanish team ex6tenz, not sure though.

2014-10-18 15:46

GO C9!!!!

2014-10-17 16:12

GROUP B ;OOOOOOOOOOOO OUUUUUCHHHHHHHH

2014-10-17 16:13

1 reply

Anyone notice, either one of those french teams that make group b and c are playing on a godly level right now. I would pick titan/ldlc to win the tournment. But as a murrican I really think its going to be a coinflip between vp or c9 to advance. The frenchies are way to stronk right now. Group C is ridiculous too.. wow, cpw wont advance but they can upset any of those teams. Also love to see Brazil back in the scene(Dont cheat or steal stuff tho;P) Predictions: A-fnatic/NaVi (Would be shocked if anyone else) B- French runner-up/VP (hope I'm wrong murricans) C-France winner/HR (Nip is playing like garbage) D-Dig/mouz (upset watch 3dmax or Cipangu.GO the next lunatic high?) No..

2014-10-17 21:47

group c lol ldlc/titan nip hr sick

2014-10-17 16:13

12 replies

CPH and Kabum could be a dark horse too.

2014-10-17 16:16

11 replies

nahh i don't see them winning over NiP/ldlc

2014-10-17 16:28

9 replies

Team X almost beat NiP in their prime, no one saw that coming either. NiP is on their shaky period although its almost a mission impossible for both CPH and KabuM, but the possibility is there.

2014-10-17 16:32

6 replies

you are right but i have my own opinion :P we will see tho

2014-10-17 16:34

5 replies

Kabum played nine championships and won 9, is a great team dude, have a good and innovative teamplay. Fallen = second best in 1.6 fnx = won three world championships and ESWC. Watch a demo of kabum

2014-10-17 17:59

4 replies

but you know that we are in CS:GO right?

2014-10-17 18:00

2 replies

yep, i know but they win 9 championships in CSGO

2014-10-17 23:05

1 reply

With what teams attending?

2014-10-18 06:49

They can definitely suprise since they havent played europeans/n. americans in GO yet and no one knows their level. Usually unproven (in GO vs other nationalities) teams like that disappoint more than they suprise though.

2014-10-17 18:38

in bo1 everything is possible

2014-10-17 16:33

1 reply

yeah but i just don't think they can do this on important LAN against NiP i mean when they are really motivated they can do everything same as @ Cologne when they were really bad and won it :D

2014-10-17 16:36

lmao

2014-10-17 22:31

3DMAX ez

2014-10-17 16:13

cool

2014-10-17 16:13

ezzzz for ibp

2014-10-17 16:13

group c is strongest x

2014-10-17 16:13

group a 1 - fnatic 2 - k1ck ^^ group b 1 - VP 2 - Cloud9 group c 1 - NiP 2 - LDLC (ESWC France Winner) group d 1 - dignitas 2 - mousesports

2014-10-17 16:13

14 replies

No way k1ck is gonna make it. Like they have really good tactics, great aim, but they make so many stupid mistakes that even the vast majority of semi-elite teams never does. If k1ck wouldn't fuck up those easy rounds at every match, they MIGHT have a chance. Dunno if it's their low level of game understanding, bad communication or horrible leadership, whatever it is, it will be their downfall once again

2014-10-17 16:48

7 replies

They will bro, trust me. K1ck are way better on LAN than online, cuz fox plays with +100 ping and he can't play at his level, yet he's the best. Now imagine, last time k1ck played on LAN almost won dreamhack valencia 2014, lost on overtime against LDLC. They will win with fnatic group A, i'm pretty sure ;)

2014-10-17 16:52

6 replies

I'm not doubting their skill, it's just the silly mistakes they do. I've never seen any other team throw away as many easy rounds as k1ck. If they can't fix those problems, I don't see them having any real chances.

2014-10-17 16:56

1 reply

Yeah, I gotta agree with you. Eco rounds, they lose too many. That's HUGEEE. You're right but still, k1ck are different team on LAN, for sure. But as I said we will see. It really depends, I'm sure will win against that 3 teams, against fnatic no chance. But NaVi, they can win. They already did, but lets see. Of course they have a hard group, 2 huges teams plus LC, but they have to proof that they want to win something, atleast go into to the playoffs. Btw, I still think that would be better top 3 teams each group go to the playoffs, with winner and loser bracket.

2014-10-17 17:00

No way k1ck are gonna do it instead of Na'Vi ahhaha

2014-10-17 18:07

1 reply

Why is that? If NaVi loses against fnatic and tie against LC, for example. Or something similiar happen, fnatic + k1ck. lol I don't know if this is with round difference aswell but everything is possible and k1ck has a chance tho, they can beat NaVi

2014-10-17 18:10

LOOL XDXDXD

2014-10-17 23:05

less please, way less!

2014-10-18 00:18

I agree with you, to be honest. I think that fnatic and K1ck will go to the playoffs and Virtus.pro, Cloud9, NiP, LDLC, dignitas and 3DMAX. Not mouz :P It will be a great tournament

2014-10-17 16:48

4 replies

dont forget maikelele is playing for mouz

2014-10-17 16:50

3 replies

It's not maikelele lol, it's karrigan :P

2014-10-17 16:50

2 replies

karrigan was a stand-in , i think edit : you are right :D

2014-10-17 16:51

1 reply

Yeah ;) 3DMAX will pass with Dignitas

2014-10-17 16:53

Mouz to lose to cipangu bc lan Kappa

2014-10-17 18:10

Love format, will be sick <3

2014-10-17 16:13

worst group is C and D lol not B

2014-10-17 16:14

Gonna be nice

2014-10-17 16:14

I'd probably say C was the hardest to get out of depending on who wins french quali. Will be nice to see if any of the unknowns can cause upsets

2014-10-17 16:14

GOGOGOGOOGOG KABUM GOGOGOG!

2014-10-17 16:14

4 replies

GO KABUM!

2014-10-17 17:21

more like rip kabum

2014-10-17 17:29

1 reply

hahahahah yesss kabum out in grp stage

2014-10-20 09:38

gibe moni plos

2014-10-17 22:32

NiP out off group, am I the only one having this feeling?

2014-10-17 16:14

6 replies

2014-10-17 16:50

2014-10-17 22:13

LDLC or Titan > NiP, and I think HR is in a good shape so I think they'll beat NiP as well. I don't see NiP making it out..

2014-10-17 23:36

3 replies

Hence, my words. LDLC and Titan will quite surely beat NiP atm. HR, maybe, maybe not. CPH Wolves is also a contender.

2014-10-18 00:40

the predictions

2014-10-31 17:52

1 reply

2014-10-31 18:47

D intresting

2014-10-17 16:14

this will be great

2014-10-17 16:14

D. mouz ez

2014-10-17 16:15

nvm

2014-10-17 16:15

2 replies

I'd say LDLC, VP and fnatic are better teams right now so yeah, nip doesn't deserve a top seed

2014-10-17 16:17

1 reply

I agree, iBP doesn't deserve a high seed either.

2014-10-17 18:39

I just love these kind of events because I freakin' love upsets! Sadly, the stupid tournament system won't allow any less known teams to advance. They should've made ro16 playoffs. :)

2014-10-17 16:16

11 replies

Yes but we have a limited time to run the tournament...

2014-10-17 16:18

10 replies

I don't blame you. It feels like no tournament organiser will ever learn how to run "cool" events. Even the valve tournaments are crap if it comes to the tournament format. Your tournament format is actually better than theirs but there is still lots of room for improvement. I will never understand why organisers never max out the potential. Just like Valve doesn't with the game. :-)

2014-10-17 16:22

6 replies

As said, limited time. That is the reason.

2014-10-17 16:35

5 replies

It's a shitty excuse if organisers want to stand out with their tournaments. Focus on less games/more time if you want to deliver the best shit. Limited time has been the excuse for how many years? I think since esports exist.

2014-10-17 16:37

4 replies

Maybe because it's a very valid 'excuse'?

2014-10-17 16:38

2 replies

If you want it easy, yeah, you can see it as a valid excuse.

2014-10-17 16:40

1 reply

2014-10-17 17:11

They're limited to the time limits at Paris Games Week, I'm sure if they had their own venue at their own event then it'd be fine but they have to be out by certain times each day, they can't run until 2AM to fit it all in :<

2014-10-17 17:09

It's all god! At least waaay better than the GSL bo1 system, which to some point is a disgrace. You're giving all at least 5 matches, which is 3 more than you will get at a normal GSL format. Also you make sure its the very best team from each group that actually battles it out in the quaterfinal, so that's at least for me, all god! :)

2014-10-17 16:31

2 replies

As I said, it's better but there is still so much more room for improvements.

2014-10-17 16:37

Clearly :)

2014-10-17 17:51

So i guess if you'd rather meet VP and cloud9 then NiP and HR you should just loose the ESWC france final?

2014-10-17 16:16

Rip kabum

2014-10-17 16:16

1 reply

:( true

2014-10-17 19:45

E4US ez

2014-10-17 16:16

3 replies

lol sure

2014-10-17 16:38

DAfuq hhhhhhhh !! yarbk mayrouhouch khir :P

2014-10-17 17:40

nchalah ynikouhoum :3 ez bby >_>

2014-10-18 13:33

nice

2014-10-17 16:16

Well KabuM,the dream is over

2014-10-17 16:16

R.I.P K1CK

2014-10-17 16:17

12 replies

More like RIP Alientech

2014-10-17 16:26

8 replies

K1ck aswell :DDD

2014-10-17 16:28

7 replies

They still have a chance (even if small), unlike Alientech...

2014-10-17 16:34

K1ck will be pass the group with fnatic lol, what are you talking about?

2014-10-17 16:48

5 replies

Kick>navi? Seems legit, hahaha. I mean it could happen but being so sure is retarded.

2014-10-17 17:01

4 replies

Well, NaVi > K1ck for sure lol. NaVi are better team than K1ck but you know why? Well, NaVi is playing every single tournament out there, online / LAN, while k1ck plays at BEST 3 tournaments per year. That's the difference, k1ck has skill and good players. I'm not saying that they will win everything, that's just only a dream. But k1ck will focus on the match versus NaVi, not vs fnatic lol.

2014-10-17 17:04

2 replies

Ok. It's good that you believe in your team but in previous post you've sounded like kick are favourites to beat navi.

2014-10-17 17:41

1 reply

Nah, I didn't say that. I cleary know that fnatic and navi are the favourites on that group but still...

2014-10-17 18:06

don't listen to the fanboy

2014-10-17 18:14

K1ck have more chances than alientech, they are so screwed up xD .

2014-10-17 17:03

K1ck have a chance as long as they beat fucking LC of course. NaVi is a good team but from the High seed group only iBP is weaker than them. AlienTech was always going to be eliminated but their group is not that hard. They can easily beat the Indian team and they have a chance against Planetkey for sure

2014-10-17 18:11

1 reply

I lol'd.

2014-10-17 18:45

2014-10-17 16:18

wow. really doubt ibuypower will make it out of the groups on this one.... i like the round robin format though, at least every team will play 5 maps even if they dont qualify for playoffs

2014-10-17 16:20

2 replies

+1111 Australian and Indian teams only played 2 maps at esl cologne. Imagine flying over to another continent with hotel and everything and you just get to play 2 maps.

2014-10-17 16:54

1 reply

They did get to practice with other teams which is good experience (outside of esl)

2014-10-18 06:54

mouz will place 4th place in group D what a P1TY! cry

2014-10-17 16:20

oh wow look at group A :D keen!

2014-10-17 16:20

C and D looks pretty rough. Dont know why they'd release the schedule before the french qualifier has been determined. Now they can play around the group they wanna avoid.

2014-10-17 16:21

4 replies

I disagree. In every group there are 1 or 2 top teams. In B there are 3.

2014-10-17 16:44

1 reply

Yes i agree that group B has more top teams but only 4 are serious contenders. Group C have 5 teams that can upset each other. I feel like one of the french team would have an easier matchup in B, so losing the qualifier wont be so bad.

2014-10-17 22:28

This is possible. Group B and C have a small skill diference between them.

2014-10-17 16:46

1 reply

I guess the 2nd french seeding/ group B is a bit easier. I feel like the 5 teams in group C could upset each other.

2014-10-17 22:12

Planetkey has easiest group.

2014-10-17 16:21

2 replies

lol

2014-10-17 16:30

Easiest group to be knocked out of event.

2014-10-17 17:03

groups online or lan?

2014-10-17 16:22

2 replies

lan

2014-10-17 16:22

it is lan

2014-10-17 16:25

Group D is pretty open because IBP will most likely struggle again on LAN. I'm sure it'll be a very interesting group. :-)

2014-10-17 16:23

group B and C :o

2014-10-17 16:24

lol group C xdddd

2014-10-17 16:24

iBUYPOWER seeded above Cloud9. I feel like I need an explanation.

2014-10-17 16:25

4 replies

Simple, they won the two last bo3's the two teams played.

2014-10-17 16:31

1 reply

That doesn't mean anything? :D Imagine if NiP would only beat fnatic but lose against every other team.. That wouldn't make them better than fnatic :)

2014-10-18 15:26

they also won the LAN qualifier while C9 got a pity invite

2014-10-17 17:01

2014-10-17 18:46

glhf K1CK.

2014-10-17 16:26

gl Virtual Impact

2014-10-17 16:26

Ez for LDLC, not even qualified, but they will win that for sure.

2014-10-17 16:26

rip Kabum, or not.

2014-10-17 16:27

KabuM will win against NiP, you will see :)

2014-10-17 16:27

5 replies

no they wont don't be fanboy pls

2014-10-17 16:29

2 replies

trishovsky all I'm seeing in this thread is you being a NiP fanboy :D

2014-10-17 18:33

1 reply

ok :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD except that i only think they can make it out of the groupstage

2014-10-17 19:19

a solo queue matchmaking team could win against NiP

2014-10-17 16:36

+1 KabuM > NiP -Fiffy +Fallen

2014-10-17 17:07

Man those groups, and I can't wait to see how Pow performs, it has always been fun to watch Asian teams play.

2014-10-17 16:27

4 replies

you mad or what

2014-10-17 16:28

2 replies

Any reason I should be?

2014-10-17 16:31

1 reply

No its your opinion, he is the one who is mad probably

2014-10-17 16:55

I agree, it's fun to see some new teams and players from other countries. Group A is interesting, who knows that pow can do against LC and k1ck.

2014-10-17 19:48

Top 3 ESWC-qualifier all in Group D :) GL Mousesports

2014-10-17 16:27

high seed: iBUYPOWER u wot m8

2014-10-17 16:29

I prefer to loose eswc.Fr qualifier in final to fall in group b than winning and being in group C (Upset group incomming)

2014-10-17 16:35

I highly doubt NIP will make out of this group. Always they get out of group stage by luck, but this time i think they luck will end.

2014-10-17 16:38

I've never seen such a good distribution of seeds. Very well done, usually some of the 'unknown' teams (like e.g teams from asia) get ridiculously high seeds at some events. This is just 100% correct IMO, though some might argue that HR should get a higher seed, but with the amount of great teams it's very justifiable.

2014-10-17 16:39

NiP should be medium seed not high HUE HUE HUE

2014-10-17 16:40

only one indian team? bullshit

2014-10-17 16:42

1 reply

for that one spot almost 250 teams were registered...

2014-10-18 09:48

who is on the kabum team right now?

2014-10-17 16:46

1 reply

FalleN fnx fer hen1 lucas1

2014-10-17 17:10

Group A will be so epic to see lol gl k1ck and AlienTech btw, k1ck has a chance to pass the groups with fnatic but AlienTech has a fucking hard group to be honest, maybe 1/2 wins. We will see, gl all the teams!

2014-10-17 16:47

3 replies

lets be honest Kick never was a good Cs time not even on 1.6

2014-10-17 17:32

2 replies

they were at the beginning of csgo, but they didn't take advantage of it, when they had fyx insider n3w fox and mutt and were able to attend a lot of events. Their other lineup that showed great potential at CSGO was with fox mutt coachi vis aguila but they failed to pass the groups of ESWC 2013 and things got complicated. I hope that with this current lineup things will go back on track again.

2014-10-17 18:06

1 reply

2014-10-17 23:33

fnatic + Na'Vi VP + Cloud9 France + NiP Dignitas + 3DMAX

2014-10-17 16:47

Group D is for Death.

2014-10-17 16:54

Rip Kabum, i guess.

2014-10-17 16:55

Oh boi, here we go :) hfgl

2014-10-17 16:56

hope this time it will be dreamteam

2014-10-17 16:57

it's always dignitas with iBP and VP with LDLC or Titan in groups :D

2014-10-17 16:58

fnatic and NaVi are already in 1\4 , congrats both xD

2014-10-17 16:59

1 reply

Inb4 kick & pow make it to playoffs

2014-10-17 17:05

Sick..... :D

2014-10-17 16:59

RIP pow

2014-10-17 17:00

mouz lan again?RLY?

2014-10-17 17:01

mouz, iBP or 3DMax that is the question

2014-10-17 17:02

1 reply

no question here :P

2014-10-17 17:16

omg kabum *facepalm*

2014-10-17 17:04

i would like to see mouz + dig

2014-10-17 17:04

Easy for Virtual impact

2014-10-17 17:05

Interesting to give IBP a higher seed over C9. IBP has never made it past the group stage in 4 out of 4 EU events (DHW, EMS Katowice, G3, and ESL One), while C9 has always made it out of groups.

2014-10-17 17:11

11 replies

And quarter finals / semi finals. That's just bullshit bro, and they know it :) oh well, cloud9 will made it out of groups and ibp won't, as always.

2014-10-17 17:16

5 replies

I don't know this time. IBP have a pretty easy group, while C9 has VP and either Titan or LDLC. Fortunately, C9 has historically done very well against french teams. If IBP can't get out of the group against those teams, then lol....

2014-10-17 17:28

4 replies

Bro, Cloud9 only lost against ibp because Hiko was sleeping. That's all, they are better than them. I would like to see ibp winning but I don't see how... They choke on europe

2014-10-17 17:32

3 replies

Yeah, if Hiko showed up on that cache match....man. That would have been a good day for them to win a LAN against them.

2014-10-17 18:48

2 replies

Of course. That would have decided the games first (BO3)

2014-10-17 18:50

1 reply

Well Hiko did do good on the other maps.....then did awful on the last. If hiko was even at n0thing's level they would have won, but he was slacking behind for whatever reason.

2014-10-17 18:54

Cloud 9 pretty much shot themselves in the foot by not even trying to qualify for ESWC. IBP won it and thats got to count for something I suppose. Cant totally discount CEVO or ESEA so I can see both sides from an organisrs point of view

2014-10-17 17:55

2 replies

Cloud9 (coL) had some problems with organization at that time.

2014-10-17 18:57

1 reply

true i'd forgotten that. but that isnt ESWC's problem either

2014-10-17 19:20

But IBP made it out of groups at G3 and then lost to Titan

2014-10-17 19:21

1 reply

You're right I'm trippin'. Four out of six made it per group that tournament.

2014-10-17 21:23

GG Kabum, the dream is over haha brazilian fanboys crying

2014-10-17 17:18

3 replies

Continua chupando ovo de gringo, fanboy do Cogu hahah :)

2014-10-17 18:19

2 replies

says the guy with "<3 shox" in the name

2014-10-17 19:08

1 reply

says the guy with "<3 shox" in the name

2014-10-17 19:42

GO KABUMM, BYE NIP

2014-10-17 17:18

very nice groups but iBP having higher seed then c9?

2014-10-17 17:18

omg KaBuM dead!

2014-10-17 17:21

fnatic4life! Group A <3 <3 <3

2014-10-17 17:22

great format. atleast Virtual Impact will play 5 matches :D

2014-10-17 17:26

Good luck KABUM! We will need

2014-10-17 17:27

Sick!

2014-10-17 17:28

Group D lookin strong

2014-10-17 17:33

Want to Be the Best ? then win the Best #GO KABUM

2014-10-17 17:35

Want to Be the Best ? then win the Best

2014-10-17 17:35

HLTV add DreamTeam pls!!!

2014-10-17 17:39

2014-10-17 17:43

Nice one! Let's roll guys!! KaBuM 'till the end!!

2014-10-17 17:47

You never saw the Kabum play, is a great team! gl hf

2014-10-17 17:48

Group A : Fnatic - Na'vi Group B : VP - C9 Group C : NiP - Kabum ( is a great team ) Group D : Dig - mouz

2014-10-17 17:50

6 replies

kabum HAHAHAHHAHA ok

2014-10-17 17:55

2 replies

seen the Kabum playing? no ? just watch and shut up

2014-10-17 18:06

1 reply

i like kabum , but they dont have a chance , playing against brazilian teams its so ezz , and trust me i follow your country scene

2014-10-17 18:43

LOLKabum? these kids nowadays...

2014-10-17 20:11

im sorry but they can only win E4US! :/ cant even compare with Titan/LDLC , NiP , HellRaisers , CPHWolves!

2014-10-17 21:21

1 reply

I think they can upset. I don't see they winning against HR or the french team, but they probably have the same level as CPHWolves and have a chance to upset NIP. If progaming.td played head to head against NIP, i think Kabum can play too, maybe even beat them.

2014-10-18 04:46

Go eN :D - You got this :)

2014-10-17 17:54

Poor KaBuM, I think they would have a real chance qualifying through group A and D.

2014-10-17 17:55

Group C hard :D Group A - Fnatic , Na'Vi Group B - VP, France Group C - France , Kabum Group D - Dignitas , iBP

2014-10-17 18:00

Good luck E4us #Meedis

2014-10-17 18:05

ez KaBuM

2014-10-17 18:06

hr and nip forever in same group

2014-10-17 18:06

Nice KaBuM in group C whit the best's teams of the World. Good Luck KaBuM!

2014-10-17 18:08

HR its time to shy GL EVERYONE!

2014-10-17 18:14

1 reply

shine*

2014-10-17 18:20

IT WILL FREAKIN SICK !!

2014-10-17 18:19

GLHF KaBuM, i believe

2014-10-17 18:20

Group C is so hard.. Poor KaBum.

2014-10-17 18:23

iBP is a high seed yet C9 isn't?

2014-10-17 18:26

7 replies

iBP played the lan qualifier and C9 got invited

2014-10-17 18:44

6 replies

So? weren't those against the shitty NA teams? doesn't matter, iBuyPlanetickets won't make it out once again.

2014-10-17 18:46

5 replies

gotta at least respect the teams that show up for lan qualifier i guess ? but yeah i highly doubt they'll make it out of that group lol

2014-10-17 18:47

3 replies

I guess, I really hope they don't use Overpass/Cobble, so shitty of them to FORCE a use of them at ESL One. And I hope C9 makes it farther, possibly winning it? that'd be nice to see. I just really, really hope they get some bootcamp in and everyone is on-point. n0thing needs to really show up with shroud/hiko too.

2014-10-17 18:53

The respect they get is paid travel expenses and a spot in the tournament. Teams like pow attended the qualifier and they are seeded correctly (challenger). I really think they based IBP > C9 seeding solely on head-to-head, which is kinda lame. You wouldn't seed 2001 eoL higher than 2001 SK, but eoL beat them 8 times out of 9.

2014-10-17 21:28

1 reply

do you live in cambridge and is your name dan ?

2014-10-17 22:14

ibuyPlanetickets (ROFL) +1 +1 +1

2014-10-17 22:19

Group A - fnatic; Na'Vi Group B - VP; Titan Group C - LDLC; NiP Group D - Dignitas; iBUYPOWER

2014-10-17 18:27

Hope these games show up on CSGOLounge hahaha, need to bet against Kabum *-*

2014-10-17 18:29

2 replies

why, are they bad?

2014-10-17 19:45

1 reply

No they're good!

2014-10-17 20:37

A - Navi, fnatic B - VP, France C - France, HR D - Dignitas, 3DMAX ez skins

2014-10-17 18:33

Group C is sick!

2014-10-17 18:34

KABUM easily will beat all the challenger and medium teams, betting will be fun here

2014-10-17 18:38

3 replies

I wish this was true but no, Kabum is extremely weak compared to most of these teams

2014-10-17 19:06

2 replies

i don't think Kabum can beat NiP, HR and (probably) LDLC...

2014-10-17 19:42

me too... maybe kabum can beat E4US

2014-10-17 20:25

Even groups, alot of good matchups.

2014-10-17 18:40

seriously if iBP cant make it out of the groups this time they should fucking disband

2014-10-17 18:54

Dignitas kinda lucked out with that group draw - good for us Danes :)

2014-10-17 18:55

interesting groups except A fnatic and na`vi really have to screw up to not make it out.

2014-10-17 18:55

Based on their past achievements, the teams were placed into four different seed categories: top, high, medium and challenger. Yet NiP are on high seed not top underneath Top of france, Dignitas, fnatic & vp.

2014-10-17 18:56

2 replies

that's fair 2 me.

2014-10-17 19:44

1 reply

On current performances, i agree it is fair. But on past achievements? NiP is clearly #1.

2014-10-17 22:54

fnatic Na`Vi Virtus.pro Cloud9 Titan NiP dignitas 3DMAX ez

2014-10-17 19:02

Where is Russian teams?

2014-10-17 19:05

2 replies

hellraisers is from the russian/ukranian qualifier

2014-10-17 20:21

oni v ukraine bomb9t mirnyh zhitelei takoi otvet xotel yslyshat?

2014-10-17 21:17

GL Virtual Impact..

2014-10-17 19:05

tags please hltv...

2014-10-17 19:13

gl to all teams

2014-10-17 19:25

GL KaBuM!

2014-10-17 19:27

Group C +_+

2014-10-17 19:43

Ibp to make it out of groups this time??????

2014-10-17 19:49

#GoKaBuM!!!! xD

2014-10-17 19:59

lol fnatic has it so easy.

2014-10-17 20:02

Group A - fnatic, Na'Vi Group B - VP, Cloud9 Group C - France, NiP ('cause I'm a fanboy) Group D - IBP, Gplay ('cause I'm Bulgarian) GL to NiP and Gplay!

2014-10-17 20:04

2 replies

sorry gplay don't stand a chance. see below #266

2014-10-17 20:05

1 reply

We'll see.

2014-10-17 20:10

group D will be interesting. 1st should be dig without too much trouble 2nd-4th any mixture of 3dm/mouz/ibp is possible 5th-6th gplay & cipangu

2014-10-17 20:05

go kabummm <3

2014-10-17 20:05

Group A: London Conspiracy, fnatic; Group B: Virtus.pro, Cloud9; Group C: NiP, KaBuM!; Group D: dignitas, iBP.

2014-10-17 20:11

RIP KabuM dream.

2014-10-17 20:14

Pow > all

2014-10-17 20:27

Nice, #mostrasuaforçaKABUM

2014-10-17 20:31

Group B is the most stacked group. No doubt on that.

2014-10-17 20:32

Nip is no longer top seed :(

2014-10-17 20:36

inb4 nip kicked out in the groupstages stating that the event was not a priority for them

2014-10-17 20:41

C9 winning their group

2014-10-17 21:07

A: 1. fnatic; 2. Na`Vi B: 1. Virtus.Pro; 2. Cloud9 C: 1. ESWC France Winner; 2. HellRaisers (and NiP will finally make some roster changes) D: 1. dignitas; 2. iBUYPOWER

2014-10-17 21:16

2 replies

So you think LDLC or Titan whoever is runner up will go out? I think both teams have a high chance of coming out of group B

2014-10-17 22:32

1 reply

LDLC will win ESWC France Titan will fail as usual (DH Stockholm was a fluke) Cloud9 >> Titan easily as never before

2014-10-17 23:15

Good Luck, Virtual Impact :)

2014-10-17 21:19

fallen after ESWC: i'll never play csgo again, csgo sucks, cogu i support you!

2014-10-17 21:22

Group C should be the best group to watch. #GoGPlay

2014-10-17 21:33

3 teams from each group advance? there is lower bracket? someone know?

2014-10-17 21:43

2 replies

Only 2 teams; I don't think so.

2014-10-17 21:57

2 teams. no lower.

2014-10-17 22:04

So, group C features the best team (French winner), NiP (always a contender), two of the three best high seeded teams (HR and CPH Wolves) and the best challenger (Kabum, maybe the Chinese team is better).

2014-10-17 21:55

gl E4us JADA wr r all with you go go go you can do it ;)

2014-10-17 22:05

very good groups! this will be interesting

2014-10-17 22:29

I like group c

2014-10-17 23:20

GOGO KABUM :DD

2014-10-17 23:25

Prediction group D: Dignitas will have no problems. 3DMAX will upset IBP and win over Mouz. Mouz will take IBP but loose to 3DMAX and Dignitas (Cant remember a victory from mouz over dign even online)

2014-10-17 23:54

GO KABUM, GET READY FRIBURGUER VAI PRA CIMA DELES KABUM!!!

2014-10-18 00:00

RIP Kabum

2014-10-18 00:25

Virtus.Pro - NiP - HellRaisers - KaBuM omg !

2014-10-18 01:01

how many teams pass to the next round from each group? 2 or 4?

2014-10-18 01:04

will start dreamteam?

2014-10-18 01:19

group d is so easy compared to the rest, but overall should be really good matches

2014-10-18 01:42

GO Virtual Impact. Good Luck! ;)

2014-10-18 03:01

Group A: Fnatic and Na`Vi should advance with relative ease Group B: C9 will have tough time advancing over VP + LDLC/Titan but I wouldn't put it past them, especially considering that it's BO1 for the group stage Group C will have some heartbreaks Group D: iBP lucked out with arguably the easiest group and should, along with Dig, advance to quarters....

2014-10-18 03:49