Format for CPH Games revealed

20-1-2015 14:30

The organisers of Copenhagen Games have unveiled all the details about the tournament format that will be used in the CS:GO tournament.

As HLTV.org revealed last week, the 2015 edition of Copenhagen Games - one of Denmark's biggest gaming events - will feature two CS:GO tournaments, whose prizes should be similar to those handed out last year.

Running from April 2 to 4, CPH Games' Fona CS:GO tournament will kick off with an open GSL group stage featuring 64 teams, who will be drawn into 16 groups.

The top two sides from each group will then progress to a second group stage, which will also use a GSL system. The group winners and the second-placed sides will then advance to the main tournament, in which they will be joined by 16 teams invited by the organisation.

The final 32 participants will be drawn into eight groups of four teams, who will face each other in a GSL stage. The top two teams from each group will secure places in the playoffs, which will use a double-elimination, best-of-three format.

Below you can find the complete tournament schedule:

Thursday, April 2:

14:00 - Group stage #1
19:00 - Group stage #2

Friday, April 3:

12:00 - A tournament - Group stage
22:00 - Round of 16

Saturday, April 4:

10:00 - Quarter-finals
13:30 - Semi-finals
17:00 - Upper Bracket final
21:00 - Grand Final

(Lower Bracket schedule not provided)

Meanwhile, it has been announced that the tournament will feature the standard map pool, with de_cobblestone and de_overpass included. Below are the maps that will be played:

de_dust2

- de_nuke

- de_inferno

- de_mirage

- de_cache

- de_overpass

- de_cbblestone

de_dust2
de_nuke
de_inferno
de_mirage
de_cache
de_overpass
de_cbblestone

good

2015-01-20 14:27

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2015-01-20 14:33

2015-01-20 14:28

not nice

2015-01-20 14:29

nice

#swag

n1ce

naiiiz

come on valve remove cbble and add season to the list of official maps...

2015-01-20 14:30

5 replies

+1 why no season? It's 1 of the best maps out there.

2015-01-20 15:07

- de_cbble + de_train

2015-01-20 15:47

3 replies

Season> train

2015-01-20 15:50

Everything>train Such a boring map

2015-01-20 15:58

train needs more time....wouldn't want another olofpass event :))

2015-01-20 16:36

All of that over 3 days? Shieeeeeeet

Such a sick format.

2015-01-20 14:31

2015-01-20 17:55

Nice

were tuscan suki

2015-01-20 14:34

Prize pool?

Time for new train or season. Not a massive fan but cobble will always be universally hated.

2015-01-20 14:35

ROFL. Who was so stupid to give them money again? After last year and 2 years ago massive fails CPH should be banned forever!

2015-01-20 14:37

EZ ME TY

shouldnt be there lower bracket finals instead upper?

2015-01-20 14:38

By far the best tournament format with bo3 and double elimination. Will be nice to follow

Delay incoming :D

2015-01-20 14:41

OMG. Sick format.

2015-01-20 14:45

So 16 teams from the main tournament will be out friday afternoon?

2015-01-20 14:48

4 replies

No, there is a Lower Bracket. The schedule has not been provided.

2015-01-20 14:50

"The final 32 participants will be drawn into eight groups of four teams, who will face each other in a GSL stage. The top two teams from each group will secure places in the playoffs, which will use a double-elimination, best-of-three format." What I understand from that, is that 16 teams which will not be top2 of their groups on friday, will be out of the tournament. I hoped that the top2 was going to upperbracket and the 3-4 placed teams from the groups would end up starting in the lowerbracket.

2015-01-20 15:02

2 replies

Ah ok, right, misread what you wrote. Yeah, the bottom two teams from each group will be out.

2015-01-20 15:41

the bottom two teams from group 1 and 2 will be joining a B tournament :)

2015-01-20 16:03

why no train :<

2015-01-20 14:49

-cobble - overpass| + old train + old season/tuscan

Am I the only one hoping that the previous announcer will return. In case you missed it youtube.com/watch?v=6MG8ZqMqf00

2015-01-20 14:51

I would like to see japanese team(s) again :3

2015-01-20 14:56

damn i like big tournaments of this caliber and the format seems great aswell. bigger is better as the girls use to say. just pity that there is not a better mappool out there, now we have to watch games on the alsucky cbbl again :/

2015-01-20 14:57

Can't believe they're using cbble

2015-01-20 15:01

GL Space Soldiers

2015-01-20 15:03

I love this. The fact that a lot of teams have a chance to qualify for the main tournament at LAN is awesome.

2015-01-20 15:04

Nice! Lets hope that all the interesting matches will be streamed

All those gsl groups are bo1? Damn you need so much luck to get through it lol!

2015-01-20 15:21

-de_cbblestone +de_season

2015-01-20 15:23

When are we going to see the new de_train in action ?!

2015-01-20 15:31

Still the tournament with longest delays!

I love this format!.. I hate majors where big teams can be sent home on thursdays before the weekend even started..

2015-01-20 15:45

+1 the majors is worse than shit compared to this format

2015-01-20 15:52

This is gonna be ... wait for it... delayed! Like the format though, it gives the more relevant teams a chance to play against the top teams.

2015-01-20 16:01

Can't wait! It's such an amazing LAN!

2015-01-20 16:11

If it's a GSL system, 1st and 2nd places deciders should be played in bo3, not bo1.

2015-01-20 17:21

Can people PLEASE stop using cbble in the map pool. How long will people try and force than map that clearly isn't viable for competitive play down players throats?

2015-01-20 18:33