Groups for Katowice qualifier

10-2-2015 20:37

The group draw for the offline qualifier for ESL One Katowice has taken place, with the 16 participants having learned their fate.

From February 14-15, 16 teams from all over the world will lock horns in the offline qualifier for ESL One Katowice, which will take place at the Angelo Hotel, located in the same city as the upcoming major.

The participating teams have been drawn into two groups of eight teams, who will face off in a double-elimination format, similar to the one used in ESL Pro League Winter.

The top four teams from each group will qualify for ESL One Katowice, where they will be joined by the eight finishers from the last major, DreamHack Winter.

Below you can find the draw in full, as well as the timetable of the tournament:

Group A	Group B
Titan	Cloud9
LGB eSports	dignitas
Team Liquid	3DMAX
ex-ESC Gaming	KaBuM.TD
CLG	mousesports
Flipsid3 Tactics	Vox Eminor
Copenhagen Wolves	ESC Gaming
Piter	INSHOCK

Tournament schedule:

Saturday, February 14:
11:00	Titan	vs.	Piter
11:00	ex-ESC	vs.	CLG
12:30	Winners Match 1
13:45	Elimination Match 1
15:00	LGB eSports	vs.	CPH Wolves
16:30	Team Liquid	vs.	Flipsid3 Tactics
17:45	Winner Match 2
17:45	Elimination Match 2
19:15	Decider Match 1
20:30	Decider Match 2
Sunday, February 15:
11:00	Cloud9	vs.	INSHOCK
11:00	KaBuM.TD	vs.	mousesports
12:30	Winners Match 1
13:45	Elimination Match 1
15:00	3DMAX	vs.	Vox Eminor
16:30	dignitas	vs.	ESC Gaming
17:45	Winners Match 2
17:45	Elimination Match 2
19:15	Decider Match 1
20:30	Decider Match 2

Titan - LGB - CLG - Flipsid3 Cloud9 - dig - 3DMAX - KaBuM.TD

2015-02-10 20:38

27 replies

2nd Group hard to guess. Could be KaBuM, 3DMAX, ESC or mouzsports excluding C9 and Dignitas.

2015-02-10 20:41

i think the same

2015-02-10 20:42

I want to believe that 3DMAX goes thru but I think C9-Mouz-Dig and Kabum more likely.

2015-02-10 20:50

6 replies

C9? Bruh are you drunk? Muricants are shit at CS.

2015-02-11 00:39

5 replies

Then it's a good thing C9 has Canadians too. :p

2015-02-11 02:49

4 replies

And you have those USA flag and you don't know "Murica" is not only USA?

2015-02-11 03:15

3 replies

If he wants to refer to North America, he should say NA or at least North 'Murica. I get the inkling that a Canadian person would consider being called a 'Murican an insult.

2015-02-11 22:48

2 replies

fake flag confirmed

2015-02-12 21:59

1 reply

Nope.

2015-02-12 22:05

group A, why not Copenhagen Wolves? they are playing really strong

2015-02-10 20:53

4 replies

Copenhagen Wolves = ex-myXMG... are not much better than the other teams in my opinion

2015-02-10 21:41

3 replies

they are like mmm LGB sometimes sorprise us sometimes nope, but they are strongs

2015-02-10 22:00

2 replies

Old CPW (now Dignitas) was like that. New lineup is weak.

2015-02-11 16:10

Dignitas = CPW.

2015-02-11 17:25

Vox Eminor, Kabum, Esc, 3DMAX C9 & Mouz arent that good.

2015-02-10 20:58

8 replies

and vox eminor is rofl

2015-02-10 21:13

7 replies

Oceanic csgo for life

2015-02-10 21:16

A practiced Vox is a lot stronger than an out of form C9. Mouz on the other hand are inconsistent, you never really know how well they are going to perform

2015-02-10 23:09

4 replies

exackly,did impress last we saw them in cologne(i beleve?)

2015-02-11 10:46

3 replies

They had really good games vs LDLC which was 16-10 on Inferno and 16-9 vs an inform Dignitas As far as outsiders go, Vox are definitely the next best. Wolf are good, Bravado are good but Vox are definitely better.

2015-02-11 10:49

2 replies

Vox had a 16-1 vs Titan and a 16-9 vs old Dig at Cologne. Would favor C9 over Vox, but would favor Vox over 3DMax, who are playing without their IGL against a team they don't know.

2015-02-11 16:49

interesting,do not remember the detailed facts but remember them giving an good impression. The question is how consistent they are nowdays thoe

2015-02-12 20:08

Im sorry, did i see a SKDC in there? Oops i didn't. "and vox eminor is rofl" Fix please - And, Vox Eminor are funny.

2015-02-11 06:30

Group A: Titan, ex-ESC, LGB, Team Liquid Group B: Dignitas, Inshock, Kabum and Mousesports

2015-02-10 21:02

100% agree

2015-02-10 21:22

I actually find it hilarious how u think flipsid3 will beat liquid and kabum will beat mousesports...

2015-02-11 08:48

CLG won't make it out of groups.

2015-02-12 15:11

niceee

2015-02-10 20:37

nice

2015-02-10 20:38

when?

2015-02-10 20:38

2 replies

this weekend

2015-02-10 20:52

1 reply

Saturday ?

2015-02-12 18:35

i didnt know vox eminor was ukraine o_O

2015-02-10 20:38

2 replies

They are not....

2015-02-10 20:51

What are you on about? lol

2015-02-10 23:39

How many teams are allowed to pass?

2015-02-10 20:38

4 replies

8 so 4 from each

2015-02-10 20:39

Top 4 of each makes it to the main event as far as I know

2015-02-10 20:40

you shall not pass!

2015-02-10 21:11

damn gonna be some good cs to watch!

2015-02-10 20:38

vox eminor ukrainian flag?

2015-02-10 20:38

how many teams will proceed to the main event?

2015-02-10 20:38

9 replies

2015-02-10 20:39

The first 4 of every group will qualify if i am right .

2015-02-10 20:41

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2015-02-10 20:53

tl;dr ?

2015-02-10 20:59

1 reply

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2015-02-11 17:26

I think KaBuMs gonna take a spot

2015-02-10 20:39

6 replies

there are more maps than mirage in the map pool, so no

2015-02-10 21:07

5 replies

They have improved playing against batter teams :D ps: does Austria have a csgo team? u.u

2015-02-10 21:25

2 replies

2015-02-10 21:42

Brazil: 200million people Austria: 8million people Also are Austria and Germany almost one country.

2015-02-14 14:55

i remember tuning into tarik's stream and they were playing inferno vs. clg for practice, they were smashing them 16:4.

2015-02-10 22:10

1 reply

And KabuM smashed CLG at nuke too... 16x1.

2015-02-11 00:52

Where VP FNATIC NIP ??

2015-02-10 20:39

3 replies

This is qualifier

2015-02-10 20:40

No need to qualify. Because those teams pass the group in previous major tournments.

2015-02-10 20:41

ffs "Groups for Katowice QUALIFIER"

2015-02-10 20:42

gl to all teams

2015-02-10 20:39

A: 1. Flipsid3 f**king tactics 2. LGB 3. CLG 4. Copenhagen Wolves B: 1. 3DMAX 2. KaBuM 3. Cloud9 4. dignitas

2015-02-10 20:39

13 replies

Titan?

2015-02-10 20:40

11 replies

in the ass as usual

2015-02-10 20:43

10 replies

KennypEX can beat any team in this qualifier in a 2v5.

2015-02-10 20:44

9 replies

No they can't.

2015-02-10 21:32

8 replies

They made it to the finals of the last tournament i forgot the name off so ye

2015-02-10 21:50

7 replies

Yeah, the random masters of bo1.

2015-02-10 21:54

6 replies

Dat hate ... How much?

2015-02-11 07:20

3 replies

I never bet on Titan because I know that they suck.

2015-02-11 17:06

2 replies

Well then .. how much did you lose against them? xDDD

2015-02-11 17:18

1 reply

I loosted nothing against them

2015-02-11 17:55

Well these are BO1

2015-02-11 10:47

1 reply

Sry, wrong comment to reply to

2015-02-11 17:16

lmaoo u are the worst titan hater

2015-02-10 20:41

puta is ESC now?

2015-02-10 20:39

1 reply

2015-02-10 20:49

group A predictions ! titan , ex-esc , lgb esports & liquid. for group B : c9 , kabum , dignitas & 3dmax but truelly i hope for vox they can pass :) aussie aussie aussie ^^

2015-02-10 20:39

Vox Eminor ez

2015-02-10 20:41

Питер вилл сурпрайз)

2015-02-10 20:40

gl KabuM !

2015-02-10 20:40

hm strange groups. A teams >>>>>> B teams imo

2015-02-10 20:40

1 reply

2015-02-10 20:41

Vox Eminor ukrainian now? xD

2015-02-10 20:40

Ez for ukrainian Vox eminor :D

2015-02-10 20:40

So puta was picked up by ESC?

2015-02-10 20:40

2 replies

lol inside rly

2015-02-10 20:41

Maybe just for this qualifier

2015-02-10 21:20

f3 gl

2015-02-10 20:40

Vox Eminor Ukraine, HLTV u drunk?

2015-02-10 20:41

EASY group for c9.. still wont make it out.. =(

2015-02-10 20:41

Who is playing for the new ESC? Damn, no TSM : / Edit: Oh, didn't know TSM already qualified.

2015-02-10 20:44

8 replies

TSM are already qualified in the main tournament because they made the top 8? or was it 4?

2015-02-10 20:42

2 replies

Last time they lost to NaVi in the quarter finals I believe.

2015-02-10 20:44

Oh, okay. Thanks.

2015-02-10 20:45

I guess puta was picked up by esc. TSM is already qualified.

2015-02-10 20:42

lol nice troll

2015-02-10 20:42

1 reply

2015-02-10 20:45

TSM is already qualified

2015-02-10 20:42

puta was picked up by esc

2015-02-10 20:45

What the hell? This groups are unbalanced as fuck, group A is so much stronger compared to B...

2015-02-10 20:41

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+1 Group A will be hot!

2015-02-10 20:43

wow, group A >>>>>>>>>>> group B by far.. how can they draw those shitty groups like that :o

2015-02-10 20:41

No seeding used? Group A outskills Group B completely. If they get 4 teams from each group this is going to be seriously unfair.

2015-02-10 20:43

Only me noticing ESC gaming = Puta?

2015-02-10 20:44

^exactly, C9 and dignitas paid to have group like this or wtf... this is a joke for me tbh

2015-02-10 20:44

lel esl making it easy for clown9 cause they know they wouldn't get out group a

2015-02-10 20:44

why not 4 groups? How many teams will go forward after this?

2015-02-10 20:44

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4 from each group

2015-02-10 20:45

GO INSHOCK GO GAMERS2!

2015-02-10 20:45

kabum ez

2015-02-10 20:45

I'll have to admit that I kinda hope for all the American teams to go through to the main tournament :)

2015-02-10 20:45

I truly believe Kabum can make it =D

2015-02-10 20:45

A - Titan, LGB, CLG/Team Liquid, F3 B - Cloud9, dignitas, KaBum.TD, 3DMAX

2015-02-10 20:46

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-CLG +wolves -liquid +exESC NA < any

2015-02-10 21:12

lol group A>>>>>>>B will be hard esc to qualify..

2015-02-10 20:47

BO1 or BO3?

2015-02-10 20:47

How many teams will get to EMS Katovice from this qualifier

2015-02-10 20:47

1 reply

4 from each group

2015-02-10 20:50

rip KaBuM A: Titan, LGB, Liquid, ex-ESC B: Cloud9, dignitas, 3DMAX, mousesports

2015-02-10 20:59

1 reply

lol I don't think so. Kabum will be 2nd or at leat 3rd.

2015-02-11 00:55

Should be noted these are 2x 8 team Double Elim brackets, not groups.

2015-02-10 20:50

gropu a death ;d

2015-02-10 20:50

Group A Titan Team Liquid Ex-ESC Wolves Group B Dignitas Cloud9 Mousesports 3DMAX/KABUM

2015-02-10 20:50

titan, cph, liquid, clg c9, dig, mouz, esc

2015-02-10 20:51

lol vox eminor ua team

2015-02-10 20:51

Group A Titan ex-ESC F3 Wolves clg/liquid could do something interesting. Group B c9 mousesports Kabum dignitas/3dmax

2015-02-10 20:52

gl kabum <3

2015-02-10 20:53

Titan , FS3 , LGB , ex-ESC Dignitas, mouz , 3DMAX , Clown9

2015-02-10 20:53

Flipsid3 top1 ez

2015-02-10 20:53

Group 1 - Titan, flipside, LGB, CPH Wolves Group 2 - Kabum, Dignitas, 3DMAX, Mousesports. 100% guaranteed and confirmed. Although almost any of these teams could surprise and make it through, apart from IN SHOCK and Piter (sorry folks).

2015-02-10 20:53

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i'd say -cph wolves +ex esc but okay, i think they will not go for qualis without participating in home country major :P also -allumax3D +C9

2015-02-11 01:25

A Titan/LGB/Flipside/Cph Volves B Dignitas/Kaboom/INSHOCK/mousesports Liquid/clg are noobs with no exp and c9 without hiko can suck balls (no murica in Katowice 2015) 3dmax without natu may crumble unless pub godz are with them ex-ESC is over rated and they will suck as well

2015-02-10 20:54

ez for lgb

2015-02-10 20:54

ESC GAMING = PUTA?

2015-02-10 20:54

1 reply

yeah i think

2015-02-10 20:54

titan, exESC, F3 and LGB c9, dignitas, mousesports and ESC

2015-02-10 20:54

Group B ez for c9

2015-02-10 20:54

its lan?

2015-02-10 20:55

2 replies

yep

2015-02-10 21:08

1 reply

Group a: titan lgb fsid3 clg/cph.w Group b: dignitas ESC Gaming (puta) Kabum c9 *mouz dont play on lan :D glhf kabum

2015-02-10 21:10

WTH group A is so stacked compared to group B, seriously 7/8 teams on A would probably advance through B and even piter could cause upsets since most of the teams on B are quite inconsistent.

2015-02-10 20:55

my predictions group 1 - Titan, LGB, ex-ESC, CLG group 2 - dignitas, INSHOCK, mouz, 3DMAX

2015-02-10 20:56

esl-one.com/csgo/katowice-2015/qualifier.. here for the matchups first match for kabum will be against mouz :(

2015-02-10 20:56

esc DANISH? ROFLED.

2015-02-10 20:56

Titan and Dignitas on top in both groups.

2015-02-10 20:56

F3, Titan, exESC, CLG c9, dignitas, 3dmax, ESC

2015-02-10 20:57

3dmac has actually chance! :P

2015-02-10 20:57

wtf? Group A is much tougher than group B imo.. except "Piter", every team can beat eachother in group A

2015-02-10 20:58

Group A: -Titan -ex-ESC -CLG -LGB Group B: -Dignitas -Cloud 9 -3dmax/mouz/Esc/inshock

2015-02-10 20:58

Top four of each group moves on and they all play each other once?

2015-02-10 20:58

bo1 or bo3?

2015-02-10 20:58

1 reply

bo1

2015-02-10 21:11

Puta seek organisation > KAtowice groups announced > "ESC Gaming" Wheres the poop hltv, wheres the poop?? I meant wheres the news.

2015-02-10 20:58

What ? Group A is 10 X harder ! Every matched team in group a is way stronger (except for few ones) than the B team ... How could they do that ?

2015-02-10 20:59

3DMAX!!!

2015-02-10 21:00

Looks like Puta is ESC now...?

2015-02-10 21:01

Im gonna say: Group A Titan, ex-ESC, Flipsid3, LGB Group B Dignitas, 3DMax, ESC, Cloud9/KabuM GLHF YA'LL

2015-02-10 21:01

I was hoping to see Vox eminor stepping it up, they played quite well the last events. No really big wins, but put up a somewhat decent fight against some top teams. I'm gonna predict a close game for 3DMax and Vox :D

2015-02-10 21:02

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Thankyou! Everyone seems to be counting out Vox already, but they have a decent chance to qualify, especially considering the group they're in :D

2015-02-11 05:08

RIP KABUM

2015-02-10 21:02

Group A Titan CLG Liquid Flipsid3 Group B Cloud9 dig mouz KaBuM/3DMAX

2015-02-10 21:03

2 replies

I think you're a little NA happy, even though I would love to see 3 NA teams go through I don't think it will happen

2015-02-10 21:16

1 reply

-Liquid +LGB, but if CLG & Cloud9 doesn't make it through, I'll be surprised!

2015-02-10 21:19

i'd love to see vox taking a slot

2015-02-10 21:04

1 reply

fuck yeaaaaaah boy!

2015-02-11 05:08

rip ESC

2015-02-10 21:04

No valentines day plans for these guys ?

2015-02-10 21:07

2 replies

Obviously had to drop them for a chance of making in excess of $50k.

2015-02-10 21:33

1 reply

good point.. thuglife

2015-02-10 21:58

gl Piter!

2015-02-10 21:08

KaBuM x Mousesports HAHAHAHAHAHA KaBuM's revenge!

2015-02-10 21:13

PUTA = ESC GAMING DAFUQ.

2015-02-10 21:13

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Only for the qualifiers i guess, as they were searching for a oraganization to help them attend the qualifiers.

2015-02-10 21:25

Titan, Liquid, CLG, LGB C9, Dignitas, Kabum, Mouz

2015-02-10 21:14

GoGo Inshock and ex-ESC! GL

2015-02-10 21:15

nice draw for kabum

2015-02-10 21:16

mouz or kabum? a hard one

2015-02-10 21:18

PUTA ESC??

2015-02-10 21:18

What I hope for Group 1: - Titan - LGB - CLG - Liquid Group 2: - C9 - Kabum - Vox - 3DMax

2015-02-10 21:20

Easy kabum...

2015-02-10 21:20

why there is not nip ldlc vp ... ?

2015-02-10 21:20

2 replies

already qualified

2015-02-10 21:25

1 reply

okaaayy ty^^

2015-02-10 21:46

clg lineup?

2015-02-10 21:20

i dont get the system. titan, clg, ex-esc and piter wont play against any of the other 4 teams in group a??? so why are there only 2 groups and not 4???

2015-02-10 21:22

2 replies

esl-one.com/csgo/katowice-2015/qualifier..

2015-02-10 21:49

1 reply

yeah, its just as i said. it should be 4 groups, coz the top part of the bracket is never gonna play against the lower part.

2015-02-10 22:04

Group 1: - Titan - LGB - CLG - Liquid Group 2: - C9 - Kabum - Vox - 3DMax

2015-02-10 21:24

Titan-LGB-exESC-FlipSid3 KaBuM-INSHOCK-digniras-C9

2015-02-10 21:30

danish esc lineup??

2015-02-10 21:32

BO1's to decide teams that go to a 250.000 tournament. What a fucking joke.

2015-02-10 21:33

Group Death group of A

2015-02-10 21:39

group a= titan, liqiud, clg, flipside. group b= kabum, c9, dignitas, mousports gotta root for anerican teams even if bad

2015-02-10 21:40

Is it me or group A looks much tougher?

2015-02-10 21:42

Group A: - Titan - LGB - Copenhagen Wolves - CLG Group B: - 3DMax - KaBuM - dignitas - Cloud 9

2015-02-10 21:43

1 reply

mouz is in a bad shape?

2015-02-10 22:09

all bo3

2015-02-10 21:48

if c9 fuck this one up, it's time to give up

2015-02-10 21:50

dumbest format ever?

2015-02-10 21:54

1 reply

not rly good teams go through shit teams go home (rip mouz)

2015-02-10 22:03

So, Brazil vs Germany Hmmmmm, eezy peezy maj friend 16-1 inc

2015-02-10 21:55

1 reply

Better be quiet..

2015-02-10 22:27

mouz and C9 to fail so hard they'll get kicked off their orgs.

2015-02-10 22:00

Funny how people think that kabum and especially Vox are better then a team like Mouz.

2015-02-10 22:03

1 reply

mouz are pretty notorious for choking bad at big events and qualifiers

2015-02-10 22:50

will the group placements here have any affection on seeding for the main tournament's groups?

2015-02-10 22:04

1 reply

this is really interesting moment, i think ESL will seed old 8 teams above any qualified ones, and if so we might have really stacked groups of death with for example titan, c9, fnatic, vp while penta hr 3dmax, f3 in other

2015-02-10 22:07

BO1 or BO3 series?

2015-02-10 22:04

1 reply

2015-02-10 22:04

i hope mouz and kabum can finally go to a major

2015-02-10 22:13

imagine no NA teams at katowice major :>>>

2015-02-10 22:14

1 reply

if they don't pass these ez groups they don't deserve it, obviously

2015-02-10 22:17

Fuck yes 3dmax just won the lottery

2015-02-10 22:25

How many maps can each team veto?

2015-02-10 22:28

1 reply

One map vetoed should be enough against Kabum

2015-02-10 22:51

ESC lineup?

2015-02-10 22:41

kabum won't make it IMO c9, dig, 3dmax, mouz

2015-02-10 22:48

gl 2 liquid & nitr0

2015-02-10 22:49

titan, LGB, flipsid3, Liquid and kabum, mouz, 3DMAX, dignitas. i dont believe that c9 will progress

2015-02-10 22:55

Honestly I'm happy, because Cloud9 can easily advance out of group b, but what the fuck was this draw? Group A is a completely different tier than group B. Group A: Titan, LGB, Liquid, CPW, though I really wouldn't be incredibly surprised to see Titan totally drop the ball and not qualify. Group B: Cloud9, Dignitas, KaBuM, 3DMax, though Vox might be able to surprise and qualify.

2015-02-10 22:55

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Titan are LAN gods though, they're always better on LAN than online. 3DMAX also have huge potential and perform well on LAN. Dignitas and C9 will be the ones to watch though, both have potential but we have no idea how they'll perform

2015-02-10 23:12

Your prediction for group A is impossible since LGB, Liquid and CPH are in the same bracket and only 2 of them can advance.

2015-02-11 02:05

Im going be 100. I dont think C9 would make it out. They do not put in the number of work that other team do on a daily basic.

2015-02-10 22:55

2 replies

There is absolutely no way English is your native language.

2015-02-11 00:09

1 reply

Yes, English is my first language. But I was not trying to write a proper sentence over the internet but I'll do better next time.

2015-02-11 04:10

what, no bravado? l0l0l

2015-02-10 23:05

Where is NiP and fnatic?

2015-02-10 23:07

Wish it wasn't such a shit bo1 format.

2015-02-10 23:07

KaBuM won't make it unless its mirage, mirage, mirage, mirage & mirage

2015-02-10 23:17

VP ez

2015-02-10 23:17

people rly think C9 will qualify? HAHA WHAT A JOKE

2015-02-10 23:18

I dont understand that system... Is there any chance that both ESC and Dignitas can go to finals?

2015-02-10 23:23

3 replies

ye but wont happen

2015-02-10 23:40

There can be, only one!

2015-02-10 23:51

Yes, of course. For example : ESC lose to Dignitas, win Elimination Match 2 and Decider Match 2.

2015-02-11 02:44

ESC Gaming with Danish flag???

2015-02-11 00:00

2 replies

"puta" playing as ESC

2015-02-11 00:31

Seems like ESC Gaming picked up puta

2015-02-11 00:41

Titan - Flipsid3 - dignitas - LGB CLG - Copenhagen Wolves - Cloud9 - 3DMAX GL :)

2015-02-11 00:33

wow so the teams travel all the way to Poland just for the qualifier? feel sorry for the NA teams, thats a lot of money.

2015-02-11 00:38

1 reply

i think that travels and hotels are paid by Valve

2015-02-11 12:54

bo1???????? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL ESL

2015-02-11 00:38

I doubt any NA team is going to do well.

2015-02-11 00:55

go kabum!

2015-02-11 00:56

gl kabum lixo!

2015-02-11 01:35

#KaBuMRoadToKatowice!

2015-02-11 01:40

love how many argentinos are cheering for KABUM adoro boludos jajaj

2015-02-11 01:57

mouz is a way way way more experienced team than KaBuM not sure about raw skill it will be a hard match for us

2015-02-11 02:08

KaBuM got an easy group from group A, Titan, F3 and ex-ESC > KaBuM=CLG from group B only dig that i'm sure it's better than KaBuM, every other match is pretty winnable

2015-02-11 02:27

2 replies

dignitas is very inconsistent(losing to mouz, ex-esc and puta(current esc), kabum got decent chances vs them :)

2015-02-11 10:41

I'm interested to see KaBuM vs Cloud9 and see who can win a rematch (I'm assuming C9 won't let KaBuM go to Mirage or Inferno, two maps that rely greatly on smoke executes). Will be mostly aim battles, I think. I actually don't think Dig is better than KaBuM or Cloud9 though. I would say they'll advance still, but KaBuM, Cloud9, and Dignitas are pretty even imo. KaBuM will win on any map with smoke executes, however, hands down.

2015-02-11 15:22

group B so easy Vox and INSHOCK ez meat, 3DMAX going without their IGL (natu)

2015-02-11 02:42

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I honestly think Vox has the potential to surprise. I remember them at Cologne, and they really weren't bad. Just got the worst group possible (old C9, Titan and old Dignitas)

2015-02-11 15:23

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They didn't really do anything in EMS One Katowice before than and they lost to Tier 3 EU teams at LAN and failed to qualify for DHW 2013 even before that. Here, their first game is against 3DMAX and second game against ESC/Dignitas. The chances of them winning a either game are slim to none.

2015-02-11 15:39

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Vox was at Cologne, not Katowice, weren't they? I remember them giving Dignitas a solid match on Dust_II (16-9 was final score), even though they did get demolished by Titan on Nuke. The main thing is 3DMax is playing without their IGL and really doesn't know how Vox plays, whereas I'm sure Vox has found numerous demos of 3DMax on every map. I'd actually favor Vox over 3DMax because natu isn't going. I think they would need to get lucky to take out Dignitas at the qualifiers, but against ESC they could get lucky.

2015-02-11 15:45

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They were at Katowice and Cologne both. At Katowice they lost to old LDLC and the danish team consisting pimp, MSL and co. They were at DHW 2013 LAN qualifier too, where they lost to a Scandinavian mix team. Honestly, I don't want to see them fail, just like Kabum, because both of them are coming from so far off and it's really hard for them. But the current evidence we have suggests that Vox are barely Tier 3 EU level and they would be underdogs against every single team in the group except maybe INSHOCK.

2015-02-11 16:13

RIP Piter

2015-02-11 02:48

Might be drops for this

2015-02-11 03:32

dat timing :( no exESC from now exGirlfriends incoming

2015-02-11 04:07

Is this actually 4 groups "GSL style" or there will be "crossed brackets" on losers?

2015-02-11 04:22

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ESL Pro League format with bo1 matches

2015-02-11 08:13

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Crossed on decider match then. TY

2015-02-11 21:07

look at this. seosprint.net/?ref=5428837

2015-02-11 04:38

i think theese teams will qualify: group A titan, ex esc, c.wolves, flipside group B cloud9, kabum, dignitas, 3dmax

2015-02-11 04:59

i think : group A : Titan , CLG , Copenhagen Wolves , ex-ESC Gaming Group B : Cloud9 dignitas , mousesports , KaBuM.TD

2015-02-11 06:33

is the whole qualifier in BEST OF ONE MODUS? O_O

2015-02-11 08:04

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did you even read this article? yes, it will be bo1

2015-02-11 08:12

Titan LGB ex-ESC FlipSid3 dignitas Cloud9 3DMAX mouz

2015-02-11 08:06

BO1 is ridiculous. W T F

2015-02-11 08:21

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it's normal? there won't be any play-offs so it's like a normal group stage - double elimination format.

2015-02-11 08:59

Where is virtus pro? Say to me please.

2015-02-11 09:17

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Virtus got banned by valve for match fixing

2015-02-11 09:53

Group A Titan LGB eSports ex-ESC Gaming f3 Group B Cloud9 KabuM.TD INSHOCK mousesports

2015-02-11 09:59

Vox Eminor Have A Chance

2015-02-11 10:11

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2015-02-11 10:38

A - Titan, LGB, FlipSid3, CLG or Liquid (don't know whose american are better) B - KaBuM, dignitas, 3DMAX, C9

2015-02-11 12:11

GO GO PUTA & LGB

2015-02-11 13:23

Never KaBuM

2015-02-11 15:24

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KaBuM will qualify because of the weak teams in Group B, as will Cloud9. New Dignitas and ESC are favorites as well. Wouldn't be surprised to see Vox upset, but a 3DMax upset would definitely surprise me

2015-02-11 15:47

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new ESC are favorites? wtf, man. look at their results please.

2015-02-11 17:52

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Meant old ESC, my bad. Got mixed up, having a team named ex-ESC and ESC threw me off. Meant just new Dig as the other favorite, with 3DMax having a real chance to be upset by Vox

2015-02-11 18:36

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You will see.. KaBuM will not qualify..

2015-02-12 19:04

I'd like to know if I can watch all these matches by stream.

2015-02-11 16:05

why no swedish teams?

2015-02-11 16:44

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oh. this is qualification. sry for stupid question

2015-02-11 16:45

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yes my friend, qualification, and as we know there are no bad swedes in cs, every swede already in katowice

2015-02-11 17:17

Group A is ten times harder, like how was this drawn lol...Cloud9 lucky again

2015-02-11 16:51

where are the good teams?!

2015-02-11 17:20

Titan ex-ESC LGB flipsid3 Cloud9 mousesports 3dmax dignitas this is the truth. but groups are messed up and whoever did the seeding should be fired. if it's random, that's even worse. it's not too late to set things straight, esl.

2015-02-11 17:51

It's a joke the format of this championship, BO1 worth rating for the biggest championship of the year, many surprises will happen, the right would be BO3 to the best teams pass, #GLKABUM

2015-02-11 19:05

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Agreed. Lose two bo1's and you're eliminated, so sad :(

2015-02-12 08:57

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Vox has better chance in bo1 :D

2015-02-12 15:06

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Yes probably, but I know I'd personally prefer to see them play more maps and have the better team advance than leave it down to a single map.

2015-02-12 17:22