ESL One Katowice 2015 European Qualifier #1

ESL One Cologne pre-qual. #1 over

28-6-2015 20:57

The first online pre-qualifier for ESL One Cologne has come to an end, with 1337, ENCORE, INSHOCK and PiTER securing spots at the offline qualifier.

Over 300 teams from all over Europe competed in this single-elimination qualifier over the weekend for the chance to play at the offline qualifier for the upcoming major, on July 25-26.

In open tournaments, upsets do tend to happen quite frequently, and this qualifier was no exception as teams like Gamers2, LGB eSports and nerdRage all fell short.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the qualifier was the qualification of 1337 - who took part in this tournament with only two of their players as the remaining members are on vacation. With Miran "⁠dumz⁠" Matković, Benjamin "⁠BENDJI⁠" Söderena and Gustav "⁠KAB0M⁠" Runemalm as stand-ins, the Swedish team reached the last-four stage after moving past LGB by a 2-1 scoreline in the quarter-finals.

twist's 1337 through to the offline qualifier

Also coming from this pre-qualifier will be INSHOCK, PiTER and ENCORE. The quartet will be joined at the offline qualifier, which will be held inside ESL's esports arena, in Cologne, by five seeded teams plus seven teams determined by the second open pre-qualifier.

The list of participants for the ESL One Cologne European offline qualifier currently looks as follows:

Invited	Qualified
dignitas	INSHOCK
Titan	PiTER
Null element HellRaisers	ENCORE
PENTA Sports	1337
FlipSid3 Tactics

To sign up for the second open pre-qualifier, which will be held from June 29-July 2, teams can go here.

ez 1337 stickers will look nice

2015-06-28 20:57

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i seriously dobut they will pass lan quali

2015-06-28 20:59

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I really like the offline qualifiers concept

2015-06-28 21:01

ofc they wont with dumas and bendji

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actually they played with dumas and bendji before and were pretty succesful at least mroe succesful then current lineup hltv.org/news/13880-flipsid3-part-with-b..

2015-06-28 21:03

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yeah they won a lan qualifier with dumas and bendji to DH Winter 2013 major.. and almost won against NaVi in the group stage (lost on overtime).

2015-06-28 21:48

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dhw'14*

2015-06-28 21:55

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right !

2015-06-28 22:02

Why not? There's a reason why they went with these and not devilwalk for example. They're a good duo.

2015-06-29 23:34

Nice

no kinguin XD disband

2015-06-28 20:58

oh shit

they will play only tomorrow

ez for PETER

gamers2 lost to team rock not rly an upset

2015-06-28 21:00

i wonder how encores new lineup will work... i guess they will be first to be eliminated

how many teams will qualify through this? 4?

2015-06-28 21:02

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first online qualifier: 4 second online qualifier:7 (i think) and offline qualifier: 8 woops not, offline qualifiers will take place in three separate regions: Asia, Europe and North America. so probably 4 from EU

2015-06-28 21:07

Are you sure? This is only the european offline qualy

2015-06-28 21:05

yes sry i thought it will be 1 global qualifier like katowice but nope:D

2015-06-28 21:08

np^^

2015-06-28 21:09

4 From Eu offline 2 from Na 2 from asia

2015-06-28 21:32

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what about australia

2015-06-28 21:43

Probably actually: 4 eu, 2 na, 1 asia, 1 oceania I guess

2015-06-28 21:49

Part of asia qualifier. The lan yesterday was a qualifier for it.

2015-06-28 22:23

australia= asian qualifier

PiTER fTw

they gonna suck brah

2015-06-29 01:43

wait so they have to play with atleast one of them for the lan qual. because you need to have 3/5 players who qualified in your lineup?

isn't that rule only applied to teams that were directly invited due to being top 8 in the previous major?

i dont know but i think that it is like that in qualification tournaments

2015-06-28 21:24

good question as this is the usual rule

2015-06-29 01:01

ez for ENCORE

nice inshock =) and rip g2...

gl PiTER

2015-06-28 21:12

PITER <3 Hope you can do it

2015-06-28 21:15

"The quartet will be joined by five seeded teams plus seven teams determined by the second open pre-qualifier at the offline qualifier" Why don't they determine all the teams at the offline qualifier instead of doing a pre-qualifier online to determine 4 of them? Am i too stupid to understand the format ? :(

2015-06-28 21:19

you are. this pre-qualifier leads to the offline qualifier, no team gets directly from the online tournament to the major

2015-06-28 21:58

I know that the list above doesn't show the list of teams attending the major itself. I checked the original news post about the major and now I see

2015-06-28 22:16

mouz is not invited wtf?

2015-06-28 21:20

This is the qualifier, not the main event. They're invited to the main event.

2015-06-28 21:21

i dont think so, they didnt participate in the last major

2015-06-28 21:36

Mouz has a slot at the next major. They have 3/5 players from Penta :)

2015-06-28 21:42

2015-06-28 21:40

2015-06-28 21:44

yepp they do :)

only the teams that got to the playoffs in katowice gets invited.

2015-06-28 21:57

They have 3/5 of PENTA old squad what means that they have a slot at the event.

2015-06-28 22:06

go inshock :)

2015-06-28 21:33

inshock please dont qualify holy shit

2015-06-28 21:34

ez 4 PiTER, stickers!111

2015-06-28 21:35

gplay gonna take 2nd qualifier ez

2015-06-28 21:39

twitter.com/gplaycsgo/status/56277314460..

2015-06-28 22:14

GPlay can attend majors it's from february, get your facts straight then comment please.

2015-06-29 02:29

get my facts straight? have there been ANY news about dream3rs vac ban getting lifted then?

2015-06-29 02:33

i want my 1337 sticker :(

2015-06-28 21:41

why on earth are they inviting a retard team like penta, but not mouz, which is the best german team atm?!

Mouz has a slot at the next major. They have 3/5 players from Penta :) The organisation does not qualify for an event,the squad does.

2015-06-28 21:45

Bcs mouz,already is on the tournament. This is qualifier for it.

2015-06-28 21:47

so whos getting that last spot?

7 more spot tomorrow

nex, denis and spiidi helped onlineJ get slot on cologne))

2015-06-28 21:50

2015-06-28 22:05

Go Bendjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! :D

2015-06-28 22:35

btw Piter lost a sponsor. Hitchhike to Cologne incoming.

2015-06-28 23:03

:)))))))))))))

2015-06-28 23:29

Wheres the Kinguin? They said that Cologne will their biggest goal and now they arent even qualified / invited?

2015-06-28 23:05

there r more pre quals... and i fucking want this fatass kinguin stickers!

2015-06-28 23:14

so how many teams will be at the offline qualifier? how many teams move on from 2nd pre qualifier

2015-06-29 00:03

what happend with g2?

2015-06-29 00:16

They dont qualifed but we will see their again on second quals

2015-06-29 00:28

No LGB stickers this year??? omg

2015-06-29 00:30

ye I want that lgb too

2015-06-29 01:37

ez 4 piter, ez 4 jmqa&spiker

2015-06-29 02:31

When did G2, LGB and NerdRage drop out?

2015-06-29 02:37

LGB lost to 1337,G2 lost to rock(not sure tho) and idk about nerdrage.

2015-06-29 08:51

Kinguin,GPlay,G2,LGB,LDLC,SK,nEophte will advance in second pre-qualifier

2015-06-29 14:58

GG G2

2015-06-29 17:22

ESL One Cologne pre-qual. #1 over

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