DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 was the seventh ''
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''
Major Championship that was held from October 28–November 1, 2015 at the
Sala Polivalentă in
Cluj-Napoca
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Romania
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. It was organized by
DreamHack
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with help from
Valve
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and the
Professional Gamers League
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. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000.
Eight teams were featured in the playoffs.
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
,
G2 Esports
G2 Esports (G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', ''Rainbow Six Siege ...
,
Luminosity Gaming
Luminosity Gaming is a professional esports organization based in North America. It has teams competing in '' Call of Duty, Overwatch, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege'', '' Super Smash Bros.'', ''Fortnite,'' ''Apex Legends and Rocket League''. ...
,
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere (Latin for "born to win"), abbreviated NAVI (formerly Na`Vi), is a Ukrainian esports organization based in Kyiv. Founded in 2009, the organization has teams and players competing in various games, such as ''Counter Strike: Global ...
,
Ninjas in Pyjamas
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,
Team EnVyUs
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,
Team SoloMid
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, and
Virtus.pro
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– all Legends from the last major – were once again Legends as no Challenger took their spots. Team EnVyUs, which defeated Fnatic and G2 Esports, was the winner of the event, defeating Natus Vincere, which defeated Luminosity Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas, in the finals, 2–0. This came after Team EnVyUs placed second at the previous major, including a game in which Fnatic came back from a large deficit in the first game of grand finals.
Format
The top eight teams from
ESL One Cologne 2015
ESL One Cologne 2015 was the sixth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship that was held from August 14–18, 2015 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. It was organized by Electronic Sports League. The Cologne event was the first ESL ...
("Legends") received direct invitations to Cluj-Napoca. This was the first Major to fill the other eight Major spots from a single Major qualifier, instead of directly from various regional qualifiers. For the Cluj-Napoca Major cycle, the regional qualifiers sent teams to DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015, where they faced off against the bottom eight teams from Cologne 2015. The top eight teams from DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015 then advanced to the Major as the "Challengers"
Teams were split up into four groups, and all group matches were best-of-ones with the exception of the final decider match. The highest seed would play the lowest seed in each group and the second and third seeds would play against each other. The winner of those two matches would play each other to determine which team moved on to the playoff stage, while the losers of the first round of matches also played. The loser of the lower match was then eliminated from the tournament. With one team advanced and one eliminated, the two remaining teams would play a
best-of-three
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elimination match for the second playoff spot. This format is known as the GSL format, named for the
Global StarCraft II League
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.
The playoffs bracket consisted of eight teams, two from each group. All of these matches were best-of-three, single elimination. Teams advanced in the bracket until a winner was decided.
Map Pool
The seven-map pool did not change from Cologne 2015. Before each best-of-one match in the group stage, teams alternated banning maps until five maps had been banned. One of the two remaining maps was randomly selected, and the team that that did not get a third ban then selected which side it wanted to start on. In all best-of-three series, each team first banned a map, leaving a five-map pool. Each team then chose a map, with the opposing team selecting which side they wanted to start on for their opponent's map choice. The two map picks were the first two maps in the best-of-three. If the series were to require a third map, the map was randomly selected from the three remaining maps.
Main Qualifier
Regional Qualifiers
Two teams from the first European qualifier moved on to the major. Eight teams that were eliminated in the said qualifier moved to the second European qualifier. Three teams from that qualifier moved on to the major. Two teams from the North American qualifier moved on to the major and one team from the Asian qualifier moved on to the major.
Europe Qualifiers
North American Qualifier
Asian Qualifier
Main Qualifier
The 16 teams at the major qualifier played at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015. The bottom eight teams from
ESL One Cologne 2015
ESL One Cologne 2015 was the sixth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship that was held from August 14–18, 2015 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. It was organized by Electronic Sports League. The Cologne event was the first ESL ...
, five teams from two European qualifiers, two teams from the North American qualifier, and one team from the Asian qualifier.
Teams were divided into four groups and the top two from each group made it to the major.
DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015
The main qualifier took place at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015.
''Group A''
''Group B''
''Group C''
''Group D''
Broadcast talent
Hosts
* Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
* Richard Lewis
Interviewers
* Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen
* Scott "SirScoots" Smith
Analysts
* Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson
* Joona "natu" Leppänen
* Jason "moses" O'Toole
* Duncan "Thorin " Shields
Commentators
* James Bardolph
*
Anders Blume
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* Henry "HenryG" Greer
* Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
* Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
* Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett
Broadcasts
All streams were broadcast on
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in various languages.
Teams
Pre-Major Ranking
The
HLTV.org
HLTV, formerly an acronym of Half-Life Television, is a news website and forum which covers professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' esports news, tournaments and statistics. It is one of the leading websites within the ''Counter-Str ...
October 26, 2015 ranking of teams, displayed below, was the final ranking released before the Major.
†Change since October 19, 2015 ranking
Group Stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Team EnVyUs vs. Fnatic
''Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler''
Virtus.pro vs. G2 Esports
''Casters: James Bardolph & ddk''
Team SoloMid vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
''Casters: Anders Blume & moses''
Luminosity Gaming vs. Natus Vincere
''Casters: Sadokist & HenryG''
Semifinals
Team EnVyUs vs. G2 Esports
''Casters: James Bardolph & ddk''
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Natus Vincere
''Casters: Sadokist & HenryG''
Finals
''Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler''
Team EnVyUs won its first title. kennyS and apEX had their first major title and NBK-, kioShiMa, and Happy won their second title, their first being with
Team LDLC.com at
DreamHack Winter 2014
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.
Final standings
Post-Major Ranking
The HLTV.org November 3, 2015 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the first one released after the major.
†Change since October 26, 2015 ranking
References
External links
Official webpage
{{Professional Counter-Strike competition
2015 in Romanian sport
2015 in esports
Sport in Cluj-Napoca
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Majors
DreamHack events