Just one week after the Danish event Copenhagen Games 2015, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive returns with even higher level of competition and moreover once again in a LAN environment tournament.
Electronic Sports League will run the LAN Finals of the Pro League Winter 2014/15 season from April 10th to 12th on spot in the ESL TV Studio in Cologne, Germany.
The tournament will feature eight well known teams battling for the total of $32,000 USD prize purse.
Although our beloved Swedish side will not make appearance in this competition, we will still see big names such as Team EnVy and Virtus.pro around. The complete list of the participants and their groups set is the following:
To ensure pleasant viewing experience for all, ESL TV will be broadcasting the event in various languages, with the main English stream consisting of the following crew:
The tournament will start with two groups, each consisting of four teams, set to best-of-three GSL format. Two teams from each group will advance forward to single elimination best-of-three series.
Furthermore ESL will use the updated "Active Duty" competitive map pool, which introduces the new Train version instead of Nuke. The new default list consists of the following seven maps:
The group stage will completely be covering the first two days of the tournament, while the playoffs are scheduled to take place this Sunday.
The complete schedule for ESL Pro League Winter 2014/15 season is the following:
ESL will deliver total of $48,000 USD for this event, $32,000 USD directly going for the prize purse of the competition and $2,000 USD for each team as travel support funds. The prize pool will be distributed as the following:
Coming next after this tournament will be CEVO and ESEA on a North American soil in less than a week, so stay tuned to SK Gaming.
Source: HLTV.org
Electronic Sports League will run the LAN Finals of the Pro League Winter 2014/15 season from April 10th to 12th on spot in the ESL TV Studio in Cologne, Germany.
The tournament will feature eight well known teams battling for the total of $32,000 USD prize purse.
Although our beloved Swedish side will not make appearance in this competition, we will still see big names such as Team EnVy and Virtus.pro around. The complete list of the participants and their groups set is the following:
Group A:
Virtus.pro (byali, NEO, pasha, Snax & TaZ)
Team SoloMid (cadiaN, cajunb, dupreeh, karrigan & Xyp9x)
Natus Vincere (Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, seized & Zeus)
Team Dignitas (aizy, Kjaerbye, MSL, Nico & Pimp)
Group B:
Titan eSports (apEX, Ex6TenZ, kennyS, Maniac & RpK)
Team EnVy (Happy, kioShiMa, NBK, shox & SmithZz)
Copenhagen Wolves (AcilioN, Friis, HUNDEN, smF & Snappi)
3DMAX (disturbed, KHRN, natu, stonde & xartE)




Group B:




To ensure pleasant viewing experience for all, ESL TV will be broadcasting the event in various languages, with the main English stream consisting of the following crew:
Host:
Sean Charles
Commentators:
Leigh 'Deman' Smith
Lauren 'Pansy' Scott
Anders Blume
Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat
Jason Kaplan
Analysts:
Alex 'Machine' Richardson
Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl
Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg
Observers:
Janko 'YNk' Paunović
Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović

Commentators:





Analysts:



Observers:


The tournament will start with two groups, each consisting of four teams, set to best-of-three GSL format. Two teams from each group will advance forward to single elimination best-of-three series.
Furthermore ESL will use the updated "Active Duty" competitive map pool, which introduces the new Train version instead of Nuke. The new default list consists of the following seven maps:
de_cache
de_cbble
de_dust2
de_inferno
de_mirage
de_overpass
de_train
de_cbble
de_dust2
de_inferno
de_mirage
de_overpass
de_train
The group stage will completely be covering the first two days of the tournament, while the playoffs are scheduled to take place this Sunday.
The complete schedule for ESL Pro League Winter 2014/15 season is the following:
April 10th - Friday
10:00 CET –
Team SoloMid vs.
Virtus.pro – A1
10:00 CET –
Natus Vincere vs.
Team Dignitas – A2
13:45 CET –
Team EnVy vs.
Copenhagen Wolves – B1
13:45 CET –
Titan eSports vs.
3DMAX – B2
16:45 CET – A1 winner vs. A2 winner – A3
20:00 CET – B1 winner vs. B2 winner – B3
April 11th - Saturday
10:00 CET – A1 loser vs. A2 loser – A4
13:45 CET – B1 loser vs. B2 loser – B4
16:45 CET – A3 loser vs. A4 winner
20:00 CET – B3 loser vs. B4 winner
April 12th - Sunday
12:00 CET – Semi-final #1
15:45 CET – Semi-final #2
19:00 CET – Grand final
10:00 CET –


10:00 CET –


13:45 CET –


13:45 CET –


16:45 CET – A1 winner vs. A2 winner – A3
20:00 CET – B1 winner vs. B2 winner – B3
April 11th - Saturday
10:00 CET – A1 loser vs. A2 loser – A4
13:45 CET – B1 loser vs. B2 loser – B4
16:45 CET – A3 loser vs. A4 winner
20:00 CET – B3 loser vs. B4 winner
April 12th - Sunday
12:00 CET – Semi-final #1
15:45 CET – Semi-final #2
19:00 CET – Grand final
ESL will deliver total of $48,000 USD for this event, $32,000 USD directly going for the prize purse of the competition and $2,000 USD for each team as travel support funds. The prize pool will be distributed as the following:
1. $15,000
2. $7,000
3.-4. $3,000
5.-8. $1,000
2. $7,000
3.-4. $3,000
5.-8. $1,000
Coming next after this tournament will be CEVO and ESEA on a North American soil in less than a week, so stay tuned to SK Gaming.
Source: HLTV.org

Evgeni Chardakov
Counter-Strike expert, writer, analyst and former competitive player with more than 15 years of experience within the discipline. Working with SK Gaming and ESEA.


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