This is the place to find everything you need to know prior to the CS:GO ESL One Katowice 2015 tournament. This includes the twitch.tv stream, event schedule and event details.

Prize pool – $250,000

1. $100,000 USD

2. $50,000 USD

3-4. $22,000 USD

5-8. $10,000 USD

9-16. $2,000 USD

Map pool

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de_nuke

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Participating teams:

Fnatic FlipSid3 Tactics Natus Vincere LGB eSports HellRaisers Team Solomid Ninjas in Pyjamas VOX EMINOR Team EnVyUs Counter Logic Gaming Penta Sports Titan Virtus.pro Cloud9 3DMAX Team KaBuM

Groups

Group A

Team P W L Na`Vi.CS 0 0 0 fnatic.CS 0 0 0 VOX EMINOR 0 0 0 FlipSid3 0 0 0

Group B

Team P W L EnVyUs 0 0 0 PENTA Sports 0 0 0 LGB 0 0 0 TitanCS 0 0 0

Group C

Team P W L NiP 0 0 0 HR.CS 0 0 0 LG.CS 0 0 0 K.Stars 0 0 0

Group D

Team P W L VP.CS 0 0 0 TSM.CS 0 0 0 Cloud9.CS 0 0 0 3DMAX.CS 0 0 0

Talent

Host:

Sean Charles – Host

Commentators:

Leigh “Deman” Smith

Lauren “Pansy” Scott

Anders Blume

Stuart “TosspoT” Saw

The Desk:

Alex “machine” Richardson

Spencer “Hiko” Martin

Casper “cadiaN” Møller

Observers:

Halvor “vENdetta” Gulestøl

Janko “YNk” Paunović

Watch live video from esl_csgo on www.twitch.tv

All times are GMT+1 (-1 hour for UK time)

Thursday, March 12 13:00 EnVyUs vs. Titan A1 13:00 LGB vs. PENTA Sports A2 14:10 Winner A1 vs. Winner A2 A4 14:10 Loser A1 vs. Loser A2. A3 14:10 Vox Eminor vs. fnatic B1 14:10 Na`Vi vs. FlipSid3 Tactics B2 15:20 Winner B1 vs. Winner B2 B4 15:20 Loser A4 vs. Winner A3 15:20 Loser B1 vs. Loser B2 B3 16:20 NiP vs. Keyd Stars C1 16:20 CLG vs. HellRaisers C2 16:30 Loser B4 vs. Winner B3 17:40 Winner C1 vs. Winner C2 C4 17:40 Loser C1 vs. Loser C2 C3 18:30 Virtus.pro vs. 3DMAX D1 18:30 Cloud9 vs. Team SoloMid D2 18:50 Loser C4 vs. Winner C3 19:40 Loser D1 vs. Loser D2 D3 20:00 Winner D1 vs. Winner D2 D4 21:10 Loser D4 vs. Winner D3 Friday, March 13 13:00 Quarter-final #1 16:00 Quarter-final #2 19:00 Quarter-final #3 Saturday, March 14 13:00 Quarter-final #4 16:00 Semi-final #1 19:00 Semi-final #2 Sunday, March 15 13:00 Grand final

Predictions

1st. – Virtus.Pro

The resident team who won ESL One Katowice last year should be getting another huge boost from the home advantage and home crowd, which was one of the large factors in their win last year. This and their current run of form should allow the Polish team to take victory in the second ESL One Katowice major. If Virtus.pro make it to the stage, they will win on that stage.

2nd. – fnatic

fnatic are a very strong team coming in to this event and many people will argue they will win. However, they will not have the crowd advantage, this will affect your mindset immensely, especially when ingame, it will make it almost impossible to come back after losing a couple of rounds. I feel fnatic will reach the final, but will have to play NiP in a match which will determine who plays in the final, this will be a game to look out for (expect many overtimes).

3rd. – NiP

With the introduction of allu the NiP team has been playing well, getting some good results recently such as their victories against teams such as TSM, Virtus.Pro and ENVYUS. NiP won’t win this event, but they will hold a strong placing. It will be interesting to watch allu at his first offline event with his new team.

Who Do You Think Will Win ESL One Katowice 2015? Virtus.Pro

fnatic

NiP

TSM

ENVYUS

LGB

Titan

PENTA

3DMAX

Na`Vi

Flipsid3

Vox Eminor

Cloud9

Keyd Stars

HellRaisers

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