Dreamhack Winter 2013

The 2013 DreamHack SteelSeries Counter Strike: Global Offensive Championship, also known as DreamHack Winter 2013, was the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship to be sponsored by Valve. The competition was held during the Winter 2013 DreamHack digital festival at the Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre in Jönköping, Sweden. Six invitees joined ten qualifiers to form the sixteen team event. Community funding helped to build the USD $250,000 prize pool.[1] The tournament had a peak 145,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch and the in-game viewing client.[2]

DreamHack Winter 2013
2013
The DreamHack Winter 2013 logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationJönköping, Sweden
DatesNovember 28, 2013–November 30, 2013
Administrator(s)Valve
DreamHack
Tournament
format(s)
16 team group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
VenueElmia Exhibition and Convention Centre
Teams16 teams
Purse$250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions Fnatic
1st runners-up Ninjas in Pyjamas
2nd runners-up compLexity Gaming
VeryGames
MVP Jesper "JW" Wecksell

Format

Six teams – Astana Dragons, compLexity Gaming, VeryGames, Clan-Mystik, Fnatic, and Team iBuyPower – were directly invited to participate in the tournament.

In addition to those six teams, ten other teams qualified through various tournaments and qualifiers. For instance, Ninjas in Pyjamas were eligible for the tournament because it won the DreamHack Summer 2013 tournament; Copenhagen Wolves qualified after it won EMS One Fall 2013; LGB eSports qualified through an online qualifier; and Reason Gaming qualified through the BYOC qualifier. These qualifiers made up the last ten teams for the tournament.

Teams were split up into four groups. All group matches were best-of-ones. 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 moves on to the Playoffs; the loser of that match would play another match against the winner of the two losing teams. The loser of the lower match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams would play each other and the winner of that match moves on to the playoffs, whilst the loser is eliminated. This format is also known as GSL Format.

The playoffs bracket consists of eight teams, two from each group. All of these matches are a best of three, single elimination format. Teams advance in the bracket until a winner is decided.

Broadcast Talent

Hosts

  • Scott "SirScoots" Smith
  • Jonas "bsl" Vikan

Commentators

  • Corey "dunN" Dunn
  • Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen
  • Suart "TosspoT" Saw

Analyst

  • Duncan "Thorin" Shields"

Teams
Direct invitation
Qualifiers
 
  • Reason Gaming6
  • Recursive eSports2
  • SK Gaming7
  • Universal Soldiers1
  • Xapso6

1 - 3rd-4th place at EMS One Fall 2013.

2 - DreamHack Winter 2013 Online Qualifiers winners

3 - 3rd place at TECHLABS Cup 2013 Finals

4 - 1st place at DreamHack Summer 2013

5 - 1st place at DreamHack Valencia 2013

6 - DreamHack Winter 2013 BYOC Qualifier winners

7 - 2nd place at DreamHack Bucharest 2013

Format

The sixteen teams were divided into four groups, with the two first match winners playing off against each other to find the groups top seed for the knockout stages. The losers of the first match played off in a knockout match, with the winner facing the loser of the winner's match to find the second seed. With eight teams remaining, the competition reached the quarter final stage, with all knockout matches hereon played in a best-of-three format.

Map Pool

There were five maps to choose from. In the group stage, each team bans two maps so that one remains. In the playoffs, each team bans one map and chooses one map; the remaining map would be the decider map of the series.

Maps

Group Stage

Group A
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Fnatic 2 0 32 15 +17 6
2 LGB eSports 2 1 46 31 +15 6
3 Clan-Mystik 1 2 24 46 -22 3
4 Natus Vincere 0 2 22 32 -10 0
Group A Matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Fnatic 16 Mirage 9 Natus Vincere
Clan-Mystik 16 Dust II 14 LGB eSports
LGB eSports 16 Mirage 13 Natus Vincere
Fnatic 16 Inferno 6 Clan-Mystik
Clan-Mystik 2 Inferno 16 LGB eSports

Group B
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 0 32 17 +15 6
2 Recursive eSports 2 1 45 37 +8 6
3 Universal Soldiers 1 2 33 41 -8 3
4 Team iBUYPOWER 0 2 17 32 -15 0
Group B Matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Inferno 13 Recursive eSports
Team iBUYPOWER 9 Dust II 16 Universal Soldiers
Team iBUYPOWER 8 Inferno 16 Recursive eSports
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Inferno 4 Universal Soldiers
Universal Soldiers 13 Inferno 16 Recursive eSports

Group C
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 compLexity Gaming 2 0 32 19 +13 6
2 VeryGames 2 1 46 33 +13 6
3 n!faculty 1 2 30 37 -7 3
4 Xapso 0 2 13 32 -19 0
Group C Matches
Team Score Map Score Team
VeryGames 16 Inferno 8 Xapso
compLexity Gaming 16 Inferno 5 n!faculty
VeryGames 14 Inferno 16 compLexity Gaming
n!faculty 16 Train 5 Xapso
VeryGames 16 Train 9 n!faculty

Group D
Pos Team W L RF RA RD Pts
1 Copenhagen Wolves 2 0 32 18 +14 6
2 Astana Dragons 2 1 39 40 -1 6
3 Reason Gaming 1 2 40 32 +8 3
4 SK Gaming 0 2 14 32 -18 0
Group D Matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Astana Dragons 16 Inferno 11 Reason Gaming
Copenhagen Wolves 16 Inferno 11 SK Gaming
Astana Dragons 7 Nuke 16 Copenhagen Wolves
Reason Gaming 16 Inferno 3 SK Gaming
Astana Dragons 16 Nuke 13 Reason Gaming


Playoffs

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2
LGB eSports 1
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2
VeryGames 1
Copenhagen Wolves 1
VeryGames 2
Ninjas in Pyjamas 1
Fnatic 2
Fnatic 2
Recursive eSports 1
Fnatic 2
compLexity Gaming 0
compLexity Gaming 2
Astana Dragons 1

Quarterfinals
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. LGB eSports
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 14 Dust II 16 LGB eSports
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Train 9 LGB eSports
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Mirage 7 LGB eSports
VeryGames vs. Copenhagen Wolves
Team Score Map Score Team
Copenhagen Wolves 6 Dust II 16 VeryGames
Copenhagen Wolves 16 Inferno 5 VeryGames
Copenhagen Wolves 12 Mirage 16 VeryGames
Fnatic vs. Recursive eSports
Team Score Map Score Team
Fnatic 16 Inferno 9 Recursive eSports
Fnatic 13 Dust II 16 Recursive eSports
Fnatic 16 Train 10 Recursive eSports
Astana Dragons vs. compLexity Gaming
Team Score Map Score Team
compLexity Gaming 9 Nuke 16 Astana Dragons
compLexity Gaming 16 Dust II 7 Astana Dragons
compLexity Gaming 16 Inferno 12 Astana Dragons

Semifinals
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. VeryGames
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Dust II 13 VeryGames
Ninjas in Pyjamas 6 Inferno 16 VeryGames
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Nuke 5 VeryGames
Fnaticvs. compLexity Gaming
Team Score Map Score Team
Fnatic 16 Train 7 compLexity Gaming
Fnatic 16 Mirage 7 compLexity Gaming
Fnatic – ??? – compLexity Gaming

Finals
Fnatic vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 14 Dust II 16 Fnatic
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Inferno 6 Fnatic
Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 Train 16 Fnatic

Final standings
Place Team Prize Money Seed Roster Coach
1st Fnatic US$100,000 EMS One Katowice 2014 Devilwalk, JW, flusha, pronax, schneider cArn
2nd Ninjas in Pyjamas US$50,000 f0rest, GeT RiGhT, Xizt, friberg, Fifflaren
3rd–4th compLexity Gaming US$22,000 Hiko, n0thing, swag, Sgares, Semphis
VeryGames shox, SmithZz, NBK, ScreaM, Ex6TenZ
5–8th LBG eSports US$10,000 dennis, olofmeister, KRiMZ, eksem, SKYTTEN
Astana Dragons ANGE1, kucher, markeloff, Dosia, AdreN
Recursive eSports Uzzziii, Happy, GMX, kennyS, Maniac
Copenhagen Wolves FeTiSh, dev1ce, Nico, dupreeh, Xyp9x 3k2
9–12th Clan-Mystik US$2,000 – apEX, HaRts, KQLY, ioRek, kioShiMa
Universal Soldiers TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, byali, Snax
n!faculty karrigan, gla1ve, Pimp, cajunb, raalz
Reason Gaming coloN, MSL, smF, EXR, LOMME
13–16th SK Gaming US$2,000 – MODDII, twist, xelos, Delpan, pita
Xapso ultra, centeks, cadiaN, aizy, robiin
Team iBUYPOWER Skadoodle, adreN, DaZeD, anger, AZK
Natus Vincere ceh9, Zeus, starix, seized, kibaken[3]

See also

References
  1. http://www.dreamhack.se/dhw13/2013/09/16/counter-strike-community-helps-build-250000-prize-pool/
  2. O'Neill, Patrick Howell (December 3, 2013). "With breakthrough tournament, 'Counter-Strike' finally returns to former glory". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. "Dreamhack Winter 2013". hltv.org. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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