ESL One Cologne 2015 (CS:GO)
Fnatic wins back-to-back majors at ESL One Cologne 2015.
ESL One Cologne 2015 was the sixth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship, held from August 14–18, 2015 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, organized by Electronic Sports League. The tournament had a total prize pool of US$250,000. The online livestream was viewed by around 27 million viewers with a peak of 1.3 million concurrent viewers.
Quick Facts
- Tournament
- ESL One Cologne 2015
- Game
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)
- Location
- Cologne, Germany (Lanxess Arena)
- Year
- 2015
- Tournament winner
- Fnatic
- Fnatic era
- Golden Era (olofmeister, KRIMZ, flusha, JW, pronax)
- Format
- Group stage followed by single-elimination playoffs
Lore & Background
Fnatic was the winner of the event, defeating Team EnVyUs 2–0 in the finals. Fnatic was the first team to have consecutive major titles and would be the only team to do so until SK Gaming (which was Luminosity Gaming at this tournament) when the Brazilian team won MLG Columbus 2016 and ESL One Cologne 2016. Flusha was named the most valuable player of Cologne 2015.
Reader's Guide
Eight teams were in the playoffs. Fnatic, Luminosity Gaming, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team EnVyUs, Team SoloMid, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends. Team Kinguin was the only new Legend. The playoffs bracket consisted of eight teams, two from each group. All playoff matches were best-of-three, single elimination. The finals casters were Deman, Anders Blume, and HenryG.
Did You Know?
- The Cologne event was the first ESL tournament that required competitors to take drug tests, which all came up negative.
- Nuke was taken out of the active map pool and Train was brought back in for the first time since EMS One Katowice 2014.
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