Group A ESL One Cologne 2015

1 group a

1.1 ninjas in pyjamas vs. counter logic gaming
1.2 team solomid vs. renegades
1.3 ninjas in pyjamas vs. team solomid

group a


ninjas in pyjamas vs. counter logic gaming

casters: anders blume & moses

the ninjas in pyjamas (nip) came off of fifth straight major finals appearance in 5 majors, out of team, had 1 in pocket coming major. defeated keyd stars , counter logic gaming in group stage , defeated team solomid , team envyus in playoffs before falling fnatic in close 3 game set in finals. counter logic gaming (clg) defeated hellraisers in group stage @ last major, lost nip , keyd stars in group stage. clg defeated team liquid qualify major. nip came game overwhelming favorites.

the first match of major started clg taking 2-0 lead nip able third round no money spent. game close throughout , teams tied @ 7 going last round of half. there, nip had broken guy, 3 pistols, shotgun, , rifle. steve reltuc cutler took down richard xizt landström in round , followed onto aleksi allu jalli. rest of clg headed b bombsite , tarik tarik celik took down adam friberg friberg open site. reltuc took down patrik f0rest lindberg , shortly killed christopher right alesund give clg 1 round lead on nip. nip proceeded win first 3 rounds of second half , clg s first gun round came up. tarik held 2 nip members in middle area, friberg took down josh jdm64 marzano near bombsite. friberg planted bomb , allu , friberg took out james hazed cobb , pujan fns mehta, respectively. allu took down reltuc , xizt took down tarik , nip won round , 11-8 lead. clg, however, able bring , tied game @ 12 , lead @ 13-12. nip able take 3 straight rounds heading 29th round. fns won duel against friberg f0rest able trade. tarike traded out f0rest give clg man advantage. get_right rushed open b bombsite , took down tarik hurrying back. xizt lurking near bombsite , took down unsespecting jdm64. xizt took down reltuc before hazed traded out nip in game leader. get_right able trade right after , nip secured map. f0rest lead players 29 kills while tarik second 23. allu , xizt each had 21 kills nip while reltuc had 21 clg. nip went on face winner of team solomid , renegades.

team solomid vs. renegades

casters: anders blume & moses

team solomid (tsm) @ katowice 2015 had loss cloud9 bounced , defeated 3dmax , cloud9 hold on legends status. however, danes fell short taken out nip in quarterfinals. renegades @ previous major, organization vox eminor. team lost fnatic, defeated flipsid3 tactics, eliminated natus vincere. @ qualifiers, defeated korean team myrevenge.kr qualify major.

renegades started game flawless pistol round – chad spunj burchill near b bombsite while teammates executing towards bombsite. aaron azr ward took down nicolai dev1ce reedtz through smoke grenade. spunj made appearance , able take down andreas xyp9x højsleth. tsm thought bomb going b bombsite rotated b while bomb planted @ a. azr took down finn karrigan andersen , luke havoc paton followed onto peter dupreeh rothmann. rené cajunb borg unable win duel against spunj , renegades captain able secure round. renegades took 5-0 lead tsm s experience showed , took last ten rounds of half. tsm took 13-5 lead before renegades abel stop tsm s 13 round win streak. renegades went on win streak of own, winning 6 straight rounds close gap @ 13-11. in 25th round, tsm on limited buy, spunj took down karrigan in battle of 2 captains dev1ce able refrag. xyp9x took down azr , followed onto havoc. xyp9x killed yaman yam ergenekon midair , justin jks savage forced save gun next round. tsm not give round , took game 16-11. azr lead players 26 kills not enough against danish team rest of australians fell behind. dev1ce , dupreeh each had 22 kills , karrigan had 21 lead tsm victory. tsm went on face nip , renegades loser s match of group phase 2.

ninjas in pyjamas vs. team solomid

casters: joe miller & moses

both veteran teams each had difficult games in initial matches of major, heavy underdogs gave them run money. tsm started on less favored side dominated swedes. tsm took 5-0 lead before nip took 1 back. nip made 8-3, unsuccessful in later rounds, tsm took 8 straight rounds close out map. f0rest , xizt had 11 kills each top scoreboard nip, allu had 3 kills. meanwhile, xyp9x had 23 kills , dev1ce had 20 kills lead tsm , rest of field. tsm moved on playoffs , nip went on winner s match of second phase of group stage.