DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015

The seven-map pool did not change from Cologne 2015. Before each best-of-one match in the group stage, teams alternated banning maps until five maps had been banned. One of the two remaining maps was randomly selected, and the team that that did not get a third ban then selected which side it wanted to start on. In all best-of-three series, each team first banned a map, leaving a five-map pool. Each team then chose a map, with the opposing team selecting which side they wanted to start on for their opponent's map choice. The two map picks were the first two maps in the best-of-three. If the series were to require a third map, the map was randomly selected from the three remaining maps.

Two teams from the first European qualifier moved on to the major. Eight teams that were eliminated in the said qualifier moved to the second European qualifier. Three teams from that qualifier moved on to the major. Two teams from the North American qualifier moved on to the major and one team from the Asian qualifier moved on to the major.

The 16 teams at the major qualifier played at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015. The bottom eight teams from ESL One Cologne 2015, five teams from two European qualifiers, two teams from the North American qualifier, and one team from the Asian qualifier.

Teams were divided into four groups and the top two from each group made it to the major.

¹Lounge Gaming signs the entire Dobry&Gaming lineup.

²MIXCAT emerges with Team ROCCAT.

³Mythic is signed by Winterfox.

⁴The Asia Qualifier champion, QeeYou, had passport issues and could not attend. Skyred was the runner-up of the qualifier and took its place at the main qualifier.

The main qualifier took place at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015. Group A

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Cloud9	2	0	64	40	+24	6
2	Team Dignitas	2	1	93	89	+4	6
3	Team Immunity	1	2	89	97	-8	3
4	Team ROCCAT	0	2	44	64	-20	0

Group A Results
Cloud9	2	0	Team ROCCAT
Team Immunity	0	2	Team Dignitas
Cloud9	2	0	Team Dignitas
Team Immunity	2	0	Team ROCCAT
Team Dignitas	2	1	Team Immunity

Group B

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Titan	2	0	72	51	+21	6
2	Vexed Gaming	2	1	89	98	-9	6
3	HellRaisers	1	2	108	97	+11	3
4	Skyred	0	2	41	64	-23	0

Group B Results
Titan	2	0	Skyred
Vexed Gaming	0	2	HellRaisers
Titan	2	1	HellRaisers
Vexed Gaming	2	0	Skyred
HellRaisers	1	2	Vexed Gaming

Group C

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	mousesports	2	0	67	47	+20	6
2	Team Liquid	2	1	97	77	+20	6
3	Renegades	1	2	77	101	-24	3
4	Winterfox	0	2	51	67	-16	0

Group C Results
mousesports	2	0	Winterfox
Renegades	1	2	Team Liquid
mousesports	2	0	Team Liquid
Renegades	2	0	Winterfox
Team Liquid	2	0	Renegades

Group D

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts
1	Counter Logic Gaming	2	0	81	66	+15	6
2	FlipSid3 Tactics	2	1	90	68	+22	6
3	Copenhagen Wolves	1	2	82	95	-13	3
4	Lounge Gaming	0	2	71	95	-24	0

Group D Results
FlipSid3 Tactics	2	0	Copenhagen Wolves
Counter Logic Gaming	2	1	Lounge Gaming
FlipSid3 Tactics	0	2	Counter Logic Gaming
Copenhagen Wolves	2	1	Lounge Gaming
FlipSid3 Tactics	2	0	Copenhagen Wolves

All streams were broadcast on Twitch in various languages.

The HLTV.org October 26, 2015 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the final one released before the major. It included tournaments up to PGL CS:GO Championship Series: Season 1, in which Team SoloMid defeated Virtus.pro in the finals, and DreamHack Open London 2015, in which Team EnVyUs defeated Team SoloMid in the finals.[11]

HLTV.org Pre-Major Ranking

World Ranking
Place	Team	Points	Move†
1	Team SoloMid	892
2	Fnatic	888
3	Virtus.pro	805
4	Team EnVyUs	778
5	Ninjas in Pyjamas	440
6	Natus Vincere	432
7	Cloud9	279
8	Team Dignitas	214
9	G2 Esports	209
10	Counter Logic Gaming	208
11	Team Liquid	207	1
12	Titan	203	1
13	mousesports	197	2
14	Flipsid3 Tactics	183
15	Luminosity Gaming	175
18	Vexed Gaming	102

^†Change since October 19, 2015 ranking

The Cologne 2015 grand finals took place in the quarterfinals, after Fnatic was upset by Luminosity Gaming in Group A, forcing the Swedes to play as a lower seed in the playoffs. Otherwise, Fnatic did not drop any other game in its group against Vexed Gaming and Cloud9. Meanwhile, EnVyUs had a rather easy route in Group D, defeating Team Dignitas and Natus Vincere.

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Fnatic landed on Mirage for its map choice. EnVyUs won the pistol round and the two anti-economy rounds. In the 4th round, flusha and KRiMZ were able to give Fnatic its first round after both got all five kills. In the 5th round, apEX was able to take down flusha and pronax near the terrorist spawn. JW brought down NBK-, but Fnatic was still down a man. Happy was able to take down olofmeister, who was trying to sneak into the B bombsite. The last two Fnatic members decided to go towards the B bombsite, and with ten seconds remaining kennyS took down KRiMZ dropping down and JW was forced to back off to save his gun. In the 7th round with EnVyUs leading 5–1, Fnatic was limited to very weak pistols. All five members then stormed into the B bombsite. NBK- was the only one on the site and he was only able to get one before being traded by JW. Happy missed a shot onto JW and olofmeister was able to punish him immediately with a stolen gun from NBK- for his first kill of the game. JW got another kill onto kioShiMa and Fnatic planted the bomb. olofmeister then found kennyS. apEX took down flusha but he was forced to back off in an attempt to save him gun. EnVyUs, however, was able to come back right away at the start of the 8th round, but Fnatic won a 2 vs 5 clutch to set back the French team's economy. The game was tight for the remainder of the first half and Fnatic had a one-round lead after 15 rounds. The second half started with a 7-1 Fnatic run to make it 15–8. EnVyUs took the 24th round. In the 25th round, both teams were on a full buy. JW rushed up middle and took down a jumping kioShiMa, but kennyS was able to trade right away. Happy then sneaked past a smoke grenade and took down KRiMZ. pronax took down Happy in the connector area, connects middle and the A bombsite, to make it a 3 vs 3 scenario. NBK- was taken down by olofmeister and flusha took down apEX trying to plant the bomb. kennyS picked off flusha and then olofmeister took down kennyS and Fnatic took the game 16–9. apEX and Happy each had 21 kills each but flusha had 27 kills to lead Fnatic to a win. olofmeister had 22 kills despite starting the game with 0 kills and 6 deaths.

EnVyUs chose Cobblestone, a map it played heavily at the major. EnVyUs started with a 4–0 lead, despite some of the rounds being somewhat close. Fnatic brought the score back to 4–2, but EnVyUs was able to win an economy round to make it 5–2. In the 9th round with EnVyUs leading 6–2, Happy was taken down by olofmeister through a smoke grenade. olofmeister then found apEX through the edge of the smoke but kioShiMa was able to trade after picking up Happy's AWP. kennyS then made things even after taking down flusha on the other side of the map. kioShiMa then took down JW partially through a box while blinded by a flashbang. pronax finally took down kioShiMa, but NBK- traded to put KRiMZ in a 1 vs 2 situation. KRiMZ won a duel against NBK- and then won the clutch by taking down kennyS to give Fnatic an important round. The two teams then traded three rounds each and EnVyUs took a 9–6 lead into the half. In the second half, EnVyUs's offense was able to override the Fnatic defense. EnVyUs started the half with a 6–0 run before Fnatic got on the board in the second half. The Swedes were able to pick up two more rounds, but they would get stifled in the end and EnVyUs tied the series 1-1. NBK-, kioShiMa, and kennyS all had 23 kills each while olofmeister lead his team with 20 kills.

The third map headed to Cache to determine which team goes through to the semifinals. EnVyUs aimed to look for its first title while Fnatic aimed to win its third straight major title. EnVyUs took a 5–0 lead to start the game, but Fnatic dominated the 6th round to take its first round. pronax then called for a timeout with EnVyUs leading 8–1. In the first gun round after the timeout, apEX started off by taking down flusha, but was immediately traded by KRiMZ. NBK- pushed towards KRiMZ and took him down so that EnVyUs could regain the man advantage. pronax was able to take down kennyS as EnVyUs was taking over the B bombsite, and the Fnatic captain was blinded and taken down by kioShiMa. The remaining Fnatic members backed off to save their guns, but Happy took down JW and olofmeister to deny the saved rifles. Fnatic was able to take one more round, but the half belonged to EnVyUs and took a 13–2 lead, despite starting on the less favored side. EnVyUs continued to roll and won three straight rounds to send the French to the semifinals. Happy had 20 kills and NBK- had 19 kills to lead all players while nobody on Fnatic was in the double digits in terms of kills. The number one ranked player of 2015, olofmeister was at the bottom of the scoreboard with just three kills. EnVyUs went on to face the winner of Virtus.pro and G2 Esports and Fnatic was eliminated.

Team EnVyUs vs. Fnatic
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team EnVyUs	9	Mirage	16	Fnatic
Team EnVyUs	16	Cobblestone	9	Fnatic
Team EnVyUs	16	Cache	2	Fnatic

Virtus.pro had to squeak by Team Liquid in the initial matches of the major but jumped back to form with a dominant win over Titan. Meanwhile, G2 Esports had a strong win against mousesports but fell to Team SoloMid. However, it was able to take the best of three series in a rematch against the German team to qualify for the playoffs. 98% of Pick'Em predictions had the Poles winning the series.

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

The first map struck to Cache, a map G2 was known for. VP started on the counter-terrorist side. On the pistol round, G2 was getting ready for a push towards the A bombsite, but Snax was flanking to get information to his team that G2 was for sure executing towards A. However, what could have been multiple kills ended up only being one as Snax only found fox before the rest of G2 realized what was going on and turned around to kill him. TaZ was able to take rain down as G2 was running towards the bombsite but Maikelele traded him out. NEO was able to get to on dennis and jkaem and Maikelele took down pashaBiceps, but byali was able to trade him out to give VP a 1–0 lead. VP then took a 4–0 lead before G2 took a round. G2 tied the game at 4 and VP was forced to go on a save round. In the 11th round, with the score tied at 5, NEO took down rain trying to get information in the A bombsite, but jkaem took down TaZ shortly after. pashaBiceps found dennis on a boost and NEO killed fox afterwards. jkaem took down Snax through a wall and pashaBiceps was unable to find the kill onto Maikelele, letting jkaem kill him after the Polish player ran out of bullets. Maikelele then heard byali running into the bombsite and G2 was able to retake the lead at 6–5. G2 took two more rounds to make it 8–5, but VP won an economy round and then the last round of the half after Snax's two kills with the Desert Eagle and then 4 kills the following round with the AK-47 to make it a one-round game. G2 started the second half well by winning the first two rounds, but VP came back to win the next round. In the 22nd round with G2 leading 12–9, VP went aggressive up middle and Snax was able to take down rain. dennis took down TaZ in the middle of the firefight but Snax was able to trade. pashaBiceps took down Maikelele in middle, but jkaem jumped through a smoke grenade and took down Snax and NEO; while pashaBiceps was focused on jkaem, fox was able to come through the back and shoot him down, suddenly turning a 2-man disadvantage into a 1-man advantage for G2. byalii was at the A bombsite and had to retrieve the bomb, but the two G2 players were waiting. While able to bring down fox byali ran out of bullets and jkaem took advantage and gave G2 a crucial win. Later in the game, G2 lead 15–10 in the 26th round. There, both teams had ideal weapons but VP was short on grenades. VP pushed towards the Checkers area, which is directly across the B bombsite and pashaBiceps caught an unaware dennis. However, rain was able to trade as pashaBiceps attempted to acquire more information. VP started executing towards the B bombsite but fox and jkaem took down TaZ and Snax, respectively. byali was able to take down fox but jkaem spotted NEO and took him down. jkaem then followed up onto byali and G2 took the map. jkaem had 32 kills and rain had 21, while Snax had 30 for VP.

The next map was on Train, a map in which VP was considered to be the best at. G2 started with a 3–0 lead and then a 6–1 lead despite many considering VP's terrorist side to be strong. G2 had a 6–2 lead in the 9th round and had a chance to break VP's economy. VP executed towards the B bombsite. fox went aggressive and was able to catch byali off guard. and rain was able to take down Snax shortly after as he went aggressive on a different part of the map. NEO then decided to push into the B bombsite himself but Maikelele was waiting and the G2 player won the duel in the battle of the two captains. pashaBiceps was able to trade but the Poles were still in a 2 vs 4 disadvantage. fox then caught TaZ through the edge of a train and pashaBiceps missed his spray on rain and G2 once again broke the economy of VP. G2 then went up to 9 rounds, but VP was able to take the last 4 rounds before the half ended, giving them a decent chance to take the game. After the 26th round, VP managed to tie the game at 13. VP then took its first lead of the game at 14-13 after pashaBiceps's two kills. VP then was on match point at 15-13 and G2 had a very limited buy, which included three pistols. G2 started towards the B bombsite and dennis was able to take down TaZ with one of the two rifles G2 had. jkaem then took down NEO and fox followed up onto Snax. byali took down two, but Maikelele and dennis were able to clean up. G2 then forced overtime with the help of jkaem's two kills in the final round. The two teams traded one overtime round each in the first overtime half and TaZ's three kills helped VP take a one-round lead heading into the second overtime. G2 proceeded to take two terrorist rounds and had the lead once again at 18–17. In the final round of the first overtime, VP had four rifles but NEO was forced onto a pistol. fox found an early kill on byali and then hit a flick onto pashaBiceps. Snax was able to take down rain in the back of the A bombsite but jkaem quickly traded. jkaem lost a duel against NEO despite the VP leader only having a pistol but fox was able to pick him off midair as NEO was attempting to enter the site. TaZ tried to sneak his way through but fox held his ground and the Portuguese AWPer clinched the series for G2 and the huge upset. jkaem maintained his firepower from the last map with 30 kills, but fox topped the scoreboard with 32 kills. NEO and pashaBiceps had 28 kills each for VP, but it was not enough to take it over the line. G2 went on to face Team EnVyUs and VP was eliminated.

Virtus.pro vs. G2 Esports
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Virtus.pro	10	Cache	16	G2 Esports
Virtus.pro	17	Train	19	G2 Esports
Virtus.pro	–	Mirage	–	G2 Esports

Team SoloMid had an easy time in the group stage, defeating both FlipSid3 Tactics and G2 Esports 16–6. However, the Danes never made it past a semifinals majors, but recent success at other tournaments had them favorites to win their first major. Ninjas in Pyjamas had one major in its hands and many second-place finishes. The Swedes fell early to Titan in the group stage, but defeated Liquid and Titan in a best of three to retain its Legends status. 83% of Pick'Em predictions had TSM winning the best of three.

Casters: Anders Blume & moses

TSM chose Train as its map pick. NiP started with an early 3–0 lead. In the first gun round, dupreeh went aggressive into the upper part of the B bombsite and tacked on a lot of damage onto GeT_RiGhT and cajunb was able to finish him off. However, Xizt was able to take down karrigan in the A bombsite, but TSM already took over the B bombsite and was able to plant the bomb. f0rest brought down dupreeh trying to go through a smoke grenade and friberg was able to take down dev1ce. allu then followed up onto cajunb. Xyp9x was able to trade allu, but the rest of NiP was able to swarm him, take him down, and defuse the bomb. In the tenth round, with NiP leading 7-2 and TSM just having won a round, it started off with dupreeh peeking wide and taking down the NiP in game leader Xizt. friberg then ran into cajunb's spray. dupreeh fell to f0rest, but dev1ce was able to trade. GeT_RiGhT made it a 2 vs 3 situation and then karrigan took down allu after the Finn missed a shot on cajunb. GeT_RiGhT was forced to save his gun and TSM avoided being reset and forced NiP onto a save round. NiP proceeded to get to ten rounds while TSM only got to four. In the last round of the first half, TSM needed to win the round to avoid an 11-4 scoreline. Xizt took down Xyp9x and karrigan took down f0rest, but then Xizt followed up onto dupreeh to give NiP a one-man advantage. friberg spotted and killed dev1ce and karrigan brought down Xizt with a pistol in the duel of the two captains. allu then took down cajunb leaving karrigan in a 1 vs 3. karrigan rushed down allu and took allu's AWP, but with just 12 health points. karrigan was able to take down GeT_RiGhT. In a 1 vs 1 against friberg, karrigan went around the map to enter through the back of the A bombsite; he then spotted friberg trying to sneak his way in, planted the bomb, and then easily took down friberg to pull of the clutch. In the next half, TSM took the first three rounds. In the first gun round of the second half, dev1ce found friberg jumping through a smoke grenade, but GeT_RiGhT made things even after bringing down dupreeh. karrigan was able to sneak up on allu before being traded by Xizt, but cajunb took down f0rest. GeT_RiGhT was able to get the bomb planted and Xizt punished cajunb for missing a shot. Xyp9x took down GeT_RiGhT and dev1ce found Xizt and TSM defused the bomb to make it a one-round game. However, NiP was only on pistols the next round and was able to win the round after friberg's three kills. TSM then fell behind 10-15 going into the 26th round. There, the Danish team was limited to just pistols. karrigan took down allu, but GeT_RiGhT was able to trade immediately. f0rest followed onto dupreeh after dupreeh attempted to backstab Xizt. friberg then peeked out onto the A bombsite and took down an unaware dev1ce, but cajunb was able to trade. GeT_RiGhT then traded cajunb from the opposite end of the bombsite and then took down Xyp9x and NiP took game one. karrigan lead his team with 20 kills and dupreeh had 18 kills, but friberg had 27 kills and Xizt had 20 kills to lead NiP.

The next map was Dust II. TSM started well with a 2–0 lead, but NiP stormed back with 7 straight rounds. In the 10th round, cajunb caught a peeking f0rest, but GeT_RiGhT was able to trade. dupreeh took down Xizt to give TSM an advantage but the bomb was planted. allu jumped onto a box and took down Xyp9x and then friberg followed up with a double kill onto dupreeh and dev1ce. GeT_RiGhT was able to take down karrigan from the A Long area and NiP won the round. In the last round of the first half, with NiP leading 11–3, TSM was limited to just four pistols and one rifle with cajunb. dev1ce took down friberg and followed up onto GeT_RiGhT Xyp9x then found Xizt near the middle area and then took down allu trying to retrieve the dropped bomb by Xizt. f0rest was able to get one on cajunb but Xyp9x immediately traded with allu's AWP And TSM avoided a disastrous 12-3 halftime score. NiP started the second half strong after taking the first three rounds to put itself two rounds away from eliminating the number one team in the world. TSM answered back by taking four rounds to make it 14–8. In the 23rd round, executed towards the B bombsite with four players going towards middle to B. karrigan took down f0rest with 58 seconds remaining in the round. GeT_RiGht caught out cajunb trying to enter the B bombsite and then quickly turned around to catch out dupreeh. GeT_RiGhT then took down karrigan while Xyp9x took down Xizt and then GeT_RiGhT. Xyp9x planted the bomb, but allu quickly came in to take him down. dev1ce was able to trade, but now friberg knew where he was and won the duel with 12 health points remaining and defused the bomb to give NiP match point. In the next round, allu took down dev1ce early in the round in middle. As TSM was using its grenades to block off or gain information, GeT_RiGhT lurked through the B tunnels, which leads to the back entrance of the B bombsite and then up middle to catch out cajunb and quickly fell back afterwards. GeT_RiGhT then took down karrigan in the door entrance, which is the entrance when coming up the middle area, of the B bombsite, Xyp9x, however, had a double kill on f0rest and GeT_RiGhT and the B bombsite was open for TSM. However, friberg spotted Xyp9x jumping through a smoke and sprayed through it and took him down. Xizt then came out of the tunnels area and took down dupreeh and NiP pulled off an upset win against the favorites. Xyp9x had 19 kills and cajunb had 17 kills, but it was not enough as karrigan only had 9 kills for TSM. GeT_RiGhT had 28 kills and friberg stayed strong from the last map and had 19 kills. NiP went on the face the winner of Luminosity Gaming and Natus Vincere.

Team SoloMid vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team SoloMid	10	Train	16	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team SoloMid	8	Dust II	16	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team SoloMid	–	Inferno	–	Ninjas in Pyjamas

Luminosity Gaming had wins over Cloud9 and Fnatic in the group stage, despite being underdogs in both matches, including with only 1% of Pick'Em predictions choosing the Brazilians to defeat Fnatic, the defending champions and the most decorated CS:GO team. Natus Vincere defeated Counter Logic Gaming in a best of one and a best of three set, but lost to Team EnVyUs in the process. Na'Vi and LG both never made it past a quarterfinals in a major tournament prior to this major.

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

The first game started off on Dust II, LG's choice. Na'Vi started off by winning the pistol round, but LG won an economy round to tie the score at 1. However, on Na'Vi's economy round the next round, GuardiaN's three kills and seized's two kills allowed Na'Vi to regain the lead at 2–1. LG failed to tie it up again on another economy round and Na'Vi took a 3–1 lead. In the 8th round with Na'Vi leading 5–2, both teams had guns, with LG on slightly more inferior rifles. seized brought down steel near the B bombsite early. Zeus sneaked up near the terrorist spawn and had a chance to take down two LG players, but fer was able to quickly lock on and take him down. boltz took down Edward trying to take over the long area, but GuardiaN was able to take down FalleN from the opposite side of the map. LG ran to the A bombsite and a hiding flamie was able to kill coldzera before being traded by fer. GuardiaN walked through a smoke grenade and took down boltz; he then spotted fer on the A bombsite but missed a shot and fer was able to quickly rebound a shot of his own onto GuardiaN's head to make it a 1 vs 1. fer proceeded to plant the bomb and then swiftly took down seized playing on the catwalk position and fer pulled LG's round gap closer. Na'Vi was able to pull together and take a 7–3 lead. In the 11th round, GuardiaN and Zeus took down coldzera and boltz, respectively, and flamie followed up on FalleN after Zeus took down steel. fer was able to catch Zeus and Edward and then punished GuardiaN after the Slovakian missed a shot. With about ten seconds left, fer was able to take down flamie from middle to near the A bombsite and seized had to back off in order for the time to expire so his team could take the round. However, fer attempted to go for seized, but with one second left, seized saved the round for his team. Na'Vi was able to take one more round, but LG took three rounds and the halftime score was 9–6 in favor of Na'Vi. LG took the second half pistol. In the 17th round, GuardiaN took out steel on the B bombsite with roughly one minute and ten seconds to go and Edward toppled fer in the A long area. coldzera jumped and took down Zeus on the short area, which is in the middle area that leads to the A bombsite. boltz found flamie on the catwalk area, which connects the A bombsite and the short area, but Edward traded. coldzera took down seized. After the bomb was planted, coldzera hit another jump shot onto GuardiaN with his submachine gun. Edward then tacked on damage onto coldzera to bring him down to one health point and then quickly turned to take out FalleN, but coldzera was able to hit a headshot onto Edward and defuse the bomb. Na'Vi then went back on guns and proceeded to take three rounds. In the 21st round, with both teams on guns, but LG limited on utility, FalleN was able to take down GuardiaN early in the battle of the two AWPers but flamie was able to trade. fer pushed up in the long doors area and caught out Edward. fer then went more aggressive and pushed to the short area and took down seized. flamie was able to trade, but coldzera took down the remaining players and LG denied Na'Vi of a valuable 13th round. LG was immediately reset afterwards. In the 28th round, with LG bringing it back to 13–14, Na'Vi was limited to four pistols and an AWP on GuardiaN. The Na'Vi AWPer took down steel and flamie rushed down boltz. GuardiaN followed up on coldzera, but FalleN flicked onto flamie and fer took out Zeus. Then the teamwork of GuardiaN and Edward was able to take down the remaining LG players and Na'Vi got to match point. LG, however, was able to take the 29th round and the game headed to the last round of regulation. With roughly 40 seconds to go, coldzera took down flamie and GuardiaN traded. seized then took down steel. FalleN took down GuardiaN but Zeus sneaked through a smoke grenade and traded. He then took down boltz through the edge of a box. fer was able to find him, but Edward got the final kill and Na'Vi was able to take map 1. fer lead LG with 31 kills while the rest of LG did not perform up to par, especially with FalleN just on 10 kills. GuardiaN lead all players with 36 kills and flamie had 24 kills to lead Na'Vi to the win.

LG started with a 5–0 lead, but Na'Vi was able to bring it back to 5–6. In the 12th round, GuardiaN spotted a sliver of FalleN and was able to take him down from the long position of Overpass. boltz was abel to even things out with a kill on Edward while steel took out flamie on the B bombsite. Zeus took down boltz as the bomb was headed to the A bombsite. Zeus then followed up onto fer as Na'Vi was running into the bombsite. coldzera took down flamie, who just planted the bomb for Na'Vi, and then pulled out his pistol to follow up onto Zeus. GuardiaN was able to trade right after but missed a shot on steel and the Brazilian was able to punish him for the missed shot and took him down and defused the bomb to maintain LG's lead. LG took two more rounds to make it 9-5 before Na'Vi took the last round of the half. LG started with a second half pistol round win, but Na'Vi answered back and took three rounds to make it a one-round deficit. In the 20th round, steel took down Zeus early to start off the round. boltz followed up seized but flamie traded. steel nearly had an opportunity to take down two Na'Vi players after sneaking up on them, but a missed spray onto GuardiaN allowed the Na'Vi AWPer to pull out his pistol and take down steel. In the meantime, fer took down flamie as the two Na'Vi players attempted the retake after the bomb was planted for LG. Edward took down fer. coldzera took down Edward and then FalleN caught GuardiaN trying to save his AWP and LG took its 11th round. Na'Vi eventually tied the game at 11 and then took its first lead at 12–11. In the 25th round with Na'Vi leading 13–11, GuardiaN took down LG's captain FalleN early but boltz traded out flamie. Edward the pushed up the long area to find coldzera and seized took down boltz. fer was able to take down GuardiaN but fell short against seized and then Edward denied steel planting the bomb and Na'Vi took 14 rounds. LG took the next round, but Na'Vi got to match point after. LG then took another round. In the 29th round, fer attempted to go aggressive but GuardiaN picked him off in the connector area, which leads to the B bombsite and the middle area. Edward followed up on FalleN. As steel traded out Edward, Zeus caught out boltz. coldzera took down flamie but Zeus was able to trade. Zeus finished off the series by taking out steel with fifteen seconds left and Na'Vi defeated LG in two close maps. flamie lead all players with 24 kills and Zeus had 23 kills with Edward and GuardiaN both on 20 kills. boltz lead LG with 23 kills and fer had 20 kills. Na'Vi went on to play the Ninjas in Pyjamas in the semifinals.

Luminosity Gaming vs. Natus Vincere
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Luminosity Gaming	14	Dust II	16	Natus Vincere
Luminosity Gaming	13	Overpass	16	Natus Vincere
Luminosity Gaming	–	Inferno	–	Natus Vincere

EnVyUs had revenge against Fnatic after the Swedish team took down the French at last year's grand finals. With Fnatic out of the way, EnVyUs appeared to be the frontrunners to win the major. Meanwhile, G2 pulled off a massive upset against Virtus.pro, sweeping the series 2-0 and the multinational European team appeared to have the ability to take down the French powerhouse. G2 looked to pull another upset as only 3% of Pick'Em predictions had the team defeating the runners-up of the last major.

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

G2 chose Dust II as its first map. G2 started with a pistol round win but EnVyUs won the second round. The French team proceeded to win two more rounds and G2 won the fifth round after Maikelele's 1 vs. 2 clutch. In the sixth round, both teams had very similar buys, with one players from each team on a pistol. rain was found fairly early buy kennyS's AWP, but with about a minute left dennis and jkaem took down apEX and Happy respectively. dennis then took down kioShiMa and NBK- was caught by jkaem as he tried to go through the smoke for a kill. kennyS then backed off as G2 planted the bomb, but dennis and Maikelele hunted him down and the game was tied at 3. The two teams continued to trade rounds until G2 had a three-round lead going into the 14th round. As G2 was pushing up the middle area, apEX was hiding behind a smoke and took down jkaem and rain before dennis could turn around to find him. kennyS then took down dennis near the B bombsite and then followed up on Maikelele and then fox with the help of kioShiMa to close the gap. EnVyUs won the 15th round and the score was an 8–7 lead for G2 at the half. G2 cleanly took the pistol round and the two anti-economy rounds to take an 11–7 lead. In the 19th round, EnVyUs went up middle with about a minute left. fox missed a shot onto kennyS from the catwalk position, but soon dropped to the counter-terrorist spawn and picked off apEX. dennis was able to take down NBK-, but kioShiMa was able to enter the B bombsite after taking down rain. dennis then reentered the bombsite and found two quick kills onto kioShiMa and kennyS. Happy was able to take back a kill onto Maikelele in the duel between the two in game leaders, but fox was able to stop him and G2 got a 12th round. In the 22nd round with G2 leading 14–7, kennyS found jkaem through a box, but Maikelele and dennis took down apEX, Happy, and kioShiMa before fox was killed by NBK-. NBK- then followed up onto Maikelele to make it a 2 vs 2. NBK-'s third kill onto rain and kennyS catching a jumping dennis secure EnVyUs's first round of the half. The Frenchmen were able to take two more rounds before G2 got to 15. In the 26th round, EnVyUs executed towards the B bombsite with all its players coming from the upper tunnels area. NBK- entered and took down a blind rain but dennis was able to trade. Happy took down Maikelele with his pistol but dennis again traded with kennyS. The standing Swede then suddenly found two more kills onto apEX and kioShiMa. Happy was able to relent and took down jkaem and fox in middle to make it a 1 vs. 1. The two found each other with Happy in middle and dennis on the B bombsite and dennis was able to win the duel to secure an ace and Dust II for G2. Happy had 22 kills to lead the French, but jkaem had 27 and dennis had 26 to lead the multinational European team.

The second map turned out to be one of the longest games in major history. The two teams traded three rounds each to start the game. In the 15th round, with EnVyUs leading 8–6, fox found an early kill onto NBK-, who was trying to look over the smoke to spot any enemies. kennyS traded fox out after the Portuguese player missed a shot and then followed up onto jkaem. He then caught dennis jumping into the bombsite and apEX took down rain. Maikelele was able to trade but Happy was also there to trade and EnVyUs took a 9–6 lead into the half. The 19th round, with the French leading 11–7, started with kennyS missing a flurry of shots before a flashed Maikelele took his down as G2 was heading to the A bombsite. kioShiMa traded the G2 leader out and Happy sneaked up behind G2 and took down dennis and jkaem as apEX took down fox, leaving rain in ai 1 vs 4. With roughly 40 seconds left, rain found kioShiMa and apEX in quick succession to make it a 1 vs 2. He then picked up the bomb and planted it, but not before Happy sprayed through the smoke to tag him down to 46 health points. rain then won a duel against NBK- and then clutched the round for G2 against Happy. EnVyUs got to match point first at 15–13, but G2 was able to take the last two rounds to send the game to overtime. In the first overtime, both team won two counter-terrorist rounds and one terrorist rounds. G2 took an early overtime lead, but EnVyUs brought it back to 21–20. In the following round, Happy and NBK- were able to take down fox, rain, and jkaem before dennis took down the two players. Maikelele got stuck in his position as kennyS's incendiary grenade burned him and apEX followed up onto dennis and the game headed to triple overtime. EnVyUs then put G2 in its place and swept the third overtime 4-0 and won the game 25–21. Happy lead all players with 44 kills while NBK- had 35 kills and kennyS had 34 kills. fox also had a massive game with 40 kills but was the only player on his team to finish with a positive kill to death differential.

The third map was Cache, a map both teams were considered to be strong on. However, EnVyUs eventually jumped to 3–0 lead and then a 7–3 lead. In the 11th round, after G2 just won a round, rain jumped through and took down Happy who was on a box. NBK- took down Maikelele but dennis was able to trade. apEX sneaked up and took down rain and then followed up onto jkaem. Then EnVyUs entry fragger then took down fox before dennis was finally able to shut him and kioShiMa down. kennyS traded him out and G2's economy was reset. In the final round of the first half with EnVyUs leading 10-4 after a kioShiMa clutch, the said player got two early frags onto Maikelele and dennis in middle. Happy took down jkaem on the A bombsite and kioShiMa followed up onto fox. EnVyUs looked like it was going to have a substantial lead going into the second half since rain was against five. rain took down Happy in middle and then took down kioShiMa in the checkers area. He then was able to track down a flanking kennyS and then NBK- from the same position as kennyS to suddenly make it a 1 vs 1. rain then faked going to the A bombsite and then was able to take down apEX back on the B bombsite and rain pulled off a 1 vs 5 clutch to take a manageable 5-10 disadvantage into the second half. After the two teams traded one round each, EnVyUs went on a run and took a 15–6 lead. G2 found one more round to make it 16–7. In the 23rd round, EnVyUs went to the A bombsite. Maikelele took down apEX but was traded by kennyS. Happy then sneaked up onto G2 in middle and rook down dennis and rain. and the followed up onto jkaem. fox was able to take down NBK-, but Happy immediately traded and EnVyUs was headed to another finals. apEX had 25 kills and kennyS had 23 kills while dennis lead his team with 19 kills. EnVyUs went on to face off the winner of Na'Vi and NiP and G2 was eliminated.

Team EnVyUs vs. G2 Esports
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team EnVyUs	10	Dust II	16	G2 Esports
Team EnVyUs	25	Inferno	21	G2 Esports
Team EnVyUs	16	Cache	7	G2 Esports

The Ninjas in Pyjamas, like G2 Esports, pulled off an upset against one of the favorites and the number one team in the world coming into the tournament, Team SoloMid. Natus Vincere had to squeeze by Luminosity Gaming, which was ranked second to last on the HLTV.org's rankings as the Brazilians had not attended many events leading up to the major. With the top three teams taken out in the quarterfinals (TSM, Fnatic, Virtus.pro), both of these teams had a chance to take the major. 81% of Pick'Em predictions favored the Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Casters: Sadokist & HenryG

NiP chose Train to start the second semifinals. Na'Vi started with a 7–0 lead as it started on the terrorist side. In the 8th round, flamie took down f0rest from the Ivy area, which connects the long area and the A bombsite but GeT_RiGhT was able to trade out Zeus near the B bombsite. However, as GeT_RiGhT attempted to escape safely, GuardiaN was able to pick him off. Xizt then pushed up near the terrorist spawn and caught a retreating GuardiaN off guard. However, the remaining three players of Na'Vi all pushed together and picked off friberg but allu was able to trade off seized. flamie took down Xizt but allu caught Edward looking the wrong way. allu then caught flamie trying to retrieve the bomb and NiP finally got its first round. In the 14th round with Na'Vi up 10–3, Zeus entered the B bombsite with a spraydown on GeT_RiGhT but allu was able to trade after Na'Vi planted the bomb. flamie took down friberg and then followed up onto f0rest before allu traded. Xizt then took down GuardiaN with an auto sniper but seized went around NiP and took down Xizt. Edward then took down allu with assistance from seized and Na'Vi took the 14th round. The CIS team won the 15th round and took a 12–3 lead. It continued to assert dominance as it acquired 4 straight rounds to take the first map convincingly 16–3. GuardiaN and flamie each had 26 kills while the best player on NiP was allu with just 13 kills.

Next was Na'Vi map choice, Dust II. Na'Vi took an early 5–0 lead. In the 6th round, NiP let the clock run down to about 25 seconds before executing its plans. friberg attempted to flash his way from the catwalk area and drop to the counter-terrorist spawn, but seized was waiting and took his down. However, f0rest was able to trade from middle and NiP ran towards the B bombsite. While GeT_RiGhT was able to take down Zeus, flamie took down f0rest and allu from middle and GuardiaN took down Xizt from the upper tunnels area. GeT_RiGhT eventually fell to Edward and NiP's struggles from the first map continued. Na'Vi had an 11-4 halftime lead. In the second half pistol round, Edward caught allu in the long area and Zeus took down Xizt. GeT_RiGhT brought it back by finding two quick kills onto Zeus and GuardiaN on the short area. flamie ran to the B bombsite and took down friberg on the way there after friberg missed a flurry of shots and GeT_RiGhT took down Edward after Edward missed a flurry of shots. GeT_RighT then heard the bomb being planted by flamie but was able to take down the Russian player and f0rest took down seized in middle and the two NiP veterans clutched the round for the Swedish team. However, Na'Vi answered back and then took a 14–5 lead. In the 20th round, Edward took down friberg as three Na'Vi players were coming from the long area. GuardiaN then took down Xizt but allu was hiding in a smoke on long and took down flamie and followed up on seized after seized took down f0rest. GuardiaN then quickly scoped in onto the FInnish player and took his down and Na'Vi was in a 3 vs 1. GuardiaN then took down GeT_RiGhT on the catwalk position and Na'Vi was on match and series point. NiP was able to win an economy round, but the CIS team closed the game out 16–6. f0rest lead his team with 14 kills, but GuardiaN and Zeus had 23 kills each to lead Na'Vi to a dominant victory over NiP. Na'Vi went on to face EnVyUs and NiP was eliminated.

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Natus Vincere
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas	3	Train	16	Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas	6	Dust II	16	Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas	–	Inferno	–	Natus Vincere

Team EnVyUs had to struggle through G2 Esports, which had a surprising run in the tournament, after the French team lost the first map fairly convincingly and nearly was eliminated from the tournament in the second map before pulling together and taking Cache. Meanwhile, Natus Vincere plowed past Ninjas in Pyjamas as NiP only compiled 9 rounds through two maps. EnVyUs was in its second straight finals and three of its players – Happy, NBK-, kioShiMa – already won a major title at DreamHack Winter 2014. Na'Vi was in its first finals after playing in its first semifinals and looked to be the first CIS team to win a major. 89% of Pick'Em predictions had EnVyUs winning the series and the major.

Casters: Anders Blume & Semmler

Na'Vi chose Train as its map pick. In the pistol round, EnVyUs took the pistol round. In the second round, with Na'Vi only on upgraded pistols, Zeus started off with a headshot onto apEX on virtually opposite ends of the A bombsite. Edward then peeked out from a similar position Zeus was in and took down a closer kioShiMa. kennyS was able to bring it back by taking down GuardiaN and Happy took down Zeus to even the number of players. kennyS pushed and took down Edward; however, seized gave Na'Vi back the advantage with kills onto NBK- and Happy in quick succession. kennyS made it a 1 vs 1 after taking out flamie. seized had two kills but was on 8 health points and the bomb was dropped. kennyS took advantage and clutched the round for EnVyUs. EnVyUs then went up 5-0 after barely edging out the CIS team in every round. In the 6th round, Na'Vi put up a wall of smoke grenades to enter the A bombsite more safely. Zeus followed up by taking down apEX but kioShiMa was able to even it out by taking down flamie. Edward was able to trade kioShiMa but kennyS traded Edward. Happy, who was on the A bombsite train the whole time, sneaked up on Zeus, who was planting the bomb, and killed him but GuardiaN traded right after. kennyS then stepped onto the said train and took down seized coming from the Ivy area. GuardiaN then realized he only had ten seconds left in the round and backed off to save his AWP and EnVyUs went up 6–0. In the 8th round with EnVyUs up 7–0, kennyS began with a kill onto flamie but Edward took down kioShiMa shortly after. Zeus took down NBK- on the B bombsite while seized took down apEX trying to sneak his way through smoke in the Ivy area. The bomb was planted and the remaining Na'Vi members finished up the two remaining EnVyUs players and got its first round. EnVyUs was forced to save money despite winning 7 straight rounds. Na'Vi proceeded to win 5 more rounds to bring the score to 7-6 before EnVyUs picked up an 8th round. In the last round of the half, kennyS peeked and killed seized in the Ivy area with 43 seconds to go. apEX then took out Edward. apEX then took down Zeus with about 15 seconds left. GuardiaN was able to kill kennyS but with flamie caught out by Edward, GuardiaN was in a virtually impossible position and was eventually taken about by apEX. Na'Vi came back and tied the game 9-9 after winning the pistol and anti-economy rounds. In the first gun round of the second half, the round started off with GuardiaN accidentally killing Zeus as the Na'Vi captain was attempting to push forward. The French team then proceeded to go to the B bombsite, but the flamie and seized defense on the site was able to completely shut down the offense and Na'Vi took its first lead of the game. The game was tied at 12 and then EnVyUs took a 13–12 lead going into the 26th round. There, EnVyUs planned an execute towards the B bombsite. flamie was able to take down NBK- but was traded by kioShiMa. apEX followed up onto seized but GuardiaN was there to trade. Zeus took down damaged kioShiMa but kennyS traded. GuardiaN caught kennyS on the back as the French AWPer attempted to retreat. Edward put up a smoke on the planted bomb to cover himself up while defusing the bomb. Happy sprayed through the smoke and tagged Edward down to 59 health points. He then threw a high explosive grenade and then sprayed some more before the grenade killed Edward. GuardiaN was able to trade, but the kill on Edward meant there was no time for GuardiaN to defuse the bomb and the Slovakian AWPer had to back away and let the bomb explode. EnVyUs then went up to 15 rounds before Na'Vi got one back. In the 30th round, with the French leading the CIS team 15–14, kennyS started the round by jumping on apEX's head and spotted Edward on a train while he was behind smoke. Happy attempted to trick Na'Vi by throwing his grenades into the B bombsite, but Na'Vi stayed put and Zeus took down Edward on the A bombsite. The Na'Vi captain then followed up on NBK-. kennyS was able to trade him out. kioShiMa entered the bombsite through the Ivy area and took down seized but GuardiaN traded. EnVyUs then went to plant the bomb. Happy then took down flamie and the bomb was planted. GuardiaN creeped up and took down Happy, but kennyS immediately traded and EnVyUs won the first map, 16–14. seized lead all players with 32 kills, GuardiaN had 25, and Zeus had 22, but it was not enough. For EnVyUs, kennyS lead the team with 26 kills and Happy had 20, but EnVyUs still won the game despite losing based on individual statistics.

The next map went to Cobblestone. EnVyUs started with a 7–0 lead before Na'Vi took a round, just like the last map. Na'Vi took one more before EnVyUs won an 8th round. In the 10th round, apEX opened up with a kill on seized. Zeus then caught an off-guard NBK-and NBK- dropped the bomb, giving Na'Vi a big advantage. kioShiMa was able to take down Zeus but apEX was traded by GuardiaN right after. kioShiMa then jumped into the same place NBK- was killed and took down flamie. GuardiaN played on the A bombsite waiting for EnVyUs players and flicked onto Happy as the EnVyUs leader attempted to cover all angles. kennyS took down Edward in middle, but kioShiMa was killed by GuardiaN and dropped the bomb near the A bombsite with about 20 seconds left. GuardiaN heard kennyS running up and peeked him, but kennyS was quicker in the battle of the two AWPers and EnVyUs lead 8–2. In the following round, GuardiaN had an AWP but the rest of his team were on pistols. The French team rushed to the B bombsite but Zeus was able to find kioShiMa. apEX was able to take down flamie but he was traded right after by seized. kennyS threw a high explosive grenade and took down both seized and Zeus and NBK- took down Edward and GuardiaN was left in a 1 vs 3 scenario. GuardiaN peeked from his position and took down NBK-. He then quickly flicked onto kennyS and suddenly made it a 1 vs 1. Happy and GuardiaN spotted each other but neither could hit his shots. GuardiaN went back on the B bombsite and grabbed kioShiMa's AK-47. Happy missed his spray and GuardiaN took advantage and got his own spray to connect and Na'Vi won the round. In the 15th round, three French players moved to the B bombsite. kioShiMa found entry kills onto Edward and Zeus and the site was clear. kioShiMa then found GuardiaN through the doors leading to the bombsite and apEX and Happy cleaned up the remaining two players and they took a 10–5 lead. EnVyUs proceeded to run away with the game in the second half. The French team won 5 straight rounds and had a 15–5 lead heading into the 21st round. It did not start well for Na'Vi as seized was taken down eight seconds into the round by Happy. NBK- then took down Zeus with 54 seconds left near the B bombsite and then followed up onto flamie with 50 seconds left. GuardiaN missed a shot onto kioShiMa and kioShiMa was able to punish with 48 seconds to go. Edward was hiding behind the boxes on Cobblestone near the B bombsite but Happy spotted a shoulder and took the Ukrainian player down through the box and clinched the major title for Team EnVyUs. NBK- lead all players with 25 kills while apEX had 19. GuardiaN lead his team with 16 kills, but the rest of his team fell behind, as two players had 10 kills and two players had 9 kills.

Team EnVyUs won its first title. kennyS and apEX had their first major title and NBK-, kioShiMa, and Happy won their second title, their first being with Team LDLC.com at DreamHack Winter 2014. Fnatic still lead all teams with three major titles and Virtus.pro, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team LDLC.com, and now Team EnVyUs each had one.

Team EnVyUs vs. Natus Vincere
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team EnVyUs	16	Train	14	Natus Vincere
Team EnVyUs	16	Cobblestone	5	Natus Vincere
Team EnVyUs	–	Dust II	–	Natus Vincere

The HLTV.org November 3, 2015 rankings of teams in the major is displayed below. The ranking was the first one released after the major.[12]

HLTV.org Post-Major Ranking

World Ranking
Place	Team	Points	Move†
1	Team EnVyUs	949	3
2	Team SoloMid	821	1
3	Fnatic	785	1
4	Virtus.pro	722	1
5	Natus Vincere	598	1
6	Ninjas in Pyjamas	491	1
7	G2 Esports	308	2
8	Cloud9	273	1
9	Luminosity Gaming	222	6
10	Counter Logic Gaming	220
11	Titan	201	1
12	Team Dignitas	199	4
13	mousesports	198
14	Team Liquid	196	3
15	Flipsid3 Tactics	178	1
18	Vexed Gaming	90

^†Change since October 26, 2015 ranking