CPH Wolves qualify for ESWC

Copenhagen Wolves will be the second Danish team to represent their country at ESWC 2014 thanks to winning the qualifier held this weekend at NPF #15. They defeated ALL IN in the final 2-1 (13-16 on de_inferno, 16-3 on de_cache and 16-4 on de_dust2.

A local Danish LAN tournament NPF #15 played host to the country's ESWC 2014 qualifier with the trip to Paris, France up for grabs. Nearly 100 teams signed up and took part in the group stage on Friday evening, after which the tournament moved into a double elimination playoff bracket on day two.

The old Western Wolves trio back together in CPH Wolves 

The main favorites were myXMG and the revamped CPH Wolves lineup, along with Peter "⁠Inzta⁠" Kragelund's ALL IN. They all looked solid until the upper semi-finals, where lesser known eXeS took out myXMG 2-1 (13-16 on de_overpass, 16-6 on de_inferno, 16-12 on de_dust2) with some great teamplay and strong AWPing by Max "⁠neon⁠" Mazur. myXMG then went on to lose to ALL IN in the lower bracket final and finished 4th.

eXeS' Cinderella story also ended there, as they lost to CPH Wolves in the upper final 0-2 (7-16 on de_inferno, 11-16 on de_nuke) and then a nail-biter to ALL IN in the consolidation final 17-19 on de_inferno.

With only the grand final left for Sunday, CPH Wolves took on ALL IN in a best-of-three series with no map advantage.

Inzta created early problems for the young Wolves, leading the charge on de_inferno T-side to a 12-3 advantage. Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander managed to wake his team up in the second half and they came very close to a big comeback, but saw it denied at the very end to go down 13-16.

After moving on to map two, de_cache, CPH Wolves came out much stronger, and with Nichlas "⁠Nille⁠" Busk topping the scoreboard they dominated the CT side 12-3, quickly closing the map out 16-3 right after.

The decider de_dust2 started out evenly, but after an early 3-3 draw CPH Wolves started dominating once again on the CT side, taking the half 11-4 while this time Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche did the most damage. The second half pistol round sealed the deal and the five teenagers in Wolves came out winners 16-4, thus securing the ESWC 2014 spot.

ESWC 2014 DenmarkBest of 3 CPH WolvesMatchpage 2 1 12th October 2014 ALL IN! 13Inferno 16 16Cache 3 16Dust2 4

NPF #15 standings

1. Copenhagen Wolves - ESWC spot + 5x HyperX Cloud headset
2. ALL IN - 5x HyperX Cloud headset + 5x HyperX Skin mousepad
3. eXeS - 5x HyperX Skin mousepad + 5x HyperX Fury 32GB USB
4. myXMG
5-6. FLÆKKETID
5-6. SKB-EC
7-8. Cursive
7-8. ONl1neRo|_ 

Copenhagen Wolves roster at NPF #15:

Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche
Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander
Nichlas "⁠Nille⁠" Busk
Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller
Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye 

The future of the roster is still uncertain as it was made specifically for this event, so it is unknown whether they will attend ESWC 2014 with this starting five.

Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche Age: 19 Team: CPH Wolves Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 296 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 19 Team: CPH Wolves Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 207 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Peter 'Inzta' Kragelund Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 59 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Age: 16 Team: CPH Wolves Rating 1.0: 1.22 Maps played: 24 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.62 Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 19 Team: CPH Wolves Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 38 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Nichlas 'Nille' Busk Age: 18 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 155 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Max 'neon' Mazur Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.31 Maps played: 4 KPR: 0.88 DPR: 0.65