The tournament was held from March 13–16, 2014 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

It was organized by Electronic Sports League and sponsored by the game's developers Valve.

The Polish roster of Virtus.pro won the event by beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals.

[1][2] EMS One Katowice 2014 was streamed on Twitch and had a peak of over 250,000 concurrent viewers.

[5] There were five maps to choose from: Dust II, Inferno, Mirage, Nuke, and Train.