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ESL Major Series One — Spring 2013

ESL Major Series One Spring 2013 combined online Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition with a LAN final in Cologne, where Ninjas in Pyjamas won the title.

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Updated October 23, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 35,000[1]

Participant scale

16 season teams; eight advanced to the LAN finals[1]

Five of the eight LAN-final teams currently resolve to PTG Counter-Strike team pages; participant completeness remains partial.

Category

Organizer

Commercial note

ESL tournament operation · Recorded in the 2013 edition.[1]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

RaidCall

Commercial note

Series sponsor · Recorded in the 2013 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

The 16-team Spring season ran online from March 19 to April 14, 2013, and its eight-team LAN finals took place at ESL TV Studios in Cologne on April 13–14. The event offered a USD 35,000 prize pool. All 16 listed teams now link to canonical Team records. Ninjas in Pyjamas won the final.[1][3]

Liquipedia identifies ESL as organizer and RaidCall as sponsor. PTG links the organizer to its current canonical ESL FACEIT Group profile; its relationship to the 2013 competition is recorded as ESL tournament operation. The host venue is linked to PTG’s Cologne ESL studio profile, with the event source’s historical name retained in the venue role.[1]

References4
  1. [1]ESL Major Series One — Spring 2013 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]RaidCall EMS One Finals preview (1/2) — HLTV
  3. [3]NiP win RaidCall EMS One Spring Finals — HLTV
  4. [4]EMS One Spring 2013 cover reuse audit — ESL and Wikimedia Commons

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Series sponsor

RaidCall is listed as the sponsor of this EMS One season.[1]

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