ESL ONE will return once again to Cologne for the consecutive fifth year. The event will once again take place early in July, with three group stage days, July 3 to July 5, followed by three days of action in the LANXESS arena from July 6 to July 8, 2018.

ESL One LANThis time, the event will have a prize pool of $300,000, a $50,000 bump from last year’s $250,000. With the tournament now being a part of the Intel Grand Slam circuit, meaning that, in Cologne, a team will make a step toward taking the $1,000,000 reserved for one that wins four premium tournaments.

The 16 teams participating in the tournament are yet to be announced. The tickets for the event will go on for sale this Friday, with details and prices available on the ESL One website.

As usual, don’t forget to check out our streams page in ESL tab for the live broadcast of the event.

Stay tuned for more updates.