ESL One Cologne will return early next month, this time with $250,000 of prize pool. The event will start on July 4th and ending on July 9th, making five days of pure counter-strike. Lanxess-Arena was the location chosen to host the event, which will feature offline games only.

    The events Group Stage will be played according to the following rules:

  • 16 team swiss-tournament
  • Every match is Bo1
    Teams that advance to the Playoffs will face these rules:

  • Single-elimination bracket
  • Best-of-three quarterfinals & semi-finals
  • Best-of-five grand final

The teams participating in the event will be:

Cloud9 Invited

  • n0thing
  • shroud
  • Skadoodle
  • Stewie2k
  • autimatic
FaZe Clan Invited

  • rain
  • kioShiMa
  • allu
  • karrigan
  • NiKo
Fnatic Invited

  • olofmeister
  • dennis
  • KRiMZ
  • JW
  • flusha
G2 Esports Invited

  • shox
  • bodyy
  • NBK
  • kennyS
  • apEX
Immortals Invited

  • HEN1
  • LUCAS1
  • boltz
  • steel
  • kNg
mousesports Invited

  • chrisJ
  • denis
  • oskar
  • loWel
  • ropz
Natus Vincere Invited

  • seized
  • GuardiaN
  • Edward
  • flamie
  • s1mple
Ninjas in Pyjamas Invited

  • f0rest
  • GeT_RiGhT
  • Xizt
  • draken
  • REZ
North Invited

  • MSL
  • k0nfig
  • cajunb
  • Magisk
  • aizy
OpTic Gaming Invited

  • NAF
  • RUSH
  • mixwell
  • tarik
  • hazed
SK Gaming Invited

  • FalleN
  • fer
  • coldzera
  • TACO
  • felps
Virtus.pro Invited

  • TaZ
  • NEO
  • pasha
  • Snax
  • byali
Team Liquid NA Qualifier

  • nitr0
  • EliGE
  • jdm64
  • stanislaw
  • Twistzz
Heroic EU Qualifier

  • MODDII
  • Snappi
  • niko
  • JUGi
  • es3tag
Space Soldiers EU Qualifier

  • XANTARES
  • ngiN
  • paz
  • MAJ3R
  • Calyx
TyLoo CN Qualifier

  • Mo
  • DD
  • somebody
  • HZ
  • BnTeT

Schedule Main stream
12:00 CEST – mousesports vs. Fnatic
13:15 CEST – Immortals vs. Virtus.pro
14:30 CEST – Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Cloud9
15:45 CEST – Natus Vincere vs. Team Liquid

Schedule B-Stream
12:00 CEST – FaZe vs. Heroic
13:15 CEST – SK Gaming vs. Space Soldiers
14:30 CEST – TyLoo vs. G2 Esports
15:45 CEST – North vs. OpTic Gaming

You can watch the whole event at our stream page.