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.
