ESL One: Cologne 2017

ESL One: Cologne 2017

2017
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Cologne, Germany
Dates	July 7, 2017–July 9, 2017
Administrator(s)	Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Venue	Lanxess Arena
Teams	16 teams
Purse	US$250,000

ESL One: Cologne 2017 is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. Sixteen teams from around the globe will compete in an offline (LAN) tournament that will feature a group stage and a playoffs. It featured a US$250,000 prize pool. It will also be the last premier event before the PGL 2017 Krakow Major Championship. In addition, this Cologne event was the first ever Cologne tournament to not host a major as Valve decided to pass over the historic tournament series in favor of the PGL Major.

Format

ESL invited twelve teams to compete in the tournament. Two teams from Europe, one team from North America, and one team from China will compete for the last four spots in three different qualifiers.

The group stage played in a best-of-one Swiss-system tournament format consisting of 5 rounds. In the end, the top eight teams will advance to the Playoffs.

The Playoffs were formatted in a eight team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket. Team will play until a winner is decided.

Map Pool

The event will use Valve's Active Duty map pool.

Maps Cache Cobblestone Inferno Mirage Nuke Overpass Train

Broadcast Talent

Host

• TBD

Analysts

• TBD

Commentators

• TBD

Observers

• TBD

Qualifiers

Two teams from Europe, one team from North America, and one team from China will qualify for the tournament.

European Qualifier

8 invited teams, the winner of ESL Meisterschaft, and the qualifiers from the two open qualifiers participated in the closed qualifier.

Teams

Flipsid3 Tactics (Invited) GODSENT (Invited) Heroic (Invited) Space Soldiers (Invited) Team Dignitas (Invited) Team EnVyUs (Invited) Team Kinguin (Invited) Tricked Esport (Invited) BIG (ESL Meisterschaft) Outlaws (Open Qualifier 1) k29 (Open Qualifier 2) Tundra Esports (Open Qualifier 2)

EU Cologne 2017 Qualifier

	Round of 12					Round of 8					Round of 4					Qualified
							Heroic	2
							BIG	0
		BIG	2									Heroic	2
		Flipsid3 Tactics	0									Team Dignitas	0
							Tricked Esport	0
		Team Dignitas	2				Team Dignitas	2
		k29	0														Heroic	Q
																	Space Soldiers	Q
							GODSENT	2
							Tundra Esports	0
		Team Kinguin	1									GODSENT	0
		Tundra Esports	2									Space Soldiers	2
							Team EnVyUs	0
		Space Soldiers	2				Space Soldiers	2
		Outlaws	0

North American Qualifier

4 invited teams and 2 teams from the open qualifiers played in the North American qualifier. One team moves on to ESL One Cologne 2017.

Teams

Counter Logic Gaming (Invited) Misfits (Invited) Renegades (Invited) Team Liquid (Invited) Splyce (Open Qualifier 1) compLexity Gaming (Open Qualifier 2)

NA Cologne 2017 Qualifier

	Round of 6					Round of 4					Qualified
							Counter Logic Gaming	2
		Renegades	2				Renegades	0
		compLexity Gaming	0									Counter Logic Gaming	0
												Team Liquid	2
							Team Liquid	2
		Misfits	2				Misfits	1
		Splyce	0

Chinese Qualifier

Teams

B.O.O.T.cn (Invited) Eastern Mysterious Power (Invited) Eclipse (Invited) Flash Gaming (Invited) NEW4 (Invited) TyLoo (Invited) UYA (Invited) ViCi Gaming (Invited) Acme Exclamation (Open Qualifier) Five eSports Club (Open Qualifier) Green.Gaming (Open Qualifier) LCD Gaming (Open Qualifier) Lynx (Open Qualifier) Recall THE END (Open Qualifier) Sports.Power Clan (Open Qualifier) To.be.or.not.to.be (Open Qualifier)

CN Cologne 2017 Qualifier

Round of 16

Round of 8

Round of 4

Qualifier

TyLoo

Sports.Power Clan

NEW4

Lynx

Flash Gaming

Invictus Gaming

B.O.O.T.cn

Five eSports Club

Eastern Mysterious Power

LGD Gaming

ViCi Gaming

Recall THE END

UYA

To.be.or.not.to.be

Eclipse

Acme Exclamation

Teams Competing

Cloud9 (Invited) FaZe Clan (Invited) Fnatic (Invited) G2 Esports (Invited) Immortals (Invited) mousesports (Invited) Natus Vincere (Invited) Ninjas in Pyjamas (Invited) North (Invited) OpTic Gaming (Invited) SK Gaming (Invited) Virtus.pro (Invited) Heroic (EU Qualifier) Space Soldiers (EU Qualifier) Team Liquid (NA Qualifier) TBD (CN Qualifier)

Group Stage

Place	Team	Record	Differential	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1	Cloud9	0–0	0
2	FaZe Clan	0-0	0
3	Fnatic	0-0	0
4	G2 Esports	0-0	0
5	Immortals	0-0	0
6	mousesports	0-0	0
7	Natus Vincere	0-0	0
8	Ninjas in Pyjamas	0-0	0
9	North	0-0	0
10	OpTic Gaming	0-0	0
11	SK Gaming	0-0	0
12	Virtus.pro	0-0	0
13	Heroic	0-0	0
14	Space Soldiers	0-0	0
15	Team Liquid	0-0	0
16	TBD	0–0	0

Playoffs

Playoffs Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Quarterfinals Scores

Quarterfinals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team

Semifinals Scores

Semifinals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team

Finals Scores

Finals
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team

Final Standings

Place	Prize Money	Team	Roster	Coach
1st	US$100,000
2nd	US$50,000
3rd–4th	US$22,000
5–8th	$10,000
9–12th	$2,000
13–16th	$2,000

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