ESL One Cologne 2017 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. In July 2017, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline (LAN) tournament that featured a group stage and playoffs with a 250,000 prize pool. It was 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.
This tournament was also the first tournament of the Intel Grand Slam, which a list of tournaments run by ESL and DreamHack. The first team to win four titles earns an extra $1,000,000.
Format ESL invited twelve teams to compete in the tournament. Two teams from Europe, one team from North America, and one team from China competed for the last four spots in three different qualifiers. The group stage was a sixteen team Swiss tournament. The playoffs was an eight team, single elimination best of three bracket, but the grand finals was a best of five.
Map Pool The event will use Valve's Active Duty map pool. Maps
Cache Cobblestone Inferno Mirage Nuke Overpass Train
Broadcast Talent Host Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner Desk Host Alex "Machine" Richardson Reporter Tres "stunna" Saranthus Analysts Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill Adam "friberg" Friberg Janko "YNk" Paunović Commentators Anders Blume Hugo Byron Henry "HenryG" Greer Christian "Chrispian" Hart Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat Jason "moses" O'Toole Jack "Jacky" Peters Harry "JustHarry" Russell Lauren "Pansy" Scott Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett Observers Patricia von Halle Heather "sapphiRe" Garrozo DJ "Prius" Kuntz
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)
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)
Chinese Qualifier One team from the China qualifier will advance to the tournament. They will play in a 16 team, single elimination bracket.
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)
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) TyLoo (CN Qualifier)
Group stage In the first round, teams from pool 1 will be matched up against teams in pool 4. Teams in pool 2 will play teams in pool 3. Each team's pool was determined by the tournament organizers.
In the second round, the winners in the first round will face each other in the "high" matches, in which teams with a 1–0 record will play against each other; the losers will face each other in the "low" matches, in which teams with a 0–1 record will play each other.
In the third round, the winners of the high matches (teams with 2-0 records) from round two will face each other. The winners of these two matches will qualify for the major. The losers of the high round and the winners of the low round (teams with 1-1 records) will face each other in the "mid" matches. The losers from the previous low matches (teams with 0-2 records) will face each other in round three's low matches. The losers of these low matches are eliminated. Twelve teams remain in the Qualifier.
In the fourth round, the losers of the high matches and the winners of the mid matches (teams with 2-1 records) will face each other in round four's high matches. The winners of those high matches qualify for the major. The losers of the mid matches and the winners of the low matches (teams with 1-2 records) will face each other in the low matches of round four. The losers of these matches are eliminated from the Qualifier. Six teams remain.
In the last round, the remaining teams will face off (teams with 2-2 records). The winners of these matches will qualify for the major and the losing teams will be eliminated. Place Team Record RD Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 1–2 Team Liquid 3–0 +24 Natus Vincere16-7Inferno Immortals19-15Train OpTic Gaming16-5Cobblestone Playoffs Playoffs Ninjas in Pyjamas 3-0 +20 Cloud916-12Cache G2 Esports16-6Cache mousesports16-10Cache Playoffs Playoffs 3–5 Natus Vincere 3-1 +12 Team Liquid7-16Inferno Cloud934-32Train Space Soldiers16-9Train mousesports16-4Mirage Playoffs G2 Esports 3-1 +11 TyLoo16-9Cache Ninjas in Pyjamas6-16Cache Immortals16-7Cobblestone SK Gaming16-11Inferno Playoffs OpTic Gaming 3-1 +9 North16-9Cobblestone Space Soldiers16-9Mirage Team Liquid5-16Cobblestone FaZe Clan16-10Train Playoffs 6–8 SK Gaming 3-2 +16 Space Soldiers14-16Cache Virtus.pro16-9Mirage North16-10Cache G2 Esports16-11Inferno Fnatic16-6Mirage Cloud9 3-2 +8 Ninjas in Pyjamas12-16Cache Natus Vincere32-34Train TyLoo16-9Cobblestone Immortals16-11Train mousesports22-20Inferno FaZe Clan 3-2 +5 Heroic16-14Inferno mousesports12-16Nuke Fnatic16-12Overpass OpTic Gaming10-16Train North16-7Inferno 9–11 Fnatic 2-3 +4 mousesports11-16Train Heroic16-6Mirage FaZe Clan12-16Overpass Space Soldiers16-3Mirage SK Gaming6-16Mirage North 2-3 -10 OpTic Gaming9-16Cobblestone TyLoo16-6Inferno SK Gaming10-16Cache Heroic14-16Inferno FaZe Clan7-16Inferno mousesports 2-3 -11 Fnatic16-11Train FaZe Clan16-12Nuke Ninjas in Pyjamas10-16Cache Natus Vincere4-16Mirage Cloud920-22Inferno Heroic 1-3 -7 FaZe Clan14-16Inferno Fnatic6-16Mirage Virtus.pro9-16Cobblestone North14-16Inferno Eliminated Immortals 1-3 -14 Virtus.pro16-12Cobblestone Team Liquid15-19Train G2 Esports7-16Cobblestone Cloud911-16Train Eliminated Space Soldiers 1-3 -25 SK Gaming16-14Cache OpTic Gaming9-16Mirage Natus Vincere9-16Train Fnatic3-16Mirage Eliminated Virtus.pro 0-3 -18 Immortals12-16Cobblestone SK Gaming9-16Mirage Heroic9-16Cobblestone Eliminated Eliminated TyLoo 0–3 -24 G2 Esports9-16Cache North6-16Inferno Cloud99-16Cobblestone Eliminated Eliminated
Playoffs Playoffs Bracket
Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Team Score Map Score Team Natus Vincere 19 Overpass 17 G2 Esports Natus Vincere 16 Nuke 13 G2 Esports Natus Vincere Cobblestone G2 Esports Ninjas in Pyjamas 10 Train 16 Cloud9 Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Cache 11 Cloud9 Ninjas in Pyjamas 6 Cobblestone 16 Cloud9 FaZe Clan 16 Overpass 9 Team Liquid FaZe Clan 16 Train 5 Team Liquid FaZe Clan Inferno Team Liquid OpTic Gaming 16 Mirage 10 SK Gaming OpTic Gaming 9 Cache 16 SK Gaming OpTic Gaming 7 Cobblestone 16 SK Gaming
Semifinals Semifinals Team Score Map Score Team Natus Vincere 13 Mirage 16 Cloud9 Natus Vincere 14 Overpass 16 Cloud9 Natus Vincere Train Cloud9 FaZe Clan 4 Overpass 16 SK Gaming FaZe Clan 16 Cache 19 SK Gaming FaZe Clan Inferno SK Gaming
Finals Finals Team Score Map Score Team Cloud9 9 Cobblestone 16 SK Gaming Cloud9 12 Train 16 SK Gaming Cloud9 14 Inferno 16 SK Gaming Cloud9 Mirage SK Gaming Cloud9 Cache SK Gaming
Final standings Each team's placing, team roster, coach, and prize distribution are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first. Place Prize Money Team Roster Coach 1st 100,000 SK Gaming FalleN, , , fer, TACO 2nd 50,000 Cloud9 Stewie2K, , n0thing, Skadoodle, shroud 3rd–4th 22,000 FaZe Clan karrigan, allu, kioShiMa, NiKo, RobbaN Natus Vincere , Edward, , GuardiaN, Andi 5–8th $10,000 G2 Esports shox, , bodyy, kennyS, NBK- SmithZz Ninjas in Pyjamas Xizt, , f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZ THREAT OpTic Gaming , hazed, RUSH, NAF, Adrig6 Team Liquid , , ELiGE, , Twistzz 9–11th $6,000 Fnatic dennis, , JW, KRiMZ, Jumpy mousesports , , , , North MSL, , , , Magisk 12–14th $3,000 Heroic Snappi, es3tag, JUGi, , MODDII FeTiSh Immortals , HEN1, , LUCAS1, Space Soldiers MAJ3R, Calyx, , , XANTARES 15–16th $1,500 TyLoo Mo, DD, HZ, , BnTeT peacemaker Virtus.pro Snax, , NEO, , TaZ
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