ESL One Cologne 2017

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 US$250,000 prize pool.^[1] 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.

ESL One Cologne 2017

2017
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Cologne, Germany
Dates	July 7, 2017–July 9, 2017
Administrator	Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Tournament format(s)	16 team swiss group stage Eight team single-elimination playoff
Venue	Lanxess Arena
Teams	16 teams
Purse	US$250,000
Final positions
Champions	SK Gaming
1st runners-up	Cloud9
2nd runners-up	FaZe Clan Natus Vincere
MVP	Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo
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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.^[2]

Map Pool

The event will use Valve's Active Duty map pool.^[3]

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.^[4][5][6]

European Qualifier

8 invited teams, the winner of ESL Meisterschaft, and the qualifiers from the two open qualifiers participated in the closed qualifier.^[7][8]

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)

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualified
						Heroic		2
	BIG		2			BIG		0
											Heroic		2
	FlipSid3 Tactics		0
											Team Dignitas		0
						Tricked Esport		0
	Team Dignitas		2			Team Dignitas		2
																Heroic
	k29		0
																Space Soldiers
						GODSENT		2
	Team Kinguin		1			Tundra Esports		0
											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.^[9][10]

Teams

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

	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

One team from the China qualifier will advance to the tournament. They will play in a 16 team, single elimination bracket.^[11]

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)

	Round of 16					Round of 8					Round of 4					Qualifier
	TyLoo		2
	Sports.Power Clan		0
						TyLoo		2
						NEW4		0
	NEW4		2
	Lynx		0
											TyLoo		2
											Flash Gaming		0
	Flash Gaming		2
	Invictus Gaming		0
						Flash Gaming		2
						B.O.O.T.cn		0
	B.O.O.T.cn		2
	Five eSports Club		0
																TyLoo		2
																ViCi Gaming		0
	Eastern Mysterious Power		1
	LGD Gaming		2
						LGD Gaming		0
						ViCi Gaming		2
	ViCi Gaming		2
	Recall THE END		0
											Vici Gaming		2
											UYA		1
	UYA		2
	To.be.or.not.to.be		1
						UYA		2
						Eclipse		0
	Eclipse		2
	Acme Exclamation		0

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 Vincere 16-7 Inferno	Immortals 19-15 Train	OpTic Gaming 16-5 Cobblestone	Playoffs	Playoffs
	Ninjas in Pyjamas	3-0	+20	Cloud9 16-12 Cache	G2 Esports 16-6 Cache	mousesports 16-10 Cache	Playoffs	Playoffs
3–5	Natus Vincere	3-1	+12	Team Liquid 7-16 Inferno	Cloud9 34-32 Train	Space Soldiers 16-9 Train	mousesports 16-4 Mirage	Playoffs
	G2 Esports	3-1	+11	TyLoo 16-9 Cache	Ninjas in Pyjamas 6-16 Cache	Immortals 16-7 Cobblestone	SK Gaming 16-11 Inferno	Playoffs
	OpTic Gaming	3-1	+9	North 16-9 Cobblestone	Space Soldiers 16-9 Mirage	Team Liquid 5-16 Cobblestone	FaZe Clan 16-10 Train	Playoffs
6–8	SK Gaming	3-2	+16	Space Soldiers 14-16 Cache	Virtus.pro 16-9 Mirage	North 16-10 Cache	G2 Esports 16-11 Inferno	Fnatic 16-6 Mirage
	Cloud9	3-2	+8	Ninjas in Pyjamas 12-16 Cache	Natus Vincere 32-34 Train	TyLoo 16-9 Cobblestone	Immortals 16-11 Train	mousesports 22-20 Inferno
	FaZe Clan	3-2	+5	Heroic 16-14 Inferno	mousesports 12-16 Nuke	Fnatic 16-12 Overpass	OpTic Gaming 10-16 Train	North 16-7 Inferno
9–11	Fnatic	2-3	+4	mousesports 11-16 Train	Heroic 16-6 Mirage	FaZe Clan 12-16 Overpass	Space Soldiers 16-3 Mirage	SK Gaming 6-16 Mirage
	North	2-3	-10	OpTic Gaming 9-16 Cobblestone	TyLoo 16-6 Inferno	SK Gaming 10-16 Cache	Heroic 14-16 Inferno	FaZe Clan 7-16 Inferno
	mousesports	2-3	-11	Fnatic 16-11 Train	FaZe Clan 16-12 Nuke	Ninjas in Pyjamas 10-16 Cache	Natus Vincere 4-16 Mirage	Cloud9 20-22 Inferno
12–14	Heroic	1-3	-7	FaZe Clan 14-16 Inferno	Fnatic 6-16 Mirage	Virtus.pro 9-16 Cobblestone	North 14-16 Inferno	Eliminated
	Immortals	1-3	-14	Virtus.pro 16-12 Cobblestone	Team Liquid 15-19 Train	G2 Esports 7-16 Cobblestone	Cloud9 11-16 Train	Eliminated
	Space Soldiers	1-3	-25	SK Gaming 16-14 Cache	OpTic Gaming 9-16 Mirage	Natus Vincere 9-16 Train	Fnatic 3-16 Mirage	Eliminated
15–16	Virtus.pro	0-3	-18	Immortals 12-16 Cobblestone	SK Gaming 9-16 Mirage	Heroic 9-16 Cobblestone	Eliminated	Eliminated
	TyLoo	0–3	-24	G2 Esports 9-16 Cache	North 6-16 Inferno	Cloud9 9-16 Cobblestone	Eliminated	Eliminated

Playoffs

Playoffs Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	Natus Vincere		2
	G2 Esports		0
						Natus Vincere		0
						Cloud9		2
	Ninjas in Pyjamas		1
	Cloud9		2
											Cloud9		0
											SK Gaming		3
	Team Liquid		0
	FaZe Clan		2
						FaZe Clan		0
						SK Gaming		2
	OpTic Gaming		0
	SK Gaming		2

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	US$100,000	SK Gaming	FalleN, coldzera, felps, fer, TACO
2nd	US$50,000	Cloud9	Stewie2K, autimatic, n0thing, Skadoodle, shroud	valens
3rd–4th	US$22,000	FaZe Clan	karrigan, allu, kioShiMa, NiKo, rain	RobbaN
		Natus Vincere	seized, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, s1mple	Andi
5–8th	$10,000	G2 Esports	shox, apEX, bodyy, kennyS, NBK-	SmithZz
		Ninjas in Pyjamas	Xizt, draken, f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZ	THREAT
		OpTic Gaming	tarik, hazed, RUSH, NAF, mixwell	Adrig6
		Team Liquid	stanislaw, jdm64, ELiGE, nitr0, Twistzz	zews
9–11th	$6,000	Fnatic	dennis, flusha, JW, KRiMZ, olofmeister	Jumpy
		mousesports	chrisJ, denis, loWel, oskar, ropz	lmbt
		North	MSL, aizy, cajunb, k0nfig, Magisk	ruggah
12–14th	$3,000	Heroic	Snappi, es3tag, JUGi, niko, MODDII	FeTiSh
		Immortals	boltz, HEN1, kNgV-, LUCAS1, steel	zakk
		Space Soldiers	MAJ3R, Calyx, ngiN, paz, XANTARES	hardstyle
15–16th	$1,500	TyLoo	Mo, DD, HZ, somebody, BnTeT	peacemaker
		Virtus.pro	Snax, byali, NEO, pashaBiceps, TaZ	kuben