ESL One: Cologne 2018 begins tomorrow and it’s time to hype up for one of the most renowned events of the year. As usual, LANXESS Arena in the old-cultural city of Germany, Cologne, would host the premier event. Sixteen teams would fight for a whopping prize pool of $300,000 USD from July 3-8. Out of sixteen teams, eleven teams were directly invited while the rest of them qualified through European Qualifiers, North-American Qualifiers, Asian Qualifiers and the winner of GG.Bet Majestic also secured a slot at the LAN event.
Teams are divided into two groups and the opening matches would be a best-of-one encounter while rest of the group stage matches would feature best-of-three format. The winner from both the groups would directly advance to semi-finals whereas the second-place and third-place teams would compete in the single elimination best-of-three quarter-finals. The grand-final would be a best-of-five.
Coverage
Participants:
Prize-pool Distribution:
1st: $125,000 USD
2nd: $50,000 USD
3rd-4th: $22,000 USD
5th-6th: $11,000 USD
7th-8th: $7,500 USD
9th-12th: $6,000 USD
13th-16th: $5,000 USD
Map pool
Talent Lineup
Round #1 match-ups:-
Group A:
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Astralis vs Ence eSports
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Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Cloud9
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mousesports vs Gambit Esports
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G2 Esports vs Natus Vincere
Group B:
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FaZe Clan vs B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape
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Renegades vs MIBR
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Fnatic vs North
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BIG vs Team Liquid
Streams:
More information on the ESL One: Cologne 2018 can be found on ESL’s website, and this article will be updated as more details are released.
