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][2] 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
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationCologne, Germany
DatesJuly 7, 2017–July 9, 2017
Administrator(s)Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Tournament
format(s)
16 team swiss group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
VenueLanxess Arena
Teams16 teams
PurseUS$250,000
Final positions
Champions SK Gaming
1st runners-up Cloud9
2nd runners-up FaZe Clan
Natus Vincere
MVP Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

Maps
  • Cache
  • Cobblestone
  • Inferno
  • Mirage
  • Nuke
  • Overpass
  • Train

Broadcast Talent

Host

Desk Host"

  • Alex "Machine" Richardson

Reporter

  • Tres "stunna" Saranthus

Analysts

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.[6][7][8]

European Qualifier

8 invited teams, the winner of ESL Meisterschaft, and the qualifiers from the two open qualifiers participated in the closed qualifier.[9][10]

Teams
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.[11][12]

Teams
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

One team from the China qualifier will advance to the tournament. They will play in a 16 team, single elimination bracket.[13]

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 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

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

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