# 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. 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)
| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| | | | Heroic | Heroic | 2 | | | | | | |
| BIG | BIG | 2 | BIG | BIG | 0 | | | | | | |
| BIG | BIG | 2 | BIG | BIG | 0 | Heroic | Heroic | 2 | | | |
| FlipSid3 Tactics | FlipSid3 Tactics | 0 | | | | Heroic | Heroic | 2 | | | |
| FlipSid3 Tactics | FlipSid3 Tactics | 0 | | | | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 0 | | | |
| | | | Tricked Esport | Tricked Esport | 0 | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 0 | | | |
| Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 2 | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 2 | | | | | | |
| Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 2 | Team Dignitas | Team Dignitas | 2 | | | | Heroic |
| k29 | k29 | 0 | | | | | | | Heroic |
| k29 | k29 | 0 | | | | | | | Space Soldiers | Space Soldiers | Space Soldiers |
| | | | GODSENT | GODSENT | 2 | | | | Space Soldiers | Space Soldiers | Space Soldiers |
| Team Kinguin | Team Kinguin | 1 | Tundra Esports | Tundra Esports | 0 | | | | | | |
| Team Kinguin | Team Kinguin | 1 | Tundra Esports | Tundra Esports | 0 | GODSENT | GODSENT | 0 | | | |
| Tundra Esports | Tundra Esports | 2 | | | | GODSENT | GODSENT | 0 | | | |
| Tundra Esports | Tundra Esports | 2 | | | | Space Soldiers | Space Soldiers | 2 | | | |
| | | | Team EnVyUs | Team EnVyUs | 0 | Space Soldiers | Space Soldiers | 2 | | | |
| Space Soldiers | Space Soldiers | 2 | Space Soldiers | Space Soldiers | 2 | | | | | | |
| Outlaws | 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)
| Round of 6 | Round of 6 | Round of 6 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| | | | Counter Logic Gaming | Counter Logic Gaming | 2 | | | |
| Renegades | Renegades | 2 | Renegades | Renegades | 0 | | | |
| compLexity Gaming | compLexity Gaming | 0 | | | | Counter Logic Gaming | Counter Logic Gaming | 0 |
| | | | | | | Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 2 |
| | | | Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 2 | | | |
| Misfits | Misfits | 2 | Misfits | Misfits | 1 | | | |
| Splyce | 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.

#### 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 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier |
| TyLoo | TyLoo | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sports.Power Clan | Sports.Power Clan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sports.Power Clan | Sports.Power Clan | 0 | TyLoo | TyLoo | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | NEW4 | NEW4 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| NEW4 | NEW4 | 2 | NEW4 | NEW4 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Lynx | Lynx | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lynx | Lynx | 0 | | | | TyLoo | TyLoo | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Flash Gaming | Flash Gaming | 0 | | | | |
| Flash Gaming | Flash Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | Flash Gaming | Flash Gaming | 0 | | | | |
| Invictus Gaming | Invictus Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Invictus Gaming | Invictus Gaming | 0 | Flash Gaming | Flash Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | B.O.O.T.cn | B.O.O.T.cn | 0 | | | | | | | |
| B.O.O.T.cn | B.O.O.T.cn | 2 | B.O.O.T.cn | B.O.O.T.cn | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Five eSports Club | Five eSports Club | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Five eSports Club | Five eSports Club | 0 | | | | | | | | TyLoo | TyLoo | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | ViCi Gaming | ViCi Gaming | 0 |
| Eastern Mysterious Power | Eastern Mysterious Power | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | ViCi Gaming | ViCi Gaming | 0 |
| LGD Gaming | LGD Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LGD Gaming | LGD Gaming | 2 | LGD Gaming | LGD Gaming | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | ViCi Gaming | ViCi Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | |
| ViCi Gaming | ViCi Gaming | 2 | ViCi Gaming | ViCi Gaming | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Recall THE END | Recall THE END | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Recall THE END | Recall THE END | 0 | | | | Vici Gaming | Vici Gaming | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | UYA | UYA | 1 | | | | |
| UYA | UYA | 2 | | | | | | | UYA | UYA | 1 | | | | |
| To.be.or.not.to.be | To.be.or.not.to.be | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| To.be.or.not.to.be | To.be.or.not.to.be | 1 | UYA | UYA | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Eclipse | Eclipse | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Eclipse | Eclipse | 2 | Eclipse | Eclipse | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Acme Exclamation | 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 |
| 1–2 | 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 |
| 3–5 | 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 |
| 3–5 | 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 |
| 6–8 | 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 |
| 6–8 | 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 |
| 9–11 | 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 |
| 9–11 | 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 |
| 12–14 | Immortals | 1-3 | -14 | Virtus.pro 16-12 Cobblestone | Team Liquid 15-19 Train | G2 Esports 7-16 Cobblestone | Cloud9 11-16 Train | Eliminated |
| 12–14 | 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 |
| 15–16 | TyLoo | 0–3 | -24 | G2 Esports 9-16 Cache | North 6-16 Inferno | Cloud9 9-16 Cobblestone | Eliminated | Eliminated |

## Playoffs
### Playoffs Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 2 | | | | | | |
| G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 0 | | | | | | |
| G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 0 | Natus Vincere | Natus Vincere | 0 | | | |
| | | | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 2 | | | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 2 | | | |
| Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 2 | | | | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 0 |
| | | | | | | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 3 |
| Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 0 | | | | | | | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 3 |
| FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 2 | | | | | | |
| FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 2 | FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 0 | | | |
| | | | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 2 | | | |
| OpTic Gaming | OpTic Gaming | 0 | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 2 | | | |
| SK Gaming | 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 |
| 3rd–4th | US$22,000 | Natus Vincere | seized, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN, s1mple | Andi |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | G2 Esports | shox, apEX, bodyy, kennyS, NBK- | SmithZz |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Xizt, draken, f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZ | THREAT |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | OpTic Gaming | tarik, hazed, RUSH, NAF, mixwell | Adrig6 |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | Team Liquid | stanislaw, jdm64, ELiGE, nitr0, Twistzz | zews |
| 9–11th | $6,000 | Fnatic | dennis, flusha, JW, KRiMZ, olofmeister | Jumpy |
| 9–11th | $6,000 | mousesports | chrisJ, denis, loWel, oskar, ropz | lmbt |
| 9–11th | $6,000 | North | MSL, aizy, cajunb, k0nfig, Magisk | ruggah |
| 12–14th | $3,000 | Heroic | Snappi, es3tag, JUGi, niko, MODDII | FeTiSh |
| 12–14th | $3,000 | Immortals | boltz, HEN1, kNgV-, LUCAS1, steel | zakk |
| 12–14th | $3,000 | Space Soldiers | MAJ3R, Calyx, ngiN, paz, XANTARES | hardstyle |
| 15–16th | $1,500 | TyLoo | Mo, DD, HZ, somebody, BnTeT | peacemaker |
| 15–16th | $1,500 | Virtus.pro | Snax, byali, NEO, pashaBiceps, TaZ | kuben |