ESL One: Cologne 2017 is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. Sixteen teams from around the globe will compete in an offline (LAN) tournament that will feature a group stage and a playoffs. It featured a US$250,000 prize pool.[1][2] It will also be 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.
Format
ESL invited twelve teams to compete in the tournament. Two teams from Europe, one team from North America, and one team from China will compete for the last four spots in three different qualifiers.[3][4]
Map Pool
The event will use Valve's Active Duty map pool.[5]
Maps
Cache
Cobblestone
Inferno
Mirage
Nuke
Overpass
Train
Broadcast Talent
Host
TBD
Analysts
TBD
Commentators
TBD
Observers
TBD
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]
FaZe Clan
Immortals
OpTic Gaming