ESL One Cologne 2019
| 2019 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Cologne, Germany |
| Dates | July 2, 2019–July 7, 2019 |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League (ESL) |
Tournament format(s) | Double elimination group stage Six team single-elimination playoff |
| Venue | Lanxess Arena |
| Teams | 16 teams |
| Purse | US$300,000 |
ESL One Cologne 2019 is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. In July 2019, sixteen teams from around the globe will compete in an offline (LAN) tournament that will feature a group stage and playoffs with a US$300,000 prize pool. This event and Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV - Chicago will be the last events before teams playing at StarLadder & i-League Berlin Major 2019 take a month break before heading to the Major.
This tournament is the fifth tournament of the second season of the Intel Grand Slam[1], which a list of international premier tournaments run by ESL and DreamHack. Each team gets ten tournaments that it participates in to have a chance at winning four of them. The first team to win four titles earns an extra $1,000,000.
Format
ESL invited eleven teams to compete in the tournament. Two teams from Europe, one team from North America, one team from Asia, and the winner of the GG.Bet Invitational tournament competed for the last five spots. The matches are broadcast-ed live on Youtube.
There are two stages for Cologne 2019, including a group stage and a playoffs. The group stage will feature two groups of eight teams, each seeded according to the ESL World Rankings. The initial matches will be a best of one and all further matches will be a best of three. The format will be an eight team, double elimination bracket, with the top three teams going through. The winner of the groups will be given a bye for the playoffs. The playoffs will feature six teams. The winners of the groups will head straight to the semifinals while the other four teams will play in the quarterfinals. Teams will play until a winner is decided. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be a best of three and the finals will be a best of five.[2]
Map pool
The event used Valve's Active Duty map pool. Cache was taken out of the map pool as Valve announced it would be undergoing renovations. Rather than debuting a new Cobblestone, which is normally in the map pool, Valve introduced Vertigo for the first time as part of its competitive map pool.[3]
- Dust II
- Mirage
- Inferno
- Nuke
- Train
- Overpass
- Vertigo
Broadcast Talent
The broadcast talent was announced on June 25, 2019.[4]
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Desk host
Stage host Interviewer
Analysts
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Commentators
Observers
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Qualifiers
European qualifier
Two teams from the European qualifier moved on to the main event in Germany. Three teams were invited, one team qualified from winning ESL Meisterschaft: Spring 2019, and four teams qualified from two open qualifiers.
Team Vitality was the favorite all the way and proved so by taking down every team through the winner's side of the bracket. North or HellRaisers were favorites to be the second team to move on, but both teams stumbled on Heroic and AVANGAR. Heroic swept AVANGAR in the loser's final to be the second team to book a ticket to Cologne.[5]
North American qualifier
One team from the North American qualifier was given a ticket to Cologne. Four teams were invited and another four teams qualified from two different open qualifiers.
North America's qualifier was a toss up as there were several teams with potential. FURIA Esports fell very early in an upset loss to the newly formed Lazarus Esports roster and compLexity Gaming fell to Lazarus in the next round. Ghost Gaming, also a favorite, defeated Lazarus and awaited its opponent. FURIA made a big run from the loser's side, defeating Bad News Bears, Team Envy, compLexity, and Lazarus to face off against Ghost. Despite Ghost given the 1-0 default lead via coming from the winner's side, FURIA had a relatively easy time and stole the spot away from Ghost.[6]
Asian qualifier
One team from the Asian qualifier qualified for a potential meeting at the Lanxess Arena. Four teams were invited and another four teams qualified from two different open qualifiers.
TyLoo was the favorite, despite its recent inconsistencies, and ViCi Gaming's hot rise put them as another favorite. However, both Chinese teams fell as ViCi was edged out by B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape (B.O.O.T-d[S]) of Singapore and TyLoo was taken down by MVP PK of South Korea. MVP PK swept B.O.O.T-d[S] to book a spot in the finals. TyLoo stormed through the loser's side of the bracket, only to be stumped by MVP PK once again, allowing the Koreans to attend just their second premier tournament of the year.[7]
GG.BET Invitational
Like the last Cologne qualifier, this invitational determined the final team of the lineup. Seven teams were invited and Team Spirit qualified from a 186 team open qualifier.
As the top ranked team in the world, Team Liquid was the favorite to come out on top while G2 Esports was the favorite to win out its group. However, both teams suffered upsets, with Liquid losing to Spirit and G2 losing to forZe. Both teams bounced back and met in the finals, where Liquid swept G2 to take the last spot at Cologne.[8]
| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Sprout
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2 | 0 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 6 |
| 2 |  Team Liquid
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2 | 1 | 81 | 45 | +36 | 6 |
| 3 |  Team Spirit
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1 | 2 | 47 | 81 | -34 | 3 |
| 4 |  NoChance
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0 | 2 | 22 | 48 | -26 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forZe
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2 | 0 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 6 |
| 2 |  G2 Esports
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2 | 1 | 92 | 84 | +8 | 6 |
| 3 | HellRaisers
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1 | 2 | 88 | 111 | -23 | 3 |
| 4 |  Movistar Riders
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0 | 2 | 68 | 72 | -4 | 0 |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
 Sprout
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 G2 Esports
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| G2 Esports
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 Team Liquid
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 forZe
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| Team Liquid
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Teams competing
Invited
Astralis
BIG
ENCE eSports
FaZe Clan
Fnatic
MIBR- mousesports
Natus Vincere- Ninjas in Pyjamas
NRG Esports
Renegades
Qualifiers
Team Vitality (Europe)- Heroic (Europe)
- FURIA Esports (North America)
MVP PK (Asia)- Team Liquid (GG.Bet Invitational)
Group stage
The format of the group stage was two groups of eight teams in a double elimination bracket. The teams to win their brackets moved on to the semifinals while the next two teams were in the quarterfinals.[9][10]
Group A
Winner's bracket
| Winner's Quarterfinals | Winner's Semifinals | Winner's Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Team Liquid
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| 8 |  MVP PK
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| 1 | Team Liquid
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| 4 | Natus Vincere
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| 4 | Natus Vincere
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| 5 |  mousesports
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| 1 | Team Liquid
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| 2 | NRG Esports
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | FaZe Clan
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Renegades
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | FaZe Clan
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | NRG Esports
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| 2 | NRG Esports
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  FURIA Esports
| 0 | ||||||||||||
Loser's bracket
| Loser's Eighths | Loser's Quarterfinals | Playoff Qualifier | ||||||||||||
| 3 | FaZe Clan
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | MVP PK
| 0 | 5 | mousesports
| 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | mousesports
| 2 | 5 | mousesports
| 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Natus Vincere
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| 4 | Natus Vincere
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| 6 | Renegades
| 0 | 7 | FURIA Esports
| 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | FURIA Esports
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| Group A matches | ||||
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| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Team Liquid
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16 | Nuke | 14 | MVP PK
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| Natus Vincere
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16 | Train | 14 | mousesports
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| FaZe Clan
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16 | Mirage | 14 | Renegades
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| NRG Esports
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16 | Nuke | 7 | FURIA Esports
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| Team Liquid
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22 | Dust II | 19 | Natus Vincere
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| Team Liquid
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14 | Overpass | 16 | Natus Vincere
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| Team Liquid
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16 | Mirage | 8 | Natus Vincere
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| FaZe Clan
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11 | Mirage | 16 | NRG Esports
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| FaZe Clan
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11 | Overpass | 16 | NRG Esports
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| FaZe Clan
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– | Dust II | – | NRG Esports
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| MVP PK
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8 | Vertigo | 16 | mousesports
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| MVP PK
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6 | Inferno | 16 | mousesports
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| MVP PK
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– | Nuke | – | mousesports
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| Renegades
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9 | Nuke | 16 | FURIA Esports
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| Renegades
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9 | Mirage | 16 | FURIA Esports
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| Renegades
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– | Inferno | – | FURIA Esports
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| FaZe Clan
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15 | Inferno | 19 | mousesports
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| FaZe Clan
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8 | Mirage | 16 | mousesports
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| FaZe Clan
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– | Nuke | – | mousesports
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| Natus Vincere
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16 | Nuke | 12 | FURIA Esports
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| Natus Vincere
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16 | Overpass | 12 | FURIA Esports
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| Natus Vincere
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– | Inferno | – | FURIA Esports
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| Team Liquid
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16 | Nuke | 12 | NRG Esports
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| Team Liquid
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22 | Inferno | 20 | NRG Esports
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| Team Liquid
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– | Dust II | – | NRG Esports
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| mousesports
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19 | Inferno | 22 | Natus Vincere
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| mousesports
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16 | Dust II | 8 | Natus Vincere
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| mousesports
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9 | Train | 16 | Natus Vincere
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Group B
Winner's bracket
| Winner's Quarterfinals | Winner's Semifinals | Winner's Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Astralis
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| 8 | BIG
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Astralis
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| 4 |  Fnatic
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fnatic
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | MIBR
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Astralis
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ninjas in Pyjamas
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Team Vitality
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ninjas in Pyjamas
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ninjas in Pyjamas
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Heroic
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  ENCE eSports
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Heroic
| 1 | ||||||||||||
Loser's bracket
| Loser's Eighths | Loser's Quarterfinals | Playoff Qualifier | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Heroic
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | BIG
| 2 | 8 | BIG
| 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | MIBR
| 1 | 7 | Heroic
| 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | Team Vitality
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fnatic
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Team Vitality
| 2 | 3 | Team Vitality
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| 2 | ENCE Esports
| 1 | ||||||||||||
Playoffs
The two runner-ups from each group each faced off in the quarterfinals. The top seeds in each group earned automatic berths to the playoffs. The quarterfinals and semifinals was best of three matches and the finals was a best of five.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Grand Finals | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Team Liquid
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| B2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas
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| A3 | Natus Vincere
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| B1 | Astralis
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| A2 | NRG Esports
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| B3 | Team Vitality
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Final standings
The final standings are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.
| Place | Prize Money | Team | Roster | Coach |
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| 1st | US$125,000 | |||
| 2nd | US$50,000 | |||
| 3rd – 4th | US$22,000 | |||
| 5th–6th | US$11,000 | |||
| 7th–8th | US$7,500 | Heroic
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blameF, es3tag, NaToSaphiX, stavn, friberg
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| mousesports
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karrigan, chrisJ,  frozen,  ropz,  woxic
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Rejin
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| 9th–12th | US$6,000 | BIG
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gob b, denis, tabseN, tiziaN, XANTARES
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LEGIJA
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| FaZe Clan
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 NiKo, GuardiaN,  NEO, olofmeister,  rain
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 YNk
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| Fnatic
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Xizt, Brollan, JW, KRiMZ, twist
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Jumpy
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| FURIA Esports
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arT, ableJ, KSCERATO, VINI, yuurih
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guierri
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| 13th–16th | US$5,000 | ENCE eSports
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allu, Aerial, Aleksib, sergej, xseveN
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Twista
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| MIBR
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FalleN, coldzera, fer, LUCAS1, TACO
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zews
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| MVP PK
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HSK, stax, xeta, XigN, zeff
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termi
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| Renegades
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AZR, jks, Liazz,  Gratisfaction, jkaem
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kassad
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References
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- ^ "ESL One Cologne 2019 North America Closed Qualifier overview". HLTV.org. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ "ESL One Cologne 2019 Asia Closed Qualifier overview". HLTV.org. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ "GG.Bet Cologne Invitational - ESL One Cologne 2019 Qualifier overview". HLTV.org. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ Burazin, Zvonimir (June 30, 2019). "ESL One Cologne 2019 Group A preview". HLTV.org. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ Švejda, Milan (June 30, 2019). "ESL One Cologne 2019 Group B preview". HLTV.org. Retrieved June 30, 2019.