ESL One Cologne 2017


ESL One Cologne 2017 was a tournament run by ESL. In July 2017, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline tournament that featured a group stage and playoffs with a 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.

Broadcast Talent

Host
Desk Host"
  • Alex "Machine" Richardson
Reporter
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'''
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

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

Chinese Qualifier

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

Teams

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 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 will face each other in the "mid" matches. The losers from the previous low matches 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 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 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. The winners of these matches will qualify for the major and the losing teams will be eliminated.
PlaceTeamRecordRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
1–2 Team Liquid3–0+24Natus Vincere
16-7

Inferno
Immortals
19-15

Train
OpTic Gaming
16-5
Cobblestone
PlayoffsPlayoffs
1–2 Ninjas in Pyjamas3-0+20Cloud9
16-12
Cache
G2 Esports
16-6
Cache
mousesports
16-10
Cache
PlayoffsPlayoffs
3–5 Natus Vincere3-1+12Team Liquid
7-16
Inferno
Cloud9
34-32
Train
Space Soldiers
16-9
Train
mousesports
16-4
Mirage
Playoffs
3–5 G2 Esports3-1+11TyLoo
16-9
Cache
Ninjas in Pyjamas
6-16
Cache
Immortals
16-7
Cobblestone
SK Gaming
16-11
Inferno
Playoffs
3–5 OpTic Gaming3-1+9North
16-9
Cobblestone
Space Soldiers
16-9
Mirage
Team Liquid
5-16
Cobblestone
FaZe Clan
16-10
Train
Playoffs
6–8 SK Gaming3-2+16Space Soldiers
14-16
Cache
Virtus.pro
16-9
Mirage
North
16-10
Cache
G2 Esports
16-11
Inferno
Fnatic
16-6
Mirage
6–8 Cloud93-2+8Ninjas 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 Clan3-2+5Heroic
16-14

Inferno
mousesports
12-16

Nuke
Fnatic
16-12

Overpass
OpTic Gaming
10-16

Train
North
16-7

Inferno
9–11 Fnatic2-3+4mousesports
11-16

Train
Heroic
16-6

Mirage
FaZe Clan
12-16

Overpass
Space Soldiers
16-3

Mirage
SK Gaming
6-16

Mirage
9–11 North2-3-10OpTic Gaming
9-16

Cobblestone
TyLoo
16-6

Inferno
SK Gaming
10-16

Cache
Heroic
14-16

Inferno
FaZe Clan
7-16

Inferno
9–11 mousesports2-3-11Fnatic
16-11

Train
FaZe Clan
16-12

Nuke
Ninjas in Pyjamas
10-16

Cache
Natus Vincere
4-16

Mirage
Cloud9
20-22

Inferno
Heroic1-3-7FaZe Clan
14-16

Inferno
Fnatic
6-16

Mirage
Virtus.pro
9-16

Cobblestone
North
14-16

Inferno
Eliminated
Immortals1-3-14Virtus.pro
16-12

Cobblestone
Team Liquid
15-19

Train
G2 Esports
7-16

Cobblestone
Cloud9
11-16

Train
Eliminated
Space Soldiers1-3-25SK Gaming
16-14

Cache
OpTic Gaming
9-16

Mirage
Natus Vincere
9-16

Train
Fnatic
3-16

Mirage
Eliminated
Virtus.pro0-3-18Immortals
12-16

Cobblestone
SK Gaming
9-16

Mirage
Heroic
9-16

Cobblestone
EliminatedEliminated
TyLoo0–3-24G2 Esports
9-16

Cache
North
6-16

Inferno
Cloud9
9-16

Cobblestone
EliminatedEliminated

Playoffs

Playoffs Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Final standings

Each team's placing, team roster, coach, and prize distribution are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.
PlacePrize MoneyTeamRosterCoach
1st100,000 SK Gaming FalleN, coldzera, , fer, TACO
2nd50,000 Cloud9 Stewie2K, , n0thing, Skadoodle, shroud valens
3rd–4th22,000 FaZe Clan karrigan, allu, kioShiMa, NiKo, rain RobbaN
3rd–4th22,000 Natus Vincere seized, Edward, , 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