WHAT: ESL One Cologne 2016
WHEN: July 15 – June 20
WHERE: The LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany
PRIZE POOL: $1,000,000 in total prizes
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What teams are playing?
Sixteen teams are scheduled to play. The event is being hyped as including “eight legends” and “eight challengers” – i.e. eight established CS:GO teams and eight talented but lesser-known ones.
Here’s the full list of sixteen teams in ESL One Cologne 2016:
- SK Gaming
- Faze
- G2 Esports
- mousesports
- Natus Vincere
- Team Liquid
- Fnatic
- Counter Logic Gaming
- Astralis
- Team ENVYUS
- Gambit
- FlipSid3 Tactics
- OpTic Gaming
- Team Dignitas
- Ninjas In Pyjamas
- Virtus.pro
Betting odds for ESL One Cologne 2016 CS:GO matches
[display_all_odds leagueid=417]ESL One Cologne schedule of events
Here’s the complete schedule of events from ESL’s website:
Tuesday, July 5th
- 10:30 – Show starts
- 11:00 – First group match starts – Opening matches
Wednesday, July 6th
- 10:30 – Show starts
- 11:00 – First group match starts – Elimination and Winners matches
Thursday, July 7th
- 10:30 – Show starts
- 11:00 – Decider matches begin
Friday, July 8th
- Doors open at 08:00 CEST
- 09:20 – Show starts
- 10:00 – Quarterfinal one
- ~13:30 – Quarterfinal two
- ~17:30 – Quarterfinal three
- ~21:30 – Quarterfinal four
Saturday, July 9th
- Doors open at 11:30 CEST
- 14:20 – Show starts
- 15:00 – Semifinal one
- ~18:30 – Semifinal two
Sunday, July 10th
- Doors open at 11:30 CEST
- 14:40 – Show starts
- 15:00 – Showmatch
- 17:00 – Grand final