ESL has announced the schedule for the upcoming major tournament in Cologne.
ESL has just announced the schedule for the upcoming ESL One held in Cologne, Germany. There will be 16 teams contending for the grand prize pool of $250,000. The tournament will be taking place from August 20-23, located in two venues: MMC studios and the Lanxess Arena.
On the 20th, all four groups will play out the upper bracket, with the group winners securing themselves a place in the quarterfinals. The 12 teams that did not manage to win will have their groups redrawn and will receive a second chance to get through to the quarterfinals in the lower bracket. All matches played up to this point will be best-of-one series and the quarterfinals up will be best-of-three series.
The full schedule:
Thursday, August 20th
14:00 NiP vs. CLG A1
14:00 EnVyUs vs. Flipsid3 Tactics B1
15:25 Renegades vs. TSM A2
15:25 Kinguin vs. Luminosity B2
16:50 Winner of A1 vs. Winner of A2
16:50 Winner of B1 vs. Winner of B2
18:15 Fnatic vs. Team eBettle C1
18:15 Virtus.pro vs. Immunity D1
19:40 Titan vs. Na’Vi C2
19:40 Cloud9 vs. mousesports D2
21:05 Winner of C1 vs. Winner of C2
21:05 Winner of D1 vs. Winner of D2
Friday, August 21st
12:00 Group E elimination
13:25 Group E decider
14:50 Group F elimination
16:15 Group F decider
17:40 Group G elimination
19:05 Group G decider
20:30 Group H elimination
21:55 Group H decider
Saturday, August 22nd
11:00 Quarter-final #1
14:05 Quarter-final #2
17:10 Quarter-final #3
20:15 Quarter-final #4
Sunday, August 23rd
12:00 Semi-final #1
15:20 Semi-final #2
19:00 Grand final
Images from ESL.
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