We are happy to announce that with the Chinese qualifier having concluded, we now have all 16 teams confirmed for the upcoming ESL One Cologne. 12 teams received direct invitations while 4 teams secured their tickets through qualifiers: 2 from Europe, 1 from North America and 1 from China.
The ESL One Cologne 2017 team lineup
The competing teams are as follows:
Invited
- G2 Esports
- SK Gaming
- Virtus.pro
- Natus Vincere
- North
- OpTic Gaming
- Cloud9
- Immortals
- FNATIC
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- FaZe Clan
- mousesports
Qualifiers
- Space Soldiers
- Heroic
- Team Liquid
- TyLoo
TyLoo completes the team lineup
Congratulations to TyLoo who are the last confirmed team for the event! As one of the most known Chinese CS:GO teams, TyLoo received an invitation directly to the closed qualifier which they completely dominated. From round of 16 to the final, they 2-0'd all of their opponents, including Vici Gaming in the final match. We are looking forward to see what they will show us in Cologne.
Get ready for the world's biggest CS:GO tournament!
We now know all of the teams who will be competing for the 2017 ESL One Cologne championship and a prize pool of US$250,000. With such an incredibly stacked lineup, this event is definitely not to be missed Be sure to join the roaring crowd of the LANXESS Arena as we make history happen with another unforgettable CS:GO event.
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