The ESL One Cologne 2016 offline qualifiers are taking shape. Last weekend, CS:GO teams from all across Asia clashed in the Asia Regional Minor Championship with the hopes of finishing amongst the top two in order to guarantee themselves a chance to qualify for ESL One Cologne.
Team Immunity, VG.CyberZen, TyLoo and Renegades were the strongest looking teams after the group stages, knocking IEM Taipei champions, The MongolZ, out of the tournament early on. And it would be TyLoo and Renegades that would steal the show, after clashing a grand total of three times throughout the competition. TyLoo were fortunate enough to come out ahead when it mattered most in the grand finals, edging out Renegades for the top spot after a closely contested third map on cache which went 16-13 in favor of the Chinese and we can’t wait to see them in action again at the offline qualifiers.
The battle intensifies
Two of the ESL One Cologne Minors are hereby in the books with two more taking place in the next two weeks. We can already look forward to the results of both the European (14th to 16th of May) and the Americas Minor (19th to 22nd of May). As with the previous Minors, the top two placed teams will secure themselves a spot in the offline qualifier for ESL One Cologne.
Take a look at the confirmed teams so far:
- EnVyUs
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
- Mousesports
- Splyce
- Gambit Gaming
- FlipSid3 Tactics
- Cloud9
- FLuffy Gangsters (CIS Minor winner)
- Team Empire (CIS Minor runner-up)
- TyLoo (Asia Minor winner)
- Renegades (Asia Minor runner-up)
- EU Minor winner (14th to 16th of May)
- EU Minor runner-up (14th to 16th of May)
- America Minor winner (19th to 22nd of May)
- Americas Minor runner-up (19th to 22nd of May)
As teams from around the world fight for the remaining spots at ESL One Cologne, it’s the perfect time for you to secure yourself your own seat in the Upper Rank of the LANXESS arena! Three days of intense CS:GO matches await you as you get to witness the crowning of CS:GO’s new Major champions.
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