ESL has revealed the groups and schedule ahead of the ESL One Cologne event set to take place across Europe, North America, and Asia/Oceania.
All groups will be played in a double-elimination format with the top four teams from each group Europe reaching the playoffs in Europe while only the top two teams from each group will make the playoffs in North America & Asia/Oceania.
A total of $500,000 will be up for grabs across the regions with Europe and North America kicking off on August 18th and Asia / Oceania starting on August 25th.
You can find the groups and schedule for each region listed below:
Europe:
| Group A: | Group B: |
| BIG | Vitality |
| Complexity | G2 |
| Natus Vincere | FaZe |
| NiP | fnatic |
| OG | Astralis |
| mousesports | Heroic |
| MAD Lions | MIBR |
| Sprout | Heretics |
Tuesday, August 18
09:00 BIG vs. Sprout
09:00 OG vs. NiP
12:30 Vitality vs. Heretics
12:30 fnatic vs. Astralis
Wednesday, August 19
09:00 Natus Vincere vs. mousesports
09:00 Complexity vs. MAD Lions
12:30 FaZe vs. Heroic
12:30 MIBR vs. G2
North America:
| Group A: | Group B: |
| FURIA | Evil Geniuses |
| Gen.G | Liquid |
| 100 Thieves | Cloud9 |
| Chaos | Triumph |
Tuesday, August 18
16:00 FURIA vs. Chaos
16:00 100 Thieves vs. Gen.G
Wednesday, August 19
16:00 Evil Geniuses vs. Triumph
16:00 Cloud9 vs. Liquid
Asia / Oceania:
| Asia: | Oceania: |
| TYLOO | Renegades |
| ViCi | ORDER |
| Invictus | AVANT |
| Beyond | Chiefs |
Tuesday, August 25
02:00 Renegades vs. Chiefs
05:30 TYLOO vs. Beyond
Wednesday, August 26
02:00 ORDER vs. AVANT
05:30 ViCi vs. Invictus
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