ESL One Cologne 2017
ESL One Cologne 2017 was a tournament run by ESL. In July 2017, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline tournament that featured a group stage and playoffs with a 250,000 prize pool. It was the last premier event before the PGL 2017 Krakow Major Championship. In addition, this Cologne event was the first ever Cologne tournament to not host a major as Valve decided to pass over the historic tournament series in favor of the PGL Major.
This tournament was also the first tournament of the Intel Grand Slam, which a list of tournaments run by ESL and DreamHack. The first team to win four titles earns an extra $1,000,000.
Format
ESL invited twelve teams to compete in the tournament. Two teams from Europe, one team from North America, and one team from China competed for the last four spots in three different qualifiers. The group stage was a sixteen team Swiss tournament. The playoffs was an eight team, single elimination best of three bracket, but the grand finals was a best of five.Map Pool
The event will use Valve's Active Duty map pool.Broadcast Talent
HostDesk Host"
- Alex "Machine" Richardson
Analysts
- Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
- Adam "friberg" Friberg
- Janko "YNk" Paunović
- Anders Blume
- Hugo Byron
- Henry "HenryG" Greer
- Christian "Chrispian" Hart
- Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat
- Jason "moses" O'Toole
- Jack "Jacky" Peters
- Harry "JustHarry" Russell
- Lauren "Pansy" Scott
- Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett
- Patricia von Halle
- Heather "sapphiRe" Garrozo
- DJ "Prius" Kuntz
Qualifiers
European Qualifier
8 invited teams, the winner of ESL Meisterschaft, and the qualifiers from the two open qualifiers participated in the closed qualifier.Teams
North American Qualifier
4 invited teams and 2 teams from the open qualifiers played in the North American qualifier. One team moves on to ESL One Cologne 2017.Teams
Chinese Qualifier
One team from the China qualifier will advance to the tournament. They will play in a 16 team, single elimination bracket.Teams
Teams Competing
Group stage
In the first round, teams from pool 1 will be matched up against teams in pool 4. Teams in pool 2 will play teams in pool 3. Each team's pool was determined by the tournament organizers.In the second round, the winners in the first round will face each other in the "high" matches, in which teams with a 1-0 record will play against each other; the losers will face each other in the "low" matches, in which teams with a 0-1 record will play each other.
In the third round, the winners of the high matches from round two will face each other. The winners of these two matches will qualify for the major. The losers of the high round and the winners of the low round will face each other in the "mid" matches. The losers from the previous low matches will face each other in round three's low matches. The losers of these low matches are eliminated. Twelve teams remain in the Qualifier.
In the fourth round, the losers of the high matches and the winners of the mid matches will face each other in round four's high matches. The winners of those high matches qualify for the major. The losers of the mid matches and the winners of the low matches will face each other in the low matches of round four. The losers of these matches are eliminated from the Qualifier. Six teams remain.
In the last round, the remaining teams will face off. The winners of these matches will qualify for the major and the losing teams will be eliminated.
| Place | Team | Record | RD | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
| 1–2 |  Team Liquid | 3–0 | +24 | Natus Vincere 16-7 Inferno | Immortals 19-15 Train | OpTic Gaming 16-5 Cobblestone | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| 1–2 |  Ninjas in Pyjamas | 3-0 | +20 | Cloud9 16-12 Cache | G2 Esports 16-6 Cache | mousesports 16-10 Cache | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| 3–5 |  Natus Vincere | 3-1 | +12 | Team Liquid 7-16 Inferno | Cloud9 34-32 Train | Space Soldiers 16-9 Train | mousesports 16-4 Mirage | Playoffs |
| 3–5 |  G2 Esports | 3-1 | +11 | TyLoo 16-9 Cache | Ninjas in Pyjamas 6-16 Cache | Immortals 16-7 Cobblestone | SK Gaming 16-11 Inferno | Playoffs |
| 3–5 | OpTic Gaming | 3-1 | +9 | North 16-9 Cobblestone | Space Soldiers 16-9 Mirage | Team Liquid 5-16 Cobblestone | FaZe Clan 16-10 Train | Playoffs |
| 6–8 |  SK Gaming | 3-2 | +16 | Space Soldiers 14-16 Cache | Virtus.pro 16-9 Mirage | North 16-10 Cache | G2 Esports 16-11 Inferno | Fnatic 16-6 Mirage |
| 6–8 | Cloud9 | 3-2 | +8 | Ninjas in Pyjamas 12-16 Cache | Natus Vincere 32-34 Train | TyLoo 16-9 Cobblestone | Immortals 16-11 Train | mousesports 22-20 Inferno |
| 6–8 |  FaZe Clan | 3-2 | +5 | Heroic 16-14 Inferno | mousesports 12-16 Nuke | Fnatic 16-12 Overpass | OpTic Gaming 10-16 Train | North 16-7 Inferno |
| 9–11 | Fnatic | 2-3 | +4 | mousesports 11-16 Train | Heroic 16-6 Mirage | FaZe Clan 12-16 Overpass | Space Soldiers 16-3 Mirage | SK Gaming 6-16 Mirage |
| 9–11 |  North | 2-3 | -10 | OpTic Gaming 9-16 Cobblestone | TyLoo 16-6 Inferno | SK Gaming 10-16 Cache | Heroic 14-16 Inferno | FaZe Clan 7-16 Inferno |
| 9–11 | mousesports | 2-3 | -11 | Fnatic 16-11 Train | FaZe Clan 16-12 Nuke | Ninjas in Pyjamas 10-16 Cache | Natus Vincere 4-16 Mirage | Cloud9 20-22 Inferno |
| Heroic | 1-3 | -7 | FaZe Clan 14-16 Inferno | Fnatic 6-16 Mirage | Virtus.pro 9-16 Cobblestone | North 14-16 Inferno | Eliminated | |
| Immortals | 1-3 | -14 | Virtus.pro 16-12 Cobblestone | Team Liquid 15-19 Train | G2 Esports 7-16 Cobblestone | Cloud9 11-16 Train | Eliminated | |
 Space Soldiers | 1-3 | -25 | SK Gaming 16-14 Cache | OpTic Gaming 9-16 Mirage | Natus Vincere 9-16 Train | Fnatic 3-16 Mirage | Eliminated | |
 Virtus.pro | 0-3 | -18 | Immortals 12-16 Cobblestone | SK Gaming 9-16 Mirage | Heroic 9-16 Cobblestone | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
 TyLoo | 0–3 | -24 | G2 Esports 9-16 Cache | North 6-16 Inferno | Cloud9 9-16 Cobblestone | Eliminated | Eliminated |
Playoffs
Playoffs Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Final standings
Each team's placing, team roster, coach, and prize distribution are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.| Place | Prize Money | Team | Roster | Coach |
| 1st | 100,000 | SK Gaming | FalleN, coldzera, , fer, TACO | |
| 2nd | 50,000 | Cloud9 | Stewie2K, , n0thing, Skadoodle,  shroud | valens |
| 3rd–4th | 22,000 | FaZe Clan | karrigan,  allu, kioShiMa,  NiKo,  rain | RobbaN |
| 3rd–4th | 22,000 | Natus Vincere |  seized,  Edward, ,  GuardiaN, s1mple | Andi |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | G2 Esports | shox, apEX, bodyy, kennyS, NBK- | SmithZz |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Xizt, draken, f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZ | THREAT |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | OpTic Gaming | tarik, hazed, RUSH, NAF,  mixwell | Adrig6 |
| 5–8th | $10,000 | Team Liquid | stanislaw, jdm64, ELiGE, nitr0, Twistzz | zews |
| 9–11th | $6,000 | Fnatic | dennis, flusha, JW, KRiMZ, olofmeister | Jumpy |
| 9–11th | $6,000 | mousesports |  chrisJ,  denis, loWel,  oskar,  ropz | lmbt |
| 9–11th | $6,000 | North | MSL, aizy, cajunb, k0nfig, Magisk | ruggah |
| 12–14th | $3,000 | Heroic | Snappi, es3tag, JUGi, niko, MODDII | FeTiSh |
| 12–14th | $3,000 | Immortals | boltz, HEN1, kNgV-, LUCAS1, steel | zakk |
| 12–14th | $3,000 | Space Soldiers | MAJ3R, Calyx, ngiN, paz, XANTARES | hardstyle |
| 15–16th | $1,500 | TyLoo | Mo, DD, HZ, somebody,  BnTeT | peacemaker |
| 15–16th | $1,500 | Virtus.pro | Snax, byali, NEO, pashaBiceps, TaZ | kuben |