ESL One Cologne 2017
The first Intel Grand Slam event and the last premier tournament before the PGL 2017 Krakow Major.
ESL One Cologne 2017 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. In July 2017, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline (LAN) 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.
Quick Facts
- Sport
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Location
- Cologne, Germany
- Start date
- July 7, 2017
- End date
- July 9, 2017
- Administrator
- Electronic Sports League (ESL)
- Venue
- Lanxess Arena
- Teams
- 16 teams
- Purse
- 250,000
Facts from the source article.
Background
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.
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