ESL One Cologne 2016

ESL One Cologne
Tournament information
Sport Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Dates July 8, 2016.–July 10, 2016.
Administrator(s) Electronic Sports League (ESL)
Tournament format(s) 16 team round-robin group stage
Eight team single-elimination playoff
Teams 16 teams
Purse $1,000,000 USD
 MLG Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship: Columbus
The LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany will host the tournament for the second year in a row.

ESL One Cologne 2016 is an upcoming Electronic Sports League Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It will be the ninth Valve-sponsored tournament in CS:GO history.[1] It will be held at the LANXESS Arena In Cologne, Germany from July 8–10. It will feature 16 teams from throughout the world competing. Cologne 2016 will be the second consecutive major with a prize pool of $1,000,000. [2]

Teams

In total, 16 teams will compete. The top eight finishers at MLG Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship: Columbus are known as "Legends", and received a direct invitation to Cologne, and the eight teams that will emerge from the online qualifiers with the status of "Challenger", will also compete.

Legends

Prizes

Prize Distribution

Place Prize money
1st $500,000
2nd $150,000
3rd–4th $70,000
5–8th $35,000
9–12th $8,750
13–16th $8,750

References

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