ESL One Cologne format revealed

14-6-2017 16:00

ESL has announced the format and the schedule for its upcoming event in Cologne.

After consulting with the participating teams, ESL has decided to use a Swiss system for the group stage - a format that had 10 votes against the double-elimination group's six.

ESL One Cologne, a $250,000 competition, with kick off on July 4 with a three-day Swiss stage, played behind closed doors. The top eight teams will advance to the single-elimination playoffs, which will culminate with a best-of-five grand final. All knockout stage matches will be played in front of a crowd, at the iconic Lanxess Arena.

ESL One Cologne will begin with a Swiss stage

Below you can find a provisional schedule for the tournament:

Tuesday, July 4
12:00	Matches start	Bo1

Wednesday, July 5
12:00	Matches start	Bo1

Thursday, July 6
12:00	Matches start	Bo1

Friday, July 7
10:00	Quarter-final #1	Bo3
13:50	Quarter-final #2	Bo3
17:40	Quarter-final #3	Bo3
21:30	Quarter-final #4	Bo3
Saturday, July 8
16:00	Semi-final #1	Bo3
19:50	Semi-final #2	Bo3
Sunday, July 9
16:00	Grand final	Bo5

ESL One Cologne will be the first competition to count towards the Intel Grand Slam, a $1 million prize that will be awarded to the team who win four out of ten $200,000+ tournaments hosted between ESL and DreamHack.

Ez for SS

2017-06-14 16:03

9 replies

SWISS EASY

2017-06-14 16:01

gj ma friend

2017-06-14 16:30

Yeah that's something we normally say in germany. SS best, they solve every foreign problem ;)

2017-06-14 16:31

5 replies

Brutal savage rekt

2017-06-14 16:46

HAHAHAHA that's what I thought seeing SS too

2017-06-14 17:12

hahaha

2017-06-14 21:22

the "Schutzstaffel", something everyone should be familiar with <3

2017-06-14 21:41

xdxdxdd

2017-06-15 09:50

Nice

2017-06-14 16:00

Ez for esl

noice

ez for ss

expected

Good

no swiss format tournament, I like

Swiss format, finals bo5, what else needed.

I am sure Optic chose double elimination.

So teams will play multiple bo1s in a single day since we need 5 rounds and there is only 3 days for group stage.

6 replies

Yes, but that isn't really a problem. The final day of Swiss system always has some teams playing more than once match.

2017-06-14 16:11

But i want to know whether 2 matches will be played at the same time.I think, on the first day two matches will be played at the same time since no one will go out that day.From third day it will be like 1 game at a time.

2017-06-14 16:15

4 replies

I think there will be 2 matches at once at least on day 1, yeah. Edit: "Two simultaneous matches at a time" for the first day de.esl-one.com/csgo/cologne-2017/news/re..

2017-06-14 16:20

no ,I don't think that 2 matches will be played at the same time ,it shouldn't At eleague 3 days were enough for Swiss to be played

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It was four days.8 matches on first three days and 9 matches on the last day.33 matches are needed for a 16 Team Swiss group format to get 8 teams in the playoffs.So they either play 11 matches in a single day or play some matches at the same time.

2017-06-14 16:23

1 reply

#44 Confirmed 2 matches at the same time

2017-06-14 16:34

so is the swiss stage not in the lanxess arena with the crowd? I mean if some team loses in the swiss stage without a 3-2 atleast we cant see the team playing in the lanxess arena?

2017-06-14 16:04

swiss stage without crowd, only top8 in playoffs in arena

2017-06-14 16:06

thx bro

ez 4 spaceS

Wow this is good news.

8 replies

Terrible news, Swiss sucks.

2017-06-14 16:08

7 replies

I prefer because more match mean more game highlight

Swiss gives higher chance of bad teams to advance, making the quarterfinals in many cases super boring blowout 2-0 wins.

2017-06-14 16:13

if overdog teams cant beat underdog teams then they dont deserve to go

2017-06-14 16:26

It's not about that, the system is random, so it is possible to be eliminated having played only good teams, and it is possible to advance having played only average teams (see Liquid at Katowice). That is the problem. With groups it's always seeded so it's impossible for any team underdog team to advance w/o at least beating one good team.

2017-06-14 22:14

so that means if a team loses 1st match doesnt disqualify?If im wrong pls explain me how the swiss format works,ty!

2017-06-14 16:49

at first all teams have 0-0 sc0re after first round all have either 0-1 or 1-0 score and 1-0 teams paly 1-0 teams like 0-1 teams play 0-1teams after second round there are 2-0 ,0-2 and 1-1 and teams with the same score play each other untill some one get 3 wins (qualified for play-offs ) or 3 loses ( het eliminated) so 8 teams qualify ,8 get eliminated

2017-06-14 21:17

cheers mate!

2017-06-14 21:21

should i go or not? I could meet es3tag and see FaZe.... so ?

3 replies

if i were you,i would go 10000000%

2017-06-14 16:38

why dfuq u asking hltv users if u should go?

Chill man, maybe he will go with HLTV friends, I don't know. Maybe you will accompany him.

2017-06-14 18:12

Very nice!

2017-06-14 16:05

Will they stream the Swiss?

Yes

2017-06-14 16:45

bo5 final Kreygasm

Four Bo5 grand finals atm in 2017 Kreygasm

2017-06-14 16:14

Swiss format is terrible, but I guess IMT are happy, they can only play BO1

Ez Sk

wtf this is absurding

2017-06-14 16:12

nice

2017-06-21 02:51

ez Calyxtares

I'd love to know who voted for either format.

2017-06-14 16:17

I hope FaZe, SK, G2, North and Mouz make it to the Lanxess arena

2017-06-14 16:18

Ez for my brother BnTeT <3

2017-06-14 16:19

Which teams voted for GSL format?

At eleague major, were the Group stages in Bo1 or Bo3 swiss round?

2017-06-14 16:25

Swiss rounds were always in bo1s

These were Bo3 I think

2017-06-14 16:27

No.Just bo1s.You need atleast 1.5 weeks in group stage itself for swiss group stage to complete it is in bo3s.

2017-06-14 16:33

Alright

2017-06-14 16:36

well bb vp

ez for navi. i mean ez top16

Ez for SK

2017-06-14 16:35

sk will never ever win again sth important

2017-06-14 17:01

dont cry when they do jk pls cry

2017-06-14 17:06

i dont give a fuck if they do or don't. i am not a fangay for any team..

2017-06-14 17:13

you dont give a fuck but you are here telling they wont win, but they just won iem sidney against faze in a bo5 match so get the fuck out here retard

2017-06-14 21:34

yes

2017-06-21 02:52

The only bad thing about swiss system is you only play 1 match each day. Players also complain about that

2017-06-14 17:22

sk vs vp bo5 Kreygasm

2017-06-14 17:26

Nice! Swiss system is superior, glad that its becoming the norm

2017-06-14 17:35

Dota plays out swiss system in bo3 format. CSGO has them in bo1 format,easy for fluke teams to make it through in csgo. They should make it bo3 just like dota

2017-06-14 20:54