ESL One Cologne reaches playoffs

6-7-2017 23:28

ESL has revealed the match-ups for the quarter-final stage of ESL One Cologne.

With a comprehensive 16-7 victory over North, FaZe became the last team to advance from the Swiss stage, joining the likes of G2, Ninjas in Pyjamas and SK in a single-elimination bracket.

The knockout stages will be played in front of a live audience at the iconic Lanxess-Arena and will culminate with the best-of-five grand final, on Sunday afternoon.

G2 have been handed a tricky tie against Na`Vi

Liquid, who survived the Swiss stage unscathed, will take on FaZe in the quarter-final stage, while Ninjas in Pyjamas, the surprise package of the tournament, have been drawn against Cloud9. The remaining matches will pit G2 against Natus Vincere and SK against OpTic.

Below you can find the schedule for the playoffs:

Friday, July 7
10:00	Natus Vincere	vs. G2	BO3
13:50	Ninjas in Pyjamas	vs. Cloud9	BO3
17:40	FaZe	vs. Liquid	BO3
21:30	OpTic	vs. SK	BO3
Saturday, July 8
16:00	Semi-Final #1		BO3
19:50	Semi-Final #2		BO3
Sunday, July 9
16:00	Grand Final		BO5

ez for allu

2017-07-06 23:28

40 replies

ezez

2017-07-06 23:29

2 replies

Nip vs c9 looooooooooool

2017-07-06 23:30

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<3333

2017-07-07 00:31

SK GAMING ARE THE CHAMPIONS SK 2-0 OPTIC SK 2-1 FAZE SK 3-0 NAVI

12 replies

Na'vi are not beating anyone, especially G2.

2017-07-06 23:33

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Will see my friend!

2017-07-06 23:35

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its rumored that the CIS top 3 (navi, gambit, f3) will shuffle after the major. Also na'vi is a shadow of what it was when s1mple first joined. G2 are on the rise and navi aren't, pretty s1mple. :>

2017-07-07 04:52

6 replies

+3 for pun

2017-07-07 08:23

I could see mir and jR being part of such a shuffle, those guys has potential.

2017-07-07 09:26

hltv.org/matches/2312159/natus-vincere-v.. GWHO?????

2017-07-07 12:28

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wassup now?

2017-07-08 19:53

what's up now what dumbass? "Na'vi are not beating anyone, especially G2." hltv.org/matches/2312159/natus-vincere-v.. IDGAF about navi, it just proves how G2 is overrated, and SK are the champions btw #RUNSKG

2017-07-08 19:57

i wasnt over hyping G2, you were overhyping navi who suck. ur ped was wrong from the beginning, no need to get nasty over a shitty comment :>

2017-07-08 21:46

2017-07-07 02:47

2017-07-07 09:01

SK 2-0 OpTic SK 2-1 FaZe SK 3-1 G2

2017-07-07 09:06

nip 1 - 2 c9 navi 0 - 2 g2 optic 1 - 2 sk faze 1 - 2 liquid

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Optic aren't likely to take a map off of SK are they?

2017-07-06 23:54

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They're in pretty good form. Aside from that, SS managed to do so, so why not Optic.

2017-07-06 23:56

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SS meta was to beat SK, studied their demos for 2 weeks, then did nothing else, while SK didn't really care, props to them but putting them against each other in a bo3 would be another deal

2017-07-07 00:07

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Very true, SK would destroy them on the maps they're comfortable on and ofcourse playing serious. Just saying it's not impossible for SK to drop a map to Optic.

2017-07-07 00:08

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Sure, I was referring to the argument of SS beating them, not to OpTic taking a map bc it usually happens, at least in NA minors and qualifiers lul

2017-07-07 00:13

Your Name is why br people are liked here so much =]

2017-07-07 00:40

uhm... is it a lie?

2017-07-07 00:49

Nein

2017-07-07 00:50

5 replies

ok, accept and move on :D

2017-07-07 00:51

4 replies

Cringeee

2017-07-07 00:52

uhm.. ok?

2017-07-07 01:00

haHAA he`s 12 and cringe at everything haHAA

2017-07-07 01:20

Your name is pretty pathetic to be honest.

2017-07-07 04:56

Most likely not but SK has been 16-0'd by renegades. So it's possible.

2017-07-06 23:57

To be fair, they had Showtime standing in for fer who had ear surgery.

2017-07-07 00:41

Can you link me that match maybe Dude?

hltv.org/matches/2304228/renegades-vs-sk..

2017-07-07 02:10

optic will not take a map off of sk

2017-07-07 00:01

2017-07-07 20:54

rip, did not expect optic to be the only team to take a map off of sk in the playoffs

2017-07-10 18:11

Liquid beat faze nice prank

2017-07-07 00:03

Na cs fanboy lul

almost xd

2017-07-08 01:49

NiP 2 - 0 C9 NaVi 2 - 1 G2 Optic 2 - 1 SK FaZe 2 - 1 Liquid NaVi 2 - 1 NiP FaZe 2 - 0 Optic FaZe 3 - 1 NaVi

2017-07-06 23:31

26 replies

wrong

Found the c9 fan

2017-07-07 00:39

haha hilarious and original. this reply gave me a good laugh. have a good day sir.

2017-07-07 03:16

lmao it was wrong cause of bo5 grand final but he edited it still wrong tho (;

2017-07-07 05:23

grand final is bo5 tho

shit oops

no bo3

2017-07-06 23:39

no b05

2017-07-06 23:48

G2, rek them

Nt 0/8

In no reality does optic beat sk

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahaha Optic win the sk. Are you kidding me? Please remember the beatings IEM Sydney

Pls change flag back to brbrbr

I'm, Brazilian, but i live in NZ

2017-07-07 22:46

Change it

2017-07-07 22:51

HAHAHAHAHA

Can't see C9 losing 2-0 to NiP Can't see Optic beating SK You have FaZe playing Optic and NaVi?

2017-07-06 23:34

Lmao optic wining sk? Nt NACS

You sound like a foolish child.

He is right about that matchup. If it was C9 I would believe

2017-07-06 23:55

hard to tell which teams you are a fan of

I hate most of these teams

2017-07-06 23:45

Optic 2 x 1 on SK? lmao

2017-07-07 00:34

lul Na'Vi in finals lol they wont get past G2 heard it here first

2017-07-07 01:13

optic 2 x 1 sk??????

2017-07-07 01:17

ez vs Navi

Nip Navi/g2 (50/50 cuz navi are kings of group stage) Sk Faze

+1 NaVi-G2 is really a 50 50 cus they have styles so dependant on individual performance. Neither of them really shine in the tactical aspect of the game.

Your argument is they are the kings of group stage but it's not group stage anymore so..

2017-07-07 00:28

Thats why 50/50

2017-07-07 08:16

Nah imo G2 are the favorites here, even more when you look at the veto

2017-07-07 10:19

True

2017-07-07 10:25

first

omg :D

2017-07-06 23:42

EZ SK

EZ FAZE!

Yup 2ez4faze

2017-07-06 23:50

woohoo lets go navi

Ez c9

C9 beating NiP? Good joke

#17

2017-07-06 23:41

Not anymore, NiP is top 10

2017-07-06 23:51

Ez nip

NiP beating C9? Good joke

#16

Not anymore, C9 is top 10

2017-07-07 04:55

RIP Optic

Go NIP

OMG ;O

Nip nip nip

G2 vs Sk/Faze in finals

Match of the day is gonna be C9 vs NiP. So excited to see Ninjas on different map

:DDDD

2017-07-06 23:43

Nop, It is navi x g2

2017-07-07 01:25

nip navi sk faze

Ez NaVi Love G2 but srr my friends

xD man so ez for g2 navi in 2017 is a joke

NiP so lucky xD

yea lol they have a real chance to go to the final here

Best possible draw yeeessss let's fucking goooo boissss #GONINJAS #FORESTGOAT

eZ 4 iZnoGouD playing 1.6 in csgo server

Hoping for FaZe vs NiP final

+1 probably best 2 teams rn

Bad joke

If NiP goes to the final they are atleast top5

2017-07-06 23:36

One tourney isnt enough

2017-07-06 23:37

Wtf? LOL braindead NiP fanboy logic

2017-07-07 10:48

Ez for Sk 2x0

NIP 2-0 G2 2-0 FAZE 2-0 SK 2-0

finally someone with some sense in the predictions xd

realistic enough!

Cmon brah if you are going to say G2 will win Then say it with style Its fucking G2-0

2017-07-07 00:43

but yeah NaVi 2017 lul Specially S1mple to Shazam " top 1 in A month" crap its A long month

2017-07-07 00:46

#LETSGOLIQUID

nice match to watch navi vs g2

2017-07-06 23:32

G2 is going to crush them on nuke

i hope xD

2017-07-06 23:38

NiP 2-0 C9 SK 2-1 OpTic G2 1-2 FaZe Liquid 0-2 NaVi NiP 2-0 SK FaZe 2-1 NaVi NiP 2-1 FaZe

Nice try

thats exactly how its going to be! +1

It can't be that, SK and FaZe are in the same bracket, if SK wins against optic, and if FaZe wins against Liquid, they face each other in the semi finals.

2017-07-07 04:20

how were these brackets decided? :/ rip NiP and C9 fan

yeah so unfair that c9 has to face NiP, its unexpected if c9 gets double digits

So it would be more fair if they had to face g2/sk/faze?

i am not necessarily saying it's unfair. I just wanted to see them both go through to semis at least. Fan of both.

2017-07-07 01:26

RIP NAVI :/

Who knows dude they use it like bootcamp ) Kappa

Ez VP

boring and one-sided semi finals as expected when 3 NA teams get out of groups lets hope nip goes all the way and sk gets rekt somehow

quarter finals mang, don't worry the semi's will probably be best games of the tournament

2017-07-06 23:47

ye but i was looking for some sick matches tomorrow cause it´s my free day. not gonna be home on saturday so it kinda sucks for me but not much i can do about it :D

2017-07-06 23:52

Yeah quarterfinals will be boring but the semifinal match of Liquid vs Optic will probably be a solid game since Optic will be in better form after they 2-0 SK.

+1 Liquid will be on fire as well

2017-07-07 00:22

good NiP can reach to playoffs NiP 2-1 SK

***NiP 3-2 FaZe FINAL

2017-07-07 01:16

Tomorrow is gonna be good!!! Great matches. SK finally got some luck in this tournament.

Bit of luck.. are you kidding me. They played SS the worst team and now they get 2nd worse team lol

the 1st match is based on rank so not any luck there. Being drawn against G2 and fnatic is bad luck.

2017-07-07 10:49

SK always been lucky in terms of who they play combined with insane luck during matches

2017-07-07 03:15

I don't think so, I think NiP and G2 are lucky, FaZe and SK are in the same bracket, so if SK and FaZe win their matches like they should, the Semi finals should could be like a grand final.

2017-07-07 04:23

G2 vs Faze/SK G2 vs Faze = Faze win G2 vs SK = G2 win

NiP 2-0 G2-0 SK 2-0 FaZe 2-0 G2-1 FaZe 2-1 FaZe 3-1

One more SK championship, If we move from the group stage it is gg :)))

FaZe will fuck them if they get passed optic ofcorse

2017-07-07 02:15

I think not rs

2017-07-13 22:35

NiP 2-0 G2 2-1 SK 2-0 FaZe 2-1 NiP 2-1 FaZe 2-1 And the final is 5 maps, close match 100%

NIP G2 SK FAZE

Why so ez for NiP wtf. LOL EZ FINAL FOR NIP

What a surprise, no SK - FaZe this time either. Can u stop fucking matching certain teams against each other? Its already enough with cheaters and throwers but this is just pathetic. Valve, organizers, players are all fooling the viewers. Stop feeding the trolls

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are you idiot? sk was 3-2 and faze too, so there was absolutely 0% chance that they could meet up in first round

Are u fucking retard? No one talked about fist round. Todays match they were both 2-2 and could play each other but someone decided not. Both teams advances and still dont get to play each other for a second time? Todays matches could have been SK - FaZe C9 - Fnatic Mouse - North Or am I wrong?

2017-07-07 00:19

Why the fuck would any tournament put #1 and #2 team in the world against each other in group stage. That doesn't happen in any sport in the history of the world ever. Edit: not only that but SK and FaZe bring the biggest fan base and current rivalry in this sport so you think that they wanted them to play a b01 and that be it?? Are you the dumbest person on the planet to think this is even a possibility in any sport to happen?? ? It's like putting real Madrid and Barcelona in the same group in champions league lol. Kids these days

2017-07-07 02:20

Expected from retarded swedistan missing the whole point. I'm wondering if csgo swiss is seeded or random? That's how u do a swiss system so YES real and barcelona could meet each other in this system. Can People from your muslim country pls use your brain and actually understand what is being disscused?

2017-07-07 09:36

Why you fake flagging kid. Also kid how's the tears. Kid I hope your kid life isnt so bad that a kid like you comes on here to make himself feel better. Cry more kid =)

2017-07-07 16:30

Faze, SK and C9 were in the lowest seed, because all of them went 3-2, so it wouldnt be possible for them to be matched against each other.

What? Both SK and FaZe had 2-2 earlier today. Why did SK get Fnatic and not FaZe?

The chance of of SK and FaZe was low since either team could have gotten C9 or SK could have played Mouz. There is a world in which SK plays FaZe and there is a world in which you whine about SK playing C9 and not FaZe

2017-07-06 23:59

Whine? Just explain instead fucking retard SK had only played against North before todays 2-2 groups so they could get both Fnatic, FaZe, C9 or Mouse Fnatic Had played FaZe and Mouse so they could only get SK, C9 and North FaZe had only played Mouse and Fnatic so they could get SK, North and C9 Why didnt we have SK - FaZe Fnatic - C9 Mouse - North

2017-07-07 00:15

yest, there was a chance faze could go against SK, but random means any match up could happen. sk and g2 were matched up against each other in round 4 and they are 2 of the 3 tier 1 teams in this tournament cloud9 vs mouse meant the 2 weakest teams were matched against each other anyway. if it wasnt random, an ideal match up would probably be SK vs Mouse Faze vs Cloud9 and Fnatic vs North

2017-07-07 00:36

Why would u want best teams to go out early anyway

2017-07-07 00:09

Im just wondering why "random" matches always seem weird with statistics but no can explain. Some says its 0% of them playing each other

Must be A Fnatic fanboy i think. He wants the best teams to fight in the start pff.. retard

2017-07-07 00:54

No but I dont like how they pit team against each other and call it random when it happens every time, i dont give a shit about teams

2017-07-07 00:58

Ye so stupid..

2017-07-07 02:22

Exciting matchs will be NiP vs C9 Navi vs G2

FlytwNiP . match NiP/Cloud winner playing vs NaVi/G2 winner. not vs SK my friend :)

gg SK

G2, C9, FAZE, SK ez

Aww, I was hoping to see Liquid go far. Also this could spell the end for NiP unless Choke9 do what they do best

This is doable for Liquid. They're a slow start team so I expect 2-1 for Liquid

2017-07-06 23:46

C9 can defo best NiP.. let's not forget nip have had 3 good b01 games.. that doesn't mean shit. C9 look hungry and I would put it past them getting to the final on their side of the pool.

2017-07-07 02:24

fuck this shit! my second and third favourite team to play so early against eachother? I hope G2 and NaVi will deliever us a show. Wish both of them the best luck

Which is your 1st favourite team Shamanroy ??

2017-07-07 08:11

i would guess vp

2017-07-07 09:49

vp^^

2017-07-07 11:20

Super EZ for SK! but who knows..

Na`Vi NiP SK FaZe

Na`Vi NiP FaZe SK

2017-07-06 23:44

anyone wanna bet that not a single NA team will take a win?

Na`Vi - G2 1-2 NiP - CLoud9 2-1 FaZe - Liquid 1-2 OpTic - SK 0-2

Ooh predicting that liquid will beat FaZe? Interesting

2017-07-07 10:52

FaZe are looking shaky, and Liquid showed some good plays, so it's not impossible in the end. But what did look impossible was Na`Vi defeating G2 on nuke xd

2017-07-07 12:35

And that's what happens when all NA teams get out if groups:shitty quarters The only good is Nip vs C9 and maaaaybe Liquid if they will be in very good form

2017-07-06 23:49

G2--------L___NIP----l NIP ------l.....................L_____SK FAZE-----L___SK------l SK --------l

G2 > NiP if NiP win then they will be easy 0-2 against SK

2017-07-06 23:58

2017-07-07 06:43

3 NA teams in playoffs - the end is near

Shit swiss system

allu is improving every single games, GOD ALLU

2017-07-06 23:53

Trump hasn't lied he made cs america great again.

I think Nip going to beat c9

Na'Vi vs. G2 1-2 / 0-2 NiP vs. Cloud9 1-2 FaZe vs. Liquid 2-0 OpTic vs. SK 0-2

Navi-G2 1:2 (0:2 realistic) NiP-C9 2:1 FaZe-Liq 2:0 SK-Optic 2:0

ezpz 4 SK

Where is the team SS? Where is turks ?

2017-07-07 00:11

This kind of tournament is proof how shitty the Bo1 formats is: 3 freaking american teams in playoff thanks to that Bo1 group stage. Luckily all 3 of them will be kicked out from tournament in this quarter - the way they truly deserve it.

2017-07-07 00:12

C9 beat Mouz, IMT, Tyloo on 3 different maps. Optic beat Faze, SS, North on 3 different maps. Liquid beat Optic, IMT, NaVi on 3 different maps. Meanwhile, NiP to semis due to Cache only. Faze won Inferno x2. NaVi Train x2. Bo1 can be random sometimes, but you can't argue they had weak map pools that a Bo3 would expose.

2017-07-07 00:35

The problem with beating 3 teams on 3 different map compared to beat one team in Bo3 is that: If you play vs the same team, you will learn the pattern and playstyle from the same team during the same match. If you lose vs a team during first match, you will know what to correct for the second map. We will never have this chance to do that if all matches during group stage is consisting of Bo1. Part of CS:GO is adaptation and we losing out of it during Bo1s.

But NiP aren't even good and c9 can 100% beat them in a b03.. NiP have no b03 experience and got to playoffs by playing their best map only.. are you 10 years old and think because they did that they are a better team then C9??? I hate C9 and still think they will beat NiP lol. Think for a second kid

2017-07-07 02:27

Ez 4 Liquid

2017-07-07 00:14

50-50 Eu and na lol

2017-07-07 00:17

SK its not NA

2017-07-07 05:44

triggered

2017-07-07 11:49

The Liquid and FaZe game is going to be so fucking good.

2017-07-07 00:20

3 American teams, interesting ;)

2017-07-07 00:21

C9 2-1 NIP G2 2-1 NaVi G2 2-1 NaVI SK 3-1 G2 Faze 2-1 LQ SK 2-1 Faze SK 2 -0 Optic This is not what I want to happen, but this is what I think will happen. I want NIP to win :'(

2017-07-07 00:33

Ops I mean G2 2-1 C9

2017-07-07 01:41

FINAL G2 VS SK Level Hard for both

eZaF for NIP

Nip lucky af

2017-07-07 00:44

Go NiP

Navi - FaZe in the final, your heard it first

2017-07-07 00:47

NAVI 1 Vs 2 G2 NiP 2 Vs 1 C9 Faze 2 Vs 1 Liquid Optic 0 Vs 2 SK easy preedictions

NiP 2-0 C9 NaVi 0-2 G2 FaZe 1-2 Liquid OpTic 0-2 SK maybe 1-2 #rez

2017-07-07 01:01

G2 2-1 Navi NiP 2-1 C9 Faze 2-1 Liquid SK 2-0 Optic Ez Predictions

2017-07-07 01:21

Rip c9

2017-07-07 01:22

Nip to win

2017-07-07 01:38

Why does everyone think nip will win after 3 b01 games lol. Are you all delusional as fuck. They probably wont even get passed c9??

2017-07-07 02:25

Agree. For me Nip and c9 is 50/50. Delusional fangays.

2017-07-07 02:37

Optic vs SK LUL Rape incoming

2017-07-07 02:33

GL to mafriend Twistzz. He´ll reckt Niko.

2017-07-07 02:36

RIP NA LUL

2017-07-07 02:42

05:00 Na Vi 2 vs 0 G2 BO3 08:50 NiP 2 vs 1 Cloud9 BO3 12:40 FaZe 1 vs 2 Liquid BO3 16:30 OpTic 0 vs 2 SK BO3

2017-07-07 03:02

NiP and SK lucky draws yet again..

2017-07-07 03:17

navi 2-1 g2 nip 2-1 c9 faze 2-1 liq sk 2-0 opshit

2017-07-07 03:39

ez for BnTeT

2017-07-07 03:42

This team list definitely shows that Swiss System on CS doesn't work... some of the best teams simply don't advance! Ridiculously weak list compared to what it could've been.

2017-07-07 03:54

Was hoping for FaZe vs SK grand final again :(

2017-07-07 04:29

Ez NA to win Cologne

2017-07-07 04:31

Navi vs SK in grand finals, my opinion

2017-07-07 06:03

too much NA teams, fake tournament.

2017-07-07 06:28

SK got the easiest team on qf lmao

2017-07-07 06:32

NA team rip

2017-07-07 06:52

Why? From this tournament they have shown they can beat anyone. C9 have a great chance. Na teams always can surprise SK and optic FaZe is always a great rivalry in esport.

2017-07-07 07:39