Astralis invited to ESL One Cologne 2019

8-2-2019 16:17

Astralis have received and confirmed a direct invite to participate at the LAN finals of ESL One Cologne 2019.

The Danes will be joining fifteen other rosters at the LANXESS Arena on July 5-7 in a fight for a share of the $300,000 prize pool, as well as a point towards the Intel Grand Slam Season 2 for the subsequent victor.

In last year's edition of the event, the Danish side was unable to secure a victory at the event, falling to CIS' finest, Natus Vincere in the semi-final. After besting their arch rivals, the Ukrainian-majority squad went on to defeat home crowd favourites, BIG in the grand final, securing their third gold medal of the year.

Astralis will return to Cologne in July

Currently rated #1 in the world, the Danes were the first team in the history of CS:GO to secure the Intel Grand Slam pot, after a victory at the ESL Pro League Season 8 finals yielded the their fourth eligible tournament victory, in addition to a whopping $1,000,000 in prize money.

Below is a table representing all currently-known participants of the event:

Astralis

Natus Vincere

TBA

European Qualifier #1

North American Qualifier

BIG

TBA

European Qualifier #2

Asian Qualifier

So far 3 of the best teams in the world invited. Cant wait for Cologne!!!!!!!

2019-02-08 16:17

50 replies

YESSSSSS

2019-02-08 16:18

4 replies

expected😎

2019-02-08 16:19

3 replies

LUL

2019-02-08 16:24

Obviously who else will win it

2019-02-08 16:41

1 reply

Easy win 4 my bois Astralis

2019-02-09 13:30

7 replies

F5 And not even 1st LOL

6 replies

Cry

5 replies

you are so mad right now 😂😂😂🙈

2019-02-08 16:20

THE SALTINESS IS REAL mmmmmmmm

2019-02-08 19:06

2 replies

no sry

2019-02-08 19:36

ok, :(

2019-02-09 12:33

BIG best team omegalul

Mibr wasn't invited yet

18 replies

He said 3 best teams, not 3 worst teams.

2019-02-08 16:21

17 replies

+111111111 m16r wasted spot

+1 OMEGALUL

2019-02-08 16:22

rekt xD 🙉🙉😎

2019-02-08 16:23

2019-02-08 16:26

lul Why would someone say 3 "best" with bug on the list? Kkkkkkkkkkk

2019-02-08 16:34

11 replies

Because m16r never won against bug

2019-02-08 16:42

10 replies

+111111111111111

2019-02-08 16:44

2019-02-08 16:53

And bug never was relevant

2019-02-08 18:58

You only say bullshit, like your nickname :)

2019-02-08 19:04

The only event m16r won was vs Avangar in finals, that too they lost one map to them LUL nt t5 event

2019-02-08 19:58

Oh ok, the majors aren't tier 1 LMAO You don't have even any favorite team, just a hater kid

2019-02-08 20:11

I'm talking about m16r org, not the SK Won majors 2 yrs ago and still bragging about it LUL According to your logic pronax is G.O.A.T. then

2019-02-08 22:57

They go into semifinals on Faceit major btw

2019-02-08 23:00

Even Complexity reached playoffs, look where they are now LUL

2019-02-09 11:27

Lets just wait on Katowice 2019 major with their full brazilian roster

2019-02-10 05:34

+1 Savage.

2019-02-08 19:02

I like BIG, but they are far from being a Top 5 team. They kinda just.. suck.

no smooya no holdback

>BUG >NAVI >Best teams Pick one

Can’t I technically pick BIG and NAVI, just not “best teams”?

mibr never win against big

Big players never won a major

2019-02-08 19:37

I don't see Liquid there.

2019-02-08 16:35

Big best? Lol

bait much?

2019-02-08 16:46

Best? BIG? heh.. NT

2019-02-08 16:55

BIG best team lmao what a joke

2019-02-08 16:56

3?u meant on of em is big?noo fella

2019-02-08 16:58

LMAO so many baited

2019-02-08 16:59

Flag checks out. BIG are very good team but not top3

2019-02-08 17:06

Where did u saw 3 Best teams? I only see Astr and Navi

2019-02-08 17:58

-BIG -Best team in the world pick one

2019-02-09 23:16

Big 0-3 btw

2019-03-05 16:35

Nice

Liquid will still win

ez4liquid

2019-02-08 16:54

Nt north fan

2019-02-08 17:10

2019-02-08 17:14

Lmao, Liquid wins one tournament and the NA gays come out of their cave to screech about how good their team is lmao. Le-quit will lose the major and this tournament.

2019-02-09 20:52

I'm not na but ok

2019-02-09 21:06

Not you, the actual Na GAYS

2019-02-09 21:09

ez 4 astralis

Nice, maybe they can win it this time :)

Expected

Nice now invite Faze

2019-02-08 16:27

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2019-02-08 16:57

2019-02-09 03:04

POG

expected

You can just give them money for 1st place.

+1 free cash for astralis

wasted spot

RUINED TOURNAMENT

not ruined, astralis falling down

Hope yes, I was planning to go there but if there are astralis I think I won't :/

you hate them that much ?

2019-02-08 16:31

Nono, but I like cheering for my team and hope that wins but if there are astralis I already know who will win

2019-02-08 16:32

xd oh ok

2019-02-08 16:33

u think astralis gonna keep this level for 2019?

Astralis never won an ESL One event

2019-02-09 03:05

ENCE NEXT

big invite = tier 3 lan

Its normal to invite a team from the country where they play lol I mean IEM Sydney invited Renegades

m16r invite = t50

2019-02-08 17:18

no mibr -> nice LAN BIG beat mibr AGAIN LUL

2019-02-08 17:43

Wasted spot

who

Wasted spot Virtus pro was better

nice

why

cuz they invite everyone from last years playoffs probably

Cologne should have been a major.

unexpected

Easy for astralis

First

good

Ez for the best of the best.

2019-02-08 16:25

Ofc

youtube.com/watch?v=5xntOpWCIfo One more event ruined PepeHands

Will save the best for last. The announcement will go just like this And the final spot for ESL One Cologne goes to the defending 2019 CHAMPIONS OF THE KATOWICE MAJOR TEAAAAAAM LIQUID