ESL One Cologne groups, opening matchups announced

7-8-2020 18:24

ESL has announced the group distribution of ESL One Cologne in all four regions.

The group stage will be played in a double-elimination format across all groups, with Europe having eight teams battling it out for four playoffs spots in each group, while in North America, Asia, and Oceania four teams will fight for two spots in each group.

syrsoN's BIG will take on his former team, Sprout, in the opening round

The $500,000 tournament will kick off at different times across regions. The two biggest, Europe and North America, will begin on August 18, and in Asia and Oceania the action will start a week later, on August 25.

You can find the group stage distribution and the schedule of the opening round below:

Europe

Group A

Group B

Tuesday, August 18
15:00 BIG vs. Sprout
15:00 OG vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
18:30 Vitality vs. Heretics
18:30 fnatic vs. Astralis

Wednesday, August 19
15:00 Natus Vincere vs. MOUZ
15:00 Complexity vs. MAD Lions
18:30 FaZe vs. HEROIC
18:30 MIBR vs. G2

North America

Group A

Group B

Tuesday, August 18
22:00 FURIA vs. Chaos
22:00 100 Thieves vs. Gen.G

Wednesday, August 19
22:00 Evil Geniuses vs. Triumph
22:00 Cloud9 vs. Liquid

Asia, Oceania

Asia

Oceania

Tuesday, August 25
08:00 Renegades vs. Chiefs
11:30 TYLOO vs. Beyond

Wednesday, August 26
08:00 ORDER vs. AVANT
11:30 ViCi vs. Invictus

2020-08-07 18:24

2 replies

2020-08-07 20:13

1 reply

I meant nice one but ok

2020-08-07 20:17

1st

Kekw

U died before you were born :(

2020-08-08 07:47

good

EZ4NAVI

2020-08-07 18:25

EZ FOR FURIA AND OG

Group B much easier

2020-08-07 18:26

Is MIBR in Europe or they will play on high ping?

6 replies

They're in eu

2020-08-07 18:29

I wonder what country they are in since I don't think a lot of countries has opened their borders yet

2020-08-07 19:26

servia

2020-08-07 19:46

they are in Belgrado Serbia

2020-08-07 18:49

They said that they can compete with high performance teams from EU so they are moving to some EU country and will compete in EU region in the tournament.

2020-08-08 07:50

All right, thank you.

2020-08-08 15:49

Bruh, k fnatic are lower bracket gods tho

I had great sex

2020-08-07 18:28

Lucky you, I am waiting for the lockdown to be done so I can have some nice pussy.

2020-08-09 08:02

Why MIBR in eu bracket?

Bootcamping in EU

Cuz they couldn't fly back to US from Brazil as US is not allowing people to fly from other countries to US so thatswhy they went to EU

2020-08-07 19:29

Faze not in a group with big LFGGGGG

mibr will 16-2 astralis again

9 replies

EZ 4 MIBR

2020-08-07 18:31

Tbh this time it can happen

2020-08-07 18:57

16-0 :)

2020-08-07 19:13

dont be mad manito, its Just a joke xd

2020-08-08 09:19

no problem, it is all good

2020-08-08 09:44

Or hltv.org/matches/2326417/astralis-vs-mib..

2020-08-07 19:18

more likely to be a 16 0 to mibr, both teams are trash but astralis is even worse rn

2020-08-08 09:17

Oops, spoke too soon i guess ?

2020-08-22 14:19

nope

2020-08-22 14:46

RIP MIBR worst group ever for them

Not really, group A is also strong, the problem is Mibr being weak lately xD Maybe the EU playstyle fits them better, let's see

2020-08-08 03:29

Vitality vs Heretics Nivera 1.58 rating Vitality win

2020-08-07 18:30

Nice group B EU...

Yeah smh ESL trying to shoot us down :(

2020-08-08 12:19

#GoBIG #SomosBIG

Stop sending threats! Were not comfortable here.

2020-08-07 19:25

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk thats actually funny

2020-08-07 19:37

LUL MIBR in Europe? GG

EU group A so bad

2020-08-07 18:33

EZ4LIQUID good luck nitr0, welcome grim (DH Open was just a warmup) covid sucks

2020-08-07 18:34

They havemt even played yet???

2020-08-07 19:52

Ez for bigliners

2020-08-07 18:35

Poggg

MIBR wasted spot, GODSENT or Spirit would have been a much better choice, hell, at this point, any other team in the top 100 would be a better choice...

2020-08-07 18:37

5 replies

just stop its over with the spot wasnt given to Godsent or spirt

2020-08-07 18:48

Allow me to quote your other post: "EZ4MIBR The boys got this win ez pz Go go go go the boys Lets go get this win! Gaules will cast and everything will be happy Yay This year has been very crappy but mibr will win this event I know it" Your opinion is irrelevant by default.

2020-08-07 19:02

Im sure ESL have decided to pick MIBR rather than others smaller EU teams due to financial issues: What other team can get over 393k spectators to watch an online tier 2 match?

2020-08-07 19:09

This is true, of course, and I understand the reasoning. Doesn't change the fact the matches will be of inferior quality, unless MIBR have worked hard and will have complete resurgence after the break, which I find completely unlikely.

2020-08-07 20:36

It's very unlikely, sure.

2020-08-08 17:32

Astralis Fnatic NaVi Mouz bang

2020-08-07 18:40

lets go NAVI!!!!

2020-08-07 18:44

2020-08-07 18:45

EZ4MIBR The boys got this win ez pz Go go go go the boys Lets go get this win! Gaules will cast and everything will be happy Yay This year has been very crappy but mibr will win this event I know it

2020-08-07 18:47

Ez 4 Astralis :))

Astralis debut

3 replies

Bubzkji and es3tag gonna deliver 🙏

2020-08-07 19:01

I don't think that es3tag will deliver, but bubzkji surely will

2020-08-07 21:15

Es3tag is tier 2.5 player

Will volvo release tournament stickers?

2020-08-07 18:52

Not a major

2020-08-08 02:49

Can't wait to see how mous perform after struggled a lot in this year. And also the new astralis is look pretty good on paper.

2020-08-07 18:54

I think pretty bad. Online cs is not for mouz

2020-08-07 20:11

Yeah I think so too. :(

2020-08-07 20:16

Ez 4 TYLOO & NAVI

2020-08-07 19:05

Ez 4 jermans

2020-08-07 19:07

SO EZ FOR ASTRALIS! Bye bye babyfaced swedish soibois!

2020-08-07 19:08

Terrible groups

2020-08-07 19:15

maybe if ur from brazil

2020-08-07 19:16

Group B's for both EU and NA looking stacked af

MIBR about to get clapped

2020-08-07 19:17

Brazil about to be the best CS country in US and EU region LUL

LOL MIBR is almost a tier 2 team in NA, those guys will suffer even against those tier 2 European teams in the group

2020-08-08 01:03

Stupid MIBR's even playing, fuck the brazilians that cheer for them, even BOOM's better. Fucking disgrace Godsent isn't playing because retards rather watch MIBR.

2020-08-07 19:19

I also think it's stupid... I was so sure Godsent would get the spot... Fuck mibr

2020-08-07 19:31

Why fuck mibr? Fuck esl that invited them (but im glad they did) Dont hate the player, hate the game. They are bootcamping on Eu, would be extra dumb to recuse a invite to esl cologne.

2020-08-07 19:41

I legit feel sorry for MIBR but at the same time I don't one more event for them to realise they should just compete in SA tier3 events vs Detona, Isurus etc

Finally FaZe not in same group as BIG

Ez first game for Mouz

2020-08-07 19:39

4 replies

flair checks out

2020-08-07 20:15

Everything checks out

2020-08-07 21:00

Dude, even your name is a big lie

2020-08-07 21:17

He got robbed

2020-08-07 22:10

why are MIBR in EU instead of NA and get another team like ZPG to play ??

2020-08-07 19:43

one more "online" event for BIG

2020-08-07 19:51

not this time

opening game vs mouz just like last year and ofc ez win again 🙂

2020-08-07 19:53

2020-08-07 20:14

Ez4NaVi

There is no balance between groups A and B in Europe

2020-08-07 20:35

Europe mibr pog

2020-08-07 21:29

If mibr won more than 1 game it would be surprising

2020-08-07 22:02

I want to see Navi vs Big

2020-08-07 23:05

Maybe I'm complaining too much, but man the groups for EU could've been a little more diversified. Group A has all of the multi-country and German teams whereas Group B has the French teams and 2/3 of the Danish teams. The groups are a little better than the DreamHack Open Summer matchups I suppose.

2020-08-07 23:55