ESL One Cologne is back for the sixth year in a row for another weekend of top level Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Sixteen of the best CS:GO teams in the world will compete for a shot at playing in the legendary LANXESS Arena.
Format
Group Stage - Two GSL format groups - Each group will have 8 teams - Initial matches are Best-of-One while all following matches are Best-of-Three - Top 3 from each group advance to playoffs: - 1st place teams are seeded into semifinals - 2nd & 3rd place teams are seeded into quarterfinals
Playoffs
- The playoffs will all be best-of-three matches except the Grand Final which will be a best-of-five.
- The playoffs will feature a single-elimination bracket.
