ESL One Cologne 2016 is almost here! US$1.000.000 on the line, 16 teams and one coveted trophy - this major will be the world’s biggest CS:GO tournament. We’ve gathered everything you need to know about the event in one place for your convenience.

Key information

• Where? LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany
• When? 8th to 10th of July 2016
• Homepage: ESL One Cologne official website
• Stream: Hub
• Doors open: Friday 8th: 08:00 CEST, Saturday 9th: 11:30 CEST, Sunday 10th: 11:30 CEST
• Event App: available for iOS and Android for !drops (only for attendees at LANXESS), brackets, results and more!
• Event guide for all attendees - directions, ticket and booth information and more valuable info
• Event map:

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Teams

Broadcast team

• Stage Host: Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner
• Roaming Host: Mitch “UberShouts” Leslie
• Desk Host: Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Analyst: Duncan “Thorin” Shields
• Analyst: Janko “YNK” Paunović
• Analyst: Jason “Moses” O'Toole
• Commentator: Anders Blume
• Commentator: Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat
• Commentator: Henry “HenryG” Greer
• Commentator: Matthew “Sadokist” Trivett
• Commentator: Daniel “ddk” Kapadia
• Commentator: James “JZFB” Bardolph
• Commentator: Lauren “Pansy” Scott
• Commentator: John “ BLU” Mullen

Schedule

All times are in CEST. Times are estimates, as match times may differ. All matches will be played back to back, starting with group A, then B, C and finally D.

Tuesday, July 5th

• 10:30 - Show starts
• 11:00 - First group matches start
• 21:00 - End of day

Wednesday, July 6th

• 10:30 - Show starts
• 11:00 - Matches start - elimination, winners and losers
• 21:00 - End of day

Thursday, July 7th

• 10:30 - Show starts
• 11:00 - Decider matches begin
• 01:15 - End of day

Friday, July 8th at LANXESS

• Doors open at 08:00 CEST
• 09:30 to 13:30 - Quarterfinal one
• 13:30 to 17:30 - Quarterfinal two
• 17:30 to 21:30 - Quarterfinal three
• 21:30 to 01:30 - Quarterfinal four

Saturday, July 9th at LANXESS

• Doors open at 11:30 CEST
• 14:30 to 18:30 - Semifinal one
• 18:30 - 22:30 - Semifinal two

Sunday, July 10th at LANXESS

• Doors open at 11:30 CEST
• 14:30 to 16:00 - Showmatch
• 17:00 to 21:00 - Grand final

Social Media

Our social channel will be full of live coverage, highlight videos, photos and more - be sure to follow us on:

• ESL CS Twitter
• ESL CS Facebook
• ESL Twitter
• ESL Facebook
• And join the conversation with #ESLOne!

See you at the major!

We cannot wait to welcome everyone to LANXESS Arena for the world’s biggest CS:GO event and to watch the very best teams in their battle for the championship! Very few last tickets are still available so be sure to get one if you still haven’t yet!