After a thrilling day one full of upsets and emotional rides, it was time to determine which first teams will qualify for the playoffs and which first teams will be eliminated from ESL One Cologne 2017. All of the swiss round three matches were played yesterday, July 5th, and we saw Team Liquid as well as Ninjas in Pyjamas securing their third wins and slots in the playoffs at the LANXESS Arena. On the other end of the scope, TyLoo and Virtus.pro suffered their third losses and were eliminated from the event.
Results
- Heroic vs. Virtus.pro 16-9 on cobblestone
- TyLoo vs. Cloud9 9-16 on cobblestone
- Space Soldiers vs. Na’Vi 9-16 on train
- North vs. SK 10-16 on cache
- Immortals vs. G2 7-16 on cobblestone
- FNATIC vs. FaZe 12-16 on overpass
- NiP vs. mousesports 16-10 cache
- Liquid vs. OpTic 16-5 on cobblestone
Selected highlights
QUAD KILL FOR @C9Skadoodle #ESLOne pic.twitter.com/KYIdsDllSF
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) July 5, 2017
!!! What a player @kiocsgoo #ESLOne pic.twitter.com/RpbCOxHyZ0
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) July 5, 2017
What an INCREDIBLE ACE! @f0restCS you BEAST! #ESLOne pic.twitter.com/WFsf84g2H0
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) July 5, 2017
These shots #ESLOne pic.twitter.com/YJyR5BLu3H
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) July 5, 2017
Who will make it to LANXESS?
The final matches of the swiss group stage are played today! Be sure to join us from 12:00PM CEST and see who will be joining Liquid and NiP in the playoffs at the LANXESS Arena! Full schedule can be found here.
The amazing venue opens its doors to the public tomorrow, July 7th, so better get yourself one of the few remaining tickets to watch the world’s biggest CS:GO event in person.
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