ESL One Cologne 2016 Qualifier: Day Three
On June 9 - 12 sixteen teams will meet in Katowice, Poland, in order to fight for 8 tournament spots. Gambit CS:GO squad will take part in the offline-qualifiers for the next ESL One: Cologne 2016 Major tournament.
Format: The qualifier consists of five rounds, each encounter is BO1. The teams will resume playing until they win three maps (qualify for Major) or they lose three maps (eliminated from competition). The pairs in the first round are based on a seeding. In the remaining rounds everyone will face the teams with an equal score. Upon the conclusion of the fifth round, eight remaining teams will qualify for ESL One: Cologne 2016.
Third Round:
Renegades [1:0] 
Fluffy Gangsters | 16:11 @ de_mirage
Immortals [1:0] Team Empire | 16:7 @ de_cbble
HellRaisers [1:0] 
Team Dignitas | 16:10 @ de_nuke
Optic Gaming [1:0] 
FlipSid3 Tactics | 16:7 @ de_train
Cloud9 [1:0] TyLoo | 16:13 @ de_cache
Team EnVyUs [1:0] Splyce | 16:4 @ de_cbble
mousesports [1:0] G2 ESports | 16:1 @ de_dust2 FaZe Clan [1:0] Gambit | 16:11 @ de_train
Tournament standings:
3-0: mousesports, FaZe Clan
2-1: HellRaisers, Optic Gaming, Cloud9 Team EnVyUs, G2 ESports, Gambit
1-2: Renegades, Immortals, Team Dignitas FlipSid3 Tactics, TyLoo, Splyce
0-3: Fluffy Gangsters, Team Empire
About ESL One: Cologne
ESL One: Cologne 2016 will take place on July 5 - 10 in Cologne, Germany. Along with with the winners of the qualifiers, 8 best teams from Columbus Major: Natus Vincere, 
Virtus.pro, 
Ninjas in Pyjamas, Fnatic, Astralis, Luminosity Gaming, Team Liquid and Counter Logic Gaming, will also participate at the tournament with $1,000,000 prize pool. The format of the Major didn't change and remained the same: at first teams will play in the group stage, and 2 best teams from each group will advance to play-offs. The last stage of the tournament will follow the Olympic system. Just like last year ESL One: Cologne 2016 will be held at one of the best European arenas - Lanxess-Arena.
