Cologne, Germany, hosts the second CS:GO Major Championship with a prize pool of $1,000,000 on July 5 - 10. Sixteen best teams from all over the world will come to Germany to share prize pool of $1 million and to learn who is the strongest.

Useful links:
ESL One Cologne: Day One
ESL One Cologne: Photo-report
ESL One Cologne: Our Rivals
ESL One Cologne: Schedule
Dosia: Because I’m X God
hooch: It's time for revenge
spaze: My dream came true

Prize pool distribution:
1st place - $500,000
2nd place - $150,000
3rd - 4th place - $70,000
5th - 8th place - $35,000
9th - 12th place - $8,750
13th - 16th place -   CLG,  Optic Gaming,  Team EnVyUs,  G2 Esports - $8,750

Group stage:
Date: July 5 - 7
Format: 16 teams are split into 4 groups. You have to win two matches to advance to playoffs. All encounters are BO1 with an exception of Final Match for the second place - BO3.

Wednesday, July 6th 
 Gambit [1:0]  Astralis | 16:6 @ de_dust2
 Team Dignitas [1:0]  Counter Logic Gaming | 16:1 @ de_cbble
 Natus Vincere [1:0]  Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16:12 @ de_cbble
 Flipsid3 Tactics [1:0]  Optic Gaming | 16:13 @ de_train
 Virtus.pro [1:0]  Team Liquid | 16:12 @ de_cbble
 mousesports [1:0]  Team EnVyUs | 16:12 @ de_train
 SK Gaming [1:0]  FaZe | 16:6 @ de_cbble
 Fnatic [1:0]  G2 Esports | 16:13 @ de_train

Group А:
 Gambit: hooch, mou, AdreN, spaze, Dosia
 Astralis: device, karrigan, dupreeh, gla1ve, Xyp9x
 Counter Logic Gaming: pita, koosta, reltuC, Hazed, tarik
 Team Dignitas: MSL, tenzki, k0nfig, RUBINO, cajunb

Group В:
 Natus Vincere: Zeus, seized, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN
 FlipSid3 Tactics: B1ad3, wayLander, WorldEdit, markeloff, Shara
 OpTic Gaming: daps, NAF, stanislaw, RUSH, mixwell
 Ninjas in Pyjamas: friberg, GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, pyth

Group С:
 Team Liquid: jdm64, nitr0, s1mple, hiko, EliGE
 Virtus.pro: byali, TaZ, NEO, snax, pasha
 mousesports: NiKo, Spiidi, nex, chrisJ, denis
 Team EnVyUs: kennyS, Happy, apEX, NBK, DEVIL

Group D:
 SK Gaming: FalleN, TACO, fnx, fer, coldzera
 Fnatic: JW, olofmeister, dennis, KRiMZ, flusha
 FaZe Clan: foxj, kioShiMa, rain, jkaem, aizy
 G2 Esports: RpK, bodyy, shox, SmithZz, ScreaM