In a couple of weeks Gambit CS:GO squad will take part in the offline-qualifiers for the next ESL One: Cologne 2016 Major tournament. On June 9 - 12 sixteen teams will meet in Katowice, Poland, in order to fight for 8 tournament spots.

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.

First Round:
 Gambit vs  OpTic Gaming
 G2 Esports vs  TyLoo
 FaZe Clan vs  Team Dignitas
 mousesports vs  Fluffy Gangsters
 Team ENVYUS vs  Tempo Storm
 Cloud9 vs  Team Empire
 FlipSid3 Tactics vs  Renegades
 Splyce vs  HellRaisers

Upon the conclusion of the fifth round, eight remaining teams will qualify for ESL One: Cologne 2016.

Visualization of a Swiss format:

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:  Na'Vi,  VP,  NiP,  Fnatic,  Astralis,  LG,  Liquid and  CLG, 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.