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 Three
ESL One Cologne: Photo-report
ESL One Cologne: Schedule
hooch: I want to credit my team
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 -  Gambit,  Astralis,  FlipSid3 Tactics,  Natus Vincere - $35,000
9th - 12th place -  Team Dignitas,  NiP,  mousesports, FaZe Clan  - $8,750
13th - 16th place -   CLG,  Optic Gaming,  Team EnVyUs,  G2 Esports - $8,750

Playoffs:
Date: July 8 - 10
Format: 8 teams compete in Single Elimination BO3 bracket

Friday, July 8th
 Virtus.pro [2:0]  Astralis | 19:17 @ de_overpass; 19:15 @ de_train
 SK Gaming [2:0]  FlipSid3 Tactics | 16:7 @ de_mirage; 19:17 @ de_nuke
 Team Liquid [2:1]  Natus Vincere | 11:16 @ de_train; 16:12 @ de_nuke; 16:6 @ de_cbble
 Fnatic [2:0]  Gambit | 16:5 @ de_train; 16:3 @ de_cache

 Gambit: hooch, mou, AdreN, spaze, Dosia
 Natus Vincere: Zeus, seized, Edward, flamie, GuardiaN
 Virtus.pro: byali, TaZ, NEO, snax, pasha
 SK Gaming: FalleN, TACO, fnx, fer, coldzera
 Astralis: device, karrigan, dupreeh, gla1ve, Xyp9x
 FlipSid3 Tactics: B1ad3, wayLander, WorldEdit, markeloff, Shara
 Team Liquid: jdm64, nitr0, s1mple, hiko, EliGE
 Fnatic: JW, olofmeister, dennis, KRiMZ, flusha