ESL One Cologne 2020 moves online

ESL One Cologne 2020 has been rescheduled for August 18-30 and will be played online separately for Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania. ESL in their explained that the decision was taken after a thorough assessment of the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic in the world.

The prize pool for ESL One Cologne 2020 has been reduced from $1,000,000 to $500,000 and distributed across four regions based on the number of participating teams. $325,000 has been allocated for the European Championship, $135,000 for the North American Championship, and $20,000 for Asia and Oceania.

Currently, the majority of participants in tournaments for Europe and North America are known, as well as one guest team each in Asia and Oceania. According to the published announcement, the other owners of invites will be determined on July 20 based on the ESL world ranking.

List of ESL One Cologne 2020 participants for Europe:

 Astralis 
 fnatic  
 Natus Vincere  
 G2  
 mousesports  
 FaZe  
 Vitality  
 NiP  
 BIG 
 Sprout  
 Heretics  
 Complexity
 OG
 Heroic
 MAD Lions
 Invite

List of ESL One Cologne 2020 members for North America:

 Liquid  
 100 Thieves  
 Evil Geniuses  
 FURIA 
 Cloud9  
 Gen.G
 Invite
 Invite

List of ESL One Cologne 2020 members for Asia:

 TYLOO
 Invite
 Invite
 Invite

List of ESL One Cologne 2020 participants for Oceania:

 Renegades
 Invite
 Invite
 Invite