NAVI would face mousesports in the starting match at ESL One Cologne 2020


Tournament organizer ESL has published the list of groups and schedule of ESL One Cologne 2020 starting matches. The tournament will be held in four regions: Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania.

The group stage will run in Double Elimination format in two regions: in Europe, sixteen teams in two groups will compete for eight playoff seats and in North America, eight teams will compete for four playoff seats. In Asia and Oceania, four teams will each fight in the Double Elimination bracket.

The tournament kicks off at different times in several regions. The two largest teams, Europe and North America, will start August 18, while the Asia/Oceania championships start a week later, August 25. The total prize pool will be distributed as follows: $325,000 for Europe, $135,000 for North America and $20,000 for Asia and Oceania.

Groupstages at ESL One Cologne 2020 – Europe:

Group А

 BIG
 Complexity
 Natus Vincere
 NiP
 OG
 mousesports
 MAD Lions
 Sprout

Group B

 Vitality
 G2
 FaZe
 fnatic
 Astralis
 Heroic
 MIBR
 Heretics

Schedule:

18 August, Tuesday

16:00  BIG vs.  Sprout
16:00  OG vs.  NiP
19:30  Vitality vs.  Heretics
19:30  fnatic vs.  Astralis

19 August, Wednesday

16:00  Natus Vincere vs.  mousesports
16:00  Complexity vs.  MAD Lions
19:30  FaZe vs.  Heroic
19:30  MIBR vs.  G2

Groupstages at ESL One Cologne 2020 – North America:

Group А

 FURIA
 Gen.G
 100 Thieves
 Chaos

Group B

 Evil Geniuses
 Liquid
 Cloud9
 Triumph

Schedule:

18 August, Tuesday

23:00  FURIA vs.  Chaos
23:00  100 Thieves vs.  Gen.G

19 August, Wednesday

23:00  Evil Geniuses vs.  Triumph
23:00  Cloud9 vs.  Liquid

Groupstages at ESL One Cologne 2020 – Asia:

 TYLOO
 ViCi
 Invictus
 Beyond

Schedule:

25 August, Tuesday

12:30   TYLOO vs.  Beyond

26 August, Wednesday

12:30   ViCi vs.  Invictus

Groupstages at ESL One Cologne 2020 – Oceania:

 Renegades
 ORDER
 AVANT
 Chiefs

Schedule:

25 August, Tuesday

09:00   Renegades vs.  Chiefs

26 August, Wednesday

09:00   ORDER vs.  AVANT