Cologne NA qualifier viewer's quide

The ESL One Cologne North American qualifier, which will give out the last two spots for the upcoming major, starts in just under two days and here's the viewer's guide with everything you need to know.

Eight North American teams are in the battle for the last couple of spots for ESL One Cologne, including Cloud9, Liquid, CLG and more, with the groups looking as follows:

Group A	Group B
Cloud9	CLG
Team Liquid	Mythic
Tempo Storm	Maximum Effort
Noble Esports	eLevate

Those will be played in the usual GSL-like best-of-one format, from which the top two sides advance to a best-of-three single elimination semi-finals. Winners of each semi-final receive a spot at the major.

The qualifier begins on Saturday, when most of the group stage is going to be played out, with the exception of the decider match, followed up by the semi-finals on Sunday:

Saturday, August 1st
19:00	Cloud9	vs. Noble	A1	BO1
20:15	Tempo Storm	vs. Liquid	A2	BO1
21:30	A1 winner	vs. A2 winner	A3	BO1
22:45	A1 loser	vs. A2 loser	A4	BO1
00:15	CLG	vs. eLevate	B1	BO1
01:30	Maximum Effort	vs. Mythic	B2	BO1
02:45	B1 winner	vs. B2 winner	B3	BO1
04:00	B1 loser	vs. B2 loser	B4	BO1
Sunday, August 2nd
19:00	A3 loser	vs. A4 winner	A5	BO1
20:15	B3 loser	vs. B4 winner	B5	BO1
21:45	Semi-final #1 (B3 winner vs. A5 winner)			BO3
01:00	Semi-final #2 (A3 winner vs. B5 winner)			BO3

Note that the times mentioned above merely serve as an estimate, the matches will start as soon as possible after previous ones come to an end.

ESL have stressed that the event will not be open for the public, but all matches will naturally be broadcasted on ESL's official stream, which you will be able to find on our main page once it goes live.

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