ESL One Cologne is a ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' tournament run by the
Electronic Sports League
The ESL Gaming GmbH, doing business as ESL (formerly known as Electronic Sports League), is a German esports organizer and production company that produces video game competitions worldwide. ESL was the world's largest esports company in 2015, ...
, with the first three tournaments being sponsored by video game developer
Valve
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. There have been 7 tournaments by the name so far:
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ESL One Cologne 2014
Electronic Sports League One Cologne 2014, also known as ESL One Cologne 2014, was the third '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship. The tournament was held during Gamescom 2014 from August 14–17, 2014 at the Cologne Exhibitio ...
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ESL One Cologne 2015
ESL One Cologne 2015 was the sixth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship that was held from August 14–18, 2015 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. It was organized by Electronic Sports League. The Cologne event was the first ESL ...
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ESL One Cologne 2016
ESL One Cologne 2016, also known as ESL Cologne Major 2016 or Cologne 2016, was an Electronic Sports League Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It was the ninth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship and was held at ...
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ESL One Cologne 2017
ESL One Cologne 2017 was a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' tournament run by ESL. In July 2017, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline ( LAN) tournament that featured a group stage and playoffs with a 250,000 prize pool. I ...
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ESL One Cologne 2018
ESL One Cologne 2018 was a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' tournament run by ESL. In July 2018, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline ( LAN) tournament that featured a group stage and playoffs with a 300,000 prize pool. ...
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ESL One Cologne 2019
ESL One Cologne 2019 is a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' tournament run by ESL. In July 2019, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline ( LAN) tournament that featured a group stage and playoffs with a US$300,000 prize pool ...
* ESL One Cologne 2020
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