| 2017 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Cologne, Germany |
| Dates | July 7, 2017–July 9, 2017 |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League (ESL) |
Tournament format(s) | 16 team swiss group stage Eight team single-elimination playoff |
| Venue | Lanxess Arena |
| Teams | 16 teams |
| Purse | US$250,000 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | SK Gaming |
| 1st runners-up | Cloud9 |
| 2nd runners-up | FaZe Clan Natus Vincere |
| MVP | Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo |
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 US$250,000 prize pool.[1] It was the last premier event before the PGL 2017 Krakow Major Championship. In addition, this Cologne event was the first ever Cologne tournament to not host a major as Valve decided to pass over the historic tournament series in favor of the PGL Major.
This tournament was also the first tournament of the Intel Grand Slam, which a list of tournaments run by ESL and DreamHack. The first team to win four titles earns an extra $1,000,000.