Groups for Cologne qualifier drawn
The group draw has been made for the European offline qualifier for ESL One Cologne, which will take place in the same German city.
On July 25-26, ESL's esports arena, located in Cologne, will stage the European offline qualifier for ESL One Cologne. Sixteen teams from all over Europe will battle it out for four spots at the $250,000 major, scheduled for August 20-23.
The 16 contestants have been split into two groups of eight teams, who will face one another in a best-of-one double-elimination bracket stage. The top two sides from each group will be rewarded with spots at ESL One Cologne.
Titan will attend the qualifier, but the roster is unknown
Below you can find the group draw in full:
| Group A | Group B |
 dignitas | Null element HellRaisers |
 OverGaming |  Epiphany Bolt |
 Team Property |  LGB eSports |
 PiTER |  Team eBettle |
 Flipsid3 Tactics | ENCORE |
 KILLERFISH |  ex-ROCK |
 Team Kinguin | Gamers2 |
| PENTA Sports |  Titan |
The match-ups for the first round of the group stage are the following:
| dignitas | vs. | OverGaming |
| Team Property | vs. | PiTER |
| Flipsid3 Tactics | vs. | KILLERFISH |
| Team Kinguin | vs. | PENTA Sports |
| Null element HellRaisers | vs. | LGB eSports |
| Epiphany Bolt | vs. | Team eBettle |
| ENCORE | vs. | ex-ROCK |
| Gamers2 | vs. | Titan |