2018 marks the fifth year in a row that Cologne will be greeting players, talents and fans for a whole weekend of pure Counter-Strike: Global Offensive action from July 6th to 8th at ESL One Cologne 2018. Featuring 16 of the best CS:GO teams in the world and a $300,000 prize pool. 12 of the teams were directly invited to the tournament while the other 4 had to make their way through the regional qualifiers.