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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