VP and SK invited to ESL One Cologne

ESL announced the first participants at the ESL One Cologne 2017, they were SK Gaming, as they won the last ESL One and the home team - Virtus.Pro and now they top the list of participants.

Recall that recently ESL and ESEA signed new rules regarding VAC-bans from professional players and this rule will work in this tournament. It is rumored that this rule was introduced after refusal to give the ESL One Cologne 2017 tournament a major status and the organizers decided to take revenge in this way Valve /

The ESL One itself will be held in July, the play-off stage will be held at LANXESS Arena on July 7-9. 16 teams will participate in the tournament itself, of which 12 will receive a direct invitation from the organizers, and 4 will qualify for the tournament.

List of teams that will participate in this tournament: SK, Virtus.Pro.