Luc Shelton

ESL One Cologne 2015

ESL One Cologne 2015

Cologne, Germany
2015-08-18

ESL One Cologne 2015 was the sixth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship that was held from August 14–18, 2015 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. It was organized by Electronic Sports League.

Eight teams were in the playoffs. Fnatic, Luminosity Gaming, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team EnVyUs, Team SoloMid, and Virtus.pro were returning Legends. Team Kinguin was the only new Legend in the tournament, replacing mousesports, which failed to make the top eight. Fnatic, which defeated Luminosity Gaming and Virtus.pro, was the winner of the event after defeating Team EnVyUs, which defeated Natus Vincere and Team SoloMid, 2–0. Fnatic was the first team to have consecutive major titles and would be the only team to do so until SK Gaming (which was Luminosity Gaming at this tournament) when the Brazilian team won MLG Columbus 2016 and ESL One Cologne 2016.

A bird's eye view of the LANXESS Arena. Production team at the back of the ground floor seating area. Casters on the screens doing pre-match discussions. A bird's eye view of the LANXESS Arena. Production team at the back of the ground floor seating area. Casters on the screens doing pre-match discussions.
LANXESS Arena from the VIP seating area. The caster Json "moses" O'Toole presenting in front of the stadium audience before the next game. LANXESS Arena from the VIP seating area. The caster Json "moses" O'Toole presenting in front of the stadium audience before the next game.
A bird's eye overview of the LANXESS Arena before the tournament match. A bird's eye overview of the LANXESS Arena before the tournament match.
Picture taken from the VIP seating area with all the fun Twitch streamers and casters. Picture taken from the VIP seating area with all the fun Twitch streamers and casters.
The professional CS:GO player and in-game leader, Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer from EnVyUs on stage with the host Oliver James "OJ Borg" Borg D'Anastasi The professional CS:GO player and in-game leader, Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer from EnVyUs on stage with the host Oliver James "OJ Borg" Borg D'Anastasi
Panoramic picture taken of the arena from ESL One Cologne 2015. Panoramic picture taken of the arena from ESL One Cologne 2015.
The aftermath of the grand final at ESL One Cologne 2015. The stadium is mostly empty. The aftermath of the grand final at ESL One Cologne 2015. The stadium is mostly empty.