So far as known, ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe started on August 18 has recently ended. The outcome appeared to be quite unexpected: Danish Heroic beat French Vitality with a 3:0 score.
Looking back, ESL One Cologne 2020 Online has lasted from August 18 to August 30, with 16 teams participating in. In the quarter-final, Heroic swept Complexity Gaming with a 2:0 score, and in the semi-final, the Danish team crushed G2 Esports 2:1. In the play-offs, Vitality hit Sprout and Ninjas in Pyjamas with a clean score.
The overall prize pool was 325,000 USD. Thus, Heroic took the biggest prize of $150,000, and the second one equal to $50,000 went to Vitality.
All in all, the final placements are ranked as follows:
- 1. – Heroic – $150,000
- 2. – Vitality – $50,000
- 3-4. NiP – $25,000
- 3-4. G2 – $25,000
- 5-8. Astralis – $11,500
- 5-8. OG – $11,500
- 5-8. Sprout – $11,500
- 5-8. Complexity – $11,500
- 9-12. FaZe – $4,500
- 9-12. MAD Lions – $4,500
- 9-12. fnatic – $4,500
- 9-12. Natus Vincere – $4,500
- 13-16. MIBR – $2,750
- 13-16. mousesports – $2,750
- 13-16. Heretics – $2,750
- 13-16. BIG – $2,750