ESL has released a provisional scheduled for the upcoming CS:GO Major in Cologne.
From July 5-10, the German city of Cologne will host the second Counter-Strike Major of the year, where 16 teams from all over the world will battle it out for their share of a $1 Million prize purse.
The first three days of the event will be played behind closed doors, with the playoffs taking place at the LANXESS Arena, the same venue of last year's Cologne Major knockout stages.
LANXESS Arena will host the playoffs
Below you can find the provisional schedule released today by ESL:
| Tuesday, July 5 | ||
| 10:30 | Show Starts | |
| 11:00 | Opening Matches | |
| Wednesday, July 6 | ||
| 10:30 | Show Starts | |
| 11:00 | Elimination and Winners matches | |
| Thursday, July 7 | ||
| 10:30 | Show Start | |
| 11:00 | Decider matches | |
| Friday, July 8 | ||
| 09:20 | Show starts | |
| 10:00 | Quarter-final #1 | |
| 13:30 | Quarter-final #2 | |
| 17:30 | Quarter-final #3 | |
| 20:30 | Quarter-final #4 | |
| Saturday, July 9 | ||
| 14:20 | Show starts | |
| 15:00 | Semi-final #1 | |
| 18:30 | Semi-final #2 | |
| Sunday, July 10 | ||
| 14:40 | Show starts | |
| 15:00 | Showmatch | |
| 17:00 | Grand final | |
Meanwhile, ESL has released the group order, which looks as follows:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
 Astralis |  Natus Vincere |  Liquid |  Luminosity |
| CLG |  Ninjas in Pyjamas |  Virtus.pro | fnatic |
 Gambit |  OpTic |  MOUZ |  FaZe |
| Dignitas |  FlipSid3 |  Envy | G2 |
G2 #6 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
Ninjas in Pyjamas #3 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi 
Astralis #5 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye 
FaZe #13 
Ricardo 'fox' PachecoFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' Aistrup
Håvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad 
Liquid #14 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski 
Gambit #20 
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovIvan 'spaze' Obrezhan 
MOUZ #12 
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell 
Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev 
OpTic #15 William 'RUSH' Wierzba
Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicDamian 'daps' Steele 
Envy #9 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon Time is adjusted to your selected timezone 
FlipSid3 #24 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen 
Dignitas #11 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 
Luminosity #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo 
fnatic #4 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson 
Virtus.pro #8 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński 
CLG #22 Faruk 'pita' PitaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbTarik 'tarik' CelikKenneth 'koosta' Suen (责任编辑：cs cases free)