Chinese qual revealed for ESL Cologne

ESL has announced the remaining Chinese qualifier, with the winner of the qualifier securing their spot at the upcoming ESL One event in Cologne.

In collaboration with Chinese site 5EPlay, the online qualifier will feature two stages, with the open qualifier taking place from May 23-25, and the closed qualifier commencing from June 7-9.  

The open qualifier will use a best-of-one single-elimination format, with the top eight teams from that qualifier advancing to the next stage. They will connect with the other eight invited teams such as TyLoo, ViCi and Flash. The closed qualifier will consist of a best-of-three single-elimination format, to determine the winner. 

TyLoo have a few fierce rivals blocking their path from qualifying for ESL Cologne

The eight invited teams in the closed qualifier are:

TYLOO	ViCi	Eclipse	New4
Flash	UYA	EMP	BOOT

Here is the schedule for the open qualifier:

Tuesday, May 23rd
13:00	Round of 64 Matches #1-8	BO1
14:15	Round of 64 Matches #9-16	BO1
15:30	Round of 64 Matches #17-24	BO1
Wednesday, May 24th
13:00	Round of 64 Matches #25-32	BO1
14:15	Round of 32 Matches #1-8	BO1
15:30	Round of 32 Matches #9-16	BO1
Thursday, May 25th
13:00	Round of 16 Matches #1-8	BO1

Followed by the schedule for the closed qualifier:

Wednesday, June 7th
08:00	Round of 16 Matches #1 & #2	BO3
10:30	Round of 16 Matches #3 & #4	BO3
13:00	Round of 16 Matches #5 & #6	BO3
Thursday, June 8th
08:00	Round of 16 Matches #7 & #8	BO3
10:30	Quarter-final #1 & #2	BO3
13:00	Quarter-final #3 & #4	BO3
Friday, June 9th
08:00	Semi-final #1	BO3
10:30	Semi-final #2	BO3
13:00	Grand Final	BO3

The qualifier's matches will be streamed by HuoMao TV. If you are from this country, you can register for the open qualifier by clicking the link here.

New4 #213 Nan 'Jewelry' WangFei 'jackhan' HanYang 'Mr.six' ChengZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangZhiWei '0i' Liu TYLOO #42 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Flash #70 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengQiFang 'Karsa' SuAndrew 'kaze' KhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai BOOT #195 JiaMing 'DeStRoYeR' GuZhongHao 'Sa7' YanQingYu 'Monster' Deng UYA #97 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuPeng 'xiaosaGe' Song ViCi #50 Bin 'Savage' LiuZhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Eclipse #114 LiKan 'ryk' LuoTianQi 'ed101' HanLei 'bottle' MaoYangYang 'ayaya' ZhengWei 'shuadapai' Wang EMP #201 ZongRui 'Rv1' LiYuFan 'Yvonne' GuoYue 'AE' YuJunChao 'Raining' ZhangChao 'M4R777iN' Ma