ESL One

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Established
2014 (11 years old)

First Recorded Event
2014-03-13

Current Season
2024

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ESports

Location
Worldwide

Gender
Mixed

TV Rights
Twitch

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Results

ESL One Birmingham 2024 (26 Apr 24)

ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 (15 Dec 23)

ESL One Berlin Major 2023 (01 May 23)

ESL One Malaysia 2022 (25 Aug 22)

ESL One Stockholm 2022 (20 May 22)

ESL One New York 2019 (28 Sep 19)

ESL One Cologne 2019 (05 Jul 19)

ESL One Birmingham 2019 (30 May 19)

IEM Katowice Major 2019 (13 Feb 19)

ESL One Cologne 2018 (06 Jul 18)

Description

ESL One refers to premier offline tournaments across a variety of games, like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, and are usually considered among the most prestigious events for each game. ESL One events are often selected to be part of the Valve-sponsored CS:GO Major series. The ESL Counter-Strike Majors have been: EMS One Katowice 2014, ESL One Cologne 2014, ESL One Katowice 2015, ESL One Cologne 2015, ESL One Cologne 2016, IEM Katowice 2019. ESL were originally set to host a major in Rio de Janeiro in 2020 under the ESL One brand, until the event was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. After 2020, the CS:GO event of ESL One was merged into IEM brand. As of November 2022, ESL has hosted seven of the eighteen CS:GO Major tournaments, while the last one was IEM Rio Major 2022.

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