Sixteen teams from all over the world will be taking part in the next Valve-sponsored major tournament, which will be held from August 20-23 across two locations: the MMC studios and the Lanxess Arena.
On the first day of the tournament, all four groups will be played out in the Upper Bracket. The four group winners will go straight into the quarter-finals, and then the groups will be redrawn, which means that the remaining 12 teams will be paired against new opponents in the Lower Bracket.
NiP will go up against CLG in the first match in Cologne
Below you can find the full schedule for the major:
| Thursday, August 20 | ||||
| 14:00 |  NiP | vs. |  CLG | A1 |
| 14:00 |  EnVyUs | vs. |  FlipSid3 Tactics | B1 |
| 15:25 |  Renegades | vs. |  Team SoloMid | A2 |
| 15:25 |  Team Kinguin | vs. |  Luminosity | B2 |
| 16:50 | Winner A1 | vs. | Winner A2 | |
| 16:50 | Winner B1 | vs. | Winner B2 | |
| 18:15 | fnatic | vs. |  Team eBettle | C1 |
| 18:15 | Virtus.pro | vs. | Immunity | D1 |
| 19:40 | Titan | vs. |  Natus Vincere | C2 |
| 19:40 | Cloud9 | vs. |  mousesports | D2 |
| 21:05 | Winner C1 | vs. | Winner C2 | |
| 21:05 | Winner D1 | vs. | Winner D2 | |
| Friday, August 21 | ||||
| 12:00 | Group E elimination | |||
| 13:25 | Group E decider | |||
| 14:50 | Group F elimination | |||
| 16:15 | Group F decider | |||
| 17:40 | Group G elimination | |||
| 19:05 | Group G decider | |||
| 20:30 | Group H elimination | |||
| 21:55 | Group H decider | |||
| Saturday, August 22 | ||||
| 11:00 | Quarter-final #1 | |||
| 14:05 | Quarter-final #2 | |||
| 17:10 | Quarter-final #3 | |||
| 20:15 | Quarter-final #4 | |||
| Sunday, August 23 | ||||
| 12:00 | Semi-final #1 | |||
| 15:20 | Semi-final #2 | |||
| 19:00 | Grand final |