The first 18 teams competing in ESL One Cologne have been revealed

Today on Twitter we learned of the first 18 teams that will be battling it out in ESL One Cologne, and there have been some pretty big names revealed. Astralis, Fnatic, and G2 are just some of the teams announced to be competing in the competition's main event.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, ESL previously announced that the competition would broadcast online without a live audience with all purchased tickets being valid for the 2021 season. The CS:GO competition is now set to run between August 21 -30 and has a staggering prize pool of $1 million up for grabs

You can see the full list of teams below:

• Astralis


• Fnatic


• Na'Vi


• G2


• Team Liquid


• Mousesports


• 100 Thieves


• FaZe Clan


• Vitality


• FURIA


• Ninjas in Pyjamas


• Renegades


• Cloud9


• BIG


• TYLOO


• Sprout


• Heretics

Thanks, Dot Esports.