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ESL announce preliminary information for next year’s tournament in Cologne.
Shortly after SK Gaming’s second major win of the year at ESL Cologne 2016, ESL has released dates and other basic information for next year’s event. ESL Cologne 2017 will be held again at the legendary LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany from July 7-9, 2017. ESL released a short hype video encouraging fans to begin purchasing tickets now.
The eight teams that will return to Cologne next year as Legends, exempt from qualification tournaments, are the following:
SK Gaming
Team Liquid
Virtus.Pro
Fnatic
Astralis
Flipsid3 Tactics
Navi
Gambit Gaming
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