Finnish Organisation Ence have been invited to ESL One Cologne 2019 which will be held from July 2-7, with the playoffs being held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne from July 5-7.
This makes Ence the 8th team to be given a direct invite after Astralis, BIG, Faze,MIBR,Navi, NiP and Fnatic. The remaining 8 spots will be decided by qualifiers in Europe, who have 2 spots, and Asia and NA, each of whom have a single spot as well as 4 other invites that are yet to be announced.
Ence, who are ranked 5th in the World, shocked the community with runners up spot in the IEM Katowice Major 2019, which has seen them rise through the ranks to the top echelons of CS. Their latest outing was a 5th-8th standing at Starseries i-League Season 7.
The team list is now as follows:
- Astralis
- FaZe
- Natus Vincere
- fnatic
- BIG
- MIBR
- NiP
- Ence
- Invite slot
- Invite slot
- Invite slot
- Invite slot
- EU Qualifier #1
- NA Qualifier
- EU Qualifier #2
- Asia Qualifier
