ESL has released a provisional scheduled for the upcoming CS:GO Major in Cologne.

From July 5-10, the German city of Cologne will host the second Counter-Strike Major of the year, where 16 teams from all over the world will battle it out for their share of a $1 Million prize purse.

The first three days of the event will be played behind closed doors, with the playoffs taking place at the LANXESS Arena, the same venue of last year's Cologne Major knockout stages.

LANXESS Arena will host the playoffs 

Below you can find the provisional schedule released today by ESL:

Meanwhile, ESL has released the group order, which looks as follows: 

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Astralis	Natus Vincere	Liquid	Luminosity
CLG	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Virtus.pro	fnatic
Gambit	OpTic	MOUZ	FaZe
Dignitas	FlipSid3	Envy	G2