DreamHack Leipzig Information Released

Everything you need to know about the upcoming DreamHack Leipzig event has been made public domain.

Everything you need to know about the upcoming DreamHack Leipzig event has been made public domain. DreamHack’s first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event of 2017 will be from Jan. 13-15, and it will feature eight teams who have been decided via invitations. Those teams and their respective groups are as follows:

Group A

  • Heroic
  • LDLC
  • FNATIC Academy
  • QWERTY

 

Group B

  • FlipSid3 Tactics
  • Vega Squadron
  • Rogue
  • BIG

 

The format for the event will have a group stage consisting of a starting match, followed by both a winners match and an elimination match. Two teams from each group will qualify for the tournament bracket, and they will face-off against a team from the opposite group. The schedule of when each match will take place is featured below (with times in CET).

Friday, Jan. 13
1:40 PM – Show start
2:00 PM –  Heroic vs. qwerty (best-of-one)
3:30 PM –  FlipSid3 vs. BIG (best-of-one)
5:00 PM –  LDLC vs. Fnatic academy (best-of-one)
6:30 PM –  Vega Squadron vs. Rogue (best-of-one)
8:00 PM – Group A – Winners Match (best-of-one)
9:30 PM – Group B – Winners Match (best-of-one)

Saturday, Jan. 14
11:40 AM – Show start
12:00 PM – Group A – Elimination Match (best-of-three)
3:00 PM – Group B – Elimination Match (best-of-three)
6:00 PM – Group A – Decider Match (best-of-three
9:00 PM – Group B – Decider Match (best-of-three)

Sunday, Jan. 15
9:30 AM – Show start
10:00 AM – Semi Final #1 – B1 vs. A2 (best-of-three)
12:30 PM – Semi Final #2 – A1 vs. B2 (best-of-three
3:00 PM – Grand Final (best-of-three)


Prize Pool

1st Place – $50,000

2nd Place – $20,000

3rd/4th Place – $10,000

5th/6th Place – $3,000

7th/8th PLace – $2,000


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