Dreamhack and NIP go way back, from the early days of Counter Strike where NIP won Dreamhack Summer 2002 to the current CS:GO team who have yet to miss a final in Dreamhack Summer and Winter events. This time it’s our Dota 2 team that will look to make their Dreamhack debut as they are going up against Na’Vi, the winners of the European TI5 qualifiers.

The tournament consists of two double elimination brackets where the top 2 teams from league play are seeded into the second bracket called the Final Bracket. The first bracket called Round of 6 will feature the 4 teams that placed 3rd-6th in league play. The two teams that come out victorious in the Round of 6 will advance to the Final Bracket where the top 2 teams already await. All series will be bo3 except the first series in Round of 6 which is a bo1 and the Grand Final which is a bo5.







ROUND OF 6 PARTICIPANTS



Burden United SingSing, Neqroman, PARIS, ComeWithMe, Mynuts



Burden United like Alliance failed in advancing from Group A in the European qualifiers to TI5, since then they have only played one series where they lost to Duza 0-2 with Ar1se as a standin for SingSing. While NIP and Alliance managed to redeem their run in the qualifiers we have yet to see anything similar from Burden United which makes them a bit of an underdog, but only marginally. However their placing in the league has seeded them against Basically Unknown the first round, a game that should go in the favor of SingSing and crew but the volatile bo1 format might be start of another early exit for the team if they are not careful.



Basically Unknown Ar1se, Nikobaby, ReaLaxXx, CHTOMAHEH, Pure Evil!



The team disbanded in the beginning of June but came back since Empire and Vega couldn’t attend the event. The team brought in Greek offlaner ReaLaxXx, a former player of London Conspiracy. Basically Unknown ended the league play in the bottom with only 3 out of 14 wins and with the roster shuffle as well as a shorter hiatus in mind they are considered the biggest underdog of the tournament. Don’t count them out in terms of making splashes, the first round is bo1 and potentially we might see an earlier exit from a favorite if Burden United are in the loser’s bracket in round 2.



Na’Vi XBOCT, Dendi, Funn1k, Sonneiko, ArtStyle



The Winners of the European Qualifiers that after their abysmal start against London Conspiracy won 5 consecutive series in a row. Na’Vi traveled to China for MDL but did so without ArtStyle and unsurprisingly ended the event with nothing but losses. The squad will be a more fearful beast once reunited and are considered a favorite to make it out of the first rounds.



Ninjas in Pyjamas Era, Limmp, Jonassomfan, Handsken, Sealkid



The Ninjas made their way across the pond and won their first event by beating Alliance 2-1 in the second season of JoinDOTA MLG Pro League, beating TI5 invitee Virtus.Pro along the way. NIP looks to have gotten rid of the late game issues they had in the qualifiers to TI5 and with their recent win in mind they are the second favorite to qualify to the Final Bracket where Alliance and Virtus.Pro await.







FINAL BRACKET PARTICIPANTS



Alliance Loda, Pajkatt, AdmiralBulldog, 7ckngMad, Akke



Alliance did very poorly in the qualifiers to TI5 but redeemed themselves with their showing in Austin, Texas where they were bested by their Swedish compatriots in NIP at JoinDOTA MLG Pro League Season 2 Grand Finals, winning against both Fnatic and Evil Geniuses to earn their spot in the final. Rewind one year the old Alliance roster prevailed against Cloud9 in the first season of DreamLeague, this time there is no S4 or EGM but Loda, Akke and AdmiralBulldog might turn out to be the first players to win multiple DreamLeague titles when all is said and done.



Virtus.Pro Illidan, God, DkPhobos, fng, Lil



Virtus.Pro is the only team attending that received a direct invite to TI5, like NIP and Alliance VP made the trip across the pond but their journey was ended on the second day after losing the bo1 against NIP and Fnatic. Virtus.Pro ended the league play in top and was the only team that didn’t lose a single series, even beating Team Empire.





Picture courtesty of Adela "Mawrr" Sznajder



Make sure to catch our first game of the day tomorrow (scheduled 15.15CET) against Na’Vi on this link.



