In less than 24 hours, four of the best teams in Europe will converge at the DreamHack Summer 2016 Invitational in Jönköping, Sweden to fight for the title of the best team in Europe. There’s going to be a ton of TF2 action coming up, and we’ve put together a viewer’s guide to help you throughout the hectic weekend.

Teams

A plethora of teams competed in the DreamHack open qualifiers to fight for a coveted spot at the event. After months of some high adrenaline matches, four teams have earned themselves the right to compete at the biggest LAN in Europe. They are:

nameLess (qualified)

(qualified) Perilous Gaming (qualified)

(qualified) Crowns Esports Club (invited)

(invited) Comfortably Spanked (invited)

Format & Rules

Just like DreamHack Winter 2015, the tournament will utilize the usual double-elimination bracket. Every fixture, with the exception of the Grand Finals, will be a best of three, with the Grand Finals being a best of five. All fixtures will also be using a map elimination system, where teams can pick and ban maps for each fixture.

All rules and whitelists for this tournament will be based on the current ETF2L Season 24 rules. Check the rules page and whitelist page for more info.

Map Pool

Speaking of maps, the map pool will consist of the ETF2L Season 24 map pool. There’s no Gravel Pit this time around (thank you Sideshow!) but we also have a new map in the mix: cp_reckoner, which was recently added to the ETF2L map pool to replace Sunshine. Other than that, everything else is more or less the same. The map pool will be:

Badlands

Snakewater

Process

Product

Reckoner

Gullywash

Granary Pro

Prize Pool

The $3000 prize pool, which has been generously donated to by Sweetstakes.tf & Plantronics, will be distributed as shown:

1st: $1110

2nd: $780

3rd: $600

4th: $510

Coverage

We'll be working around the clock all weekend long as the action unfolds. You can catch all the action on our main Twitch channel, and we'll be also be updating on our social media as well:

twitch.tv/teamfortresstv - primary stream

Twitter - live updates

YouTube - VODs

The player lineup isn't the only thing that's star-studded in Sweden. Our all star crew of casters and producers will be filling the air with all the frags, highlights and screaming that you can muster! Our lineup includes:

Sideshow - lead commentator

- lead commentator Bren - lead commentator

- lead commentator Admirable - commentator

- commentator TurboTabs - commentator

- commentator kaidus - commentator & analyst

- commentator & analyst CommanderX - commentator & analyst

- commentator & analyst DavidTheWin - main cameraman

- main cameraman dashner - production lead & stream producer

Schedule

The DreamHack Summer 2016 Invitational kicks off on June 18th, and will conclude on June 19th with the Grand Finals. The schedule is as follows (all times are in CEST):

June 18th

11:00 | First Round: nameLess vs. Comfortably Spanked

vs. 14:00 | First Round: Perilous Gaming vs. Crowns Esports Club

vs. 17:00 | Upper Bracket Finals

June 19th

11:00 | Losers Bracket First Round

13:30 | Losers Bracket Finals

16:30 | Grand Finals

Note: times are subject to change

Conclusion

Be sure to tweet all your favorite moments throughout the weekend and spread the word with the hashtag #DHSTF2! We'll be retweeting our favourites as the weekend goes on! If you are at DreamHack Summer, be sure to stop by the Esports United booth in Hall B Booth 12 to see all the action in person! Let's bring it back down to earth!

A special thanks to: