The first DreamHack event of 2017 is on the horizon and we have prepared a viewer's guide for DreamHack ASTRO Open Leipzig 2017 to bring you up to speed.

The event taking place in Leipzig, Germany will kick off tomorrow and offer $100,000 in cash prizes. Eight teams will be in attendance and the winner will take home $50,000.

There will be two groups of four teams and a GSL format will be adopted. The opening and winners' matches will be best-of-ones while the elimination and decider games will be played as best-of-threes.



LDLC are in Group A

Two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, which will be on Sunday, and both the semi-finals and grand final will be best-of-threes.

Here are the groups:

The full schedule can be found below:

Friday, January 13th 14:00 Heroic qwerty vs. BO1 15:30 FlipSid3 BIG vs. BO1 17:00 LDLC fnatic Academy vs. BO1 18:30 Vega Squadron Rogue vs. BO1 20:00 Group A Winners match

BO1 21:30 Group B Winners match

BO1

Saturday, January 14th 12:00 Group A Elimination match

BO3 15:00 Group B Elimination match

BO3 18:00 Group A Decider match

BO3 21:00 Group B Decider match

BO3

Sunday, January 15th 10:00 Semi Final #1

BO3 12:30 Semi Final #2

BO3 15:30 Grand Final

BO3

The following broadcast crew will be bringing you the action live from Leipzig on Twitch:

Pala "⁠Mantrousse⁠" Gilroy Sen - Host and Interviewer Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner - Desk Host Paul "" Chaloner - Desk Host Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill - Analyst Tomi "⁠lurppis⁠" Kovanen - Analyst Vince "Metuz" Hill - Commentator Vince "" Hill - Commentator Niels "rizc" Topp - Commentator Niels "" Topp - Commentator Dustin "dusT" Mouret - Commentator Dustin "" Mouret - Commentator John "BLU" Mullen - Commentator John "" Mullen - Commentator

The distribution of the prize pool is as follows:

1. $50,000

2. $20,000

3-4. $10,000

5-6. $3,000

7-8. $2,000

Be sure to visit our event page for more information about DreamHack ASTRO Open Leipzig 2017.