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More CS:GO teams invited

DreamHack invites Curse, ESC, Fnatic and Copenhagen Wolves to DreamHack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship at DreamHack Summer 2013 15-18 June. It’s also time to announce all qualifiers for the upcoming tournament that will crown a new DreamHack Champion in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

DreamHack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship main tournament consists of 16 teams, where 7 teams are invited and 9 slots is dedicated for qualifiers, including the on-site BYOC qualifier at DreamHack Summer 2013. The BYOC qualifier demands that you have a BYOC-ticket and bring your own computer to the event. The online pre-registration is already open here.

Today we’re announcing that Curse, ESC, Fnatic, Copenhagen Wolves will join the reigning DreamHack Champions NiP-Gaming as the first five invited teams to the tournament. We’ll announce additional two invited teams for the tournament in the upcoming days.

DreamHack is also partnering up with ESL, Fnatic, Gaming.dk, Sett.fi, Techlabs Cup and Inferno Online to host LAN- and Online Qualifiers around Europe. Each Organizer will announce in the upcoming week how you can Qualify for the DreamHack Summer 2013 tournament.

Main tournament – Team list:

1. NiP-Gaming – Invited, DreamHack Winter 2012 Champions

2. Curse – Invited

3. ESC – Invited

4. Fnatic – Invited

5. Copenhagen Wolves – Invited

6. TBA – Invited

7. TBA – Invited

8. Online Qualifier – RaidCall EMS One Summer 2013 – Direct link: TBA

9. Online Qualifier – RaidCall EMS One Summer 2013 – Direct link: TBA

10. Online Qualifier – Fnatic FragOut League – Direct link: TBA

11. Online Qualifier Denmark – Gaming.dk – Direct link: here

12. Online Qualifier Finland – Sett.fi – Direct link: TBA

13. LAN Qualifier Belarus – Techlab Cup Minsk

14. LAN Qualifier Sweden – Inferno Online Stockholm – Direct link: TBA

15. BYOC Qualifier – Register your team here!

16. BYOC Qualifier – Register your team here!

Main tournament



Tournament: DreamHack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship

Head Sponsor: SteelSeries

Sponsors: Benq & Intel

Location: DreamHack Summer 2013, Tournament Area in Hall B, Elmia, Jönköping, Sweden

Date: 15-17 June 2013

No of teams: 16

Tournament format: Group stage 4 teams in 4 groups Double Elimination BO1 play. Top-2 advance. Single elimination BO3 playoffs.

Platform: PC, Latest available patch

Rules: TBA

Prize Purse: Total – 200 000 SEK

1. 70 000 SEK

2. 40 000 SEK

3-4. 25 000 SEK

3-4. 25 000 SEK

5-8. 10 000 SEK

5-8. 10 000 SEK

5-8. 10 000 SEK

5-8. 10 000 SEK

Schedule in short:

Saturday 15th of June – BYOC Qualifier + Group A/B

Sunday 16th of June – Group C/D

Monday 17th of june – Playoffs RO8 + RO4 + Grand Finals

Previous news:

Announcement: DreamHack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship

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