The first round of matchups for the first DreamHack Masters Malmo European Qualifier have been announced.

Eight teams have advanced through an open qualifier, and will face off against eight invited teams in the first round of the closed qualifier. The closed qualifier is made up of two eight-team, single elimination brackets, with one team qualifying out of each group.

Each invited team will face off against one team from the open qualifier in a best-of-three match to advance to the quarterfinals.

The matchups are as follows:

Group A:

Team Dignitas vs. TDJSF

Lounge Gaming vs. PENTA Sports

SK Gaming vs. Team Ancient

FlipSid3 Tactics vs. Team Preparation

Group B:

G2 Esports vs. eSuba

E-Frag.net vs. Copenhagen Wolves

noKappa vs. Gambit Gaming

mousesports vs. C5

Last month, Tempo Storm, Cloud9 and Cou nter Logic Gaming took the top three spots out of the North American closed qualifier. They, along with the top teams from the two European qualifiers and an Asian qualifier will join Astralis, Team EnVyUs, FaZe Clan, Fnatic, Luminosity Gaming, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Virtus.pro at DreamHack Masters Malmo.

The first European qualifier will take place on March 13. DreamHack Masters Malmo runs from April 12 to 17.

Daniel Rosen is a news editor for theScore esports. Malmo is his favorite Muppet. You can follow him on Twitter.