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Heroes of Newerth at DreamHack Winter 2013 with $30,000

DreamHack is proud to announce the DreamHack Heroes of Newerth Championship at DreamHack Winter 2013 28-30 november with $30,000 in the prize pool. Sign-up today and get a chance to qualify for the main tournament in Jönköping, Sweden.

This years DreamHack Winter tournament in Heroes of Newerth will be organized in the classic DreamHack eSports format, where it all starts with an open BYOC-qualifiers and online qualifiers, the main tournament will be played in the tournament area and last – the Grand Finals at DreamArena Extreme in front of thousands of fans in the audience.

The main tournament will consist of 10 of world’s best Heroes of Newerth teams, and the top-6 will be awarded 195,000 SEK (equals $30,000) in prizes. All matches will be broadcasted on-site by DreamHack.TV. DreamHack will announce more info & casters soon.

Main tournament

Tournament: DreamHack Heroes of Newerth Championship

Location: DreamHack Winter 2013, Hall B, Elmia, Jönköping, Sweden

Dates: 28-30 November

No of teams: 10

Platform: PC, Tournament PC’s

Controllers: Please bring your own mouse, keyboard & headset

Format: 5on5, BO1 Group Stage (2 x 5 teams), Top-3 advance (1st get direct-seed into Semifinals), BO3 Single Elimination Playoffs

Teams:

1. Stay Green (Reigning DreamHack Champions)

2. Qualifier EU/NA – Sign up here

3. Qualifier EU/NA – Sign up here

4. Qualifier EU/NA – Sign up here

5. Qualifier South East Asia (Garena)

6. Qualifier South East Asia (Garena)

7. Qualifier Sweden/Nordic

8. Qualifier Sweden/Nordic

9. BYOC-qualifier

10. BYOC-qualifier

Prize pool:

In total: 195 000 SEK, equals $30,000

1. 70 000 SEK

2. 35 000 SEK

3. 25 000 SEK

4. 25 000 SEK

5. 20 000 SEK

6. 20 000 SEK

Qualifiers:

Sign-up to the official qualifiers here: hontour.com/events/view/106

Full schedule below:

1. Single Elimination

Monday, October 7, RO 128 — 16:00 EDT | 22:00 CEST

Wednesday, October 9, RO 64 — 16:00 EDT | 22:00 CEST

Saturday, October 12, RO 32 — 09:00 EDT | 15:00 CEST

Sunday, October 13, RO 16 — 09:00 EDT | 15:00 CEST

*In case of less than 128 sign ups the empty rounds will be cancelled and tournament starts with the first (partially) filled round according to the schedule above (the times & dates will not be modified).

*RO 32, RO 16 – can only be rescheduled if either team has a Bronze EU match at 09:00 EDT that day.

2. Groups

The two groups (Group A, Group B) will play in the same time, so schedule below applies to both.

Saturday, October 19, M1 — 12:00 EDT | 18:00 CEST, M2 and M3 — starts as soon as the previous match ended.

Sunday, October 20, M4 — 12:00 EDT | 18:00 CEST, M5 and M6 — starts as soon as the previous match ended. *Groups matches cannot be rescheduled.

3. Deathmatches

Wednesday, October 30, Deathmatch 1 (A1 vs. B3) — 17:00 EDT | 22:00 CET

Thursday, October 31, Deathmatch 2 (A2 vs. B2) — 17:00 EDT | 22:00 CET

Friday, November 1, Deathmatch 2 (A3 vs. B1) — 17:00 EDT | 22:00 CET

*Deathmatches cannot be rescheduled.

**Reminder: during October 27 – November 2, Central Europe goes off Daylight Savings time (EDT = GMT-4, CET = GMT+1).