As you may already know, the CS:GO player break is now over, and the first event on the horizon is the Dreamhack Open Summer 2020. In this article we’ll be covering everything you need to know about it, and how to watch it.
Tournament’s background
The Dreamhack Open Summer is an event hosted by Dreamhack, a Swedish production company specializing in esports tournaments and other gaming conventions. Dreamhack host several events all throughout the year, the Dreamhack Open Summer is the 4th event from them in 2020.
Prize pool
There is a total prize pool of $260,000 however since there will be separate events for each region they will not all have an equal prize pool. The European and North American Dreamhack Open will have $90,000 each to distribute, whereas the Asian and Oceanic Dreamhack Open will have $80,000 each to split between the teams participating. Here below is the full prize distribution:
Europe & North America:
- 1st – $35,000
- 2nd – $20,000
- 3rd – $10,000
- 4th – $7,500
- 5th/6th – $5,000
- 7th/8th – $3,750
Asia & Oceania:
- 1st – $17,500
- 2nd – $10,000
- 3rd – $7,500
- 4th – $5,000
How to qualify for the main event
The teams that are playing in the Dreamhack Open Summer are either participating due to their Regional Major Ranking via invites, or through the open and closed qualifiers.
Tournament format
The tournament format and system are different for each region due to the amount of teams participating. Here below are the formats respective of their region:
Europe & North America:
Group Stage:
- Two double-elimination groups
- 4 teams in each group
- All matches are Best of 3
- The top two teams from each group advance to Playoffs
Playoffs:
- Single-Elimination bracket
- All matches are Best of 3
Asia & Oceania:
Playoffs:
- Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches are Best of 3
Teams Participating
There will be a total of 24 teams participating overall, 8 in Europe, 8 in North America, 4 in Asia and 4 in Oceania. Full team list below:
Europe:
- BIG
- Heroic
- MAD Lions
- Endpoint
- Complexity Gaming
- OG
- Team Spirit
- forZe
North America:
- Cloud9
- FURIA
- Team Liquid
- Triumph
- Ze Pug Godz
- Team One
- Yeah Gaming
- Chaos
Asia:
- Tyloo
- Global Esports
- TBD
- TBD
Oceania:
- Renegades
- Avant Gaming
- ORDER
- Rooster
Schedule list
Here below is the schedule for the first day of each region:
Europe:
- August 8, 2020:
- 13:00 CEST – BIG vs Endpoint
- 16:00 CEST – Heroic vs MAD Lions
North America:
- August 8, 2020:
- 19:00 CEST – Team Liquid vs Ze Pug Godz
- 22:00 CEST – Triumph vs Chaos
Asia:
- August 14, 2020:
- TBD
Oceania:
- August 7, 2020:
- 08:00 CEST – Renegades vs Rooster
- 11:30 CEST – ORDER vs Avant
Streaming platform list
All matches of the Dreamhack Open Summer will be streamed on the official Dreamhack twitch channel here. Matches will also be streamed in chinese on Huya here.
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Predictions
Predicting offline matches is difficult, however predicting online matches is even more challenging. Personally, due to recent results it will be very likely that BIG will win the European Dreamhack simply because they have seemed unstoppable before the player break. With regards to North America, with Team Liquid’s most recent roster change it will be very exciting to see the once very dominant NA team conquering their region. In Asia we have Tyloo which will most likely dominate their region, and in Oceania, Renegades have the highest chances of winning due to them just being super dominant in their region in the past.
The Dreamhack Open Summer will certainly be a great event to watch, not only because we haven’t seen a CS:GO event in a while, but also since after the player break, most teams will be hungrier to win it all.
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