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Nairobi
28-11-18, 22:04
We have put together a viewer's guide with all the information you need regarding DreamHack Open Winter, which will kick off on Friday, November 30.

DreamHack Open Winter will return to Jönköping from November 30 to December 2, with eight teams set to battle it out for their share of the $100,000 prize-pool.

The participants have been split into two double-elimination groups, in which the openers and the winners' matches are best-of-one clashes, while the remaining are best-of-three series. The top two teams from each group will then advance to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.


In Jönköping, shox's G2 will debut their new roster on LAN
x6tence Galaxy, who booked their spot at the event through the European qualifier, have been drawn into Group A alongside the highest-ranked team in attendance, LDLC, as well as compLexity and Heroic. As for Group B, it features ENCE, OpTic, Bravado and G2, with the latter recently making changes to the lineup with Richard "shox" Papillon as their new in-game leader.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A
North America compLexity
France LDLC
Denmark Heroic
Sweden x6tence Galaxy
Group B
Finland ENCE
Denmark OpTic
South Africa Bravado
France G2
The full schedule for the event looks as follows:

Friday, November 30
13:00 | North America compLexity vs. Sweden x6tence Galaxy | BO1
14:30 | Denmark OpTic vs. South Africa Bravado | BO1
16:00 | France LDLC vs. Denmark Heroic | BO1
17:30 | Finland ENCE vs. France G2 | BO1
19:00 | Group A winners' match | BO1
20:30 | Group B winners' match | BO1

Saturday, December 1
11:00 | Group A elimination match | BO3
14:00 | Group B elimination match | BO3
17:00 | Group A decider match | BO3
20:00 | Group B decider match | BO3

Sunday, December 2
11:00 | Semi-final #1 | BO3
14:00 | Semi-final #2 | BO3
18:00 | Grand final | BO3

As for the on-air broadcast crew, it features Tres "stunna" Saranthus as the event's host, Jacob "Pimp" Winneche and Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam as analysts, and two pairs of commentators that can be found below:

United States Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Host

Denmark Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst
India Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam - Analyst

Canada Mohan "launders" Govindasamy – Commentator
Canada Conner "Scrawny" Girvan – Commentator
United Kingdom Hugo Byron – Commentator
Denmark Niels "rizc" Topp - Commentator

Finally, here is how the prize-pool will be distributed among the participants:

1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3-4. $10,000
5-6. $3,000
7-8. $2,000