[Dreamhack] Stockholm Invitational April 12th

Concept image for the venue inside. Click for larger picture.

Over 500 spectators will follow the games live in this venue.


KulturHuset is located in the most central location in Stockholm – next to Sergel Plaza. Kulturhuset is ”The Culture House” in Stockholm. Every year, they host thousands of contemporary cultural events. Photo exhibitions, stories for kids, concerts, literary discussions, films, debates and so many other things that a complete list would be too long to read.

Click on the picture for a larger and more high resolution image.
SjoW will replace SlayerS_BoxeR due to illness: Official statement

14:00 - Event door opens
14:20 - Arena opens
14:40 - Live show starts
15:00 - Match 1: Round of 8 (BO3): MC vs. MorroW
15:30 - Fan meeting with HuK, SjoW, Jinro & White-Ra
16:00 - Match 2: Round of 8 (BO3): IdrA vs. TLO
17:00 - Match 3: Round of 8 (BO3): HuK vs. SjoW
17:30 - Fan meeting with MC, MorroW, IdrA & TLO
18:00 - Match 4: Round of 8 (BO3): Jinro vs. White-Ra
19:00 - Match 5: Semfinal #1 (BO3)
20:00 - Match 6: Semfinal #2 (BO3)
21:00 - Match 7: Grand Final (BO5)
22:45 - Prize ceremony
All times are local, CEST.
SjoW will replace SlayerS_BoxeR due to illness: Official statement

Click on the picture for a larger and more high resolution image.

(Everything in Swedish)
General info about the tournament


Interviews with Jinro and HuK shortly after arriving to Stockholm(Partly Swedish)
Interview with HuK
Interview with IdrA
Interview with Jinro (Swedish)


Pre-tournament interviews with TLO, Jinro and HuK


Pretournament interview with SjoW


Interview with Idra
Interview with White-Ra
Interview with SjoW (Swedish)
Interview with MorroW (Swedish)

HD Stream and Casters

DreamHack’s first offline tournament in DreamHack SAPPHIRE AMD Championship, DreamHack Stockholm Invitational, will take place Tuesday 12th of April in Kulturhuset, Stockholm. Eight of the greatest players in the StarCraft II universe are invited to compete in front of 450 people in the live audience and hundreds of thousands following online. The interest has been massive from the community, leading to the event being sold out in just72 hours.

All gamers that can’t attend the event will be able to watch all the matches in HD quality (720p) for free thanks to our new media partnership with Justin.TV. The broadcast will start at 14.45 CET 12th April with one game every hour, starting at 15.00 CET. The Grand Final will be played best of 5 and starts 21.00 CET. There will be some additional surprises will come from SAPPHIRE – Head sponsor of Dreamhack’s 2011 Starcraft 2 World Championship. A special ‘SAPPHIRE 6K Series Dream’ contest will be running during the live stream.

Star-studded event with historic participation from South Korea
DreamHack Stockholm Invitational is featuring worldwide eSports stars like HuK (Canada), Jinro (Sweden), TLO (Germany), IdrA (USA), White-Ra (Ukraine), MorroW (Sweden), SlayerS_BoxeR (South Korea) and MC (South Korea).

- We are especially happy to invite the Swedish sensation Jonathan”Jinro” Walsh to the event. This is his first appearance in Sweden since reaching semi-finals in GSL twice and due to that, considered as one of the best non-Korean players in the world, says Robert Ohlén, CEO of DreamHack.
- E-sports legend, the emperor Lim”SlayerS BoxeR” Yo-Hwan will visit Sweden and Europe for the first time ever. It’s a dream come true for us and something very special for all fans out there, Robert Ohlén continues.

Experienced UK-trio to shoutcast the tournament
The official shoutcasters of the event will be a very experienced and world renowned team from the United Kingdom. eSports celebrity and DreamHack-veteran James”2GD” Harding will be the official host of the event. All matches will be casted by Shaun ”Apollo” Clark, official caster of all DreamHack-events in StarCraft II so far, and Benjamin ”Demuslim” Baker, verbal StarCraft II-professional playing Terran for Team EG.

- We’re more than satisfied with the work from Apollo during DreamHack Winter 2010 and we’ll continue to work with Shaun Clark during all DreamHack-events throughout 2011. On top of that we have added James Harding with his unrivalled experience of live broadcasting as well as the very talented, smart and fun active player in Benjamin Baker, says Robert Ohlén

The full event will be broadcasted in HD at live.dreamhack.se

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational is sponsored by SteelSeries, EIZO, Sapphire and AMD.

More information:
- Information: Tournament Page
- Event: Stockholm Invitational

Update: Sjow will replace Boxer due to illness: Official statement

Today it’s time to reveal the last invited player to Stockholm Invitational. For the first time in history, we invite the most legendary e-Sports stars in the world to Europe and Sweden. His nickname says it all! Welcome to Sweden the Emperor: Lim Yo “SlayerSBoxeR” Hwan!



SlayerSBoxeR is one of the most successful professional gamers in the history of StarCraft: BroodWar with numerous titles including two WCG gold medals and two Starleague championships. BoxeR is also the world all-time leader in most won televised matches. The DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship will be SlayerSBoxeR:s first tournament in Europe and several thousands of fans are expected to follow this true legend on site and on the live stream.

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational is sponsored by SteelSeries, EIZO, Sapphire and AMD. The event is hosted at Kulturhuset in the absolute centre of Stockholm, Sweden. The tickets are out now! Be sure to secure your spot – for some of the very best esports Entertainment in the World – Today.

The event will also be streamed live over the internet for all of the fans unable to be on location.

BUY YOUR TICKET HERE!

Quick facts:
Tournament: DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational
Date: 12 April 2011
Time: 15.00-23.00 CET
Venue: Kulturhuset
City: Stockholm
Country: Sweden
Tickets: 99 SEK – Book here!

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship
- Information: Tournament Page
- Event: Stockholm Invitational
- Tickets: Book your ticket

Three more players!

Four players for DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational has already been presented and we are excited to present three more great players who sure will please all esport fans out there! Welcome to Stockholm MorroW, TLO and White-Ra!



The fifth player to join the stars at DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational is one of the few players in the pro scene who play random. Yes of course we are talking about TheLittleOne from Teamliquid. TLO is one of Europe’s most popular StarCraft-player since the early days of the beta. With his Korean experience, unique style and often unorthodox strategies he always entertain and is a big threat for his opponents.

With only one Zerg in the lineup we thought it was time to put another one to the mix. We welcome Mousesports MorroW to Stockholm Invitational. MorroW got his big e-sport breakthrough when he as a stand in at IEM Global Challenge Cologne went thru the tournament as a bulldozer ending up winning it all. MorroW is also known for his deep knowledge of the game mechanics and balance and often makes his voice heard in the community.

As the 7th player in the tournament we welcome the Beast from the East! Duckload-Ra, better known as White-Ra. Aleksey Krupnyk is an old school Brood War player and a true mega star in Europe and the Russian speaking countries.

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational is sponsored by SteelSeries, EIZO, Sapphire and AMD. The event is hosted at Kulturhuset in the absolute centre of Stockholm, Sweden. The tickets are out now! Be sure to secure your spot – for some of the very best esports Entertainment in the World – Today.

The event will also be streamed live over the internet for all of the fans unable to be on location.

BUY YOUR TICKET HERE!

Quick facts:
Tournament: DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational
Date: 12 April 2011
Time: 15.00-23.00 CET
Venue: Kulturhuset
City: Stockholm
Country: Sweden
Tickets: 99 SEK – Book here!

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship
- Information: Tournament Page
- Event: Stockholm Invitational
- Tickets: Book your ticket

HuK & IdrA are ready to fight!

Yesterday we presented the first two players for DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship Stockholm Invitational and today it´s time for two other great players, both from North America. Welcome to DreamHack and Sweden IdrA and HuK.



The third player to join Jinro and MC to fight in DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship Stockholm Invitational is no stranger to high level games, both in Korea and the western world. Stockholm Invitational’s first Zerg player is Greg “IdrA” Fields from Evil Geniuses. IdrA is known from the Brood War era in Korea with teams like CJ Entus and recently as a Code S player in GSL playing StarCraft II. With his amazing macro abilities IdrA can beat any player who comes in his way.

The fourth player is one of the new GSL Code S players for the upcoming season and has one of the strongest fan bases among North Americans players who often call him The Incredible HuK. Chris “HuK” Loranger plays Protoss and is contracted by the mighty Team Liquid. HuK always draw a big crowd and will certainly put on a great show in Stockholm.

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational is sponsored by SteelSeries, EIZO, Sapphire and AMD. The event is hosted at Kulturhuset in the absolute centre of Stockholm, Sweden. The tickets are out now! Be sure to secure your spot – for some of the very best eSports Entertainment in the World – Today.

The event will also be streamed live over the internet for all of the fans unable to be on location.

BUY YOUR TICKET HERE!

Quick facts:
Tournament: DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational
Date: 12 April 2011
Time: 15.00-23.00 CET
Venue: Kulturhuset
City: Stockholm
Country: Sweden
Tickets: 99 SEK – Book here!

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship
- Information: Tournament Page
- Event: Stockholm Invitational
- Tickets: Book your ticket

Jinro & MC to Stockholm

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship Stockholm Invitational 2011 will be one of the absolute highlights in esports this spring. Today we are very excited and proud to present the first two fantastic players who will compete for the the grand prize of 100 000 SEK and the first DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship title on LAN this year.



DreamHack, Sapphire AMD, SteelSeries and EIZO are proud to invite the double and reigning champion of GSL, Jang “MC” Min Chul from Team oGs. MC is definitely one of the world’s strongest Protoss players and with his recent shape and innovating playing style he is one of the favorites to go to the final at Stockholm Invitational. His attitude and confidence will definitely be shown in Stockholm and MC will be the one to beat for all the participating players.

The second player is one of the very best foreigners and has in very short time won the hearts of many StarCraft-fans worldwide. With great performance in GSL season 3 in January the “Gorilla Terran” is a force to be reckoned with. We welcome the Swedish player Jonathan “Jinro” Walsh from Team Liquid to Stockholm Invitational and also home to Sweden where the tournament will be his first “major” competition on home territory since the release of StarCraft II. We are convinced that Jinro will go “all in” to please the fans at Kulturhuset.

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational is sponsored by SteelSeries, EIZO, Sapphire and AMD. The event is hosted at Kulturhuset in the absolute center of Stockholm, Sweden. The tickets are out now! Be sure to secure your spot – for some of the very best esport entertainment in the world – today.

BUY YOUR TICKET HERE!

Quick facts:
Tournament: DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship: Stockholm Invitational
Date: 12 April 2011
Time: 15.00-23.00 CET
Venue: Kulturhuset
City: Stockholm
Country: Sweden
Tickets: 99 SEK – Book here!

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship
- Information: Tournament Page
- Event: Stockholm Invitational
- Tickets: Book your ticket

Star-studded StarCraft II-event in Stockholm
Eight world class StarCraft II-players to attend Stockholm Invitational the 12th of April 2011. DreamHack hosts a one-day tournament at Kulturhuset in central Stockholm in front of live audience, with professional commentators and broadcasted online.

DreamHack and our partners SteelSeries, Eizo, Sapphire and AMD is proud to present the first offline event in the tournament season of DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship that culminates with a Grand Final at DreamHack Winter 2011 24-27 November in Jönköping, Sweden with 400 000 SEK in prize purse.

8 invited players
Stockholm Invitational will be held in Kulturhuset, from 14.00 to 23.00 in Hörsalen at Kulturhuset. Eight of the world’s best players will play a single elimination tournament, with first match 15.00 and Grand final 21.00. Winner of the tournament will get 100 000 SEK and top-2 will get wildcards to DreamHack Summer 2011.
- Spectating e-Sports and especially StarCraft II is like watching any other sports. It’s fun, intense and entertainment from the first second to final clashes between huge armies. You can’t host a eSports event in any better location then Kulturhuset and we’re very excited about taking e-Sports to the heart of Swedish culture, said Fredrik Nyström, Press officer at DreamHack.

Player booths
Audience experience will be similar to Europe’s biggest and most famous eSports stage, DreamArena Extreme, built and produced at every DreamHack main event in Jönköping. Organizers have also invested in building professional StarCraft-booths in order to give attending players the best possible tournament experience.
- South Korea is the leading e-Sports nation in the world – and inspired by their development and community – we’re now taking e-Sports and StarCraft II to the next level in Sweden, said Fredrik Nyström.

Pictures of the player booth:
+ Show Spoiler +

There are limited slots available to follow the tournament live at location, be sure to buy your ticket today! Tickets are available for only 99 SEK. Buy tickets on the link below.

DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship
- Information: Tournament Page
- Event: Stockholm Invitational
- Tickets: Book your ticket


DreamHack Sapphire AMD Championship - Teaser Trailer #1
+ Show Spoiler +