EPTBasically Telia, Dreamhack and Inferno online (a huge internet café) have announced a swedish esports championshop consisting of CS 1.6,SC 2, HoN, Street fighter and a football game.
There is over 400 000 SEK in the prizepool, i dont know how it is spread out over the games though. There will be 8 tournaments, 1 every month where the winner of every tournament qualifies to a grand final in Dreamhack summer. This tournament will be held annually.
So basically there will be a international event held in Sweden at Dreamhack winter and the Swedish championship which ends at Dreamhack summer!
Im super excited over this! Our country is going to spawn some serious supoer pro players with all the support the Swedish scene gets!
The way i understand it an esport arena called "Stockholm Esport Arena" has also been built which is over 400 square meters big and located in the centre of Stockholm. Some of the tournaments will be hosted there!
Google translated the article, enjoy
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Swedish Championships Esport
2011-09-1, Stockholm. Inferno Online and DreamHack launches Swedish championship in five e-sports titles with eight Championship races and a national finals in June 2012.
Inferno Online and DreamHack will jointly arrange the Swedish Championship in Esport during 2011/2012. Eight Official Championship races will be held throughout the country and the national finals will be played at DreamHack Summer 2012th Telia is deepening its commitment to Esport by supporting the SM as the first sponsor.
SM in Esport is the continuation of the Inferno Online League, which now changes shape after three successful seasons.
- In cooperation with DreamHack and Telia, we can create an even more comprehensive and consistent that strengthen Swedish Esport and becomes a platform for future Swedish esportstjärnor. Sweden has long been a leading country in Esport, but has long lacked a real Swedish championships, says Anton Budak, owner of Inferno Online.
Two of the eight Championship races will be played on the official SM arena Stockholm Esport Arena. In the newly built hall of 400 square meters, next to Inferno Online at Odin, the audience will have a unique opportunity to follow esportmatcherna live.
Five Official Game Events - 400 000 SEK in prize money
In the first season that extends from October 2011 to June 2012, the Swedish championships consist of five games branches:
• Counter-Strike 1.6 5 on 5 PCs
• StarCraft II (SC2) 1 on 1 PC
• Heroes of Newerth 5 on 5 PCs
• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 1 to 1 XBOX360
• Soccer 1 on 1 TBA
In addition to being Swedish champion will champions rewarded by a full SEK 400 000, divided into both Championship races and in national finals.
Swedish championship based on a simple tournament structure. A contest each month from October to May. The winner of each SM-race qualify for the national finals. Finally, eight finalists will face off for the coveted title of Swedish champion.
- SM in Esport is a step in the DreamHack development to refine esportsäsongen with two distinct seasons - a Swedish culminates at DreamHack Summer and an international season that ends at DreamHack Winter each year. With the SM, we are against all the Swedish players from beginners to professionals, says Fredrik Nystrom, Press Officer at DreamHack.
SM 2011/2012: Events Calendar
• SM-contest # 1 Stockholm Esport Arena Stockholm October 8 to 9
• SM-contest # 2 Gamex Stockholm November 3 to 6
• SM-race # 3 Inferno Online Norrkoping December 17
• SM-race # 4 TBA January
• SM-race # 5 TBA February
• SM-contest # 6 TBA in March
• SM-race # 7 Stockholm Esport Arena Stockholm in April
• SM-contest # 8 TBA May
• national finals DreamHack Summer 2012 Jonkoping June 16 to 19
The entire tournament will be presented in detail on the new site www.esportsm.se where you will be able to follow all the events through news, photos, videos and social media. SM TV will offer live coverage of the key matches, and it will of course also be access to HLTV, demos and replays.
ABOUT DREAMHACK
DreamHack is the world's largest computer festival. DreamHack's core and the origin is the LAN party, with the two big festivals DreamHack Summer and Winter, where participants bring their own computer and connect to the internet in a huge local network. DreamHack is also Sweden's first consumer-oriented trade show / event / festival for computer games, computers and games consoles. These events are a platform for Esport, knowledge and creative contests, music performers, lectures by game developers and more.
Web: www.dreamhack.se
THE INFERNO ONLINE
Inferno Online Stockholm is the world's largest gaming center, according to Guinness World Records since 2010. Inferno Online do more than to rent computers. Everything from esports, the big game releases and events at Sergel Square has done Inferno Online to a central part of the gaming Sweden. At Inferno Online you will find the best games and can play with your friends every day of the year and round the clock on weekends.
Web: www.infernoonline.com
2011-09-1, Stockholm. Inferno Online and DreamHack launches Swedish championship in five e-sports titles with eight Championship races and a national finals in June 2012.
Inferno Online and DreamHack will jointly arrange the Swedish Championship in Esport during 2011/2012. Eight Official Championship races will be held throughout the country and the national finals will be played at DreamHack Summer 2012th Telia is deepening its commitment to Esport by supporting the SM as the first sponsor.
SM in Esport is the continuation of the Inferno Online League, which now changes shape after three successful seasons.
- In cooperation with DreamHack and Telia, we can create an even more comprehensive and consistent that strengthen Swedish Esport and becomes a platform for future Swedish esportstjärnor. Sweden has long been a leading country in Esport, but has long lacked a real Swedish championships, says Anton Budak, owner of Inferno Online.
Two of the eight Championship races will be played on the official SM arena Stockholm Esport Arena. In the newly built hall of 400 square meters, next to Inferno Online at Odin, the audience will have a unique opportunity to follow esportmatcherna live.
Five Official Game Events - 400 000 SEK in prize money
In the first season that extends from October 2011 to June 2012, the Swedish championships consist of five games branches:
• Counter-Strike 1.6 5 on 5 PCs
• StarCraft II (SC2) 1 on 1 PC
• Heroes of Newerth 5 on 5 PCs
• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 1 to 1 XBOX360
• Soccer 1 on 1 TBA
In addition to being Swedish champion will champions rewarded by a full SEK 400 000, divided into both Championship races and in national finals.
Swedish championship based on a simple tournament structure. A contest each month from October to May. The winner of each SM-race qualify for the national finals. Finally, eight finalists will face off for the coveted title of Swedish champion.
- SM in Esport is a step in the DreamHack development to refine esportsäsongen with two distinct seasons - a Swedish culminates at DreamHack Summer and an international season that ends at DreamHack Winter each year. With the SM, we are against all the Swedish players from beginners to professionals, says Fredrik Nystrom, Press Officer at DreamHack.
SM 2011/2012: Events Calendar
• SM-contest # 1 Stockholm Esport Arena Stockholm October 8 to 9
• SM-contest # 2 Gamex Stockholm November 3 to 6
• SM-race # 3 Inferno Online Norrkoping December 17
• SM-race # 4 TBA January
• SM-race # 5 TBA February
• SM-contest # 6 TBA in March
• SM-race # 7 Stockholm Esport Arena Stockholm in April
• SM-contest # 8 TBA May
• national finals DreamHack Summer 2012 Jonkoping June 16 to 19
The entire tournament will be presented in detail on the new site www.esportsm.se where you will be able to follow all the events through news, photos, videos and social media. SM TV will offer live coverage of the key matches, and it will of course also be access to HLTV, demos and replays.
ABOUT DREAMHACK
DreamHack is the world's largest computer festival. DreamHack's core and the origin is the LAN party, with the two big festivals DreamHack Summer and Winter, where participants bring their own computer and connect to the internet in a huge local network. DreamHack is also Sweden's first consumer-oriented trade show / event / festival for computer games, computers and games consoles. These events are a platform for Esport, knowledge and creative contests, music performers, lectures by game developers and more.
Web: www.dreamhack.se
THE INFERNO ONLINE
Inferno Online Stockholm is the world's largest gaming center, according to Guinness World Records since 2010. Inferno Online do more than to rent computers. Everything from esports, the big game releases and events at Sergel Square has done Inferno Online to a central part of the gaming Sweden. At Inferno Online you will find the best games and can play with your friends every day of the year and round the clock on weekends.
Web: www.infernoonline.com
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