DreamHack Open Winter: Format announced

Yhamm

France7248 Posts

October 15 2014 20:24 GMT

DreamHack announced today the format for the DreamHack Open: Winter : http://open.dreamhack.se/news/197-dreamhack-open-grand-finals-format.html

The players
From DH Bucharest:

INnoVation,

Life,

Impact,

Jaedong
From DH Summer:

LiquidHerO,

San,

First,

TaeJa
From DH Valencia:

StarDust,

MC,

Sacsri,

Leenock
From DH Moscow:

MMA,

jjakji,

Snute,

TRUE
From DH Stockholm:

herO[jOin],

ForGG,

soO,

Solar

20 players, 6

, 5

, 9

When
three days, from November 27th to November 29th

Prize pool
Total - $75,000
1st - $30,000
2nd - $15,000
3rd - $10,000
4th - $6,000
5/6th - $4,000
7/8th - $3,000

How
Four groups of five players in a round robin format. Bottom two are eliminated, 2nd and 3rd advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs and the four winners start in the top bracket.

In the playoffs, all matches are best of five, and the grand finals is a best of seven.

Compared to DreamHack Winter 2013:
12 players in playoffs instead of 16.
less matches but Bo5 instead of Bo3

More information on Liquipedia: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2014_DreamHack_Open/Winter

inermis

353 Posts

October 15 2014 21:02 GMT

sick lineup ! it will be amazing

Darkdwarf

Sweden960 Posts

October 15 2014 21:02 GMT

When will the groups be announced?

digmouse

China6331 Posts

October 15 2014 21:12 GMT

It is better than Blizzcon!

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

October 15 2014 21:13 GMT

Should be a fun tournament

Xxio

Canada5565 Posts

October 15 2014 21:16 GMT

That one red flag.

Spect8rCraft

649 Posts

October 15 2014 21:25 GMT

On October 16 2014 06:16 Xxio wrote:
That one red flag.

The double meaning sounds strangely condescending.

But I'm rooting for the Axiom kid, the terminator and the foreign hope. 'Tis gonna be one helluva show!

Yakikorosu

1203 Posts

October 15 2014 21:33 GMT

This tournament looks great; after the relatively low representation at the last two Blizzcons Zergs will get a chance to dominate. I'm hoping Impact will repeat his great Bucharest performance.