The DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe is about to get underway as part of the ESL Pro Tour and feature 16 teams vying for a total of $150,000, and 450 points for the first place. The event is sponsored by an array of companies, including CORSAIR, Monster Energy, Intel, AT&T and Betway. The complete DreamHack Masters: Oceanic closed qualifier Winter 2020 overview. Get the latest results, scores, and rankings here. Find out about upcoming and previous matches with the calendar and schedule. Watch the latest VODS and see a schedule of where to watch every game live. Start Date: End Date: Get the latest CS:GO news.

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DreamHack’s All-Women CS:GO Tournament to Gather Top Talent from Europe and North America with $50,000 Prize Pool

DreamHack's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive channel. DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 CS:GO. 2020-11-30 - 2020-12-06. $250000. Event North America Europe Asia Oceania. Event: DreamHack Winter 2020: Series.

STOCKHOLM/COLOGNE, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 – ESL Gaming, the world’s largest esports company, today announced the return of DreamHack Showdown, the all-women Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournament. DreamHack Showdown Winter, which will feature a European and a North American division, will start with qualifiers on December 4-6, with the main tournament running over six days from December 15-20, 2020. Featuring top talent from Europe and North America, DreamHack Showdown Winter will also feature a $50,000 prize pool. Monster Energy is a partner for this event.

Reigning champions from DreamHack Showdown Summer are Team Originem (Europe) and CLG Red (North America).

“Showdown is an amazing, all-women CS:GO tournament featuring some of the best women players in the world,” said Charlie Sirc, Showdown Product Manager at ESL Gaming. “As a woman, I must say our brand’s ongoing commitment to diversity, both on and off camera, is deeply meaningful to me — so this event has become particularly special to our company. It will be a not-to-be-missed battle to the end!“

DreamHack Showdown Winter, Online

• The main tournament will take place on December 15-20 with a total of six broadcast days, with both regions running on the same dates.
  • DreamHack Showdown Winter EU online tournament, featuring six teams and $30K prize pool
  • DreamHack Showdown Winter NA online tournament, featuring four teams and $20K prize pool

• EU Tournament Format
  • The tournament will be played over the course of six days
  • The tournament will feature a double elimination bracket with 4 teams being invited and two teams coming from open qualifiers
  • The four direct invited teams will be seeded into the first round of the upper-bracket, while the two teams from open qualifiers will face each other in the first round of the lower-bracket
  • The final will be played best-of-three with no upper-bracket advantage

• NA Tournament Format
  • The tournament will be played over the course of six days
  • The tournament will feature a double elimination bracket with 2 teams being invited and two teams coming from open qualifiers
  • The final will be played best-of-three with no upper-bracket advantage

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ABOUT ESL GAMING

ESL Gaming is the world’s largest esports and gaming lifestyle company. Since 1994, the company has been shaping the industry and leading esports and gaming innovation on a global scale across the most popular video games with numerous online and offline esports competitions, and through premier gaming lifestyle festivals. The company operates high-profile, branded international leagues and tournaments under the ESL Pro Tour, including ESL One, Intel® Extreme Masters, DreamHack Masters, ESL Pro League, and other preeminent, stadium-size tournaments. ESL Gaming also produces and hosts DreamHack Open tournaments, ESL National Championships, grassroots amateur cups, matchmaking systems, and DreamHack’s gaming lifestyle festivals — which feature everything gaming under one roof.ESL Gaming is part of MTG, the leading international digital entertainment group. More information is available at about.eslgaming.com.

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DREAMHACK SHOWDOWN MEDIA CONTACTS

Per Sjölin, ESL Gaming
+46 730 25 31 99 p.sjolin@eslgaming.com

Melissa A.E. Sanders, Tadpole Communications
+1.404.909.6726 melissa@tadpolecomm.net

Dreamhack Masters Winter

The DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe is about to get underway as part of the ESL Pro Tour and feature 16 teams vying for a total of $150,000, and 450 points for the first place. The event is sponsored by an array of companies, including CORSAIR, Monster Energy, Intel, AT&T and Betway. DreamHack Europe kicks off on November 30 and will continue through December 6.

More importantly, the Counter-Strike community will see a number of established squads have their shot at the grand prize. A total of 14 teams were invited while c0ntact Gaming and Gambit Esports managed to enter the event through Closed Qualifier.

The invited teams include squads such as Astralis, Team Liquid, G2 Esports, FURIA Esports, Cloud9 and other Counter-Strike household names.

DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe Overview

• Group stage: Nov 30 – Dec 3
• Participating teams: 16
• Playoffs: Dec 4 – Dec 6
• Rounds: Bo3
• Grand Final: Bo5

Dreamhack Masters Winter 2020

Event Format, Groups and Playoffs

All 16 teams will be split into double-elimination format (GSL) Groups, with 8 teams in each Group and all matches played in a Best of 3 (Bo3). This means that we will see 2 Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket rounds before 4 teams are qualified from each Group.

This puts the number of competing teams in the Playoffs to 8 total squads. The Playoffs kick off with the Quarterfinals round and then progress to the Semifinals, before finally meeting at the Grand Final.

The format will be a single elimination bracket, with all games played in a Bo3 and the Grand Final stretching up to Bo5.

Participating Teams & Groups

Group A

• Heroic
• c0ntact Gaming
• Faze Clan
• Team Spirit
• Complexity
• ENCE
• Cloud9
• Gambit Esports

Group B

• Astralis
• GODSENT
• Team Liquid
• mousesports
• G2 Esports
• Sprout
• FURIA Esports
• North

Schedule and Game Times

So far, DreamHack has revealed the times for Monday, November 30 and Tuesday, December 1. You may follow the full schedule on the official website.

Monday, Nov. 30

6 am CT

• Heroic vs. c0ntact
• FaZe vs. Spirit

9:30 am CT

• Astralis vs. GODSENT
• Liquid vs. mousesports

1:00 pm CT

• Complexity vs. ENCE
• Cloud9 vs. Gambit

Tuesday, Dec 1

6:00 am CT

• G2 vs. Sprout
• FURIA vs. North

Where to Watch and Casting Talent

The DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe will be broadcast on the organization’s official Twitch channel and hosted by James Banks. Viewers would have the pleasure to enjoy the company of a number of established commentators, including Vince Hill, Tom Bissmire, Mohan Govindasamy, Adam Hawthorne, and others.

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