The highly anticipated Dreamhack Open Fall 2020 is set to start today, and with the current online CS era, everyone has been eager to watch these great teams battle out for the title of the best in Europe.
Tournament’s background
Dreamhack is the World’s largest computer festival. This year they hosted only 2 events (DreamHack Anaheim 2020 & DreamHack Leipzig 2020), as most of the events they had scheduled were cancelled due to the pandemic.
How to qualify for the main event
With regards to how to qualify for Dreamhack Open Fall 2020, the majority of the teams selected to participate were invited, based on their ranking in the RMR. A total of 11 teams were picked out from the RMR, whereas the other 5 teams climbed their way upward through the Closed Qualifier.
Prize distribution
For Dreamhack Open Fall 2020, there is a total amount of $115,000 USD to be distributed between all 16 teams. The team that comes out victorious will also be given a spot at the Intel Extreme Masters Season XV – Global Challenge.
- 1st – $33,000
- 2nd – $21,500
- 3rd – $14,000
- 4th – $10,000
- 5th – $7,500
- 6th – $6,500
- 7th – $6,000
- 8th – $5,000
- 9th – $3,250
- 10th – $2,500
- 11th – $2,250
- 12th – $1,500
- 13th-16th – $500
Tournament format
The tournament format for Dreamhack Open Fall 2020 follows a pretty standard procedure.
During Group Stage there will be:
- 4 groups, each one have 4 teams
- All matches in a best of 3 format
- The 1st and 2nd placing teams from each group, advantage to the upper bracket in playoffs
- The 3rd placing teams from each group advance to the lower bracket in playoffs
Playoffs:
- Double-elimination bracket format
- All matches are Best of 3
Teams Participating
At Dreamhack Open Fall 2020, we will be seeing 16 of the best European teams competing against each other. These 16 teams will be split into 4 groups, consisting of 4 teams per group. Here is the full team list below, respective of their Group:
Group A
- Team Vitality
- Fnatic
- OG
- Mousesports
Group B
- Astralis
- Endpoint
- G2 Esports
- Heroic
Group C
- Godsent
- BIG
- FaZe Clan
- sAw
Group D
- Sprout
- Ence
- North
- Ninjas In Pyjamas
Schedule list
Matches are set to begin today at 13:00 CET, closely followed up by another series at 16:30 CET, and then ending the day with a final series at 20:00 CET. Here below are the matchups for the 15th of October 2020:
Group A
- 13:00 CET – Team Vitality vs Mousesports
- 16:30 CET – Fnatic vs OG
Group B
- 16:30 CET – G2 vs Endpoint
- 20:00 CET – Astralis vs Heroic
Group C
- 13:00 CET – Godsent vs sAw
- 16:30 CET – BIG vs FaZe
Group D
- 13:00 CET – Ninjas In Pyjamas vs Sprout
- 20:00 CET – Ence vs North
Streaming platform list
There will be multiple streams for Dreamhack Open Fall 2020. Three of the streams will be in English (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary streams), Russian, Portuguese, as well as Chinese on Huya.
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Predictions
Knowing that this event will be featuring the best of the best European teams, it will be very hard to determine which team will come out on top. However, if we had to base our predictions on previous or recent results, I would say that Astralis or BIG have the highest chances of dominating the tournament. We’ll just have to wait and see how the teams perform in these 10 days and if they’ll manage to stay consistent all throughout the duration of the event.
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