DreamHack Open Leipzig viewer’s guide

January 22, 2020 Crisanto Baracao

Three Danish teams in one group and a number of new rosters debuting on LAN ensure excitement at DreamHack Open Leipzig, which takes place on January 24-26.

To help lead you through the $100,000 event, we put together a viewer’s guide, including information on the teams attending, schedule, talent lineup, and prize distribution of the tournament.

cadiaN’s Heroic are the highest-ranked team at the event

The four invited teams were BIG, North, Virtus.pro, and for the first time at a DreamHack Open, Renegades (formerly Grayhound). Winning the ESL Meistershaft Winter gave Sprout a spot at the event, while the last three spots were distributed through qualifiers.

Heroic and MAD Lions grabbed the two European slots and ended up drawn into group B alongside North to ensure exciting Danish derbies right from the start. Finally, completing the team list is Cloud9 who qualified over Complexity and eUnited.

You can find the two groups below:

Group A
Kazakhstan Virtus.pro
Australia Renegades
United States Cloud9
Germany BIG
Group B
Denmark North
Denmark Heroic
Denmark MAD Lions
Germany Sprout

The event will use the tried-and-tested DreamHack Open format, with six BO1s taking place on the opening day and BO3s following for the remaining two days. The group stage will be played using the GSL system, with a single-elimination playoff stage following.

The schedule is as follows:

Friday, 24th January
18:00  Kazakhstan Virtus.pro vs. Germany BIG | BO1
19:30  Denmark North vs. Germany Sprout | BO1
21:00  United States Cloud9 vs. Australia Renegades | BO1
22:30  Denmark Heroic vs. Denmark MAD Lions | BO1
00:00  Group A winners’ match | BO1
01:30  Group B winners’ match | BO1

Saturday, 25th January
18:00  Group A elimination match | BO3
21:00  Group B elimination match | BO3
00:00  Group A decider match | BO3
03:00  Group B decider match | BO3

Sunday, 26th January
18:00  Semi-final #1 | BO3
21:00  Semi-final #2 | BO3
01:00  Grand final | BO3

Talking about the on-air team, Conner “Scrawny” Girvan and Mohan “launders” Govindasamy will be casting the action while Mathieu “Maniac” Quiquerez will be on the analyst desk, among other members of talent that will be present in Leipzig.

The full talent list is:

United Kingdom Freya Spiers – Desk Host

United States Christine “potter” Chi – Analyst
Switzerland Mathieu “Maniac” Quiquerez – Analyst

Canada Conner “Scrawny” Girvan – Commentator
Canada Mohan “launders” Govindasamy – Commentator
Denmark Jacob “Pimp” Winneche – Commentator
United Kingdom Vince “Vince” Hill – Commentator

Aside from money, teams competing at DreamHack Open Leipzig will also gain Pro Tour Points which help them to qualify for ESL and DreamHack Masters Championship events, such as ESL One Cologne.

The prize pool for DreamHack Open Leipzig is:

1. $50,000 + 100 Pro Tour points
2. $20,000 + 80 Pro Tour points
3-4. $10,000 + 40 Pro Tour points
5-6. $3,000 + 20 Pro Tour points
7-8. $2,000

Source:Hltv.org