DH Open Austin groups, schedule out
Official groups and a schedule for the DreamHack ZOWIE Open stop in Austin, Texas have been released.
Taking place from May 6-8, DreamHack ZOWIE Open Austin will feature eight teams battling for $100,000 in prize money at the Austin Convention Center, in what is DreamHack’s first ever tournament in North America.
Although European teams were originally slated to be invited, a busy event schedule ultimately changed the facts on the ground and the $100,000 event is now a North American and Brazilian brawl.
Tempo Storm will compete in Group B of DreamHack Open Austin
DreamHack have now announced the official groups and schedulefor the event, with the groups found below:
Group A | Group B |
Luminosity | Tempo Storm |
CLG | Liquid |
Cloud9 | Selfless |
Splyce | NRG |
The schedule for the event meanwhile is meanwhile spread out over three days of weekend action, with the first day featuring best-of-one opening and winners’ matches but the next two days utilising only best-of-three matches, even in elimination games.
The top two teams from each group will then advance to single elimination, best-of-three playoffs. The schedule can be found below:
Friday, May 6th | |||
21:40 | Show Start | ||
22:00 | Luminosity | vs. Splyce | BO1 |
23:30 | Tempo Storm | vs. NRG | BO1 |
01:00 | CLG | vs. Cloud9 | BO1 |
02:30 | Liquid | vs. Selfless | BO1 |
04:00 | Group A winners’ match | BO1 | |
05:30 | Group B winners’ match | BO1 | |
Saturday, May 7th | |||
16:30 | Show Start | ||
17:00 | Group A elimination match | BO3 | |
22:00 | Group B elimination match | BO3 | |
01:00 | Group A decider match | BO3 | |
04:00 | Group B decider match | BO3 | |
Sunday, May 8th | |||
16:30 | Show Start | ||
17:00 | Semifinal #1 (B1 vs. A2) | BO3 | |
19:30 | Semifinal #2 (A1 vs. B2) | BO3 | |
22:30 | Grand final | BO3 |
You wil be able to catch all the weekend’s action over at DreamHack’s channel. There are still tickets available for those wishing to attend the event in Austin, Texas, which can be purchased over at eventbrite.