SK get Lemondogs' DHW spot

SK Gaming have been given the spot to DreamHack Winter that was won by the same roster under the Lemondogs name at DreamHack Bucharest.

With DreamHack interpreting the ownership of a berth to be within an organization, there was a chance that the squad led by Faruk "pita" Pita could not hold onto the spot at DreamHack Winter they won in September.

En route to their surprising second place finish that saw Marcus "Delpan" Larsson play a huge part in their success, Lemondogs took down teams such as fnatic and Natus Vincere.

Delpan & co confirmed at DreamHack

Lemondogs organization has however given the transfer a green light and DreamHack have accepted SK Gaming, who boast the same core roster that placed second to NiP in Bucharest, as their official replacement.

Below is what Tomas "greykarn" Hermansson, who is one of the people in charge of DreamHack's $250,000 tournament set to begin in roughly two weeks' time, had to say about the situation:

"According to DreamHack rules it's the organisation that win a qualification slot. If the organisation say doesn't claim their slot, the slot goes to where the majority of the players currently is playing", Hermansson told HLTV.org.

"After contacting Lemondogs a couple of times, we finally got answer that Lemondogs will not send a team to DreamHack. Therefore, the slot will be given to SK-Gaming, since 4 out of 5 players in the Bucharest line-up is playing in SK"

SK Gaming, who a couple of weeks ago recruited Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi to replace Isak "cype" Ryman, will therefore be one of the sixteen teams fighting for the $100,000 first place prize at DreamHack.