DreamHack Summer viewer's guide

DreamHack Summer 2014 will feature a sixteen team tournament with $30,000 on the line. Two teams qualified for the event, twelve were invited and the final two will qualify on-site in the BYOC qualifier.

The BYOC qualifier will be played on Saturday, June 14, and therefore we won't know the final teams that will go to groups C and D until the night before those groups go live.

We have interviewed each of the thirteen known participants for the event, and have gathered links to all of the interviews here so you can find them quickly:

MSL: "We learn a lot each day"

natu: "First goal is to advance"

Polly: "We can compete with the best"

TaZ: "I see huge pressure on myself"

asmo: "In CS:GO you never know"

eksem: "We feel ready for DreamHack"

GuardiaN: "I believe in this team"

GMX: "Our ceiling is higher with shox"

GeT_RiGhT: "I'd rather win [on] LAN"

xelos: "We are going [...] for fun"

markeloff: "We have no strats"

Titan: "We can be better with Kenny"

Could fnatic surprise again at DreamHack?

We will still release two full preview articles for the event, one focusing on each of the opening days. Groups A and B will be released later today, with C and D saved for tomorrow.

Below is the official schedule for DreamHack Summer 2014. As usual delays are possible and could push games back, but the schedule seems reasonable enough to hold up.

Saturday, June 14
15:00	NiP	vs. Berzerk	A1	BO1
15:00	Epsilon	vs. ENCE	A2	BO1
16:30	A1 winner	vs. A2 winner	A3	BO1
16:30	A1 loser	vs. A2 loser	A4	BO1
17:30	A3 loser	vs. A4 winner	A5	BO1
20:00	Virtus.pro	vs. London Conspiracy	B1	BO1
20:00	fnatic	vs. SK Gaming	B2	BO1
21:00	B1 winner	vs. B2 winner	B3	BO1
21:00	B1 loser	vs. B2 loser	B4	BO1
22:00	B3 loser	vs. B4 winner	B5	BO1
Sunday, June 15
15:00	Titan	vs. BYOC #3	C1	BO1
15:00	HellRaisers	vs. Reason	C2	BO1
16:30	C1 winner	vs. C2 winner	C3	BO1
16:30	C1 loser	vs. C2 loser	C4	BO1
17:30	C3 loser	vs. C4 winner	C5	BO1
20:00	Natus Vincere	vs. BYOC #2	D1	BO1
20:00	BYOC #1	vs. AliGon	D2	BO1
21:00	D1 winner	vs. D2 winner	D3	BO1
21:00	D1 loser	vs. D2 loser	D4	BO1
22:00	D3 loser	vs. D4 winner	D5	BO1
Monday, June 16
10:00	Quarter-finals			BO3
14:30	Semi-final #1			BO3
18:00	Semi-final #2			BO3
22:30	Grand final			BO3

Due to TEAMGLOBAL's decision to skip the tournament, another team from the BYOC on-site qualifier will gain spot in group D. With this change the BYOC qualifier will have to decide a winner and a third placed team, as the places in groups are predetermined instead of random (winner and 2nd placed team go to group D, 3rd placed team to group C).

Standard five maps will be used, and the prize distribution looks as follows:

Prize distribution at DreamHack Summer 2014

1. $10,000
2. $5,000
3-4. $3,500
5-8. $2,000

There will be two official streams with the previously announced casters, which will cover each game in English. Streams in other languages have not yet been revealed but it is expected there will be a place for them as well.

DreamHack Summer will begin on Saturday, June 14 and HLTV.org will be on-site to provide you with full coverage of the bi-annual tournament held at Elmia in Jönköping.