DreamHack Open Valencia viewer's guide

With DreamHack Open Valencia right around the corner, we have prepared a guide with everything you need to know about the $100,000 tournament, including schedule, on-air team and prize money breakdown.

For the second year in a row, DreamHack's Spanish stop will stage a $100,000 CS:GO tournament featuring eight teams, including some big-name sides in Europe and in the Americas.

The eight competing sides - five invited and three qualified - have been drawn into two double-elimination groups, featuring best-of-three elimination and decider matches. The top two teams from both groups will progress to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs, which will come to a close on Saturday.

A lot of eyes will be on North. who, besides being the highest-ranked team in attendance (10th), will also be trying out an international roster with hometown hero Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas.

Other notable attendees include G2, who are high on confdence following a playoff run at ESL One Cologne, and Polish duo AGO and Virtus.pro, the latter of whom will attend the event with Piotr "⁠morelz⁠" Taterka following Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski's departure to MOUZ.

Below you can find the complete schedule for the event:

Thursday, July 12
12:00 - North vs. Giants | BO1
13:30 - G2 vs. Luminosity | BO1
15:00 - HEROIC vs. AGO | BO1
16:30 - Virtus.pro vs. Fragsters | BO1
18:00 - Group A winners' match | BO1
19:30 - Group B winners' match | BO1

Friday, July 13
10:00 - Group A elimination match| BO3
13:00 - Group B elimination match| BO3
16:00 - Group A decider match| BO3
19:00 - Group B decider match| BO3

Saturday, July 14
10:00 - Semi-final #1| BO3
13:00 - Semi-final #2| BO3
17:00 - Grand final| BO3

DreamHack Open Valencia will be running on an accelerated schedule, so matches may start earlier than their scheduled time. The encounters can be followed live on twitch.tv/dreamhackcs, where Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus will host the show, while two analysts and two casting pairs will be guiding viewers through the action.

The official English broadcast on-air team for the event is the following:

Tres “stunna" Saranthus - Host

Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill - Analyst
Sudhen “Bleh” Wahengbam - Analyst

Harry “JustHarry” Russell - Commentator
Niels “rizc” Topp - Commentator
Hugo Byron - Commentator
Conner “Scrawny” Girvan - Commentator

Finally, the $100,000 prize will be distributed among the competing sides as follows:

1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3-4. $10,000
5-6. $3,000
7-8. $2,000