Groups for DreamHack Summer

The groups have been drawn for the upcoming DreamHack Summer 2012 tournament, which features eight teams and a 100,000 SEK prize purse.

The summer edition of DreamHack kicks off this weekend in Jönköping and once again features a Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament.

Six of the eight teams participating in the tournaments are known and the groups have now been drawn, only waiting for the BYOC qualifier to finish in order to know the last teams for the tournament.

Group A	Group B
SK Gaming	fnatic
ESC Gaming	Natus Vincere
WinFakt	Moscow Five
BYOC team	BYOC team

Teams will play each other once in a best-of-one map format and the top two placed teams in the groups will advance to the single-elimination playoffs, where best-of-three maps will be played to determine the winner.

Maps, both for the group stage, but also for the playoffs, will be determined by the veto method which means each team can eliminate two maps entirely.

The BYOC qualifier will be the first action at DreamHack Summer, taking place on the first day of the Swedish event. As earlier mentioned, the qualifier will find two teams for the main tournament. The qualifier will be played best-of-one map in the group stage, as well as in the single-elimination bracket.

Maps are preset for the group stage, but once reaching the playoffs, teams will use the veto method to determined the map to be played. The schedule for the BYOC qualifier is listed below.

Saturday, June 16

There will be no final in this qualifier, once two teams are left, a draw will determine which group the teams will end up in. To find more info about the BYOC qualifier and to sign up for it, go here.

Sunday and Monday will be dedicated to the main tournament. The group stage will be played Sunday and the playoffs on Monday. The schedule, as well as the matchups can be found below.

Sunday, June 17

09:00	Group A setup
10:00	SK Gaming	vs.	BYOC team
10:00	ESC Gaming	vs.	WinFakt
11:00	SK Gaming	vs.	WinFakt
11:00	ESC Gaming	vs.	BYOC team
12:00	SK Gaming	vs.	ESC Gaming
12:00	WinFakt	vs.	BYOC team
13:00	Group B setup
14:00	fnatic	vs.	BYOC team
14:00	Natus Vincere	vs.	Moscow Five
15:00	fnatic	vs.	Moscow Five
15:00	Natus Vincere	vs.	BYOC team
16:00	fnatic	vs.	Natus Vincere
16:00	Moscow Five	vs.	BYOC team

Monday, June 18

In case you didn't notice, there will be no third place decider match and the grand final will only have second and potentially the third map played on the stage in DreamArena Extreme, meaning first map will be played in the regular tournament area.

The prize purse for the tournament is as mentioned set at 100,000 SEK and will be distributed as listed below.

1. 50,000 SEK ($7,268)
2. 25,000 SEK ($3,634)
3. 12,500 SEK ($1,817)
4. 12,500 SEK ($1,817)

HLTV.org will obviously be on site in Jönköping to provide you with full coverage of the DreamHack Summer tournament, but certainly also the Swedish Championship, which is also staged at the world's largest computer festival.