DreamHack have revealed details regarding the open and closed qualifiers for the Masters event in Malmö.
The $250,000 tournament taking place on October 1-6 in Malmö will be preceded by three regional qualifiers - the European, North American/Latin American North and Oceanic closed qualifiers, each offering a single slot at the main event. In these three qualifiers, four invited sides and four squads admitted via the open stages will duke it out in looks to secure spots at the Swedish LAN.
Among the invited teams in Europe are MOUZ and CR4ZY, both of whom recently came through the StarLadder Major's New Challengers Stage. Renegades, who will be in action in the next stage in Berlin, headline the team list for the North American qualifier, while Grayhound is the standout name in the Oceanic tournament.
Below is a full list of teams who have received invites to the respective regional closed qualifiers:
European closed qualifierOceanic closed qualifierGrayhound
AVANT
Chiefs
ORDER
All open qualifiers will take place between September 9-10, featuring a best-of-one, single-elimination bracket. Top four will advance to the closed qualifiers, scheduled to take place from September 11-16, in which they will join four invited teams in traversing a best-of-three, double-elimination bracket.
Following is a comprehensive schedule for the qualifiers:
Open qualifiers - September 9-10
European Open qualifier - Link
North America/LATAM North Open qualifier - Link
Oceanic Open qualifier - Link
Closed qualifiers - September 11,12,16
Wednesday, September 11
15:00 - Upper bracket round-of-eight | Bo3
18:00 - Upper bracket round-of-four | Bo3
21:00 - Group A lower bracket round-of-four | Bo3
Thursday, September 12
15:00 - Group B lower bracket round-of-four | Bo3
18:00 - Upper bracket round-of-two | Bo3
21:00 - Group A lower bracket round-of-two | Bo3
Monday, September 16
18:00 - Group B lower bracket round-of-two | Bo3
21:00 - Grand final | Bo5
*Times expressed above apply to local time zones (CEST, ET and AEST, respectively).