CS-teams ready for DreamHack

DreamHack Winter 2009 is only one month away and one of the largest CS tournaments in the world will once again be one of the highlights at the festival. This time it will be more international teams then ever before!

DreamHacks global qualifiers is running as we speak and we already have teams from Germany, Benelux, Singapore, Malaysia and of course the DreamHack Champions from Summer, Stockholm and Skelleftea ready to compete at the Grand Final of DreamHack On Tour 2009, DreamHack Winter 2009.

More qualifiers in the process
The remaining weeks before DHW will feature lots of qualifications including Finland, Romania, Norway, Denmark, Serbia, The Baltic countries and even chances to grab a spot online and at the BYOC qualifier at location. Today we also reveal the first three teams that get an direct invite to the tournament, we welcome one of the best teams in the world SK-Gaming, the French powerhouse Millenium and american Evil Geniuses.

Invited teams:

SK-Gaming
Jimmy "allen" Allen
Johan "face" Klasson
Frej "kHRYSTAL" Sjöström
Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström
Dennis "walle" Wallenberg

Millenium
Christophe "sixeR" Xia
Steeve "Ozstrik3r" Flavigni
Engin "MAJ3R" Kupeli
Mahé "mahE" Martin
Guillaume "Geno" Ntep

Evil Geniuses
Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert
Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen
Danny "fRoD" Montaner
Tyler "Storm" Wood
Matt "Warden" Dickens

Bigger main tournament - from 16 to 32 teams
DreamHacks main tournament in Counter-strike 1.6 will expand from 16 to 32 teams for the first time and we are happy to announce the full qualifying schedule below. Be sure to visit DreamHack and DreamArena Extreme where we promise e-sport entertainment that you never seen before...

Counter-Strike 1.6 at DreamHack Winter 2009:
01. H2K-Gaming (DreamHack Summer Champions)
02. Begrip-Gaming (DreamHack Stockholm Champions)
03. Vinnarlaget (DreamHack Skellefteå IV Champions)
04. Rodcad Gaming (Benelux qualifier)
05. 2easy4 (German qualifier)
06. LZ (Malaysia qualifier)
07. TitaNs (Singapore qualifier)
08. Evil Geniuses (Direct invite)
09. SK-Gaming (Direct invite)
10. Millenium (Direct invite)
11. Phantom Squad (PlayZeek DreamHack-ladder Round 19)
12. Power Gaming (Finland qualifier)
13. wooSai.fi (Baltic qualifier)
14. nOu (Baltic qualifier)
15. LCSL (Baltic qualifier)
16. PlayMore (Serbia qualifier)
17. TBA (Portugal qualifier) 6-8 November
18. TBA (Norway qualifier) 14 November
19. TBA (Denmark qualifier) 14 November
20. TBA (Romania qualifier) Dates TBA
21. TBA (IOL Online qualifier Sweden) Dates TBA
22. TBA (PlayZeek DreamHack-ladder Round 20)
23. TBA (DreamHack Winter 2009 BYOC qualifier) - Register here!
24. TBA (DreamHack Winter 2009 BYOC qualifier) - Register here!
25. TBA (DreamHack Winter 2009 BYOC qualifier) - Register here!
26. TBA (DreamHack Winter 2009 BYOC qualifier) - Register here!
27. TBA
28. TBA
29. TBA
30. TBA (Direct invite)
31. TBA (Direct invite)
32. TBA (Direct invite)

More announcements and information about the tournament will be up soon at dreamhack.se. Stay tuned.