Everything we know about DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 and the Arab presence
A lot of details have recently emerged about the upcoming DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 and we will bring it to you today in one article.
Natus Vincere have been invited to compete at DreamHack Masters Stockholm by the tournament’s organizers.
Seven out of 16 teams have now been confirmed, as Natus Vincere will be joining Astralis, FaZe, NiP, SK, fnatic, and mousesports in Stockholm.
The Ukrainian-Russian squad have competed at all previous tournaments of the DreamHack Masters series, with their latest result being second place in Marseille, in April this year.
DreamHack Masters Stockholm, which will have $250,000 in prize money on offer, will take place on August 29-September 2, with the playoffs being held at the 16,000-seater Ericsson Globe.
With Na`Vi’s addition, the team list of the Swedish event looks as follows:
SK
mousesports
Natus Vincere
The Chinese qualifier which will yield a spot at DreamHack Masters Stockholm in August has been announced today.
The qualifier will be hosted by 5EPlay and will feature an open and closed part, with signups for the open portion lasting from till 29 June.
The open qualifiers will take place on July 2-8, with the whole phase being played using a BO3 single-elimination format.
The four best open qualifier teams will then join the four invited teams in the closed qualifier, where a BO3 double-elimination bracket will be used. The four invited teams for the Closed Qualifier are already known, with TyLoo headlining the list:
5POWER
IMBA.SAS
The matches of the second phase will be played on July 9-12, with the winner earning a spot at DreamHack Masters Stockholm where they will be joining the likes of Astralis, mousesports and Natus Vincere.
With the Oceanic and GCC open qualifiers done, three new teams for the DreamHack Masters Stockholm Asia Closed Qualifier have been found: Grayhound, ORDER and NASR.
As Tainted Minds was handed an invite to the closed qualifier, the DreamHack Masters Stockholm Oceania Open Qualifier saw the remainder of the Oceanic top four—Grayhound, Chiefsand ORDER—vying for the two Closed qualifier spots, with teams such as Legacy and hoping to upset.
In the open qualifier for the GCC region, NASR wasn’t really challenged, getting into the grand final with ease. There they met ShotCallers, who stunned them in the first half of Mirage, securing nine unanswered rounds. NASR was able to then string four rounds together, salvaging the half, and allowing them to take a 16-12 map victory after an impeccable 12-1 T-side.
The action then switched to Train, ShotCallers again starting decently, 5-1 as T. However, Mohammed “k1tkat” Al-Nuaimihad a good game and brought the game back in his team’s control. Despite a loss in the second pistol, NASR was confident in the second half and concluded the game with a 16-10 scoreline.
Now, five of the eight closed qualifier teams are known:
Grayhound
NASR
East Asia Qualifier
ORDER
SEA+SA Qualifier
SEA+SA Qualifier
