DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020
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Prize Pool | $100,000 + 1 spot at DH Masters Jonkoping |
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Region | North America |
Location | Anaheim, USA |
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Match schedule
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The general information
DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020 will take place in Anaheim, the USA on February 21-23. The overall prize pool of the championship will amount $100,000 and the whole tournament will be hosted in the classical style of the seasonal DreamHack Open championships. By the way, the exhibition center Anaheim Convention Center will be a venue and the event will be carried out at the DreamHack computer exhibition.
Participants
Eight teams will take part in the championship. Four of them have received direct invitations. MIBR, ENCE, North, and FURIA Esports have become the owners of invites. Team Endpoint has made it to the championship due to the victory at ESL Premiership Winter 2019. The rest three free slots will be taken by one team from the European qualifiers and two from the North American qualifiers.
The format
Eight participants of DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020 will be divided into two groups with four participants and fight in double-elimination brackets. The first matches will be hosted in a bo1 format. The rest matches will be hosted in a bo3 series. The top two participants will advance to the playoffs from each group. The rest teams will be eliminated from the competition, having placed 5th-8th, and earn the respective money prizes. Four teams will fight in a single-elimination bracket in the playoffs where all matches will be run in a bo3 format.
The prize pool
The overall prize pool of DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020, as was said earlier, will amount $100,000. Teams, which will not pass the group stage, will receive the smallest reward. teams to place 7th-8th and 5th-6th will receive $2,000 and $3,000, respectively. Teams to hold the 3rd-4th place in the standings will earn $10,000. The vice-champion of DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020 will become the owner of the more solid prize in the sum of $20,000 and the winner of the competition will receive two serious rewards: $50,000 and an invite to DreamHack Masters Jönköping 2020 with the prize pool of $250,000.