In co-operation with Blizzard Entertainment, DreamHack will organize regional citizenship locked qualifiers in which eight competitors will be able to win travel, accommodation, and entrance fully paid to DreamHack Austin to compete for $50,000 USD in prize pool and 5,000 WCS points.
The qualifiers for all regions will take place on April 2nd, 16th, and 17th. Each qualifier is double elimination. See the links below for the local start times. Note that while DreamHack ZOWIE Open: Austin is open for all WCS-eligible players, each of these qualifiers is locked based on citizenship within a country of the qualifier’s region.
• Europe – DreamHack Open Austin EU Passport Qualifiers – Sign up here (top 2 qualify) April 16th- 17th
•North America – DreamHack Open Austin NA Passport Qualifiers – Sign up here (top 2 qualify) April 16th
•Latin America – DreamHack Open Austin LATAM Passport Qualifiers – Sign up here (winner qualifies) April 16th
•Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau – DreamHack Austin TW Passport Qualifiers – Sign up here (winner qualifies) April 2nd
•China – DreamHack Open Austin CN Passport Qualifiers – Sign up here (winner qualifies) April 2nd
•Oceania, Southeast Asia, Japan – DreamHack Open Austin ANZ/SEA Passport Qualifiers – Sign up here (winner qualifies) April 2nd
Open Sign Ups
DreamHack Open 2016 continues as an open competition where anyone can participate. Make sure to sign up today as entry is first come, first serve. The eight players qualified plus 24 player sign-ups will be seeded into the second group stage. The other 64 will play in the first group stage.
To be able to participate in DreamHack ZOWIE Open Austin StarCraft II you will need the following:
•Be eligible to compete in WCS Circuit Events, read more here.
•You need to have signed up in the form found – here.
•You need to be accepted as eligible and receive an email confirming your slot in the tournament. (There are 88 open slots, any further sign ups will be placed on the waitlist).
Tournament Schedule
Times are stated in local time. Games will be played on an accelerated schedule.
Friday, May 6th
•15:00 – Group Stage 1
•18:00 – Pre Show
•18:15 – Group Stage 2
•20:45 – Round of 32 – Best of 5 – Match 1-8
•22:00 – Round of 32 – Best of 5 – Match 9-16
Saturday, May 7th
•11:45 – Pre Show
•12:00 – Round of 16 – Best of 5
•17:20 – Quarter Final 1 – Best of 5
•18:40 – Quarter Final 2 – Best of 5
•20:00 – Quarter Final 3 – Best of 5
•21:20 – Quarter Final 4 – Best of 5
•22:40 – TeSPA Collegiat Finals
Sunday, May 8th
•12:30 – Pre Show
•12:50 – Semi Final 1 – Best of 5
•14:25 – Semi Final 2 – Best of 5
•16:00 – Grand Final – Best of 7