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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s region.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Europe \u2013 DreamHack Open Austin EU Passport Qualifiers \u2013 Sign up here<\/a> (top 2 qualify) April 16th- 17th Open Sign Ups<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n To be able to participate in DreamHack ZOWIE Open Austin StarCraft II you will need the following: Tournament Schedule<\/p>\n Times are stated in local time. Games will be played on an accelerated schedule.<\/p>\n Friday, May 6th Saturday, May 7th Sunday, May 8th 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 … <\/p>\n
\n\u2022North America \u2013 DreamHack Open Austin NA Passport Qualifiers \u2013 Sign up here<\/a> (top 2 qualify) April 16th
\n\u2022Latin America \u2013 DreamHack Open Austin LATAM Passport Qualifiers \u2013 Sign up here<\/a> (winner qualifies) April 16th
\n\u2022Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau \u2013 DreamHack Austin TW Passport Qualifiers \u2013 Sign up here<\/a> (winner qualifies) April 2nd
\n\u2022China \u2013 DreamHack Open Austin CN Passport Qualifiers \u2013 Sign up here<\/a> (winner qualifies) April 2nd
\n\u2022Oceania, Southeast Asia, Japan \u2013 DreamHack Open Austin ANZ\/SEA Passport Qualifiers \u2013 Sign up here<\/a> (winner qualifies) April 2nd<\/p>\n
\n\u2022Be eligible to compete in WCS Circuit Events, read more here<\/a>.
\n\u2022You need to have signed up in the form found \u2013 here<\/a>.
\n\u2022You 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).<\/p>\n
\n\u202215:00 \u2013 Group Stage 1
\n\u202218:00 \u2013 Pre Show
\n\u202218:15 \u2013 Group Stage 2
\n\u202220:45 \u2013 Round of 32 \u2013 Best of 5 \u2013 Match 1-8
\n\u202222:00 \u2013 Round of 32 \u2013 Best of 5 \u2013 Match 9-16<\/p>\n
\n\u202211:45 \u2013 Pre Show
\n\u202212:00 \u2013 Round of 16 \u2013 Best of 5
\n\u202217:20 \u2013 Quarter Final 1 \u2013 Best of 5
\n\u202218:40 \u2013 Quarter Final 2 \u2013 Best of 5
\n\u202220:00 \u2013 Quarter Final 3 \u2013 Best of 5
\n\u202221:20 \u2013 Quarter Final 4 \u2013 Best of 5
\n\u202222:40 \u2013 TeSPA Collegiat Finals<\/p>\n
\n\u202212:30 \u2013 Pre Show
\n\u202212:50 \u2013 Semi Final 1 \u2013 Best of 5
\n\u202214:25 \u2013 Semi Final 2 \u2013 Best of 5
\n\u202216:00 \u2013 Grand Final \u2013 Best of 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"