DreamHack and Blizzard Entertainment would like to announce the DreamHack ZOWIE Open: Montreal Qualifiers for WCS Circuit Summer Championship \u2013 where 32 players will compete for a $150,000 prize pool, 11,000 WCS Circuit points, and a direct seed into the WCS Global Playoffs at BlizzCon 2016. <\/p>\n
Qualifiers <\/p>\n
Regional Challengers<\/p>\n
8 Players from Regional Challengers:
\n\u20222 slots for Europe, Africa and the Middle East
\n\u20222 slots for North America (USA and Canada)
\n\u20221 slot for Latin America
\n\u20221 slot for China
\n\u20221 slot for Oceania, Southeast Asia and Japan
\n\u20221 slot for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau<\/p>\n
EU & NA Ladder Challengers \u2013 June 27th -July 5th <\/p>\n
The top 16 players in Grandmaster League in both Europe & North America qualify for separate playoffs. Ladder qualifier ends Tuesday, July 5th.
\n\u2022Europe Ladder: 11:59 PM CEST
\n\u2022North America Ladder: 11:59 PM EDT<\/p>\n
Playoffs
\n\u2022Double elimination brackets of 16 players.
\n\u2022Seed is based on the player\u2019s ladder position.
\n\u2022The top 2 players will qualify for WCS Summer Championship at DreamHack ZOWIE Open: Montreal.
\n\u2022The top 2 players will have their travel & accommodations paid for.<\/p>\n
Friday, July 8th
\n\u2022EU round of 16 begins 6:00 pm CEST
\n\u2022NA round of 16 begins 8:00 pm EDT<\/p>\n
Saturday, July 9th
\n\u2022EU losers bracket round 4 begins 6:00 pm CEST
\n\u2022NA losers bracket round 4 begins 8:00 pm EDT<\/p>\n
Additional Information <\/p>\n
Grandmaster League in North America and Europe will open up at 9:00 CEST\/3:00 EDT\/0:00 PDT on Monday, June 27th.<\/p>\n
Players will be required to play under the name that they wish to use during the WCS Circuit Spring Championship. A free character name change was provided to every account on June 20th. Player\u2019s account names have to be recognizable (no \u2018bar code\u2019 or otherwise unknown alias) once Grandmaster League opens. Any later name changes will render that account ineligible for the respective top 16 final.<\/p>\n
Players must have their Battle.net account registered to one of the eligible countries or submit other proof of citizenship or residency to esportsteam@blizzard.com. For more information check here.<\/p>\n
The double elimination tournament seeding will work as follows: 1st-4th in Grandmaster rankings will receive top seed, 5th-8th second seed, 9th-12th third seed, and 13th-16th fourth seed.<\/p>\n
All matches will be Best of 5. The champion of the upper bracket will receive first place, and the lower bracket champion will receive second place.<\/p>\n
For the North American Challenger tournament, only residents and citizens of North America (Canada & U.S.) will be eligible to qualify.<\/p>\n
EU players have to be citizens or residents of countries in Africa, Europe or the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Qualifiers<\/p>\n
16 players from Qualifiers and 8 from invites. Due to timing and visa considerations, players from the China region will not be able to compete in NA\/EU server qualifiers for the Summer Championship. Instead, one spot has been allocated to a China region only qualifier.<\/p>\n Format <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DreamHack and Blizzard Entertainment would like to announce the DreamHack ZOWIE Open: Montreal Qualifiers for WCS Circuit Summer Championship \u2013 where 32 players will compete for a $150,000 prize pool, 11,000 WCS Circuit points, and a direct seed into the WCS Global Playoffs at BlizzCon 2016. Qualifiers Regional Challengers 8 Players from Regional Challengers: \u20222 … <\/p>\n
\n\u20228 slots in total for EU Server Qualifier \u2013 #1 LINK<\/a> 20th of July (Finals 23rd of July) – #2 LINK<\/a> 21th of July (Finals 23rd of July)
\n\u20225 slots in total for NA Server Qualifier \u2013 #1 LINK<\/a> 20th of July – #2 LINK<\/a> 21th of July (Finals 23rd of July)
\n\u20221 slot for CN Server Qualifier 9th of July
\n\u20222 players from National Qualifier – LINK<\/a> 19th of July,
\n\u20228 invites from 2016 WCS Standings<\/p>\n
\n\u202232 players in a single-elimination bracket.
\n\u2022Round of 32 to Semifinals are Best of 5.
\n\u2022Finals are Best of 7.<\/p>\n