DreamHack Montreal viewer's guide

With Dreamhack Open Montreal set to start, here are all the details you need to know regarding the groups, schedule, and prize-pool distribution.

Running from September 8-10, the next DreamHack Open stop will see eight teams battle it out for a cut of the $100,000 prize-pool at the Place Bonaventure in Montreal, Canada.

Just a few days after playing in Malmö, North are ready for DH Montreal

Six invited participants will be joined by two sides that came from the qualifying stages. Kinguin, who qualified in Europe following Space Soldiers' withdrawal, have been placed in the same group as North, CLG and Gale Force. As for Group B, it will feature Complexity, who qualified in North America, Cloud9 and the Brazilian duo Immortals and Luminosity.

Group A	Group B
North	Immortals
CLG	Cloud9
Kinguin	Complexity
Gale Force	Luminosity

As it is usual in DreamHack Open editions, the group stage will consist of a double-elimination format, in which the elimination and decider matches are played in a best-of-three format. The playoffs will feature a single-elimination bracket, with all matches being played in a best-of-three format. 

Below you can find the full schedule for the tournament:

Friday, September 8
19:00	North	vs. Gale Force	BO1
20:30	Cloud9	vs. Complexity	BO1
22:00	CLG	vs. Kinguin	BO1
23:30	Immortals	vs. Luminosity	BO1
01:00	Group A winners' match		BO1
02:30	Group B winners' match		BO1
Saturday, September 9
16:00	Group A elimination match		BO3
19:00	Group B elimination match		BO3
22:00	Group A decider		BO3
01:00	Group B decider		BO3
Sunday, September 10
16:00	Semi-final #1 (B1 vs. A2)		BO3
19:00	Semi-final #2 (A1 vs. B2)		BO3
22:00	Grand final

The event will feature Tres "stunna" Saranthus as host, while Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche and James "⁠hazed⁠" Cobb will be responsible for breaking down the action, with the latter making his debut as an analyst. As for the tournament's commentators, Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett headlines the four-man team.

Here is the full on-air talent team for DreamHack Open Montreal:

Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Host

Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst
James "hazed" Cobb - Analyst

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
John "BLU" Mullen - Commentator
Conner "Scrawny" Girvan - Commentator
Keith "Seaside" LaFortune - Commentator

As for the prize-pool distribution, here is how the $100,000 will be divided among the eight teams:

1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3-4. $10,000
5-6. $3,000
7-8. $2,000

CLG #22 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold Luminosity #50 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 948 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 North #4 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Complexity #31 Rory 'dephh' JacksonJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerPeter 'ptr' GurneyAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Gale Force #69 Guillermo 'guishorro' ArecoJonathan 'JonY BoY' MuñozMatias 'tutehen' CanaleEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoTomás 'tomi' Guardia James 'hazed' Cobb Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 494 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Space Soldiers #21 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Immortals #6 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass Kinguin #25 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerBartosz 'Hyper' WolnyMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Cloud9 #11 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip

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