DreamHack Winter viewer's guide

With DreamHack Winter set to kick off on Thursday afternoon, we have put together a comprehensive viewer's guide to get you ready for the event.

DreamHack Winter marks the anniversary of the first CS:GO major, and since then we've had fnatic, Virtus.pro and NiP become world champions at the biggest tournaments.

Another $250,000 prize will be up for grabs this week in Jönköping, where sixteen of the world's best teams will be competing for the massive prize purse, distributed as follows:

1. $100,000
2. $50,000
3-4. $22,000
5-8. $10,000
9-16. $2,000

The tournament will begin with a best-of-one group stage using a GSL format, with half of the sixteen teams progressing to the playoffs, set to begin on Friday morning.

In the group stage the map selection system features both teams removing two maps from the pool, with the map then decided randomly from the three remaining maps:

de_cache
de_cobblestone
de_dust2
de_inferno
de_mirage
de_nuke
de_overpass

From there on out the entire tournament will be played out using a best-of-three single elimination bracket, with the semi-finals and grand final scheduled for Saturday.

In the playoffs each team will only get a chance to eliminate one map from the pool. Then each team picks their map, and once again, the third map will be drawn randomly.

Thursday, November 27
12:00	fnatic	vs. Bravado	A1	BO1
12:00	dignitas	vs. PENTA	B1	BO1
13:00	Cloud9	vs. HellRaisers	A2	BO1
13:00	iBUYPOWER	vs. Copenhagen Wolves	B2	BO1
14:00	A1 winner	vs. A2 winner	A3	BO1
14:00	B1 winner	vs. B2 winner	B3	BO1
15:00	A1 loser	vs. A2 loser	A4	BO1
15:00	B1 loser	vs. B2 loser	B4	BO1
16:00	A3 loser	vs. A4 winner	A5	BO1
16:00	B3 loser	vs. B4 winner	B5	BO1
18:30	LDLC	vs. ESC	C1	BO1
18:30	Virtus.pro	vs. myXMG	D1	BO1
19:30	NiP	vs. Planetkey Dynamics	C2	BO1
19:30	Natus Vincere	vs. FlipSid3	D2	BO1
20:30	C1 winner	vs. C2 winner	C3	BO1
20:30	D1 winner	vs. D2 winner	D3	BO1
21:30	C1 loser	vs. C2 loser	C4	BO1
21:30	D1 loser	vs. D2 loser	D4	BO1
22:30	C3 loser	vs. C4 winner	C5	BO1
22:30	D3 loser	vs. D4 winner	D5	BO1
Friday, November 28
10:00	Quarter-final #1			BO3
13:30	Quarter-final #2			BO3
17:00	Quarter-final #3			BO3
20:30	Quarter-final #4			BO3
Saturday, November 29
13:00	Semi-final #1			BO3
16:30	Semi-final #2			BO3
21:00	Grand final			BO3

HLTV.org will be on-site at DreamHack Winter 2014 in Jönköping, Sweden to provide you with full coverage of the fourth CS:GO major with a prize purse of $250,000.

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