Dates: October 20-22

Duel Invites:

Rapha
DaHang
Raisy
Vo0
Toxjq
Av3k
Xron
Gellehsak

Invites based on Quake World Championship and availability.


Total prizepool: $75,000

Distribution:

Duel:

1st $14,000
2nd $8,000
3rd $4,000
4th $4,000
5-8h $1,250

Sacrifice:

1st $20,000
2nd $10,000
3rd $5,000
4th $5,000


Duel information:

-16 players – 8 invites, 8 qualifiers (4 North America, 4 Europe)
-Group stage into 8 man single elimination bracket
-Invited players will be placed randomly into groups occupying the top two seeds in each group. Qualified players will be randomly seeded into the four groups.

Sacrifice information:

-4 teams (2 North American qualifiers, 2 Europe qualifiers)
-Double elimination bracket
-Seeds will be determined on performance of individual qualifier. (ie. #1 NA vs #2 EU)


Qualifier Dates

Sep 23: Europe – Duel (top 4 qualify)
Sep 23: North America – Duel (top 4 qualify)
Sep 24: Europe – Sacrifice (top 2 qualify)
Sep 24: North America – Sacrifice (top 2 qualify)

Qualifiers to be double elimination brackets, with those qualifying each earning a $500 travel stipend per player.

Dates: December 1-3

Duel Invites:

Cypher
Rapha
Cooller
DaHang
Agent
Clawz
Vo0
DreamHack Denver Champion

Sacrifice Invites:

EU – 2z
NA – Team Liquid

Invites based on Quake World Championships and availability.


Total prizepool: $350,000

Distribution:

Duel:

1st $ 50,000
2nd $ 30,000
3rd $15,000
4th $ 15,000
5-8h $ 7,500
9th-12th $ 2,500

Sacrifice:

1st $ 70,000
2nd $ 40,000
3rd $ 25,000
4th $ 25,000
5-8h $ 10,000


Duel info:

-24 players – 8 invites, 14 online qualifiers (4 Europe, 4 North America, 2 South America, 2 CIS, 2 Australia-New Zealand), 2 BYOC on-site qualifiers
-Upon completion of all qualifiers, all qualifiers & invited players will be ranked to seed the group stage
-Group stage will consist of 6 groups of 4. Top 2 competitors will qualify into 12 man single elimination bracket. The top 4 players from the group consisting of match and round record will get a bye into the first stage of the single elimination bracket.

Sacrifice info:

-12 teams – 2 invites, 7 online qualifiers (2 Europe, 2 North America, 1 South America, 1 CIS, 1 Australia-New Zealand), 3 BYOC on-site qualifiers
-Upon completion of all qualifiers, all qualifiers & invited players will be ranked to seed the group stage
-3 team group stages with top team advancing to a 4 team single elimination bracket playoff.

Qualifier Dates:

Sep 30: Europe – Duel (top 2 qualify)
Sep 30: North America – Duel (top 2 qualify)
Oct 1: Europe – Sacrifice (winner qualifies)
Oct 1: North America – Sacrifice (winner qualifies)

Oct 7: South America – Duel (top 2 qualify)
Oct 8: South America – Sacrifice (winner qualifies)

Oct 14: CIS – Duel (top 2 qualify)
Oct 14: Australia-New Zealand Duel (top 2 qualify)
Oct 15: CIS – Sacrifice (winner qualifies)
Oct 15: Australia-New Zealand (winner qualifies)

Oct 28: Europe / CIS – Duel #2 (top 2 qualify)
Oct 28: North America – Duel #2 (top 2 qualify)
Oct 29: Europe / CIS – Sacrifice #2 (winner qualifies)
Oct 29: North America – Sacrifice #2 (winner qualifies)

Qualifiers to be double elimination brackets, with those qualifying each earning full travel and accommodation to DreamHack Winter.

Europe and CIS have their own independent qualifiers and then the final qualifier combines both of these to get the best from both regions in a single bracket.