DreamHack Open Summer Europe and North America groups revealed

The DreamHack Open Summer groups for the European and North American regions have been revealed by the Swedish tournament organizer.

DreamHack Open Summer Europe and North America will take place online on August 8-16, with a combined prize pool of $180,000 split evenly among both regions.

Three teams that were initially on the roster In North America have dropped out, Evil Geniuses, Gen.G and 100 Thieves, and have been replaced by Yeah, TeamOne and Chaos.

BIG have been placed in Group A with Heroic, Mad Lions and Endpoint

Group A in Europe is headlined by the current world ranking leaders, BIG, who are joined by two Danish teams, Heroic and MAD Lions, with one of the two sides that made it through the qualifiers, Endpoint, rounding it out.

Group B will also feature two teams hailing from the same country, Spirit and forZe, who will be fighting with Complexity and the other squad that made it through the closed qualifier, OG.

The DreamHack Open Summer Europe groups are:

Group A
BIG
Heroic
MAD Lions
Endpoint

Group B
Complexity
OG
Spirit
forZe

Group A in North America will feature Liquid, who will play their first tournament since Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's departure, and will field Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince, according to a statement given to Rush B by the North American organization. Triumph, where Grim made a name for himself, will also be a contender in the group along with Ze Pug Godz and the last-minute add-ons, Chaos.

Group B on the other hand is majority-Brazilian, with representation from three teams consisting of FURIA, TeamOne and Yeah. The group is rounded out by Cloud9, who are currently sitting one spot outside of the top 20 in the world ranking.

The DreamHack Open Summer North America groups are:

Group A
Liquid
Triumph
Chaos
Ze Pug Godz

Group B
FURIA
Cloud9
TeamOne
Yeah