DREAMHACK PUBG SHOWDOWN would have no direct invites

A few days ago Dreamhack have announced they would host a PUBG tournament, the most cool thing about it is that it would have no direct invites, all the details in the official announce:

OVERVIEW
The DreamHack PUBG Showdown will feature teams from Europe, North America, South America and one more TBA region. In addition, teams that do not qualify during the online stage will have the chance to qualify through a BYOC qualifier that will take place at DreamHack Austin on June 1st. The slot distribution is as follows:

DREAMHACK PUBG SHOWDOWN

REGION	TEAMS
EU Qualifier	5
NA Qualifier	5
SA Qualifier	1
BYOC Qualifier	4
TBA	1
Total teams on LAN	16

There will not be any direct invites to the LAN so all teams will need to earn their slots in the competition.

Open Qualifiers
For the NA and EU regions there will be one open qualifier per region. Depending on your placement you will earn the chance to play one or both of the closed qualifiers in your region. Round of 32 is the last round with two simultaneous lobbies with team 1-4 advancing to both closed qualifiers. Teams 5-7 advance to closed qualifier #2. More information about this split can be found in the closed qualifier section. The tournament will be played on Erangel only.

DAY	ROUND OF	MOVES ON TO THE NEXT ROUND	TEAMS PER LOBBY	FORMAT
1	512	Top 4 in every lobby	16	Bo3 maps
1	256	Top 4 in every lobby	16	Bo3 maps
2	128	Top 4 in every lobby	16	Bo3 maps
2	64	Top 4 in every lobby	16	Bo3 maps
3	32	Top 4 in every lobby	16	Bo3 maps

SCHEDULE:
EU open qualifier #1 - 14-16th of April
NA open qualifier #1 - 28-30th of April

Full details and signups will be announced shortly.

The SA qualifier will only feature one stage of qualification, details are TBA.

CLOSED QUALIFIERS

For NA and EU there will be two closed qualifiers per region. Both qualifiers will be played best of 10 maps over two days. The first qualifier in each of the two regions will advance three teams to the LAN and the second qualifier will advance two teams. All the teams playing in the first closed qualifier but not qualifying will also play in the second closed qualifier. 

CLOSED QUALIFIER #1 TEAMS	CLOSED QUALIFIER #2 TEAMS
Invite #1	Closed Qualifier #1
Invite #2	Closed Qualifier #1
Invite #3	Closed Qualifier #1
Invite #4	Closed Qualifier #1
Invite #5	Closed Qualifier #1
Invite #6	Closed Qualifier #1
Invite #7	Closed Qualifier #1
Invite #8	Closed Qualifier #1
Open Qualifier #1	Closed Qualifier #1
Open Qualifier #2	Closed Qualifier #1
Open Qualifier #3	Closed Qualifier #1
Open Qualifier #4	Closed Qualifier #1
Open Qualifier #5	Closed Qualifier #1
Open Qualifier #6	Open Qualifier #9
Open Qualifier #7	Open Qualifier #10
Open Qualifier #8	Open Qualifier #11

SCHEDULE:
EU closed qualifier #1 - 28-29th of April
NA closed qualifier #1 - 5-6th of May
EU closed qualifier #2 - 12-13th of May
NA closed qualifier #2 - 19-20th of May 

All closed qualifiers will be broadcast from the Monster Energy DreamHack Studios. Stay tuned for additional details regarding the livestreams to make sure you catch all the action!

BYOC QUALIFIERS
More information TBA. But the BYOC tickets for Austin are selling fast so make sure you get your ticket today if you want be sure to play the qualifier. Follow this link to purchase your ticket.

Placement and Kill Points
This point system will be used in all games of the DreamHack PUBG showdown from the open qualifiers all the way up to the grand finals.

PLACEMENT	POINTS
1st	400
2nd	300
3rd	240
4th	200
5th	165
6th	135
7th	110
8th	90
9th	75
10th	65
11th	55
12th	46
13th	38
14th	32
15th	27
16th	23

Every kill is worth 12 points.

PRIZE POLL DISTRIBUTION
The $100,000 prize pool is distributed as seen below:

PLACEMENT	PRIZE
1st	$50,000
2nd	$20,000
3rd	$10,000
4th	$4,000
5th	$2,000
6th	$2,000
7th	$2,000
8th	$2,000
9th	$1,000
10th	$1,000
11th	$1,000
12th	$1,000
13th	$1,000
14th	$1,000
15th	$1,000
16th	$1,000