Dreamhack direct invites for the closed qualifiers
Dreamhack PUBG Showdown organizers have announced the invited teams for the closed qualifiers. Each region (EU & NA) has 8 invited teams and there are two CIS representatives among them.
| Europe | North America |
 AVANGAR |  Noble |
 FaZe Clan | Team EnVyUs |
 GRUBIE | eUnited |
| Team Kinguin | Ghost Gaming |
| Team Liquid | OpTic Gaming |
 Pittsburgh Knights | Tempo Storm |
| Rogue | Team Totality |
 Team Vitality | Cloud9 |
Avangar are down to 3 at the moment after Drainys has left the team.He would join GRUBIE for GLL lan finals.
Check out the official announce from Dreamhack to learn more:
Today we are excited to share the format for all qualifiers leading up to the DreamHack PUBG Showdown, sponsored by Monster Energy and CORSAIR, that will take place during DreamHack Austin 1-3rd June 2018.
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:
EU Qualifier 5 NA Qualifier 5 SA Qualifier 1 BYOC Qualifier 4 TBA 1 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.
1 512 Top 8 in every lobby 16 Bo3 maps 1 256 Top 8 in every lobby 16 Bo3 maps 2 128 Top 8 in every lobby 16 Bo3 maps 2 64 Top 8 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 AprilFull 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.
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 MayAll 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.
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:
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 Stay tuned to our social media and web platforms as we still have a lot of things to announce such as talent, invited teams and much more!
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