DreamHack Open Rotterdam 2019 viewer's guide

HLTV.org presents a comprehensive viewer's guide for DreamHack Open Rotterdam 2019, taking place over the coming weekend.

DreamHack Open Rotterdam 2019 will take place on October 18-20, featuring eight contestants duking it out for $100,000 in prize money. The teams will be split into two groups, fighting it out in a GSL setting with best-of-one initial matches followed by best-of-three elimination and decider series.

The top two squads from each group will advance to the playoffs, which will feature a single-elimination, best-of-three format, exclusively. The champions will be crowned upon the conclusion of the grand final on Sunday, kicking off at 17:00 CEST.

AVANGAR will seek to add a trophy to their locker over the weekend

Ahead of the tournament, the former Dreameaters squad has signed for a new organization, Hard Legion, while Besiktas, who qualified for the event by winning the all-women event DreamHack Showdown, parted ways with Meyssa "⁠Missa⁠" Bellouati and revealed they will be using Steven "⁠blackie⁠" Groeneveld from Asterion as a stand-in.

Below are the groups for Dreamhack Open Rotterdam 2019:

Group A
AVANGAR
Hard Legion
HEROIC
Besiktas Group B
FORZE
CR4ZY
HAVU
Asterion

Following is a comprehensive schedule for the three tournament days:

Friday, October 18
12:00 - AVANGAR vs. Besiktas
13:30 - FORZE vs. Asterion
15:00 - Hard Legion vs. HEROIC
16:30 - CR4ZY vs. HAVU
18:00 - Group A winners' match
19:30 - Group B winners' match

Saturday, October 19
10:00 - Group A elimination match
13:00 - Group B elimination match
16:00 - Group A decider match
19:00 - Group B decider match

Sunday, October 20
10:00 - Semi-final #1
13:00 - Semi-final #2
17:00 - Grand final

Rotterdam will see familiar faces on the broadcast, with Frankie "⁠Frankie⁠" Ward taking on the desk host role. The British talent will be joined by Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam and Christine "⁠potter⁠" Chi, who will be breaking down matches as the analyst duo. Last, but not least, two casting pairs will be providing on-the-go commentary during matches.

Concluding the guide is a full on-air talent list:

Frankie "⁠Frankie⁠" Ward - Host

Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam - Analyst
Christine "⁠potter⁠" Chi - Analyst

Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy - Commentator
Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan- Commentator
Dustin "⁠dusT⁠" Mouret - Commentator
Vince "⁠Vince⁠" Hill - Commentator

FORZE #15 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Dustin 'dusT' Mouret Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone HEROIC #22 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupMartin 'stavn' Lund Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.76 HAVU #33 Eetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJoonas 'doto' ForssAaro 'hoody' Peltokangas Sudhen 'Bleh' Wahengbam Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Steven 'blackie' Groeneveld Age: 20 Team: Asterion Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 9 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.74 Frankie 'Frankie' Ward Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 AVANGAR #6 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Besiktas Zainab 'zAAz' TurkieJulia 'juliano' KiranSteven 'blackie' GroeneveldPetra 'Petra' StokerAnastasia 'kr4sy' Khlobystina Conner 'Scrawny' Girvan Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Hard Legion #23 Semyon 'kinqie' LisitsynSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAnton 'speed4k' TitovIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Meyssa 'Missa' Bellouati Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 108 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Vince 'Vince' Hill Age: 33 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Christine 'potter' Chi Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 119 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 CR4ZY #20 Luka 'emi' VukovićNestor 'LETN1' TanićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas Asterion #97 Thomas 'Thomas' UttingJoseph 'Luzuh' LooseNino 'NiNo' RoosMark 'NexFox' BreetveldBernardus 'Bernard' Stornebrink