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The groups have been drawn for the upcoming DreamHack Summer 2012 tournament, which features eight teams and a 100,000 SEK prize purse.

The summer edition of DreamHack kicks off this weekend in Jönköping and once again features a Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament.

Six of the eight teams participating in the tournaments are known and the groups have now been drawn, only waiting for the BYOC qualifier to finish in order to know the last teams for the tournament.
Group A Group B
SK Gaming fnatic
ESC Gaming Natus Vincere
WinFakt Moscow Five
BYOC team BYOC team

Teams will play each other once in a best-of-one map format and the top two placed teams in the groups will advance to the single-elimination playoffs, where best-of-three maps will be played to determine the winner.

Maps, both for the group stage, but also for the playoffs, will be determined by the veto method which means each team can eliminate two maps entirely.

The BYOC qualifier will be the first action at DreamHack Summer, taking place on the first day of the Swedish event. As earlier mentioned, the qualifier will find two teams for the main tournament. The qualifier will be played best-of-one map in the group stage, as well as in the single-elimination bracket.

Maps are preset for the group stage, but once reaching the playoffs, teams will use the veto method to determined the map to be played. The schedule for the BYOC qualifier is listed below.

Saturday, June 16
17:00 Group stage Round 1
18:00 Group stage Round 2
19:00 Group stage Round 3
20:00 Playoffs Round of 32
21:00 Playoffs Round of 16
22:00 Playoffs Quarter-finals
23:00 Playoffs Semi-finals

There will be no final in this qualifier, once two teams are left, a draw will determine which group the teams will end up in. To find more info about the BYOC qualifier and to sign up for it, go here.

Sunday and Monday will be dedicated to the main tournament. The group stage will be played Sunday and the playoffs on Monday. The schedule, as well as the matchups can be found below.

Sunday, June 17
09:00 Group A setup

10:00 SK Gaming vs. BYOC team
10:00 ESC Gaming vs. WinFakt
11:00 SK Gaming vs. WinFakt
11:00 ESC Gaming vs. BYOC team
12:00 SK Gaming vs. ESC Gaming
12:00 WinFakt vs. BYOC team
13:00 Group B setup

14:00 fnatic vs. BYOC team
14:00 Natus Vincere vs. Moscow Five
15:00 fnatic vs. Moscow Five
15:00 Natus Vincere vs. BYOC team
16:00 fnatic vs. Natus Vincere
16:00 Moscow Five vs. BYOC team

Monday, June 18
09:00 Semi-finals setup
10:00 Semi-finals
13:00 First map grand final
15:00 Rest of grand final

In case you didn't notice, there will be no third place decider match and the grand final will only have second and potentially the third map played on the stage in DreamArena Extreme, meaning first map will be played in the regular tournament area.

The prize purse for the tournament is as mentioned set at 100,000 SEK and will be distributed as listed below.

1. 50,000 SEK ($7,268)
2. 25,000 SEK ($3,634)
3. 12,500 SEK ($1,817)
4. 12,500 SEK ($1,817)

HLTV.org will obviously be on site in Jönköping to provide you with full coverage of the DreamHack Summer tournament, but certainly also the Swedish Championship, which is also staged at the world's largest computer festival.
Tags: DreamHack Summer 2012, SK Gaming, ESC Gaming, WinFakt, fnatic, Natus Vincere, Moscow Five