The groups have been announced for the upcoming DreamHack Summer event.
DreamHack Summer is a little over a week away and today we finally got to know who will be playing who in the group stage. Eight teams will be split into two groups of four, with the top two from both groups qualifying for the knockout bracket. The teams will be fighting for their share of the $100,000 prize pool. Group play will be GSL format, while the brackets will be played as best-of-threes, all single elimination.
The groups can be seen below:
| Group A |
|---|
 SK Gaming |
 Mousesports |
| Immortals |
 Team Singularity |
In Group A, SK Gaming will be looking to make amends for a disappointing finish at the Pro League finals. Although they were eliminated by the eventual winners, G2, the Brazilians seemed to be returning to form lately. This event could be a huge stepping stone in that direction and they will definitely fancy their chances of getting out of groups, minimum. Both Immortals and Mousesports will be most people’s favourites for second in the group. The German organisation has had a resurgence of its own lately and the team is currently ranked 13th, exactly one place ahead of Immortals. Singularity join them from the online qualifiers and will be looking to join the likes of Astralis and North as yet another top Danish team. The team is largely unproven on LAN, however, and this might be too big of a step up.
| Group B |
|---|
 Gambit Esports |
 Fnatic |
 Cloud9 |
| Counter Logic Gaming |
This group looks fascinating on paper. We have three teams who have struggled for form, and Gambit who almost always put in a strong performance on LAN. Indeed, the Russian team won Dreamhack Austin earlier this year and will be hoping to make it two in a row.
Cloud9, on the other hand, struggled at their most recent offline event - Pro League finals - losing to their Dreamhack group mates, Fnatic. Even CLG ran n0thing and co close in their most recent online games, so it’s likely that the American teams will be struggling to avoid last place in the group.
Fnatic have been in a long-term slump by their historical standards, although they did show signs of improvement at Pro League finals as well. In a similar vein as SK, this is an event which gives the Swedes a great opportunity to build some confidence against mid-tier teams.
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