DreamHack have revealed the attending teams, groups and schedule for the first tournament of the year, DreamHack ZOWIE Open: Leipzig 2017.
The first of nine DreamHack Open events held in 2017 will take place in Leipzig, Germany on January 13th-15th with eight teams attending. Two new teams, qwerty and BIG will be attending the $100,000 tournament, hoping to make an impression during their first event as a team.
Additionally DreamHack have revealed the prize distribution of the $100,000 prize pool, which is as follows:
1st place - $50,000
2nd place - $20,000
3rd & 4th places - $10,000
5th & 6th places - $3.000
7th & 8th places - $2,000
The opening and winners matches of the group stage will be played as best-of-ones, while the remainder of the groups stage and the whole playoffs stage will use a best-of-three format. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals, where they will fight for a spot in the grand final in a single-elimination bracket.
The groups and schedule for DreamHack ZOWIE Open: Leipzig 2017:
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
 Heroic | |
 Team LDLC | |
 fnatic Academy | Rogue |
| qwerty |  BIG |
Below is the schedule for all three days of the tournament, all times expressed in CET:
Friday, January 13th - Group stage
14:00 - Heroic vs. qwerty
15:30 - 
FlipSid3 vs. BIG
17:00 - LDLC vs. fnatic Academy
18:30 - 
Vega Squadron vs. Rogue
20:00 - Group A winners match
21:30 - Group B winners match
Saturday, January 14th - Decider matches
12:00 - Group A elimination match
15:00 - Group B elimination match
18:00 - Group A decider match
21:00 - Group B decider match
Sunday, January 15th - Playoffs
10:00 - Semi-final match 1
12:30 - Semi-final match 2
15:30 - Grand Final
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