DreamHack Winter Survival Guide

Rainbow Six returns to DreamHack on November 30th! This is your survival guide to all things #DHWR6: where to watch, when to watch, and who’s competing! This weekend, teams from around the world will compete for a collective prize pool of $50,000 and the chance to prove themselves against some of the best Rainbow Six teams in the world.

In addition to the usual DreamHack prizes, the champions of DreamHack Winter will secure a guaranteed spot at the Six Invitational 2019. The team who claims the title of DreamHack Winter Champions will join joining G2, Cloud9, and our Pro League Season 8 finalists.

WHO’S COMPETING?

There are BYOC teams and 10 closed tournament teams competing. The top four teams from the BYOC tournament (taking place on November 30th) will move into the closed tournament. Below is the bracket for the closed tournament.

 

To determine the seeding for the top four BYOC teams, a drawing will occur live on stream (if time permits).

The groups are as follows:

Group 1

Seed 1: G2

Seed 2: PENTA Sports

Seed 3: BYOC Team

Seed 4: BYOC Team / Bye

Group 2

Seed 1: Mock-it Esports

Seed 2: Team Empire

Seed 3: BYOC Team

Seed 4: BYOC Team / Bye

Group 3

Seed 1: Spacestation Gaming

Seed 2: Millenium

Seed 3: PACT

Seed 4: BYOC Team

Group 4

Seed 1: Team Liquid

Seed 2: CHAOS

Seed 3: ENCE

Seed 4: BYOC Team

WHAT’S THE SCHEDULE?

Please note that the tournament will be running on an accelerated schedule meaning that a match will start as soon as the one prior is completed. Due to the nature of the schedule, not all matches during the Group Stage will be streamed.

*Please note that all times are in CET (local time in Jönköping, Sweden) and that all times are subject to change until November 29th, 2018.

Friday, November 30th

13:00 – Team Empire vs. BYOC Team

16:25 – Millenium vs. PACT

19:50 – Team Liquid vs BYOC Team

Saturday, December 1st

10:00 – Group Stage Upper Bracket

13:40 – Group Stage Lower Bracket

17:05 – Group Stage Decider’s Match

20:30 – Quarter Finals

Sunday, December 2nd

11:00 – Semi Final #1

14:40 – Semi Final #2

18:15 – Grand Finals

WHERE CAN I WATCH?

We’ll be streaming in six different languages! Find out where to watch in your language:

English: https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6

French: https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6FR

German: https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6DE

Polish: https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6PL

Russian: https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6RU

Portuguese (Brazil): https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6BR

WHO’S CASTING?

In addition to veteran casters Parker “Interrobang” Mackay and Michael “Kixstar” Stockley, we’re being joined by Alex “z1ronic” Dalgaard and John “Blu” Mullen on the desk as well.

ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD KNOW?

When talking about the event on social media, make sure to use the hashtag #DHWR6! We’ll be retweeting some of our favorite tags throughout the event from the official Rainbow Six esports twitter.

For the latest information on Rainbow Six esports, follow the official account on Twitter. Also make sure to follow DreamHack Rainbow Six on Facebook and Twitter.