From 16th of June until 19th of June one of the most prestigious and largest gaming events in Sweden will take place. That's right, we are talking about DreamHack which will be unfolding before our very eyes but we will not only see the LAN take place but also the third and final ESWC pre-qualifer and the ESWC Qualifier Finals.

The past few weeks have held a series of qualifiers to help secure Swedish teams earn a spot at the ESWC Qualifier Finals which will then enable them to travel to the ESWC Grand Finals in Paris, France from 5th-8th July. There are a total of six teams that have already qualified and you can find them below:

• SK Gaming
  

• EvilZone
  

• Fnatic
  

• Hippopotamus
  

• esc.Novamania
  

• Cold As Ice
  

• Ninjas In Pyjamas
  

• Begrip
  

As you can see from the list there are only two names that look familiar, Fnatic and SK Gaming but as mentioned before a third and final pre-qualifier will commence and you will certainly recognise a few more renowned faces. Please look below for the teams participating in the pre-qualifier:

• Ninjas In Pyjamas (HeatoN, walle, miniwalle, Tentpole & face)
  

• Begrip (JAEGARN, threat, get, GeT_RiGhT & niko)
  

• Gamepassion (xpozer, ninoze, fuze, flipper & SeuSion)
  

• Game-Studio (hedemark, freddan, igis, Jumpy & hollie)
  

• Caffice (rdl, KRABBY, eiNkaz, Silverbane & ninoze)
  

• Dragonforce (Fangor, mkz, Guggen, The ON & Sommarpojken)
  

• playme (switch, Jajjamen, tricky, dvz, hybz & fain)
  

• XPG (xynk, denwin, Cracker, robsix & senze)
  

The Seeds:

• 1. Ninjas In Pyjamas
  

• 2. Begrip
  

• 3. Game-Studio
  

• 4. Gamepassion
  

• 5. playme
  

• 6. XPG
  

• 7. Dragonforce
  

• 8. Caffice
  

Obviously NiP and Begrip are two of the favourites to pass through the qualifying stages but it will be interesting to see if any surprises will pop up as we all know that these kind of events always hold something special.

Please click on ESWC Swedish Pre-Qualifier to the bottom right to find out who's playing who in the first set of matches in both Group A and B.

UPDATE: ESWC Swedish Qualifier Finals groups, fixtures and results can be found on page three.