DHS 2012: FnaticRC takes the 1st

Final: FnaticRC [2-1] Na'Vi

DAY 3 GALLERY:

DAY 2 GALLERY:

DAY 1 GALLERY:

LIVE UPDATES

15:30: FnaticRC lost de_train 7-16, and won map 3(de_mirage) 16-7 to win the DH Summer Gold.

13:58: FnaticRC won de_dust2 16-11. Next up is de_train.

12:59: The grand final will begin at 13:05 CET.
11:45: With 2:0 win over ESC-Gaming, FnaticRC is once again in the finals of DreamHack! In a Bo3 match they will play against Na`Vi at 13:00 CET. Do not miss it out!
11:07: De_dust2 finishes with a 16-11 scoreline in favor of FnaticRC!
11:05: The first half finished 12-3 for FnaticRC as Counter Terrorists. In the second half ESC are currently up 8-2.
10:28: We are live versus ESC!

All times listed are Central European Time - The live update archive can be found here

PLAYOFF

FnaticRC
2:0	FnaticRC
ESC Gaming
	2-1	FnaticRC
Na`Vi
2:0	Na`Vi
Virtus.pro

DETAILS

Dreamhack is the largest LAN party in the world. With tournaments in games such as StarCraft II, Quake Live and Counter Strike 1.6, all eyes are on Elmia in Jönköping, Sweden twice a year. The summer edition will take place from June 16th-19th 2012. FnaticRaidCall will have three teams in Sweden for this years Summer Dreamhack. The FnaticRC Counter Strike team are the defending champions as they won the Dreamhack Winter 2011 grand final after edging Lions 2-1.

A total of 100.000 SEK (≈ €11300) are up for grabs with the winner taking home a total of 50.000 SEK. The Counter Strike tournament's group-stage will feature eight teams of whom six were directly invited, among them the FnaticRC side. The last two teams will be determined through the BYOC tournament which also takes place at Dreamhack.

Day 1: June 16

BYOC:
17:00: Group stage Round 1
18:00: Group stage Round 2
19:00: Group stage Round 3
20:00: Playoff Round 1
21:00: Playoff Round 2
22:00: Playoff Quarter-finals
23:00: Playoff Semi-finals

Day 2: June 17

MAIN TOURNAMENT:
09:00: Group A setup
10:00: Group A Round 1
11:00: Group A Round 2
12:00: Group A Round 3
13:00: Group B setup
14:00: Group B Round 1
15:00: Group B Round 2
15:00: Group B Round 3

Day 3: June 18

MAIN TOURNAMENT:
09:00: Semi-finals setup
10:00: Semi-finals
13:00: Grand final

Six teams have received invitations for the 2012 summer edition of Dreamhack. In addition to the six invited teams, two teams will gain access to the tournament through the BYOC qualifier.

Invited teams:

SK-Gaming
FnaticRC
Natus Vincere
ESC Gaming
WinFakt
Moscow5

BYOC qualified teams:

 Virtus.Pro
 zNation

The main tournament's group-stage can be followed below. Be sure to keep an eye on group B as FnaticRC will face off the likes of Natus Vincere, Moscow 5 and one of the BYOC teams.

GROUP A
#1	Virtus.pro	2-1-0
#2	ESC Gaming	2-1-0
#3	WinFakt	1-2-0
#4	SK-Gaming	0-1-2
Group stage will be BO1

GROUP B
#1	FnaticRC	3-0-0
#2	Na'Vi	2-0-1
#3	Moscow5	0-2-0
#4	zNation	0-2-0
Group stage will be BO1

Group B matches

Team	Result		Team
FnaticRC	16	2	zNation
Na'Vi	16	12	Moscow5
FnaticRC	16	4	Moscow5
Na'Vi	16	3	zNation
FnaticRC	16	9	Na'Vi
zNation	x	x	Moscow5
Group-stage will be Best-of-One

 

 

The bracket for Dreamhack Summer 2012 playoff can be found and followed below.

FnaticRC
2-0	FnaticRC
ESC Gaming
	2-1	FnaticRC
Natus Vincere
2-0	Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro

Day 2 - Monday
Coverage in progress...

Day 1 - Sunday
17:44: Follow the playoff below! It is set to start at 10:00 CEST tomorrow.
17:31: FnaticRC's Counter Strike team secured a spot in the semi-final with a 16-9 victory over Natus Vincere. FnaticRC will in the first playoff round meet ESC Gaming.
16:22: Second consecutive win brought FnaticRC on first place in Group B. M5 has fallen with the score of 16:4. Next and the last match in group-stage will be against Na`Vi and will determine who will be on top of the group.
15:00: FnaticRC has won over zNation with 16:2 score. Playing vs M5 next!
11:00: Welcome to the Coverage Center for the Dreamhack Summer 2012 Counter Strike tournament. Some say this will be the last big tournament for Counter-Strike 1.6, others just want to see great matches. We tend to go with the latter ones.

Don't want to miss the Counter Strike action? Follow the action through the embed livestreams below!

Final standings
1st $7,268 -  FnaticRC
2nd $3,634 -  Na`Vi
3rd $1,817 -  ESC Gaming
4th $1,817 -  Virtus.pro