DreamHack announced that they will be continuing with the DreamHack Open pro-am circuit in 2017, revealing dates and locations for 9 events that will take place over the course of the next year.

The organizers emphasize that the Open circuit will continue for the sixth consecutive year, with nine different DreamHack festivals taking place in six countries and on two continents.

Each tournament will feature a similar structure to the ones we saw in the Open tournaments in 2016 and will feature a $100,000 prize pool per stop - adding to a total of $900,000 to be awarded over the course of the year.



DreamHack Open tournaments will take place in six countries in 2017

With the Open tournaments, DreamHack will focus on the amateur scene and will continue with the six invites - two qualified team format, but will add wildcard slots for teams hailing from regions not covered by the qualifiers in some cases.

Marc "Nix0n" Winther, the project manager of DreamHack Open, confirmed that CS:GO will be a part of all DreamHack events in 2017:

“With the constant growth and being the most sought for esports title at our festival events, it is natural for us to have DreamHack Open with CS:GO as a household part of all festival events in 2017,” "It is important to us, that DreamHack Open stays open, allowing for up and coming teams to have a chance to qualify and a playground to evolve. At the same time we will continue to invite teams directly based on merits.”

The following events have been announced for 2017:

DREAMHACK OPEN 2017 EVENT CALENDAR

DreamHack Leipzig, Germany - January 13-15th

DreamHack Austin, USA - April 28-30th

DreamHack Tours, France - May 6-8th

DreamHack Summer, Jönköping, Sweden - June 17-19th

DreamHack Valencia, Spain - July 14-16th

DreamHack Atlanta, USA - July 21-23rd

DreamHack Montreal, Canada - September 8-10th

DreamHack Denver, USA - October 20-22nd

DreamHack Winter, Jönköping, Sweden - November 30-December 2nd

DreamHack Leipzig, Germany - January 13-15th

DreamHack Austin, USA - April 28-30th

DreamHack Tours, France - May 6-8th

DreamHack Summer, Jönköping, Sweden - June 17-19th

DreamHack Valencia, Spain - July 14-16th

DreamHack Atlanta, USA - July 21-23rd

DreamHack Montreal, Canada - September 8-10th

DreamHack Denver, USA - October 20-22nd

DreamHack Winter, Jönköping, Sweden - November 30-December 2nd

More information about the upcoming events can be found on open.dreamhack.com, with tickets being available at ticket.dreamhack.com.