DreamHack Invitational Mumbai details revealed, with ~$35,000 prize pool

NODWIN Gaming have confirmed to HLTV.org the full details for DreamHack's first Indian event in Mumbai, which is set to take place on December 21-23.

The tournament organisers have invited two South African teams as the international representatives for their four-team event, with Bravado and Energy set to appear at the NESCO Exhibition Centre in Goregaon, Mumbai.

The remaining two slots will come from the two Indian BYOC qualifiers on December 21, where the qualifier winners will obtain 20,000 INR (~$280) as additional prizes before joining the invited teams on the stage for the next two days.

Sonic and co. will travel to India later this month

The team list currently looks as follows:

Bravado
BYOC Qualifier #1 winner Energy
BYOC Qualifier #2 winner

The format for the Indian tournament will be double-elimination, with the upper bracket matches being best-of-threes while the lower bracket will host best-of-one elimination games.

Here is the complete schedule for the three-day event:

Friday, December 21
14:30 - Bravado vs. Energy | BO3

Saturday, December 22
12:00 - BYOC Qual. #1 winner vs. BYOC Qual. #2 winner | BO3
15:15 - Upper Bracket Final | BO3

Sunday, December 23
08:30 - Lower Bracket Final | BO1
10:00 - Consolidation Final | BO1
15:00 - Grand Final | BO3

The on-air talent will feature an eight-man team including Asian CS:GO analyst Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam on home soil, Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus as desk host, and familiar Counter-Strike 1.6 names joining the fray such as TitaNs member Prasad "⁠StrykerX⁠" Paramajothi and Harley "⁠dsn⁠" Örwall, formerly of fnatic from 2005-2011 and currently the Chief Gaming Officer at BOOT-d[S].

The broadcast talent is as follows:

Vageesh "God5layer"Bhan - Stage Host
Tres "stunna"Saranthus - Desk Host

Sudhen "Bleh"Wahengbam - Analyst
Harley "dsn"Örwall - Analyst
Prasad "StrykerX"Paramjothi - Analyst

Aditya "Ad1"Shah - Commentator
Archishman "Fett"Pradhan - Commentator
Ranjit "Mamba"Patel - Commentator

The prize distribution can be found below:

1. 1,500,000 INR (~$21,000)
2. 750,000 INR (~$10,500)
3. 220,000 INR (~$3,000)
4. 30,000 INR (~$500)

The DreamHack Invitational Mumbai will be streamed live on an online service called Voot, a platform owned by media company Viacom18, who are also partnered with DreamHack for the event.

Bravado #28 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Energy #202 Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoDominic 'Domsterr' SampaioTrevor 'kanii' MorleyRieghardt 'flexeeee' RomatzkiGareth 'MisteM' Ries BOOT-d[S] #67 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniLeslie 'Bobosaur' Soen Tres 'stunna' Saranthus Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.64 Maps played: 4 KPR: 0.30 DPR: 0.54 Prasad 'StrykerX' Paramajothi Age: - Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.73 Maps played: 20 KPR: 0.51 DPR: 0.74 fnatic #11 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin TitaNs Prasad 'StrykerX' Paramajothi Harley 'dsn' Örwall Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.83 Maps played: 6 KPR: 0.53 DPR: 0.65