Dreamhack in association with Assembly will host the StarCraft II Nordic Championship tournament in 2017 which consists of Summer and Winter seasons with both seasons being played online but ending in offline finals at Assembly Summer 2017 and DreamHack Winter 2017. The competition is open for players in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden who can join the fight for 50,000 SEK (~$5,700 USD) in both seasons.
Excerpt from nc.dreamhack.com/nordic-championship-announcement:
- DreamHack in partnership with Assembly is proud to announce tons of new improvements for the upcoming edition of the Nordic Championship. The Championship will activate gamers in four Nordic countries – Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway.
The top contenders from each national qualifier will qualify to the Nordic Championship played online in a league format with high-quality broadcast from the Monster Energy DreamHack Studios. The absolute best teams qualify for the Grand Finals played in front of live audience at different locations, across the Nordic countries.
More information is available on nc.dreamhack.com.
Nordic Championship 2017 Summer Info
- Time: June 29 -- August 5, 2017
- Place: Online & finals at Assembly Summer 2017, Helsinki, Finland
- Players: 12
- Prizes: 50,000 SEK / ~$5,700 USD
- Format: Round robin group + Single elimination playoffs
- Streams: Twitch & Facebook
- Liquipedia: Nordic Championship 2017/Summer
- Homepage: nc.dreamhack.com
50,000 SEK with distribution detailed below:
- 1. 25,000 SEK
2. 15,000 SEK
3-4. 5,000 SEK
- ENCE.Serral* -- ESPORTSM.fi 2017 Stage #1 Champion
ZhuGeLiang -- ESPORTSM.fi 2017 Stage #2 Champion
dpix.PuPu -- ESPORTSM.fi 2017 Stage #2 Runner-up
Liquid.Snute -- Norwegian Qualifier Champion
ECV.Scythe -- Norwegian Qualifier Runner-up
HeltEn -- Norwegian Qualifier 3rd Place
dpix.Namshar -- Swedish Qualifier Champion
SortOf -- Swedish Qualifier Runner-up
1F.Winter -- Swedish Qualifier 3rd Place
RB.SpaceMarine** -- Danish Qualifier Champion
RB.Lillekanin -- Danish Qualifier Runner-up
RB.Spazymazy -- Danish Qualifier 3rd Place
* Serral forfeited the tournament after getting an invite to GSL vs the World which is schedule on top of NC finals.
** SpaceMarine forfeited.
- twitch.tv/NordicChampionship
facebook.com (alternative stream)
Commentators:
William "Somerkun" Hallén
Lucas "Tenshi" Collard
- Group Stage
- Thursday, June 29, 17:00 GMT (+00:00) - Groups Day 1
Thursday, July 6, 17:00 GMT (+00:00) - Groups Day 2
Sunday, July 9, 17:00 GMT (+00:00) - Groups Day 3
Thursday, July 20, 17:00 GMT (+00:00) - Groups Day 4
Playoffs
Links