Fnatic triumphed over Team Dignitas on their home turf at last year’s Mid-Season Brawl (MSB).
The final series stretched late into the night with the audience balancing on the edge of their seats. Blizzard have announced that MSB will return to Sweden at DreamHack Summer again this year, with another $250,000 reserved for only the fiercest of competitors. In the running for the cup will be the top two teams from HGC North America, the top two teams from HGC China, the top three teams from HGC Europe, the top three teams from Korea, and the winners of both the Intercontinental Clash (between Latin America and Australia/New Zealand) and Horizon Clash (between Taiwan and Southeast Asia).
The additional spots were awarded to Europe and Korea for their respective wins at the Western Clash and Eastern Clash in the spring.
Location: Stockholm for group stages, Jönköping (DreamHack Summer) for playoffs
Dates: June 9-13 for group stages, June 16-18 for playoffs
Prize pool: $250,000 USD
Format: Two groups of six teams will play round-robin matches (two-game sets) within each group, earning points to qualify for a double elimination bracket
Streaming details:
- English: twitch.tv/blizzheroes
- French: twitch.tv/blizzheroesfr
- German: twitch.tv/blizzheroesde
- Russian: twitch.tv/blizzheroesru
- Korean: twitch.tv/blizzheroeskr
- Polish: https://www.twitch.tv/thewilq
- Turkish: https://www.twitch.tv/akfon
- Spanish: https://www.twitch.tv/sarly21
Keep it tuned to playheroes.com/esports for more information regarding the Mid-Season Brawl.
Source: Blizzard
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