On the 1st of July, DreamHack is coming to Valencia, Spain. This huge LAN party will last three days and feature several professional teams competing in various tournaments. One of these is the ESL Challenger in CS:GO where 8 teams will be competing for a prize pool of $100,000.00.
Participating Teams
FURIA Esports | MIBR |
Movistar Riders | Outsiders |
Sprout | GODSENT |
Hummer Esports | Rare Atom |
In terms of HLTV’s world ranking of these teams, FURIA leads the pack at rank #7, followed by Outsiders at #16, Movistar Riders at #18, MIBR at #20 and GODSENT at #27. These are the teams most likely to win, with FURIA obviously being the favorite. Keep this in mind when we talk about betting later.
Prizes
ESL Challenger at DreamHack Valencia features a prize pool of $100,000.00 which will be divided as follows:
1st prize: | $50,000 |
2nd prize: | $20,000 |
3rd prize: | $10,000 |
4th prize: | $10,000 |
5th prize: | $3,000 |
6th prize: | $3,000 |
7th prize: | $2,000 |
8th prize: | $2,000 |
In addition, the tournament winner will receive a spot in the ESL Pro League Conference Season 17 where the top 6 teams will get a spot in the ESL Pro League Season 17 – an S-tier tournament with $835,000.00 in prizes.
Rules
The ESL Challenger starts with a group stage where two teams of 4 will compete. In this, an opening match, a winner’s match, an elimination match and a decider’s match will take place. Opening matches and winner matches are played best of 1, while the elimination and decider matches are played best of 3. This is how it works for each group:
- The two winners from each opening match will face each other in a winner’s match to determine who wins the group.
- The two losers from each opening match will face each other in an elimination match to determine who is eliminated from the tournament.
- The two remaining teams (those that didn’t win or got eliminated) will play a third match to decide which of them will stay in the tournament and which will be eliminated.
In other words, from each group, two teams will move to the semifinals. All semifinal matches are played best of 3 and so is the grand finale.
Schedule
The match schedule for ESL Challenger at DreamHack Valencia is as follows:
Friday 1st of July | 10:30 CEST | Group Stage Match |
Friday 1st of July | 20:30 CEST | Group Stage Match |
Saturday 2nd of July | 11:00 CEST | Group Stage Match |
Saturday 2nd of July | 18:00 CEST | Group Stage Match |
Sunday 3rd of July | 11:00 CEST | Semi-Finals |
Sunday 3rd of July | 18:00 CEST | Grand Final |
Betting
If you’re looking to bet on the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Valencia, there are many eSport betting sites that will offer odds on all matches in the tournament, including Pinnacle, Unibet, Betway and GGBET.
These bookies also allow you to bet on the winner of the entire tournament, which is a bet you can place right now. In fact, it has to be placed before the tournament starts.
To get the most value from such a bet, we have presented an odds comparison below. While the odds are mostly similar, there is an increased value to be had by choosing the right eSport site to bet with.
Team to win ESL Challenger at DreamHack Valencia | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
FURIA Esports | 2.19 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.10 |
Outsiders | 3.24 | 3.70 | 3.55 | 3.75 |
Sprout | 8.13 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
Movistar Riders | 8.13 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
MIBR | 13.22 | 13.00 | 7.00 | 13.00 |
GODSENT | 13.22 | 13.00 | 12.00 | 13.00 |
Hummer Esports | 34.56 | 34.00 | 31.00 | 34.00 |
Rare Atom | 51.84 | 51.00 | 34.00 | 51.00 |
Accept players from |
Pinnacle accepts players from: Everywhere except Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA |
Unibet accepts players from: Argentina, Australia, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, UAE, UK. |
Betway accepts players from: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK, Ukraine. |
GGBET accepts players from: Everywhere except Australia, Cyprus, Curacao, France, Iran, Italy, Israel, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, UK, USA |
Please note that this odds comparison was made on 2022-06-24 at 1:00 pm CET and that the odds are subject to change.
Live Streaming
As is usually the case with tournaments that are held at DreamHack’s events, ESL Challenger in Valencia will be live streamed on DreamHack’s Twitch channel. To facilitate a live betting experience, some eSport betting sites will also provide live streaming on their platforms. This is often the case with GGBET.
« More eSport news
The post ESL Challenger at DreamHack Valencia Coming Up – Let’s Get Briefed! appeared first on .