DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 Report (Completed) Virtus.pro — Champions

16 strongest teams of CS:GO arena will participate in the event. These teams have proved that they have a right to participate in the tournament with a huge prize pool. 8 of them received direct invites.

These are the following teams:

Other 8 teams made a huge work to join the list of DreamHack Las Vegas 2017 participants. They should have passed the preliminary qualifying stage, which took place in three regions: North America, Europe and Asia. The organizers gave 4 slots for the best European teams. The following teams managed to join the event after passing the European qualifiers:

For North America, the organizers left 3 slots. These slots were taken by the teams which really managed to surprise everyone. CompLexity Gaming, Misfits and Renegades defeated such favorites as Team Liquid, Immortals, Luminosity Gaming and many others.In Chinese region, TyLoo took over all teams and took the only slot for this qualifier. It is not a surprise as TyLoo is one of the strongest teams in the region. 

DreamHack Masters series of events differs from other tournaments with the prize pool. Ordinary DreamHack tours usually have a prize pool of $250,000, while DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 has a prize pool of $450,000.

The prize pool will be distributed in the following way:

Also, the groups of participants were announced. The teams were seeded in the following way:

Broadcast talent

Host: Sue «Smix» LeeReporter: Pala Gilroy «Mantrousse» SenDesk host: Alex «Machine» Richardson

Commentators:

Anders «Anders» BlumeAuguste «Semmler» MassonnatHenry «GenryG» GreerMatthew «Sadokist» TrivettAnalysts:

Janko «YNk» PaunovićDuncan «Thorin» ShieldsJason «moses» O'TooleChad «SPUNJ» Burchill

Rosters:

Astralis: dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x, Kjaerbye, gla1ve, zonic (coach)Cloud9: n0thing, shroud, Skadoodle, Stewie2k, autimatic, valens (coach)Natus Vincere: seized, GuardiaN, Edward, flamie, s1mple, starix (coach)Ninjas in Pyjamas: GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, pyth, THREAT (coach)North: MSL, k0nfig, cajunb, Magisk, aizy, ruggah (coach)OpTic Gaming: NAF, RUSH, mixwell, tarik, Hiko, peacemaker (coach)SK Gaming: FalleN, fer, coldzera, TACO, felps, dead (coach)Virtus.pro: TaZ, NEO, pashaBiceps, Snax, byali, kuben (coach)FaZe Clan: rain, allu, karrigan, kioShiMa, jkaem, RobbaN (coach)Fnatic: olofmeister, dennis, KRiMZ, flush, JW, Jumpy (coach)Gambit eSports: Dosia, AdreN, mou, Zeus, HObbit, kane (coach)mousesports: NiKo, denis, Spiidi, loWel, oskar, lmbt (coach)Misfits: SicK, Twistzz, Relyks, ShahZaM, sgaresRenegades: AZR, jks, yam, USTILO, atter, kassad (coach)compLexity Gaming: dephh, Surreal, androidx23, Uber, desi, Warden (coach)TyLoo: Mo, DD, somebody, AttackeR, HZ