DreamHack Masters Marseille will kick off in less than 48 hours, so we have prepared a guide with all the information you need to follow the tournament, including groups, schedule, broadcast talent, and more.
The $250,000 event will take place from April 18-22 at the Dôme de Marseille, in southern France. There will be four GSL groups, each one featuring four teams. The opening and elimination games will be best-of-ones, while the winners' and the decider games will played as best-of-three series.
FaZe will be in Group A in Marseille
Following three days of group stage action, two teams from each group will advance to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs, which will take place over the weekend. The winning side will take home $100,000, while the runner-up will earn $50,000.
The group draw can be found below:
Group A
Group B
FaZe
MOUZ
Cloud9
SK
G2
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Envy
Valiance
Group C
Group D
fnatic
Liquid
Natus Vincere
Astralis
Renegades
Space Soldiers
TYLOO
Gambit
The complete schedule for the event looks as follows:
Wednesday, April 18th
12:00
FaZe
vs. Envy
BO1
12:00
MOUZ
vs. Valiance
BO1
13:30
Cloud9
vs. G2
BO1
13:30
SK
vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
BO1
15:00
fnatic
vs. TYLOO
BO1
15:00
Liquid
vs. Gambit
BO1
16:30
Natus Vincere
vs. Renegades
BO1
16:30
Astralis
vs. Space Soldiers
BO1
18:00
Group A elimination match
BO1
18:00
Group B elimination match
BO1
19:30
Group C elimination match
BO1
19:30
Group D elimination match
BO1
Thursday, April 19th
10:00
Group A winners' match
BO3
13:00
Group B winners' match
BO3
16:00
Group C winners' match
BO3
19:00
Group D winners' match
BO3
Friday, April 20th
10:00
Group A decider match
BO3
13:00
Group B decider match
BO3
16:00
Group C decider match
BO3
19:00
Group D decider match
BO3
Saturday, April 21st
10:00
Quarter-final #1
BO3
13:00
Quarter-final #2
BO3
16:00
Quarter-final #3
BO3
19:00
Quarter-final #4
BO3
Sunday, April 22nd
11:00
Semi-final #1
BO3
14:00
Semi-final #2
BO3
18:00
Grand final
BO3
A last-minute change to the broadcast team sees Vince Hill take Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett's spot on the main broadcast team, with Hugo Byron replacing his compatriot on the secondary team, where he will be joined by Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam.
The complete on-air team for the event is the following:
Main Stream:
Alex "Machine" Richardson - Desk Host
Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Reporter
Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst Sean "seang@res" Gares – Analyst
Anders Blume – Commentator Jason "moses" O'Toole – Commentator Henry "HenryG" Greer – Commentator Vince Hill – Commentator
Secondary stream:
Hugo Byron – Commentator Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam – Commentator
The prize on offer will be distributed in the following manner: