BIG, EG among teams invited to DreamHack Open January Europe

FunPlus Phoenix also appears on the team list, albeit without the team's roster confirmed.

DreamHack Open January will take place on January 27-31 and feature eight teams in Europe and four in North America, with the invited squads now revealed by the tournament organizer.

BIG and Evil Geniuses headline the European team list, joined by two strong CIS sides in Gambit and Spirit. Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz and co. might get a chance to exact revenge on domestic rivals Sprout, who will also compete in the tournament, after losing to them in the ESL Meisterschaft grand final while the final name on the invite list is FunPlus Phoenix.

Ethan and co. will compete at the $70,000 event during their stay in Europe

FunPlus Phoenix's lineup isn't yet announced, but it is expected that the former GODSENT lineup will join the Chinese organization soon after months of rumors and speculations.

The team list for DreamHack Open January Europe will be finalized after the closed qualifier, where HellRaisers and FORZE were invited.

The Dreamhack Open January Europe team list is as follows:

BIG
Evil Geniuses
Spirit
Closed QualifierGambit
FunPlus Phoenix
Sprout
Closed Qualifier

Two of the four European closed qualifier teams have also been unveiled:

FORZE
Open QualifierHellRaisers
Open Qualifier

The tournament will only feature four teams in North America, with a $30,000 prize pool reserved for the tournament. TeamOne and Triumph have spots in the main event, while Rebirth and High Coast were invited to the closed qualifier.

DreamHack Open January North America team list:

TeamOne
Closed QualifierTriumph
Closed Qualifier

DreamHack Open January North America Closed Qualifier team list:

Rebirth
Open QualifierHigh Coast
Open Qualifier

The qualifiers for the tournament will take place on January 20-23, with more details about signups available on the tournament organizer's website.

GODSENT FORZE #26 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1608 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 Sprout #25 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićJosef 'faveN' BaumannFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich Evil Geniuses #18 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov High Coast #50 Jonathan 'djay' DallalBen 'ben1337' SmithJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueRamal 'Rampage' Silva FunPlus Phoenix Spirit #19 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' EgorovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev HellRaisers #34 Nikolaj 'kalinka' RysakovVadim 'Flarich' KaretinDmitriy 'ProbLeM' MartinovNikita 'JIaYm' Panyushkin BIG #4 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşNils 'k1to' Gruhne Triumph #65 Alan 'Shakezullah' HardemanBrendan 'Bwills' WilliamsErik 'penny' Penny Gambit #13 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov TeamOne #27 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposMatheus 'prt' ScuveroMario 'malbsMd' SamayoaMatheus 'pesadelo' PanissetFelipe 'skullz' Medeiros Rebirth #45 Ali 'phantom' SachsSebastian 'retchy' TropianoRahul 'curry' NemaniCarson 'nosraC' O'ReillySean 'Inseaniac' Morrison