The draw for the group stage of DreamHack ZOWIE Open Winter has taken place, with the eight participating teams having been placed into two groups.
The 2016 DreamHack ZOWIE Open season will come to a close this Saturday with a tournament at the iconic DreamHack Winter event, which will be held in Jönköping.
Eight teams - five European, two North American and one Australian - will be pitting their wits against each other in this competition as they fight for the lion's share of a $100,000 prize pool.
dignitas will open the tournament against Kinguin
The tournament will begin with a double-elimination group stage, featuring best-of-three clashes in the Lower Bracket, with the top two from both groups advancing to the single-elimination playoffs.
Below you can find the group draw in full:
| Group A | Group B |
 Dignitas |  Cloud9 |
 GODSENT |  OpTic |
 FlipSid3 |  Gambit |
 Kinguin |  Renegades |
The schedule for the three-day competition looks as follows:
| Thursday, November 24 | |||
| 12:30 | Dignitas | vs. Kinguin | BO1 |
| 14:00 | Cloud9 | vs. Renegades | BO1 |
| 16:30 | GODSENT | vs. FlipSid3 | BO1 |
| 18:00 | OpTic | vs. Gambit | BO1 |
| 19:30 | Group A winners' match | BO1 | |
| 21:00 | Group B winners' match | BO1 | |
| Friday, November 25 | |||
| 12:00 | Group A elimination match | BO3 | |
| 15:00 | Group B elimination match | BO3 | |
| 18:00 | Group A decider | BO3 | |
| 21:00 | Group B decider | BO3 | |
Saturday, November 26 | |||
| 11:00 | Semi-final #1 (B1 vs. A2) | BO3 | |
| 14:00 | Semi-final #2 (A1 vs. B2) | BO3 | |
| 18:00 | Grand final | BO3 | |
Kinguin #22 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiDamian 'Furlan' Kislowski 
GODSENT #17 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Time is adjusted to your selected timezone 
Gambit #20 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov 
Renegades #25 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' Pivac 
FlipSid3 #21 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
OpTic #12 William 'RUSH' Wierzba
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas
Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik 
Cloud9 #6 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip 
Dignitas #4 
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke