DreamHack has officially announced that it has partnered with ZOWIE and Esport-Management to hold a female-only Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) tournament in its event DreamHack Valencia.

An all-female CS: GO tournament to be held in Valencia, Spain
An all-female CS: GO tournament to be held in Valencia, Spain

Details about DreamHack’s all-female CS: GO tournament

The CS: GO tournament will be the “first large-scale” collaboration between DreamHack, ZOWIE, and Esport-Management with the aims of advancing female players’ role in the esport scene. To make the tournament more attracting, the collaborated holders have offered a grand prize pool of $100,000 for the teams with best final results.

Information about time, formula and prize pool of DreamHack Showdown
Information about time, formula and prize pool of DreamHack Showdown

There will be a total of 8 teams participating in the tournament, two of which will be directly invited to join the event. The remaining six will be chosen from both online and offline qualifiers, take place in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Esport-Management will take responsibility for hosting an online tournament in Europe and North America. The online tournament will take place from June 8 to 9. After that, ZOWIE is in charge of holding a LAN qualifier for Asian teams. The event will be held in Shanghai and last from June 20-23.

There will be six teams chosen evenly from three regions, combined with the two invited teams to attend grand final took place in DreamHack Valencia.

Eight teams will compete with each other face-to-face in the grand final taking place in Valencia
Eight teams will compete with each other face-to-face in the grand final taking place in Valencia

Teams want to join the tournament might go straight to DreamHack Showdown’s official website for more information, and to sign up for the qualifiers as well.

Insiders’ statement about the event’s meaning for esports and women

Speaking about the tournament, DreamHack AB Co-CEO Marcus Lindmark has affirmed the goal of the event, mainly stating that it will be the model of a gaming event that every group of gamer will welcome!

The event encourages women to pursue their dream of being pro esport players
The event encourages women to pursue their dream of being pro esport players

The Vice President of Global Marketing for Esport-Management, Katherine Amoukhteh, share the honor to cooperate with DreamHack to create such a meaningful event. She continued with her vision on esports future for women, stating that female gamers will become an irreplacable part of the community really soon.

CS: GO can grow as a women's esport as well
CS: GO can grow as a women's esport as well

To cut a long story short, DreamHack’s tournament is a great chance to elevate the critical role of women in esports, especially when such influential companies held the event. Hopefully, with the example of the event, there will be more and more companies as well as organizations to join the development of esports and the rights of women in esports worldwide.