The closed qualifier for this year's DreamHack ZOWIE Open at DreamHack Winter will take place this Sunday, from which two teams will advance to the LAN finals in Jönköping.

The eight invited teams will be pitted against eight teams coming out of the 512 team open qualifier—which will take place the day before—for the two coveted spots. 

The stage at Elmia will be set for yet another tournament

All matches will be best-of-threes in a single elimination bracket, and the two finalists will have earned their place to play at the Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre in the $100,000 event which will take place on November 24-27, where they will face six teams invited by the organization.

The invited teams to the closed qualifier are:

FlipSid3
Gambit
Kinguin
Epsilon
Crowns
iGame.com
ALTERNATE aTTaX
ENCE

The schedule for Sunday, October 16th:

• 12:00 - Round of 16
• 15:00 - Quarter Finals
• 18:00 - Semi Finals 

Epsilon #27 André 'BARBARR' MöllerWilliam 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner ALTERNATE aTTaX #31 Christian 'crisby' SchmittOliver 'kzy' HeckTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschKevin 'keev' BartholomäusFlorian 'syrsoN' Rische Kinguin #25 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiDamian 'Furlan' Kislowski iGame.com #29 Slaava 'Twista' RäsänenSami 'xseveN' LaasanenSaku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' Uronen Gambit #20 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Time is adjusted to your selected timezone FlipSid3 #18 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov ENCE #33 Niko 'naSu' KovanenMiikka 'suNny' KemppiJuho 'juho' LampinenTony 'arvid' NiemeläAleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Crowns #28 Eddie 'zape' HärdemanFredrik 'Krewmer' SvenssonDavid 'Jayzwalkingz' KempnerAron 'xajdish' FredrikssonMattias 'benny' Rosback