Dreamhack Winter 2013
The 2013 DreamHack SteelSeries Counter Strike: Global Offensive Championship, also known as DreamHack Winter 2013, was the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. The tournament was organized by DreamHack and sponsored by Valve. The competition was held during the Winter 2013 DreamHack digital festival at the Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre in Jönköping, Sweden. Six invitees joined ten qualifiers to form the sixteen team event. Community funding helped to build the US$250,000 prize pool. The tournament had a peak 145,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch and the in-game viewing client.
| 2013 | |
The DreamHack Winter 2013 logo | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Jönköping, Sweden |
| Dates | 28 November 2013–30 November 2013 |
| Administrator | Valve DreamHack |
Tournament format(s) | 16 team group stage Eight team single-elimination playoff |
| Venue | Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre |
| Teams | 16 teams |
| Purse | $250,000 USD |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Fnatic (1st title) |
| 1st runners-up | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| 2nd runners-up | compLexity Gaming VeryGames |
| MVP | Jesper "JW" Wecksell |
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