DreamHack Masters Marseille Invites Cloud9
By Nicholas Barth ·
The next DreamHack event will have the defending Major champion in attendance.
DreamHack Masters Marseille will be taking place will be taking place from April 18th to the 22nd at the Le Dome de Marseille in Marseille, France. 16 teams will be competing for their share of the $250,000 prize pool. Today, DreamHack announced on their Twitter account that the defending Major champions Cloud9 will be one of the 16 teams battling it out to take the title of Marseille 2018 Champions.
Cloud9 has not seen a tournament win since their defeat of FaZe Clan in the grand finals of the ELEAGUE Major: Boston. The North American squad would finish 2nd at cs_summit 2, as they were defeated by Team Liquid. Their next outing would be at the recently completed IEM Katowice 2018 event, where they finished 5th to 6th with a defeat by FaZe ending their tournament run.
The invited teams that Cloud9 will be joining at DreamHack Masters Marseille include Astralis, FaZe Clan, mousesports, SK Gaming and defending DreamHack Masters Champions G2 Esports. Six more teams still remain to be invited to DreamHack Masters Marseille. Two of these teams will recieve direct invites, while the final four will be determined through a set of qualifiers. Europe will have two available slots for teams to qualify through, while North America and Asia will have one qualifying slot each.
With a two tournament championship drought at their feet, Cloud9 will be looking to get back to top form at DreamHack Masters Marseille. A win in Marseille will show the rest of the professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community that their victory at the ELEAGUE Major: Boston will not be their only championship of 2018.
More information on DreamHack Masters Marseille can be found on their website.
(cover photo courtesy of Copyright: ESL | Carlton Benner)