forZe secure final DH Open Rotterdam invite

FORZE have been invited to the upcoming DreamHack Open event in Rotterdam, the tournament organiser announced on Tuesday.

The Russian team are the fifth and final invite for the competition, joining a list of participants that includes fellow CIS sides AVANGAR and DreamEaters.

FORZE recently attended the BLAST Pro Series stop in Moscow, where they managed to top the round-robin stage with a 3-1-1 record before losing out to AVANGAR in the title decider.

forZe will get a shot at revenge against AVANGAR in Rotterdam

With this announcement, there is now just one spot in Rotterdam up for grabs, which will go to the winner of the Benelux qualifier, scheduled for September 28.

The Dutch tournament will take place from October 18-20 at Rotterdam Ahoy, with $100,000 on the line. It will feature the traditional format that has been used in all DreamHack Open stops, with a double-elimination group stage leading to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.

The team list for the event currently looks as follows:

Besiktas
DreamEaters
HEROIC
FORZE AVANGAR
CR4ZY
HAVU
Benelux qualifierFORZE #12 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov DreamEaters #20 Semyon 'kinqie' LisitsynSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAnton 'speed4k' TitovIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy AVANGAR #3 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali HAVU #33 Eetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJoonas 'doto' ForssAaro 'hoody' Peltokangas CR4ZY #17 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas HEROIC #21 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupMartin 'stavn' LundBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Besiktas Zainab 'zAAz' TurkieJulia 'juliano' KiranMeyssa 'Missa' BellouatiPetra 'Petra' StokerAnastasia 'kr4sy' Khlobystina