DreamHack Open Rio groups, schedule revealed

DreamHack has revealed the groups and the complete schedule for its upcoming Open stop in Rio de Janeiro.

Kicking off this Friday at the Barra Olympic Park, DreamHack Open Rio will see eight teams square off for the lion's share of a $100,000 prize pool.

No.15 in the world AVANGAR headline the list of participants for the event, where three other top 20 teams will be in attendance, including local heroes FURIA, who made their first-ever appearance at a Major at IEM Katowice, at the start of the year.

FURIA will face INTZ in their first match in Rio

The tournament will begin with a double-elimination group stage, featuring a best-of-one format in the opening stage and in the winners' matches, followed by the single-elimination, best-of-three bracket.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A
AVANGAR
FURIA
INTZ
eUnited Group B
Valiance
AGO
Sharks
W7M

The complete schedule is the following:

Friday, April 19
18:00 | AVANGAR vs. eUnited | BO1
19:30 | Valiance vs. W7M | BO1
21:00 | FURIA vs. INTZ | BO1
22:30 | AGO vs. Sharks | BO1
00:00 | Group A winners' match | BO1
01:30 | Group B winners' match | BO1

Saturday, April 20
15:00 | Group A elimination match | BO3
18:00 | Group B elimination match | BO3
21:00 | Group A decider match | BO3
00:00 | Group B decider match | BO3

Sunday, April 21
15:00 | Semi-final #1 | BO3
18:00 | Semi-final #2 | BO3
22:00 | Grand final | BO3

INTZ #36 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeAlexandre 'xand' ZiziLucas 'destiny' BulloGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes FURIA #19 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Valiance #16 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas AVANGAR #15 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali W7M #77 Lucas 'YJ' YujiRafael 'raafa' LimaLeon 'ryotzz' FelipeFillipe 'pancc' MartinsAntonio 'realz1n' Oliveira AGO #20 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiTomasz 'phr' WójcikKacper 'kaper' Słoma eUnited #50 Victor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaKaleb 'moose' JayneAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Sharks #60 Renato 'nak' NakanoRaphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoJhonatan 'jnt' Silva