HLTV.org live from Denver

HLTV.org is on the scene at the National Western Complex to give you complete coverage of DreamHack Open Denver.

Eight teams will fight from Friday to Sunday to see who will lift the trophy and walk away with a lion's share of the $100,000 prize pool. The first match of the event will feature Cloud9 against Tempo Storm's Brazilian side, who will be making their LAN debut with Ricardo "⁠s1⁠" Shinji.

Another notable LAN debut will be that of NRG's Dylan "⁠RIKO⁠" Sabin-Arnce, who was only recently added to the squad on trial. Also in attendance are German outfit BIG, and LDLC, who were a last-minute replacement for HellRaisers.

Denver will play host to a mix of North American and European teams this weekend

Today will feature the opening and winners' best-of-one matches, seeing two teams booking playoff spots. Tomorrow, four teams will be sent packing as the elimination and decider matches are played. Sunday will see the playoff bracket take place, at the end of which a champion will be crowned.

You can use our event page and viewer's guide to help keep you on top of all the action in Denver throughout the weekend.

Ricardo 's1' Shinji Age: 25 Team: Tempo Storm Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 109 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 NRG #27 Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteAllan 'AnJ' JensenTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovDylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce LDLC #29 Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon BIG #16 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Dylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce Age: 21 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 133 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.70 Tempo Storm #48 Paulo 'land1n' FelipeRicardo 's1' ShinjiDenis 'dzt' FischerAlef 'tatazin' PereiraBruno 'shz' Martinelli Cloud9 #7 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip