The qualifiers will consist of two stages as usual, starting with the open stage where anyone can sign up. The 512-slot open qualifier will be played on August 20th in a best-of-one, single-elimination bracket. Top eight teams will then advance to the closed stage, where eight more teams are waiting, as they received an invite.  Gambit will attempt to qualify for DreamHack Open Bucharest
The closed qualifier will be played on the following day, August 21st, in a best-of-three, single-elimination bracket. Teams who will reach the final will qualify for the $100,000 DreamHack ZOWIE Open Bucharest, taking place from September 16-18. The following eight teams have been invited to the closed stage: Gambit | Dignitas | X | Epsilon | HellRaisers | Kinguin | Space Soldiers | ENCE |
DreamHack are expected to reveal the six directly invited teams in the coming days.  HellRaisers #22  Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Martin 'STYKO' Styk Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel Sergey 'smike' Sklyarenko  X #19  Michael 'Friis' Jørgensen Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså  Dignitas #17  Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel René 'cajunb' Borg Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Emil 'Magisk' Reif Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke  Kinguin #25  Grzegorz 'SZPERO' Dziamałek Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak Paweł 'innocent' Mocek Michał 'MICHU' Müller Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski  ENCE #27  Niko 'naSu' Kovanen Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa Juho 'juho' Lampinen Joona 'natu' Leppänen  Space Soldiers #26  Tugay 'TuGuX' Keskin Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Çağatay 'DESPE' Sedef Ahmet 'paz' Karahoca Engin 'ngiN' Kor  Epsilon #20  Jerry 'xelos' Råberg William 'draken' Sundin Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun Fredrik 'freddieb' Buö Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner  Gambit #15  Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Rustem 'mou' Telepov Ivan 'spaze' Obrezhan |