Spirit, paiN win EU & NA DreamHack Open January: final placements & recap
DreamHack, DexertoCSGO’s DreamHack Open January 2021 has come to a close with Team Spirit taking things in the EU half of the event while paiN Gaming were a dominant force on their way to the NA crown. Here’s how all the action unfolded.
- Spirit tore apart FPX in Grand Final 3-0 to win EU tournament.
- paiN’s flawless run peaked with a dominant 3-0 over Rebirth in NA Grand Final.
- Combined $100,000 prize pool – $70K for EU and $30K for NA.
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DreamHack Open 2021 EU: Final placements
70% of the $100,000 prize pool was allocated for the EU tournament, $35K of which went to Spirit on the virtue of their first-place finish. All eight teams received a share of the prizes.
| Placement | Team | Prize Money ($USD) |
| 1 | Team Spirit | $35,000 |
| 2 | FunPlus Phoenix | $15,000 |
| 3-4 | Gambit Esports | $6,000 |
| 3-4 | BIG | $6,000 |
| 5-6 | Sprout | $2,500 |
| 5-6 | Evil Geniuses | $2,500 |
| 7-8 | forZe | $1,500 |
| 7-8 | HellRaisers | $1,500 |
DreamHack Open 2021 EU: Scores
Here are all of the results from the five days of matches, including all group play and knockout round games.
Day 1 – January 27
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Group A Opening Match | BIG 2 – 0 HellRaisers | 6AM | 9AM | 2PM | 3PM |
| Group A Opening Match | FPX 0 – 2 Evil Geniuses | 6AM | 9AM | 2PM | 3PM |
| Group B Opening Match | Gambit 2 – 0 Sprout | 9:30AM | 12:30PM | 5:30PM | 6:30PM |
| Group B Opening Match | Team Spirit 2 – 1 forZe | 9:30AM | 12:30PM | 5:30PM | 6:30PM |
Day 2 — January 28
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Group A Winner’s Match | BIG 2 – 1 Evil Geniuses | 6AM | 9AM | 2PM | 3PM |
| Group B Winner’s Match | Gambit 2 – 1 Team Spirit | 6AM | 9AM | 2PM | 3PM |
| Group A Elim Match | HellRaisers 0 – 2 FPX | 9:30AM | 12:30PM | 5:30PM | 6:30PM |
| Group B Elim Match | Sprout 2 – 1 forZe | 9:30AM | 12:30PM | 5:30PM | 6:30PM |
Day 3 — January 29
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Group A Decider Match | EG 0 – 2 FPX | 6AM | 9AM | 2PM | 3PM |
| Group B Decider Match | Spirit 2 – 1 Sprout | 9:30AM | 12:30PM | 5:30PM | 6:30PM |
Day 4 — January 30
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Semifinals | BIG 1 – 2 Team Spirit | 6AM | 9AM | 2PM | 3PM |
| Gambit Esports 1 – 2 FPX | 9:30AM | 12:30AM | 5:30PM | 6:30PM |
Day 5 — January 31
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Grand Final | Team Spirit 3 – 0 FPX | 7AM | 10AM | 3PM | 4PM |
DreamHack Open 2021 EU: Group standings
This is how the two groups stacked up after this phase of the tournament; the top-two teams advanced to a single-elimination bracket from which the overall winners was decided.
Group A
| Placements | Team | Record |
| 1 | BIG | 2 – 0 |
| 2 | FunPlus Phoenix | 2 – 1 |
| 3 | Evil Geniuses | 1 – 2 |
| 4 | HellRaisers | 0 – 2 |
Group B
| Placements | Team | Record |
| 1 | Gambit Esports | 2 – 0 |
| 2 | Team Spirit | 2 – 1 |
| 3 | Sprout | 1 – 2 |
| 4 | forZe | 0 – 2 |
DreamHack Open 2021 NA: Final placements
Only $30,000 of the $100K overall prize pool was made available to the NA half of the event. On the back of their championship performance, paiN took more than half of prizing, while the other three teams earned much more modest shares.
| Placement | Team | Prize Money ($USD) |
| 1 | paiN Gaming | $16,000 |
| 2 | Rebirth | $8,000 |
| 3 | Extra Salt | $4,000 |
| 4 | Triumph | $2,000 |
DreamHack Open 2021 NA: Scores
Because there were only four teams competing in this tournament, the group stage was omitted and the field played a double-elimination bracket. Here are all of the results from the five days of action.
Day 1 — January 27
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Upper Bracket Round 1 | Triumph 1 – 2 paiN | 1PM | 4PM | 9PM | 10PM |
| Rebirth 2 – 0 Extra Salt | 1PM | 4PM | 9PM | 10PM |
Day 2 — January 28
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Lower Bracket Round 1 | Triumph 0 – 2 Extra Salt | 1PM | 4PM | 9PM | 10PM |
Day 3 — January 29
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Upper Bracket Round 2 | Rebirth 0 – 2 paiN | 1PM | 4PM | 9PM | 10PM |
Day 4 — January 30
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Lower Bracket Final | Rebirth 2 – 1 Extra Salt | 1PM | 4PM | 9PM | 10PM |
Day 5 — January 31
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT | CEST |
| Grand Final | paiN Gaming 3 – 0 Rebirth | 1PM | 4PM | 9PM | 10PM |