The organizers behind the well-known Swedish LAN event, announced early today that they will be hosting a League of Legends tournament during their Winter event, which is set to take place from the 22 of November until the 23 of the same month at DreamArena Extreme, Elmia, Jönköping, Sweden. The tournament will be sponsored by both XMG and SteelSeries and will feature a hefty prize pot of $50,000.

The tournament will feature a total of 8 teams, from which 2 of them will bbe invited, 4 will qualify through the online qualifiers to be held on November 13^th and 2 that will qualify through the BYOC Qualifier that will be held on spot at Dreamhack Winter. For the online qualifiers, there will be one held in the EUW server, and one held in the EUNE server, with 2 teams qualifying from each qualifier. To sign up for the online qualifiers, head over to this page.

Summarized info of the tournament can be seen below:

Tournament: DreamHack League of Legends Championship – Main Tournament

Head Sponsors: XMG, SteelSeries

Location: DreamHack Winter 2012, DreamArena Extreme, Elmia, Jönköping, Sweden

Date: 22-23 November 2012 (Final Friday evening)

No of teams: 8

Tournament format: Group stage 4 teams in 2 groups BO1. Top-2 advance. Single elimination BO3 playoffs.

Platform: PC, Latest available patch

Rules: TBA

Prize Purse: 330 000 SEK (equals $50,000)

1. 125 000 SEK

2. 85 000 SEK

3. 30 000 SEK

4. 30 000 SEK

5. 15 000 SEK

6. 15 000 SEK

7. 15 000 SEK

8. 15 000 SEK

Teams:

1. TBA – Invited

2. TBA – Invited

3. TBA – Online Qualifier #1 (West)

4. TBA – Online Qualifier #1 (West)

5. TBA – Online Qualifier #2 (East)

6. TBA – Online Qualifier #2 (East)

7. TBA – BYOC-qualifier (Registration open soon)

8. TBA – BYOC-qualifier (Registration open soon)

Stay tuned to mymym.com as we will keep you updated on the results of the qualifiers, as well as on any other news that may surface regarding Dreamhack Winter.