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DreamHack Winter 2013

DreamHack Winter 2013 was a 16-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major at Elmia in Jönköping. Fnatic defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas in the final.

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DreamHack Winter 2013
Friberg being interviewed during DreamHack Winter 2013. · FlamingCowTV · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 ·
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Updated October 23, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 250,000[1][2]

Community-funded prize pool.[2]

Participant scale

16 teams[1][5]

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Organizer

Commercial note

DreamHack event organizer · Recorded in the 2013 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2013 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

DreamHack Winter 2013 hosted Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at Elmia in Jönköping. Liquipedia classifies the competition as S-Tier and a Valve Major; Valve’s contemporaneous announcement calls it the 2013 DreamHack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship and describes a community-funded USD 250,000 prize pool.[1][2]

DreamHack organized the event, with SteelSeries named as tournament sponsor. Valve identified DreamHack’s official Twitch broadcasts and in-game GOTV as viewing channels. Fnatic defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas in the final; HLTV’s event record lists all 16 teams and their placements.[3][4][5][6]

References8
  1. [1]DreamHack Winter 2013 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  2. [2]2013 DreamHack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship — Valve
  3. [3]DreamHack Winter 2013 — Valve
  4. [4]DreamHack announce first invites — HLTV
  5. [5]DreamHack Winter 2013 overview — HLTV
  6. [6]fnatic win DreamHack Winter 2013 — HLTV
  7. [7]DreamHack 2013 Champions — Valve
  8. [8]DreamHack Winter 2013 image reuse audit — FlamingCowTV and Wikimedia Commons

Commercial opportunities

Event sponsor

SteelSeries was the named tournament sponsor.[1][2]

Prize-pool partner

Valve announced the USD 250,000 community-funded prize pool for the championship.[2]

Broadcast

Valve directed viewers to GOTV and DreamHack's official Twitch streams.[4]

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