Dreamhack have announced the first invited teams for their Winter event, which will take place from the 26th-29th of November. The Counter-Strike tournament has also been expanded from 16 to 32 teams.

Invited teams:

SK-Gaming
Jimmy 'allen' Allen
Johan 'face' Klasson
Frej 'kHRYSTAL' Sjöström
Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström
Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg

Millenium
Christophe 'sixeR' Xia
Steeve 'Ozstrik3r' Flavigni
Engin 'MAJ3R' Kupeli
Mahe 'Yoshi' Martin
Guillaume 'Geno' Ntep

Evil Geniuses
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert
Tomi 'lurppis' Kovanen
Danny 'fRoD' Montaner
Tyler 'Storm' Wood
Matt 'Warden' Dickens

Counter-Strike 1.6 at DreamHack Winter 2009:
01. H2k Gaming (DreamHack Summer Champions)
02. Begrip swe (DreamHack Stockholm Champions)
03. Vinnarlaget (DreamHack Skellefteå IV Champions)
04. Rodcad Gaming (Benelux qualifier)
05. 2easy4 (German qualifier)
06. LZ (Malaysia qualifier)
07. TitaNs (Singapore qualifier)
08. Evil Geniuses (Direct invite)
09. SK Gaming (Direct invite)
10. Millenium (Direct invite)
11. Phantom Squad (PlayZeek DreamHack-ladder Round 19)
12. TBA (Finland qualifier) 30 October to 1 November
13. TBA (Baltic qualifier) 30 October to 1 November
14. TBA (Baltic qualifier) 30 October to 1 November
15. TBA (Baltic qualifier) 30 October to 1 November
16. TBA (Portugal qualifier) 6-8 November
17. TBA (Serbia qualifier) 7-8 November
18. TBA (Norway qualifier) 14 November
19. TBA (Denmark qualifier) 14 November
20. TBA (Romania qualifier) Dates TBA
21. TBA (IOL Online qualifier Sweden) Dates TBA
22. TBA (PlayZeek DreamHack-ladder Round 20)
23. TBA (DreamHack Winter 2009 BYOC qualifier) - Register here!
24. TBA (DreamHack Winter 2009 BYOC qualifier) - Register here!
25. TBA (DreamHack Winter 2009 BYOC qualifier) - Register here!
26. TBA (DreamHack Winter 2009 BYOC qualifier) - Register here!
27. TBA
28. TBA
29. TBA
30. TBA (Direct invite)
31. TBA (Direct invite)
32. TBA (Direct invite)

Sk-gaming, who are currently attending the IEF Grand Finals, are of course coming off a victory at the Global Challenge Chengdu and a 3rd place at the Global Challenge Dubai. EG.US lost in the first round of the playoffs in Chengdu after facing SK and then decided to sit out Dubai. Millenium, arguably France's best team, won the national WCG qualifier and placed 3rd at Dreamhack Summer after losing to SK and beating EG.US.

Source: Dreamhack