The 2016 Dreamhack Austin CS:GO tournament features eight teams from the Americas competing for glory, with three ranked in the global Top 10. Here's a comprehensive breakdown of the teams and their prospects:

Group A:

• Luminosity Gaming
• Counter Logic Gaming
• Cloud9
• Splyce

Group B:

• Tempo Storm
• Team Liquid
• Selfless Gaming
• NRG eSports

Tournament Favorites:

Luminosity Gaming (#2 World Ranking)

• Current Major champions
• Dominant in NA online leagues (18-4 in ESL Pro League, 9-0 in ECS)
• Core lineup: coldzera, FalleN, fer, fnx, TACO
• Clear tournament favorites despite recent upset loss to TyLoo at DH Malmo

Strong Contenders:

Tempo Storm (#7 World Ranking)

• Recent victory at CEVO Season 9
• Strong roster featuring boltz, felps, HEN1, SHOWTiME, Lucas1
• Impressive showing against tier-1 teams
• Map pool weakness less relevant against NA competition

Dark Horses:

Counter Logic Gaming (#9 World Ranking)

• Consistent LAN performers despite online struggles
• Strong core with JDM, Tarik, and Cutler
• Should reach semifinals at minimum

Team Liquid

• Adjusting post-s1mple departure
• Strong potential with Hiko, EliGE, nitr0, koosta, and adreN
• Historical success against Luminosity
• Semifinal appearance likely

Upset Potential:

NRG

• Notable upset over EnVyUs at CounterPit
• Led by tactical mastermind gob b
• Requires consistent firepower to advance

Selfless

• Strong online performance
• Struggling to translate success to LAN
• Recent disappointing showing at Gfinity

Cloud9

• New lineup with Slemmy
• Relies heavily on Shroud and Skadoodle
• Group stage exit likely

Expected Early Exit:

Splyce

• Playing with two stand-ins (fREAKAZOiD and summit1g)
• Poor recent results
• Unlikely to win matches

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