PGL Major Copenhagen 2024

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PGL Major Copenhagen 2024
2024
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 logo.png
Tournament information
Game Counter-Strike 2
Location Copenhagen, Denmark
DatesMarch 17–31, 2024
Administrator Valve
PGL
FormatTwo 16-team Swiss-system group stages
8-team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)PGL
Venue Royal Arena
Teams24
PurseUS$1,250,000
Final positions
Champions
1st runners-up
2nd runners-up
MVP Justinas "jL" Lekavicius

The PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 was the first Counter-Strike 2 Major Championship and twentieth Counter-Strike Major overall. [1] It was held in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Royal Arena from March 17 to 31, 2024. Twenty-four teams qualified from regional qualifiers for the tournament, which involved a prize pool of US$1,250,000. [2] It is the fourth Counter-Strike Major organized by PGL after PGL Major: Kraków 2017, PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and PGL Major Antwerp 2022. Natus Vincere were the tournament's champions, following a 2–1 victory over FaZe Clan. [3]

Contents

Background

Counter-Strike 2 is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the fifth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional Counter-Strike, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments. [4]

The defending Major champions were Team Vitality, who won their first Major championship at Blast Paris Major 2023. [5] They would be eliminated following a semi-final defeat to FaZe Clan.

Talent

On March 13, 2024, PGL announced the full talent lineup for the Major, including the first ever "Newbie" stream, intended to ease in newer viewers unfamiliar with Counter-Strike. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Hosts

Analysts

Casters

Format

On November 4, 2023, it was announced that Valve had renamed the Major's stages from Challengers Stage, Legends Stage and Champions Stage to "Opening Stage", "Elimination Stage" and "Playoffs Stage", respectively. [10]

Like previous Majors using a Swiss-system group stage, twenty-four teams qualified for the tournament. This includes sixteen teams who qualified for the Opening Stage. The top eight teams from the Opening Stage moved on to the Elimination Stage, along with eight teams directly from the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) qualifiers. Finally, the top eight teams from the Elimination Stage played a single-elimination Playoffs Stage to determine a champion.

In the first two stages, all matches except for progression or elimination matches, which are played as bests-of-three, are played in a best-of-one format. All matches in the Playoff Stage are played in a best-of-three format. [11] It is the first Major to be played with Counter-Strike 2's new 12-round halves.

Map pool

Teams

Europe

Asia

  • The Mongolz
  • Lynn Vision

Americas

Qualification

Qualification took place through three Regional Major Ranking events, based on teams' geographical regions, events were held in Europe, Americas and Asia. Unlike in previous Majors where teams were seeded according to performance at RMRs, a number of Opening Stage and Elimination Stage places were instead distributed according to Valve's own regional standings. [13]

Seven teams from Europe and one team from the Americas RMRs who qualified earned direct berths to the Elimination Stage, in accordance with the number of each region's teams that advanced from the Legends Stage to the playoffs of Paris 2023.

The RMR tournaments took place in the following cities: [14]

RMR results

RegionOpening StageElimination Stage
Europe A
Europe B
Americas
Asia
  • The Mongolz
  • Lynn Vision
—
Last Chance Qualifier—

Source: [11]

Team seeding

Following the conclusion of the Americas RMRs, Valve updated their regional standings and awarded teams Elimination Stage berths based on their new rankings.

Valve Regional Standings for qualified teams (as of March 4, 2024) [15]
Europe
StandingTeam NameRosterSeed
1FaZekarrigan, rain, frozen, ropz, brokyElimination Stage
2Spiritchopper, sh1ro, magixx, zont1x, donk
3VitalityapEX, ZywOo, flameZ, Spinx, mezii
4MOUZBrollan, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN
5Virtus.promir, FL1T, Jame, n0rb3r7, fame
6Natus VincereAleksib, iM, b1t, jL, w0nderful
7G2NiKo, huNter-, nexa, HooXi, m0NESY
9Cloud9HObbit, electroNic, Boombl4, Ax1Le, PerfectoOpening Stage
10Eternal FireMAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Calyx, Wicadia
11ENCEgla1ve, Goofy, dycha, hades, Kylar
12ApeksSTYKO, jkaem, nawwk, sense, CacaNito
13HEROICNertZ, TeSeS, nicoodoz, sjuush, kyxsan
14GamerLegionSnax, acoR, Keoz, isak, volt
199 Pandas [a] seized, clax, iDISBALANCE, glowiing, d1Ledez—
20SAWMUTiRiS, roman, story, ewjerkz, arrozdoceOpening Stage
21ECSTATICNodios, Patti, Queenix, kraghen, salazar
23AMKALNickelBack, Krad, Forester, TRAVIS, ICY
27KOIJUST, mopoz, stadodo, dav1g, adamS
Americas
StandingTeam NameRosterSeed
1ComplexityEliGE, JT, floppy, hallzerk, GrimElimination Stage
2FURIAFalleN, chelo, arT, yuurih, KSCERATOOpening Stage
5ImperialHEN1, felps, VINI, decenty, noway
7paiNbiguzera, n1ssim, nqz, kauez, lux
9Legacycoldzera, NEKIZ, dumau, b4rtiN, latto
Asia
StandingTeam NameRosterSeed
1TheMongolzbLitz, Techno, Senzu, mzinho, 910Opening Stage
2Lynn VisionWestmelon, z4kr, Starry, Jee, EmiliaQAQ

Opening stage

On November 4, 2023, it was announced that Valve had renamed the Challengers Stage and Legends Stage of the Major to "Opening Stage" and "Elimination Stage" respectively. Teams would also be seeded into these stages according to their regional standings. [10] Like previous Majors using a Swiss-system bracket, sixteen teams will compete for eight Elimination Stage spots, with all matches besides elimination and progression matches, which are bests-of-three, being bests-of-one.

The Opening Stage was played between March 17 and March 20, 2024.

PosTeamWLRWRLRDBSQualification
1HEROIC305840+181Qualification
to Elimination Stage
2Cloud9305846+120
3Eternal Fire317763+145
4ECSTATIC317257+153
5paiN315441+13-3
6Imperial32113105+80
7TheMongolz3210280+22-2
8FURIA3210075+25-9
9SAW238397-142Eliminated
10Legacy237179-82
11GamerLegion238893-5-2
12Lynn Vision134061-217
13ENCE135573-181
14Apeks134565-10-1
15AMKAL034663-17-2
16KOI033155-24-2
Updated to match(es) played on March 20, 2024. Source:

Elimination stage

Like the Opening Stage, the Elimination Stage is played in a Swiss-system bracket, with eight teams advancing to a single-elimination Playoffs Stage. The Elimination Stage includes the eight teams that advance from the Opening Stage, as well as the seven highest teams from the Europe RMR and the highest team from the Americas RMR in Valve's regional standings. Matches are played in the same format as in the Opening Stage.

During a 2–2 bracket match between Virtus.pro and G2 Esports, Virtus.pro player Dzhami "Jame" Ali experienced a game crash, after what was later determined to be an NVIDIA driver crash. The event led to G2 reaching map point, and caused a response regarding controversial technical issues with the Major, including from G2 player Nikola "NiKo" Kovač. [16]

The Elimination Stage was played between March 21 and March 24, 2024.

PosTeamWLRWRLRDBSQualification
1Spirit306541+271Qualification
to Playoffs Stage
2MOUZ305225+27-1
3Eternal Fire316950+195
4Cloud9317349+243
5Vitality317570+5-4
6Natus Vincere32108119-112
7G23211090+20-3
8FaZe328474+10-6
9Complexity2386117-313Eliminated
10Virtus.pro2391100-9-2
11paiN23107109-2-6
12Imperial135366-135
13ECSTATIC138293-113
14HEROIC135168-17-2
15TheMongolz036170-92
16FURIA034066-260
Updated to match(es) played on March 24, 2024. Source:

Playoffs stage

The stage at Royal Arena for the playoffs PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 stage - 01.jpg
The stage at Royal Arena for the playoffs

The top eight teams from the Elimination Stage will advance to a single-elimination bracket. Each match in the Playoffs Stage is played in a best-of-three format.

On March 29, during a quarter-final match between G2 and MOUZ, spectators rushed the stage and were tackled by event security, damaging the trophy. PGL released a statement following the incident stating that they intended to press charges against the disruptors, who were reportedly involved with a Counter-Strike gambling platform. [17]

The Playoffs Stage was played between March 28 and March 31, 2024.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
1 Spirit 7 19 14 1
8 FaZe 13 16 16 2
FaZe 13 5 13 2
Vitality 7 13 8 1
5 Vitality 13 13 – 2
4 Cloud9 8 2 – 0
FaZe 9 13 3 1
Natus Vincere 13 2 13 2
3 Eternal Fire 13 9 – 0
6 Natus Vincere 16 13 – 2
Natus Vincere 16 7 13 2
G2 13 13 11 1
7 G2 13 13 – 2
2 MOUZ 9 6 – 0

Final standings

The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, roster, and coaches are shown.

PlacePrize MoneyTeamRosterCoach
1stUS$500,000 Natus Vincere Aleksib, iM, b1t, jL, w0nderfulB1ad3
2ndUS$170,000 FaZe Clan karrigan, rain, frozen, broky, ropz NEO
3rd – 4thUS$80,000 G2 Esports NiKo, huNter-, nexa, HooXi, m0NESY TaZ
Team Vitality apEX, ZywOo, flameZ, Spinx, meziiXTQZZZ
5th – 8thUS$45,000 MOUZ siuhy, Brollan, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioNsycrone
Eternal Fire MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Calyx, WicadiaFabre
Team Spirit chopper, sh1ro, magixx, zont1x, donkhally
Cloud9 HObbit, electroNic, Perfecto, Boombl4, Ax1Legroove
9th – 11thUS$20,000 paiN Gaming biguzera, n1ssim, nqz, kauez, luxrikz
Virtus.pro mir, FL1T, Jame, n0rb3r7, famedastan
Complexity Gaming JT, hallzerk, EliGE, floppy, GrimT.c
12th – 14th HEROIC NertZ, nicoodoz, sjuush, TeSeS, kyxsansAw
ECSTATICNodios, Patti, kraghen, salazar, Queenixcasle
Imperial Esports HEN1, felps, VINI, decenty, nowayzakk
15th – 16th FURIA Esports arT, FalleN, chelo, yuurih, KSCERATOguerri
TheMongolzbLitz, 910, Techno, Senzu, mzinhomaaRaa
17th – 19thUS$10,000SAWMUTiRiS, story, arrozdoce, ewjerkz, romanNABOWOW
GamerLegion isak, Snax, Keoz, acoR, voltash
Legacy coldzera, NEKIZ, dumau, b4rtiN, lattochucky
20th – 22nd ENCE gla1ve, Goofy, hades, dycha, Kylarkuben
ApeksSTYKO, jkaem, nawwk, sense, CacaNitomithR
Lynn VisionWestmelon, EmiliaQAQ, Jee, Starry, z4krGUM
23rd – 24th Movistar KOI JUST, mopoz, adamS, dav1g, stadododeLonge
AMKAL ESPORTS NickelBack, ICY, Krad, Forester, TRAVISsvyat

Source: [18] [19]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 GamerLegion, who were the runners-up in the Last Chance Qualifier, replaced 9 Pandas following reported visa issues. [12]

References

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  2. ↑ "PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 - The first ever Counter-Strike 2 Major will take place next year in Denmark". PGL. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
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  5. ↑ Stubbs, Mike. "Vitality Win The BLAST Paris Major To Become Last Ever CS:GO World Champions". Forbes . Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Unveiling the Voices Behind PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: The Casters and Observers". PGL. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Unveiling the Voices Behind PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: Desk Hosts, Stage Host, and Content". PGL. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Unveiling the Voices Behind PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024: The Analysts". PGL. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ "First CS2 Major in Copenhagen gets newbie stream. Here's how to watch it". escorenews. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  10. 1 2 Cooke, Hunter (November 4, 2023). "Valve make stealth changes to the CS2 Major format". Dot Esports. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "How to watch PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Stream, teams & more". Dexerto . February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  12. ↑ Stubbs, Mike (March 16, 2024). "9Pandas Replaced By GamerLegion At First 'CS2' Major". Forbes . Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  13. ↑ "PGL Copenhagen Major Europe RMRs: Schedule, results, more". Dot Esports. February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  14. ↑ "PGL Regional Major Rankings (RMR) 2024: Unveiling the Battlegrounds - Bucharest, Monterrey and Shanghai". PGL. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  15. ↑ "counter-strike/regional_standings at main · ValveSoftware/counter-strike". GitHub . Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Devastating CS2 crash costs Virtus Pro playoffs spot at PGL Copenhagen Major". Dexerto. March 24, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  17. ↑ Wilde, Tyler (March 29, 2024). "Spectator rushes stage at CS2 tournament and gets tackled into trophy, smashing it to pieces". PC Gamer . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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  19. ↑ "PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Opening Stage". March 20, 2024.
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