Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024

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Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
2024
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Tournament information
Game Counter-Strike 2
Location Shanghai, China
DatesNovember 30–December 15, 2024
Administrator Valve
Perfect World
FormatTwo 16-team Swiss-system group stages
8-team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)Perfect World
PGL [a]
VenueShanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center (Opening & Elimination stages)
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (Playoffs stage)
Teams24
PurseUS$1,250,000
Final positions
Champions Team Spirit
1st runners-up FaZe Clan
2nd runners-up G2 Esports
MOUZ
MVP Danil "donk" Kryshkovets
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The Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 was the second Counter-Strike 2 Major Championship and twenty-first Counter-Strike Major overall. It was held in Shanghai, China from November 30 to December 15, 2024, and was the first Major organized by Perfect World. [2] For the first time since Rio 2022, each stage of the tournament was in front of large audiences. The Opening and Elimination stages were held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, while the Playoffs stage were held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. [3] Twenty-four teams qualified from regional qualifiers for the tournament, which included a prize pool of US$1,250,000.

Contents

Team Spirit were the Major's champions, following a 2–1 victory over FaZe Clan. [4] 17-year old Spirit player Danil "donk" Kryshkovets was named the tournament's MVP, making him the highest-rated ever as well as the youngest ever, since Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye at Atlanta 2017. [5]

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 considered the most prestigious tournaments. [6]

The defending Major champions were Natus Vincere, following a 2–1 victory over FaZe Clan at Copenhagen 2024. [7] They were eliminated following a defeat to HEROIC in the Elimination Stage.

On July 4, 2024, it was announced that Romanian tournament organizer and previous Major hosts PGL had acquired the rights to the English-language broadcast. [1]

Talent

On November 1, 2024, PGL announced the full talent lineup for the Major's English-language broadcast. [8]

Hosts

Analysts

Casters

Format

Like previous Majors using a Swiss-system group stage, twenty-four teams will qualify for the tournament. This includes sixteen teams who qualify for the Opening Stage. The top eight teams from the Opening Stage move 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 will play a single-elimination Playoffs Stage to determine a champion. As a tiebreaker, each team with the same number of matches won and lost during the Opening and Elimination stages will be seeded according to their Buchholz score. Teams qualified for the Playoffs Stage will also be seeded according to their final Buchholz scores.

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.

Map pool

Teams

Europe

Asia

Americas

Qualification

Qualification took place through three Regional Major Ranking events, based on teams' geographical regions, events were held for Europe, Americas and Asia. [9]

Four teams who qualify from each Europe RMR earned direct berths to the Elimination Stage, in accordance with the number of each region's teams that advanced from the Elimination Stage to the Playoffs Stage of Copenhagen 2024. Like the previous Major, these places were distributed according to the highest ranked teams in the Valve Regional Standings. [10]

The RMR tournaments for all regions took place in Shanghai, at the following dates: [11]

RMR results

RegionOpening StageElimination Stage
Europe A
Europe B
Americas—
Asia—

Team seeding

Following the conclusion of the Europe RMRs, Valve updated their regional standings and awarded teams Elimination Stage berths based on their new rankings. Perfect World initially had the top 4 teams from each of the Europe RMRs qualify for the Elimination Stage, following the rulebook that was in place up to Paris 2023. Team Vitality, MOUZ, Natus Vincere and FaZe (in Europe RMR A), as well as BIG and 3DMAX (in Europe RMR B), were mistakenly qualified for the Elimination Stage before Perfect World reverted to utilizing the Valve Regional Standings on November 22, during the middle of Europe RMR B. [10] [12]

Europe Regional Standings for qualified teams (as of 25 November, 2024) [13]
StandingTeam NameRosterSeed
1 G2 huNter-, m0NESY, malbsMd, NiKo, Snax Elimination Stage
2 Natus Vincere Aleksib, b1t, iM, jL, w0nderful
3 Team Vitality apEX, flameZ, mezii, Spinx, ZywOo
4 Team Spirit chopper, donk, magixx, sh1ro, zont1x
5 MOUZ Brollan, Jimpphat, siuhy, torzsi, xertioN
6 FaZe broky, frozen, karrigan, rain, ropz
7 HEROIC degster, kyxsan, NertZ, sjuush, TeSeS
113DMAXDjoko, Ex3rcice, Graviti, Lucky, Maka
13 Virtus.pro electroNic, fame, FL1T, Jame, n0rb3r7Opening Stage
15BIGJDC, Krimbo, rigoN, syrsoN, tabseN
17 fnatic blameF, bodyy, KRIMZ, MATYS, nawwk
22 GamerLegion FL4MUS, sl3nd, Tauson, volt, ztr
30 Cloud9 Ax1Le, Boombl4, HeavyGod, ICY, interz
34Passion UAfear, jackasmo, jambo, s-chilla, zeRRoFIX

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. [14] 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 November 30 and December 3, 2024.

PosTeamWLRWRLRDBSQualification
1The MongolZ305215+371Qualification
to Elimination Stage
2 Liquid 305743+14-2
3 GamerLegion 316472-86
4 FURIA 316865+31
5 paiN 316549+16-4
6Wildcard32108100+8-1
7BIG328995-6-3
8 MIBR 328768+19-3
9 FlyQuest 237897-196Eliminated
10Passion UA239593+24
11 Complexity 2310187+14-6
12 Virtus.pro 133130+11
13 Cloud9 135560-51
14Rare Atom136890-22-1
15 Imperial 032552-273
16 fnatic 034362-19-3
Updated to match(es) played on December 3, 2024. Source:

Matchup results

Opening Stage full results
Round 1 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
FURIA Esports8 Vertigo 13GamerLegion
Virtus.pro7 Ancient 13MIBR
Team Liquid13 Ancient 10Cloud9
Complexity Gaming6 Anubis 13FlyQuest
BIG Clan13 Mirage 9Passion UA
fnatic11 Mirage 13Wildcard
The MongolZ13 Anubis 2Rare Atom
paiN Gaming13 Dust II 5Imperial Esports
Round 2 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
1–0
BIG Clan5 Nuke 13FlyQuest
The MongolZ13 Ancient 6MIBR
Team Liquid13 Inferno 10Wildcard
paiN Gaming10 Nuke 13GamerLegion
0–1
fnatic5 Ancient 13Cloud9
Complexity Gaming9 Anubis 13Passion UA
Virtus.pro13 Anubis 4Rare Atom
FURIA Esports13 Anubis 11Imperial Esports
Round 3 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
2–0
Team Liquid2 Series 1FlyQuest
GamerLegion0 Series 2The MongolZ
1–1
BIG Clan13 Vertigo 11Virtus.pro
MIBR5 Mirage 13Passion UA
FURIA Esports16 Vertigo 14Wildcard
paiN Gaming13 Anubis 11Cloud9
0–2
Rare Atom2 Series 1fnatic
Complexity Gaming2 Series 0Imperial Esports
Round 4 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
2–1
BIG Clan1 Series 2FURIA Esports
FlyQuest0 Series 2paiN Gaming
GamerLegion2 Series 1Passion UA
1–2
MIBR2 Series 1Rare Atom
Cloud90 Series 2Complexity Gaming
Wildcard2 Series 1Virtus.pro
Round 5 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
BIG Clan2 Series 1Complexity Gaming
FlyQuest0 Series 2MIBR
Passion UA1 Series 2Wildcard

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 eight highest teams from the Europe RMR in Valve's regional standings. Matches are played in the same format as in the Opening Stage.

On December 6, The MongolZ secured qualification to the Playoffs Stage following a victory over HEROIC, making them the first Asian team to compete in the playoffs of a Major. [15]

The Elimination Stage was played between December 5 and December 8, 2024.

PosTeamWLRWRLRDBSQualification
1The MongolZ306959+104Qualification
to Playoffs Stage
2 Vitality 305528+27-4
3 G2 316233+29-1
4 Spirit 317155+16-4
5 Liquid 317252+20-5
6 HEROIC 32127119+82
7 FaZe 327391-180
8 MOUZ 328868+20-1
9 FURIA 23104100+46Eliminated
10 MIBR 2365110-453
11 Natus Vincere 237782-52
12 GamerLegion 136880-121
133DMAX135463-90
14 paiN 138792-5-5
15Wildcard034462-181
16BIG034163-221
Updated to match(es) played on December 8, 2024. Source:

Matchup results

Elimination Stage full results
Round 1 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
G2 Esports10 Inferno 13The MongolZ
Natus Vincere13 Nuke 10Team Liquid
Team Vitality13 Mirage 7GamerLegion
Team Spirit6 Dust II 13FURIA Esports
MOUZ13 Nuke 6paiN Gaming
FaZe Clan13 Ancient 10Wildcard
HEROIC13 Mirage 7BIG Clan
3DMAX11 Vertigo 13MIBR
Round 2 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
1–0
Team Vitality16 Mirage 13FURIA Esports
MOUZ13 Mirage 16The MongolZ
Natus Vincere11 Inferno 13MIBR
FaZe Clan8 Ancient 13HEROIC
0–1
Team Liquid13 Inferno 10GamerLegion
Team Spirit13 Ancient 6Wildcard
G2 Esports13 Mirage 5BIG Clan
3DMAX13 Dust II 11paiN Gaming
Round 3 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
2–0
MIBR0 Series 2Team Vitality
The MongolZ2 Series 1HEROIC
1–1
Natus Vincere2 Mirage 13Team Spirit
FURIA Esports9 Inferno 13Team Liquid
G2 Esports13 Ancient 83DMAX
MOUZ10 Inferno 13FaZe Clan
0–2
GamerLegion2 Series 1Wildcard
BIG Clan1 Series 2paiN Gaming
Round 4 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
2–1
G2 Esports2 Series 0FaZe Clan
MIBR1 Series 2Team Liquid
HEROIC1 Series 2Team Spirit
1–2
MOUZ2 Series 03DMAX
Natus Vincere2 Series 0GamerLegion
FURIA Esports2 Series 1paiN Gaming
Round 5 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
MIBR0 Series 2MOUZ
Natus Vincere1 Series 2HEROIC
FURIA Esports1 Series 2FaZe Clan

Playoffs stage

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.

The Playoffs Stage was played between December 12 and December 15, 2024.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
1 The MongolZ 14 9 – 0
8 MOUZ 16 13 – 2
MOUZ 13 4 7 1
Spirit 7 13 13 2
5 Liquid 9 11 – 0
4 Spirit 13 13 – 2
Spirit 13 6 13 2
FaZe 8 13 11 1
3 G2 6 13 16 2
6 HEROIC 13 9 13 1
G2 6 14 – 0
FaZe 13 16 – 2
7 FaZe 6 13 13 2
2 Vitality 13 8 7 1

Final standings

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

PlacePrize MoneyTeamRosterCoach
1stUS$500,000 Team Spirit donk, chopper, sh1ro, zont1x, magixxhally
2ndUS$170,000 FaZe Clan ropz, frozen, broky, rain, karrigan NEO
3rd – 4thUS$80,000 G2 Esports Snax, NiKo, m0NESY, malbsMd, huNter TaZ
MOUZ Brollan, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioNsycrone
5th – 8thUS$45,000 Team Vitality apEX, ZywOo, flameZ, Spinx, meziiXTQZZZ
HEROIC NertZ, TeSeS, sjuush, degster, kyxsansAw
Team Liquid Twistzz, jks, ultimate, NAF, YEKINDARmithR
The MongolZbLitz, Techno4K, Senzu, mzinho, 910maaRaa
9th – 11thUS$20,000 FURIA Esports FalleN, chelo, yuurih, KSCERATO, skullzsidde
Natus Vincere Aleksib, iM, b1t, jL, w0nderfulB1ad3
MIBR exit, Lucaozy, saffee, drop, insaninak
12th – 14th GamerLegion ztr, Tauson, volt, sl3nd, FL4MUSash
paiN Gaming biguzera, nqz, kauez, snow, luxrikz
3DMAXMaka, Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcice, GravitiwasiNk
15th – 16thBIG ClantabseN, syrsoN, rigoN, JDC, Krimbokakafu
Wildcardstanislaw, Sonic, phzy, susp, JBavinS
17th – 19thUS$10,000Passion UAfear, jambo, s-chilla, jackasmo, zeRRoFIXKane
FlyQuest dexter, Liazz, aliStair, INS, VexiteerkaSt
Complexity Gaming EliGE, JT, floppy, hallzerk, GrimT.c
20th – 22nd Virtus.pro Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, electroNicPASHANOJ
Cloud9 Ax1Le, Boombl4, HeavyGod, ICY, interzgroove
Rare Atomsomebody, Summer, L1haNg, ChildKing, kazez8z
23rd – 24th Imperial Esports felps, VINI, try, decenty, nowayzakk
fnatic KRIMZ, bodyy, nawwk, blameF, MATYSkeita

Source: [16] [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ English-language broadcast. [1]

References

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  9. ↑ "PGL Copenhagen Major Europe RMRs: Schedule, results, more". Dot Esports. February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
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