PGL CS:GO Krakow Major – July 16-23, 2017– Krakow, Poland PGL CS:GO Major Krakow Offline qualifiers – June 29 – July 2, 2017 – Bucharest, Romania PGL CS:GO Europe Minor – June 15-18, 2017 – Bucharest, Romania PGL CS:GO Americas Minor – June 8-11, 2017 – Santa Ana, USA. The PGL Major 2017 will be 11th CS: GO Major Championship organised in Krakow, Poland. The event will bring all the spectacular action to Europe for all esports fans. PGL also known as Professional Gamers League own the rights to organise top notch events like DreamHack in the Balkan regions. Complete overview of PGL Major Krakow 2017 here. See prize distribution, attending teams, brackets and much more!
After five rounds of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive play in Poland, the PGL Kraków Major Championship playoff field is set.
The action came with a couple of big surprises.
With only eight spots available in the playoffs, there was plenty of room for major upsets. The last three matchups to determine the remaining playoff teams were indicative of that: Cloud9 against Virtus.pro, Fnatic against G2 Esports, and FlipSid3 Tactics against Immortals.
Virtus.pro, G2 Esports and C9 are arguably three of the top seven teams in the world, and the former two have earned 'legend' status.
The top two teams from the group stage were Gambit Esports and BIG -- two teams that were not on the short list of tournament contenders. BIG was arguably the biggest surprise team of the Major, and it used a heavy defensive style to advance behind the veteran in-game leadership of Fatih 'gob b' Dayik and the chemistry between the roster's former NRG Esports members: Nikola 'LEGIJA' Ninić, Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz and gob. The path was not as easy for Gambit Esports. Victories over G2 Esports and Virtus.pro gave Gambit a well-earned playoff berth.
The group stage's biggest disappointments were Natus Vincere, FaZe Clan and G2 Esports.
Na'Vi simply cannot put it together. Despite having some of the biggest names in Counter-Strike in Aleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev and Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács and the individual skill on the roster, results have not followed. It's going to be an interesting time for this organization, and Na'Vi will have to decide whether this lineup is worth sticking with going forward.
FaZe Clan, had its worst placing since the acquisition of superstar Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač. The team, at times, looked lost in its shotcalling and executes. It was a wake-up call for a team that has been relying on its ability to outplay opponents, and FaZe needs to balance its roster to have a shot at being the best in the world.
Pgl Krakow 2017
G2 Esports played a tough schedule, with Astralis, C9 and Na'Vi in its way, but exited the tournament with a 2-3 record. An early finish before the playoffs was definitely not in the books for a team considered among the top five in the world.
The upsets
In addition to the top two teams that qualified for the playoffs, there was a handful of matchups that shocked the Counter-Strike world. The biggest upsets were the FlipSid3 Tactics victory over perennial tournament favorite FaZe Clan and the Gambit Esports win over Virtus.pro.
FaZe Clan entered the major as arguably the No. 2 team in the world, and anything short of a top-three finish would be considered a disappointment. FlipSid3 rode a near-perfect T-side and Jan 'wayLander' Rahkonen's play to an improbable 11-4 halftime lead against the favorites. After that, it was the team's patience on retakes that finished the match 16-10 in favor of FlipSid3.
Gambit Esports finished the group stage as one of the top two placers, but its victory over Virtus.pro was nothing short of an upset. Not only did Gambit win 16-11, but it did it on one of Virtus.pro's historically great maps, Train. Gambit's Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev played immaculate Counter-Strike and carried his team to victory with an insane 32-17 score. Between individual outplay and perfect executes to punish Virtus.pro's anti-eco rounds, it was a dominant win.
| 2021 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Game | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Dates | October 23–November 7, 2021 |
| Administrator(s) | Valve PGL |
| Two 16 team swiss-system group stages 8 team single-elimination playoff | |
| Venue | Ericsson Globe |
| Teams | 24 teams |
| Purse | US$2,000,000 |
The PGL Major Stockholm 2021, also known as PGL Major 2021 or Stockholm 2021, will be the sixteenth Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveMajor Championship.[1][2] It will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from October 23 to November 7, 2021. Twenty-four teams will qualify via regional major rankings. It features a US$2,000,000 prize pool, a rise from the $1,000,000 of previous Majors due to the absence of offline competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the second Major hosted by the Romanian-based organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017. Stockholm 2021 is the first Major after a break caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic following the StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019.
Background[edit]
Pgl Krakow 2017 Sticker Gold
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayerfirst-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.[3][4]
The Stockholm Major is the first Major in two years following an absence in offline play in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the ESL One Rio Major 2020 was planned for May 2020,[5] but was postponed to November,[6] before later being canceled in September.[7]
Pgl Krakow 2017 Sticker Holo
The current defending champions are Astralis, after winning their fourth major championship at the Berlin Major 2019, the most of any team in CS:GO history.
Format[edit]
There are six regional qualifiers – North America, South America, Europe, CIS, Asia, and Oceania. Each regional qualifier receives a set number of spots in the Stockholm Major. The number of spots corresponds with the number of teams from that region at the previous major, the Berlin Major.[8]
Map Pool[edit]
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Regional Major Rankings[edit]
Before the Stockholm Major, each major had four regional qualifiers. Each regional qualifier, called 'Minors', featured eight teams per region. Because of the 14-month gap between the planned Rio Major and the Berlin Major, Valve revised the system into the Regional Major Ranking system.[9]
Teams competing[edit]
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References[edit]
The top two teams from the group stage were Gambit Esports and BIG -- two teams that were not on the short list of tournament contenders. BIG was arguably the biggest surprise team of the Major, and it used a heavy defensive style to advance behind the veteran in-game leadership of Fatih 'gob b' Dayik and the chemistry between the roster's former NRG Esports members: Nikola 'LEGIJA' Ninić, Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz and gob. The path was not as easy for Gambit Esports. Victories over G2 Esports and Virtus.pro gave Gambit a well-earned playoff berth.
The group stage's biggest disappointments were Natus Vincere, FaZe Clan and G2 Esports.
Na'Vi simply cannot put it together. Despite having some of the biggest names in Counter-Strike in Aleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev and Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács and the individual skill on the roster, results have not followed. It's going to be an interesting time for this organization, and Na'Vi will have to decide whether this lineup is worth sticking with going forward.
FaZe Clan, had its worst placing since the acquisition of superstar Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač. The team, at times, looked lost in its shotcalling and executes. It was a wake-up call for a team that has been relying on its ability to outplay opponents, and FaZe needs to balance its roster to have a shot at being the best in the world.
Pgl Krakow 2017
G2 Esports played a tough schedule, with Astralis, C9 and Na'Vi in its way, but exited the tournament with a 2-3 record. An early finish before the playoffs was definitely not in the books for a team considered among the top five in the world.
The upsets
In addition to the top two teams that qualified for the playoffs, there was a handful of matchups that shocked the Counter-Strike world. The biggest upsets were the FlipSid3 Tactics victory over perennial tournament favorite FaZe Clan and the Gambit Esports win over Virtus.pro.
FaZe Clan entered the major as arguably the No. 2 team in the world, and anything short of a top-three finish would be considered a disappointment. FlipSid3 rode a near-perfect T-side and Jan 'wayLander' Rahkonen's play to an improbable 11-4 halftime lead against the favorites. After that, it was the team's patience on retakes that finished the match 16-10 in favor of FlipSid3.
Gambit Esports finished the group stage as one of the top two placers, but its victory over Virtus.pro was nothing short of an upset. Not only did Gambit win 16-11, but it did it on one of Virtus.pro's historically great maps, Train. Gambit's Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev played immaculate Counter-Strike and carried his team to victory with an insane 32-17 score. Between individual outplay and perfect executes to punish Virtus.pro's anti-eco rounds, it was a dominant win.
| 2021 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Game | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Dates | October 23–November 7, 2021 |
| Administrator(s) | Valve PGL |
| Two 16 team swiss-system group stages 8 team single-elimination playoff | |
| Venue | Ericsson Globe |
| Teams | 24 teams |
| Purse | US$2,000,000 |
The PGL Major Stockholm 2021, also known as PGL Major 2021 or Stockholm 2021, will be the sixteenth Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveMajor Championship.[1][2] It will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from October 23 to November 7, 2021. Twenty-four teams will qualify via regional major rankings. It features a US$2,000,000 prize pool, a rise from the $1,000,000 of previous Majors due to the absence of offline competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the second Major hosted by the Romanian-based organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017. Stockholm 2021 is the first Major after a break caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic following the StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019.
Background[edit]
Pgl Krakow 2017 Sticker Gold
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayerfirst-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.[3][4]
The Stockholm Major is the first Major in two years following an absence in offline play in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the ESL One Rio Major 2020 was planned for May 2020,[5] but was postponed to November,[6] before later being canceled in September.[7]
Pgl Krakow 2017 Sticker Holo
The current defending champions are Astralis, after winning their fourth major championship at the Berlin Major 2019, the most of any team in CS:GO history.
Format[edit]
There are six regional qualifiers – North America, South America, Europe, CIS, Asia, and Oceania. Each regional qualifier receives a set number of spots in the Stockholm Major. The number of spots corresponds with the number of teams from that region at the previous major, the Berlin Major.[8]
Map Pool[edit]
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Regional Major Rankings[edit]
Before the Stockholm Major, each major had four regional qualifiers. Each regional qualifier, called 'Minors', featured eight teams per region. Because of the 14-month gap between the planned Rio Major and the Berlin Major, Valve revised the system into the Regional Major Ranking system.[9]
Teams competing[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^'PGL TO HOST THE FIRST CS:GO MAJOR AFTER A TWO-YEAR BREAK'. press.pglesports.com. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^'PGL to host next Major in Stockholm*'. HLTV.org. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^Chiu, Stephen. 'Retrospective of the Majors: Lineups with 2 Major Wins and Players with 3'. VPEsports. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^Kovanen, Tomi. 'Why CS:GO needs major events'. HLTV.org. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^'ESL confirms Rio de Janeiro Major'. HLTV.org. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^'ESL One Rio 2020 - Attendee Update'. ESL One Rio. 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^'ESL One Rio 2020'. ESL One Rio. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^'ESL One: Road to Rio to fill May CS:GO Major void'. ESL One Rio. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ^Mira, Luis. 'ESL One: Rio 2020 Major cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic'. HLTV. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
