{"id":17714,"date":"2024-11-26T17:19:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=17714"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:25:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:25:48","slug":"shanghai-major-opening-stage-matches-confirmed-teams-and-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/shanghai-major-opening-stage-matches-confirmed-teams-and-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai Major Opening Stage Matches Confirmed. Teams And Schedule."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Perfect World<\/strong> has announced the initial matchups for the <strong>Opening Stage<\/strong> of the <strong>Shanghai Major<\/strong>. These pairings were established based on the <strong>Valve Regional Standings (VRS) <\/strong>update from <strong>November 25<\/strong>, which also identified the eight teams that advance directly to the <strong>Elimination Stage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set to kick off on <strong>November 30<\/strong>, the <strong>Opening Stage <\/strong>will consist of a five-round Swiss format with a best-of-three structure exclusively for the matches that determine advancement and elimination. The leading eight teams will move on to the <strong>Elimination Stage<\/strong>, whereas the eight teams with the lowest performance will be eliminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seeding method was based on the outcomes of the last Major, with each region allocated particular seeds reflecting the performance of its teams in <strong>Copenhagen<\/strong>. Subsequently, the <strong>24 teams<\/strong> were ranked according to their <strong>VRS<\/strong> standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This explains why, for instance, <strong>The MongolZ <\/strong>are placed <strong>15th<\/strong> in the seeding despite their fifth-place world ranking by Valve, and why<strong> Virtus.pro <\/strong>has a higher seed (<strong>10th<\/strong>) than both <strong>Liquid <\/strong>and <strong>Complexity<\/strong>, despite being ranked lower than those two North American teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening round of the tournament promises to deliver intense competition with three exciting intra-regional matchups. One of the highlights will be a rematch between <strong>BIG <\/strong>and <strong>Passion UA<\/strong>, rekindling their fierce battle from the <strong>Europe RMR 2-0<\/strong> <strong>pool<\/strong>. In another intriguing clash, the formidable <strong>MongolZ<\/strong> will face off against the resilient<strong> Rare Atom<\/strong>, while <strong>paiN <\/strong>is set to challenge Imperial in what promises to be a thrilling contest. Each of these matchups is sure to showcase the skill and determination of the teams involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perfect World Announcement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to the latest Valve Regional Standings, the 24 teams qualified for the Shanghai Major will be seeded into matchups in the Opening and Elimination stage. From November 30 to December 15, these teams will compete for the ultimate glory of becoming the Shanghai Major\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rtx9eliuyQ\">pic.twitter.com\/rtx9eliuyQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CS_PerfectWorld (@CS_PerfectWorld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CS_PerfectWorld\/status\/1861265503077179733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teams List<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXevqGrUg9o7q5MTlCoT05V4B5dVIAwmnezMYpFl8z58zsS2upbF1Gi5RuRKSLCsrJh-5SjKbgPVCOKr__fDk82yWL501jfL_IS0z7MjZFR7LwV-m43DECM-GDjuwIGBWDMNSwkB8w?key=hsLRi80LWUsqGiIez_dA-mu7\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Perfect World Shanghai Major &#8211; Teams Participating<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FURIA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virtus.pro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liquid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complexity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fnatic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TheMongolZ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paiN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GamerLegion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MIBR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cloud9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FlyQuest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Passion UA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wildcard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rare Atom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Imperial Esports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Matches Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>FURIA <\/strong>vs. <strong>GamerLegion <\/strong>and <strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong> vs <strong>MIBR <\/strong>starting at 04:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Liquid <\/strong>vs. <strong>Cloud9 <\/strong>and <strong>Complexity <\/strong>vs. <strong>FlyQuest <\/strong>starting at 05:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BIG <\/strong>vs. <strong>Passion UA <\/strong>and <strong>fnatic <\/strong>vs. <strong>Wildcard <\/strong>starting at 06:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TheMongolZ<\/strong> vs.<strong> Rare Atom <\/strong>and <strong>paiN <\/strong>vs. <strong>Imperial <\/strong>starting at 07:00 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfect World has announced the initial matchups for the Opening Stage of the Shanghai Major. These pairings were established based on the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) update from November 25, which also identified the eight teams that advance directly to the Elimination Stage. Set to kick off on November 30, the Opening Stage will consist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":17716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-17714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news","10":"tag-cs2-tournaments"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17720,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17714\/revisions\/17720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}