{"id":6236,"date":"2024-03-12T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/pgl-major-copenhagen-2024-tournament-preview"},"modified":"2024-03-12T10:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:58:32","slug":"pgl-major-copenhagen-2024-tournament-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/pgl-major-copenhagen-2024-tournament-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Preview, Teams and Format"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year’s biggest tournament is already on its way, with Opening Stage<\/strong> from March 17<\/strong> to March 20<\/strong>. The game will feature 24 teams<\/strong>, 8<\/strong> of which have already qualified for the Elimination Stage<\/strong> and are waiting for eight more teams to join them. 16 teams<\/strong> from the Opening Stage<\/strong> will have to fight for eight Elimination Stage<\/strong> spots and a chance to win a prize pool of $1,250,000<\/strong> and a place at the BLAST Premier World Final tournament<\/strong>. The Elimination Stage<\/strong> will be held from March 21<\/strong> to March 24<\/strong>, and the Playoff Stage<\/strong> will be played from March 28<\/strong> to March 31<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PGL Major Tournament Format<\/h2>\n

Opening Stage, March 17 to March 20:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • 16 Team Swiss System Format<\/li>\n
  • Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3<\/li>\n
  • All other matches are Bo1<\/li>\n
  • Top 8 Teams proceed to the Elimination Stage<\/li>\n
  • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Group Stage, March 21 to March 24:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • 16 Team Swiss System Format<\/li>\n
    • Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3<\/li>\n
    • All other matches are Bo1<\/li>\n
    • Top 8 Teams proceed to the Playoff Stage<\/li>\n
    • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Playoff, March 28 to March 31:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      • Single-Elimination bracket<\/li>\n
      • All matches are Bo3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Teams Participating:<\/h2>\n

        Elimination Stage Teams:<\/h3>\n
          \n
        • FaZe<\/li>\n
        • Vitality<\/li>\n
        • Spirit<\/li>\n
        • MOUZ<\/li>\n
        • G2<\/li>\n
        • Natus Vincere<\/li>\n
        • Virtus.pro<\/li>\n
        • Complexity<\/li>\n
        • Eight more teams are to be determined from the Opening Stage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Opening Stage Teams:<\/h3>\n
            \n
          • Cloud9<\/li>\n
          • Eternal Fire<\/li>\n
          • ENCE<\/li>\n
          • Apeks<\/li>\n
          • HEROIC<\/li>\n
          • 9 Pandas<\/li>\n
          • SAW<\/li>\n
          • ECSTATIC<\/li>\n
          • AMKAL<\/li>\n
          • KOI<\/li>\n
          • FURIA<\/li>\n
          • Imperial<\/li>\n
          • paiN<\/li>\n
          • Legacy<\/li>\n
          • TheMongolZ<\/li>\n
          • Lynn Vision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Soon, we will return with our detailed Opening Stage Overview; stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            This year’s biggest tournament is already on its way, with Opening Stage from March 17 to March 20. The game will feature 24 teams, 8 of which have already qualified for the Elimination Stage and are waiting for eight more teams to join them. 16 teams from the Opening Stage will have to fight for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":6237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236","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=6236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}