Perfect World Shanghai Major: Elimination Stage Overview, Format, Teams And Schedule

The Opening Stage of the Shanghai Major just ended, and now we have a complete list of the teams that will be competing in the Elimination Stage. In the Elimination Stage 16 teams will be featured, and all the top teams, such as Natus Vincere, G2, Vitality, Spirit and others, will be there to fight for the biggest major champion title and a prize pool of $1,250.000. The Elimination Stage will run from December 5 to December 8.

Perfect World Announcement

Elimination Stage Format

• 16 Team Swiss System Format
• Rounds 2 to 5 are seeded using the Buchholz system & teams’ initial seeds
• Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
• All other matches are Bo1
• Top 8 Teams proceed to the Playoff Stage
• Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated

Elimination Stage Teams

• Natus Vincere
• G2 Esports
• Team Vitality
• Team Spirit
• MOUZ
• FaZe Clan
• HEROIC
• 3DMAX
• TheMongolZ
• Team Liquid
• GamerLegion
• FURIA Esports
• paiN Gaming
• Wildcard
• BIG
• MIBR

Elimination Stage First Day Schedule

November 5

• G2 vs. TheMongolZ and Natus Vincere vs. Liquid starting at 04:00 CET
• Vitality vs. GamerLegion and Spirit vs. FURIA starting at 05:00 CET
• MOUZ vs. paiN and FaZe vs. Wildcard starting at 06:00 CET
• HEROIC vs. BIG and 3DMAX vs. MIBR starting at 07:00 CET
• Swiss Round 2 #1 and Swiss Round 2 #2 starting at 08:00 CET
• Swiss Round 2 #3 and Swiss Round 2 #4 starting at 09:00 CET
• Swiss Round 2 #5 and Swiss Round 2 #6 starting at 10:00 CET
• Swiss Round 2 #7 and Swiss Round 2 #8 starting at 11:00 CET

When the Playoff Stage starts, we will return with the predictions for Shanghai Major matches, so stay tuned!

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