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The PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 is set to start in a few days as the best CS2 teams from various regions will convene in the capital city of Denmark to determine the first-ever CS2 major champions. Early favorites in this event include teams such as Team Spirit, Team Vitality, FaZe Clan, and Virtus.pro. However, the playing field is wide open, with plenty of lesser-known teams on the rise, making for an exciting viewing experience.
Ahead of the first CS2 major, here is everything you need to know about this prestigious tournament, including important details such as the match timings, livestream details, and the teams participating.
Note: The "Schedule and results" section of the article will be updated after each matchday.
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Format, teams, venue, and prize pool
Format
The Elimination and Opening Stages of the PGL Major Copenhagen will follow the Swiss system. All elimination and advancement matches in these two stages will be best-of-threes, while the remaining matches will be best-of-ones. The top eight teams from the Opening Stage advance to the Elimination Stage.
The top eight teams in the Elimination Stage will then progress to the Playoff Stage, where a single-elimination bracket awaits them. All matches in this stage will be best-of-threes.
Teams
24 teams from the regions of Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific will participate in the PGL Major Copenhagen. Eight teams have received a direct seed to the Elimination Stage, while the remaining 16 teams will battle it out in the Opening Stage to determine the other eight teams in the Elimination Stage. The complete list of teams is given below:
Elimination Stage teams
- FaZe Clan
- Complexity Gaming
- Virtus.pro
- Team Spirit
- NAVI
- G2 Esports
- Team Vitality
- MOUZ
Opening Stage teams
- Cloud9
- Eternal Fire
- FURIA Esports
- Legacy
- paiN Gaming
- Apeks
- SAW
- ENCE
- GamerLegion
- HEROIC
- KOI
- AMKAL ESPORTS
- Lynn Vision Gaming
- ECSTATIC
- The MongolZ
- Imperial Esports
Note: 9Pandas has been replaced by GamerLegion due to unforeseen circumstances.
Venue
The PGL Major Copenhagen matches during the Playoff Stage will be held in the Royal Arena.
Prize pool
A combined prize of $1,250,000 will be divided among the 24 teams at the PGL Major Copenhagen. Listed below is the complete table with all the relevant details:
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 Playoffs Stage: Schedule and results
Quarterfinals
Day 1 - March 28, 2024
- Cloud9 vs Team Vitality (0-2): Inferno (8-13); Anubis (2-13)
- Team Spirit vs FaZe Clan (1-2): Mirage (7-13); Nuke (19-16); Vertigo (14-16)
Day 2 - March 29, 2024
- Eternal Fire vs NAVI (0-2): Mirage (13-16); Inferno (9-13)
- MOUZ vs G2 Esports (0-2): Inferno (9-13); Vertigo (6-13)
Semifinals
Day 3 - March 30, 2024
- FaZe Clan vs Team Vitality (2-1): Nuke (13-7); Vertigo (5-13); Inferno (13-8)
- NAVI vs G2 Esports- 12 pm PT / 8 pm CET / 12:30 am IST (next day)
Grand Final
Day 4 - March 31, 2024
- TBD vs TBD - 11 am PT / 7 pm CET / 11:30 pm IST
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 Elimination Stage: Schedule and results
Round 1
Day 1 - March 21, 2024
- MOUZ vs ECSTATIC (1-0): Overpass (13-11)
- Natus Vincere vs The MongolZ (1-0): Mirage (13-10)
- Virtus.pro vs Imperial Esports (0-1): Inferno (6-13)
- Team Vitality vs Eternal Fire (0-1): Inferno (10-13)
- Complexity Gaming vs paiN Gaming (1-0): Vertigo (13-9)
- FaZe Clan vs HEROIC (0-1): Ancient (10-13)
- G2 Esports vs FURIA Esports (1-0): Inferno (13-3)
- Team Spirit vs Cloud9 (1-0): Ancient (13-7)
Round 2
Day 1 - March 21, 2024
- MOUZ vs Eternal Fire (1-0): Vertigo (13-11)
- Team Vitality vs The MongolZ (1-0): Nuke (13-9)
- Complexity Gaming vs HEROIC (1-0): Vertigo (19-17)
- Virtus.pro vs paiN Gaming (1-0): Inferno (13-9)
- NAVI vs G2 Esports (1-0): Nuke (13-11)
- Cloud9 vs ECSTATIC (1-0): Overpass (13-3)
- Team Spirit vs Imperial Esports (1-0): Mirage (13-2)
- FaZe Clan vs FURIA Esports (1-0): Ancient (13-7)
Round 3
Day 2 - March 22, 2024
- G2 Esports vs Cloud9 (0-1): Anubis (9-13)
- HEROIC vs Virtus.pro (0-1): Ancient (6-13)
- Eternal Fire vs FaZe Clan (1-0): Overpass (13-1)
- Imperial Esports vs Team Vitality (0-1): Overpass (9-13)
- MOUZ vs Complexity Gaming (2-0): Overpass (13-1); Ancient (13-2)
- paiN Gaming vs The MongolZ (2-1): Mirage (9-13); Nuke (13-10); Inferno (22-19)
- Team Spirit vs NAVI (2-1): Nuke (13-16); Ancient (13-9); Mirage (13-7)
- ECSTATIC vs FURIA Esports (2-1): Overpass (13-7); Inferno (14-16) Ancient (13-7)
Round 4
Day 3 - March 23, 2024
- Eternal Fire vs Virtus.pro (2-1): Overpass (6-13); Vertigo (13-6); Inferno (13-7)
- Imperial Esports vs FaZe Clan (1-2): Nuke (8-13); Anubis (13-8); Mirage (8-13)
- Complexity Gaming vs Team Vitality (1-2): Inferno (16-19); Vertigo (13-7); Anubis (10-13)
- ECSTATIC vs G2 Esports (1-1): Inferno (7-13); Vertigo (13-11); Anubis (8-13)
- Cloud9 vs NAVI (1-2): Mirage (14-16); Ancient (13-6); Overpass (13-2)
- HEROIC vs paiN Gaming (0-2): Nuke (6-13); Mirage (9-13)
Round 5
Day 4 - March 24, 2024
- Complexity Gaming vs FaZe Clan (0-2): Nuke (6-13); Overpass (6-13)
- Virtus.pro vs G2 Esports (1-2): Overpass (16-14); Inferno (11-13); Anubis (6-13)
- NAVI vs paiN Gaming (2-0): Nuke (13-10); Mirage (13-9)
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 Opening Stage: Results
Listed below is the complete schedule for the Opening Stage of the PGL Major Copenhagen:
Round 1
Day 1 - March 17, 2024
- Cloud9 vs ECSTATIC (1-0): Ancient (13-10)
- Eternal Fire vs The MongolZ (1-0): Nuke (13-6)
- ENCE vs Imperial Esports (0-1): Anubis (19-22)
- Apeks vs paiN Gaming (0-1): Vertigo (8-13)
- GamerLegion vs AMKAL Esports (1-0): Overpass (13-8)
- HEROIC vs Lynn Vision Gaming (1-0): Nuke (13-5)
- FURIA Esports vs Legacy (0-1): Ancient (13-16)
- SAW vs KOI (1-0): Nuke (13-4)
Round 2
Day 1 - March 17, 2024
- Eternal Fire vs paiN Gaming (1-0): Anubis (13-2)
- ECSTATIC vs The MongolZ (1-0): Nuke (10-13)
- HEROIC vs Imperial Esports (0-0): Mirage (16-14)
- Apeks vs AMKAL ESPORTS (1-0): Overpass (16-13)
- Cloud9 vs Legacy (1-0): Overpass (13-10)
- ENCE vs KOI (1-0): Nuke (16-12)
- GamerLegion vs SAW (0-1): Vertigo (9-13)
- FURIA Esports vs Lynn Vision Gaming (0-1): Nuke (9-13)
Round 3
Day 2 - March 18, 2024
- Imperial Esports vs Apeks (1-0): Overpass (13-7)
- paiN Gaming vs ENCE (1-0): Nuke (13-3)
- GamerLegion vs Legacy (1-0): Vertigo (13-4)
- ECSTATIC vs Lynn Vision (1-0): Overpass (13-8)
- HEROIC vs Eternal Fire (2-0): Vertigo (16-14); Mirage (13-7)
- The MongolZ vs AMKAL ESPORTS (2-1): Nuke (13-2); Mirage (8-13); Inferno (13-10)
- Cloud9 vs SAW (2-0): Nuke (19-17); Anubis (13-9)
- KOI vs FURIA Esports (0-2): Overpass (6-13); Vertigo (9-13)
Round 4
Day 3 - March 19, 2024
- Eternal Fire vs GamerLegion (2-1): Overpass (4-13); Inferno (13-2); Vertigo (13-11)
- Lynn Vision Gaming vs The MongolZ (0-2): Ancient (8-13); Anubis (6-13)
- SAW vs paiN Gaming (0-2): Vertigo (10-13); Nuke (7-13)
- Legacy vs Apeks (2-0): Ancient (13-7); Inferno (13-7)
- ECSTATIC vs Imperial Esports (2-1): Anubis (13-4); Inferno (10-13); Vertigo (13-9)
- ENCE vs FURIA Esports (0-2): Mirage (8-13); Ancient (9-13)
Round 5
Day 4 - March 20, 2024
- Legacy vs The MongolZ (0-2): Ancient (9-13); Anubis (6-13)
- Imperial Esports vs GamerLegion (2-1): Overpass (12-16); Mirage (13-6); Nuke (13-5)
- SAW vs FURIA Esports (0-2): Vertigo (7-13); Ancient (7-13)
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Broadcast talent
Desk Hosts
- Richard Lewis
- Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)
Stage Host
- James Banks
Reporter
- Pala (Pala Gilroy Sen)
Analysts
- moses (Jason O'Toole)
- Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
- Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)
- Bleh (Sudhen Wahengbam)
Commentators
- Anders Blume and HenryG (Henry Greer)
- Machine (Alex Richardson) and SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
- JustHarry (Harry Russell) and Hugo Byron
- Scrawny (Conner Girvan) and launders (Mohan Govindasamy)
Observers
- shev (Marko Krajčeski)
- jeyrazz (Sigurds Maikls)
- zarx (Jake Karakouzian)
- Jak3y (Jake Elton)
- encg (Efren Chuong)
- lolbanelor (Sam Davies)
- Kejser (Niclas Guldbæk)
- UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)
- Loxar (Ondřej Lebeda)
- Esio (Benjamin Doughty)
- ItsRandall (Ryan Randall)
Where to watch PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Livestream details
CS2 fans worldwide can tune into the official PGL Twitch, YouTube, and Kick channels to watch the PGL Major Copenhagen. There will be two streams airing live on certain matchdays on Twitch, YouTube, and Kick when multiple games occur simultaneously, such as Round 1 and Round 2.
The livestream links for PGL Major Copenhagen are listed below:
- PGL Major Copenhagen on Twitch: A stream | B stream
- PGL Major Copenhagen on YouTube: Watch here
- PGL Major Copenhagen on Kick: A stream | B stream
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