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Draft:Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024

Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
2024
Tournament information
GameCounter-Strike 2
LocationShanghai, China
DatesDecember 1–15, 2024
AdministratorValve
Perfect World
FormatTwo 16-team Swiss-system group stages
8-team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)Perfect World
PGL[a]
VenueOpening and Elimination stages: Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center
Playoffs stage: Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
Teams24
PurseUS$1,250,000
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Austin 2025 →

The Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 will be the second Counter-Strike 2 Major Championship and twenty-first Counter-Strike Major overall. It will be held in Shanghai, China, and will be the first Major organized by Perfect World.[2] For the first time since Rio 2022, each stage of the tournament will be held in front of large audiences. The Opening and Elimination stages will be held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, while the Playoffs stage will be held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center.[3] Twenty-four teams will qualify from regional qualifiers for the tournament, which will include a prize pool of US$1,250,000.

Background

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Counter-Strike 2 is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the fifth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional Counter-Strike, the Valve-sponsored Majors are considered the most prestigious tournaments.[4]

The defending Major champions are Natus Vincere, following a 2–1 victory over FaZe Clan at Copenhagen 2024.[5]

On July 4, 2024, it was announced that Romanian tournament organizer and previous Major hosts PGL had acquired the rights to the English-language broadcast.[1]

Talent

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On November 1, 2024, PGL announced the full talent lineup for the Major's English-language broadcast.[6]

Hosts

Analysts

  • Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg
  • Janko "YNk" Paunović
  • Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam
  • Dustin "dusT" Mouret

Casters

  • Jason "moses" O'Tool
  • Adam "dinko" Hawthorne
  • Hugo Byron
  • Harry "JustHarry" Russell
  • Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
  • Alex "Machine" Richardson
  • Mohan "launders" Govindasamy
  • Conner "Scrawny" Girvan

Format

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Like previous Majors using a Swiss-system group stage, twenty-four teams will qualify for the tournament. This includes sixteen teams who qualify for the Opening Stage. The top eight teams from the Opening Stage move on to the Elimination Stage, along with eight teams directly from the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) qualifiers. Finally, the top eight teams from the Elimination Stage will play a single-elimination Playoffs Stage to determine a champion.

In the first two stages, all matches except for progression or elimination matches, which are played as bests-of-three, are played in a best-of-one format. All matches in the Playoff Stage are played in a best-of-three format.

Map pool

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Teams

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Europe

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Asia

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Americas

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Qualification

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Qualification will take place through three Regional Major Ranking events, based on teams' geographical regions, events will be held for Europe, Americas and Asia. A number of Opening Stage and Elimination Stage places will be distributed according to Valve's own regional standings.[7]

Eight teams from Europe who qualify from the RMRs will earn direct berths to the Elimination Stage, in accordance with the number of each region's teams that advanced from the Elimination Stage to the Playoffs Stage of Copenhagen 2024.

The RMR tournaments for all regions will take place in Shanghai, at the following dates:[8]

  • Asia: November 11–13
  • Americas: November 12–15
  • Europe: November 17–24

RMR Results

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Region Opening Stage Elimination Stage
Europe A
Europe B
Americas —
Asia —

Opening Stage

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On November 4, 2023, it was announced that Valve had renamed the Challengers Stage and Legends Stage of the Major to "Opening Stage" and "Elimination Stage" respectively. Teams would also be seeded into these stages according to their regional standings.[9] Like previous Majors using a Swiss-system bracket, sixteen teams will compete for eight Elimination Stage spots, with all matches besides elimination and progression matches, which are bests-of-three, being bests-of-one.

Elimination Stage

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Like the Opening Stage, the Elimination Stage is played in a Swiss-system bracket, with eight teams advancing to a single-elimination Playoffs Stage. The Elimination Stage includes the eight teams that advance from the Opening Stage, as well as the seven highest teams from the Europe RMR and the highest team from the Americas RMR in Valve's regional standings. Matches are played in the same format as in the Opening Stage.

Playoffs Stage

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The top eight teams from the Elimination Stage will advance to a single-elimination bracket. Each match in the Playoffs Stage is played in a best-of-three format.

Final standings

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Notes

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  1. ^ English-language brodcast.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "PGL on X: "PGL has secured the media rights for the Perfect World CS2 Shanghai Major 2024"". Twitter. July 4, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Gwynn, Dafydd. "Perfect World to host CS2 Major in Shanghai". Esports Insider. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Xu, Davide (September 6, 2024). "Shanghai Major 2024 venues revealed, live audience announced for all three stages". Esports Insider. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Šimić, Ivan (July 6, 2023). "What are the most popular Counter-Strike esports events?". Esports Insider. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  5. ^ "NAVI Wins The First 'Counter-Strike 2' Major In Copenhagen". Forbes. March 31, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  6. ^ "PGL on X: "Here's the talent lineup for the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 - English broadcast!"". Twitter. November 1, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "PGL Copenhagen Major Europe RMRs: Schedule, results, more". Dot Esports. February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  8. ^ Jones, Lee (May 31, 2024). "RMR's for Shanghai Major 2024 to take place offline in China". Esports Insider. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  9. ^ Cooke, Hunter (November 4, 2023). "Valve make stealth changes to the CS2 Major format". Dot Esports. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

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