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.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Game | Counter-Strike 2 |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Dates | November 30–December 15, 2024 |
| Administrator | Valve Perfect World |
| Format | Two 16-team Swiss-system group stages 8-team single-elimination playoff |
| Host(s) | Perfect World PGL[a] |
| Venue | Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center (Opening & Elimination stages) Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (Playoffs stage) |
| Teams | 24 |
| Purse | US$1,250,000 |
Background
editCounter-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
editOn November 1, 2024, PGL announced the full talent lineup for the Major's English-language broadcast.[6]
Hosts
- James Banks (stage host)
- Richard Lewis
- Sam "TechGirl" Wright
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
editLike 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
editTeams
editEurope
edit- Cloud9
- Team Vitality
- MOUZ
- Natus Vincere
- FaZe Clan
- Fnatic
- GamerLegion
- BIG Clan
- 3DMAX
- HEROIC
- Virtus.pro
- G2 Esports
- Passion UA
- Team Spirit
Asia
edit- Rare Atom
- The MongolZ
- FlyQuest
Americas
editQualification
editQualification will take place through three Regional Major Ranking events, based on teams' geographical regions, events will be held for Europe, Americas and Asia.[7]
Four teams who qualify from each Europe RMR 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. Like the previous Major, these places will be distributed according to the highest ranked teams in the Valve Regional Standings.[8]
The RMR tournaments for all regions will take place in Shanghai, at the following dates:[9]
- Asia: November 11–13
- Americas: November 12–15
- Europe: November 17–24
RMR results
edit| Region | Opening Stage | Elimination Stage |
|---|---|---|
| Europe A | ||
| Europe B |
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| Americas | — | |
| Asia |
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Team seeding
editFollowing the conclusion of the Europe RMRs, Valve updated their regional standings and awarded teams Elimination Stage berths based on their new rankings.
| Standing | Team Name | Roster | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G2 | huNter-, m0NESY, malbsMd, NiKo, Snax | Elimination Stage |
| 2 | Natus Vincere | Aleksib, b1t, iM, jL, w0nderful | |
| 3 | Vitality | apEX, flameZ, mezii, Spinx, ZywOo | |
| 4 | Spirit | chopper, donk, magixx, sh1ro, zont1x | |
| 5 | MOUZ | Brollan, Jimpphat, siuhy, torzsi, xertioN | |
| 6 | FaZe | broky, frozen, karrigan, rain, ropz | |
| 7 | HEROIC | degster, kyxsan, NertZ, sjuush, TeSeS | |
| 11 | 3DMAX | Djoko, Ex3rcice, Graviti, Lucky, Maka | |
| 13 | Virtus.pro | electroNic, fame, FL1T, Jame, n0rb3r7 | Opening Stage |
| 15 | BIG | JDC, Krimbo, rigoN, syrsoN, tabseN | |
| 17 | fnatic | blameF, bodyy, KRIMZ, MATYS, nawwk | |
| 22 | GamerLegion | FL4MUS, sl3nd, Tauson, volt, ztr | |
| 30 | Cloud9 | Ax1Le, Boombl4, HeavyGod, ICY, interz | |
| 34 | Passion UA | fear, jackasmo, jambo, s-chilla, zeRRoFIX |
Opening stage
editOn 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.[11] 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.
The Opening Stage will be played between November 30 and December 3, 2024.
| Pos | Team | W | L | RW | RL | RD | BS | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virtus.pro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Elimination Stage |
| 2 | BIG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Fnatic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | GamerLegion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Cloud9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Passion UA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Wildcard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MIBR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | paiN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated |
| 10 | Complexity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Liquid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Imperial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | FURIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | FlyQuest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Rare Atom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | The MongolZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elimination stage
editLike 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 eight highest teams from the Europe RMR in Valve's regional standings. Matches are played in the same format as in the Opening Stage.
The Elimination Stage will be played between December 5 and December 8, 2024.
| Pos | Team | W | L | RW | RL | RD | BS | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Playoffs Stage |
| 2 | Natus Vincere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Vitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Spirit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | MOUZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | FaZe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | HEROIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 3DMAX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated |
| 10 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs stage
editThe 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.
The Playoffs Stage will be played between December 12 and December 15, 2024.
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Notes
editReferences
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