

2 and only the top eight will make it into the playoffs. The Legends stage will be played from Oct. 26 to 29 and eight teams will advance to the next phase to meet the teams who secured Legend status during the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournaments. Both the elimination and advancement matches will be played as best-of-threes, while the other matches are all best-of-ones. In the Swiss stage, teams who win three matches progress, and teams who lost three are eliminated from the tournament. The $2 million competition will use a 16-team Swiss system for both the Challengers and the Legends Stage.

There will be a secondary stream for simultaneous matches and non-English broadcasts such as WePlay’s Russian stream. The PGL Stockholm Major will be broadcast on PGL’s Twitch and YouTube channel. Here’s everything you need to know about the PGL Stockholm Major. Once again, half of the teams will be eliminated and the top eight will play in the playoffs at the Avicii Arena. The tournament will kick off with the Challengers Stage, where eight of the 16 teams will advance to the Legends Stage. Most of the best teams in the world secured their spots, so we can expect a handful of quality matches. It’s without a doubt the most relevant CS:GO tournament since the last Major, the StarLadder Berlin in September 2019. PGL is expecting to have a full house at the Avicii Arena, the venue of choice for the playoffs, which will run in the last four days of the competition. Some of the best teams in the world will be fighting for their share of the $2 million prize pool and a chance to make history.įor the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a premier tournament will be held in front of a live audience. The PGL Stockholm Major, the first Valve-sponsored tournament since 2019, will run from Oct. These souvenir drops were major-specific, but Valve has now replaced them with an in-game viewer pass that gives access to exclusive content.The wait is nearly over, CS:GO fans. What happened to CSGO major drops?ĬSGO players used to get major drops by watching major events via GOTV in the CSGO client. The Challenger’s Stage starts October 26, the Legends Stage begins October 30, and the Champions Stage begins November 4. If you’re planning to partake in Pick’Em challenge, you must make your picks before each stage begins. More Souvenir Tokens can be purchased directly once you have an activated your viewer pass.

You can save these tokens to redeem in later stages of the major. Each time you upgrade your coin, you’ll get a Souvenir Token. Your coin will be maxed out at Diamond after completing all nine challenges. Complete three challenges to upgrade your coin from Bronze to Silver, and six challenges to upgrade from Silver to Gold. You can level up the Stockholm 2021 event coin by activating your viewer pass and completing Pick’Em challenges.
