NAVI directly qualified to the Eliminaton Stage and skipped the first stage
The pairings of the first round of the Opening Stage at Shanghai Major 2024 By Counter-Strike 2.
Ukrainian team Passion UA starts the tournament with a match against BIG. The debut of the Ukrainian organization at the major will take place on Saturday, November 30. Let us remind you that Passion UA and BIG played each other on November 22 in Group B of the RMR tournament, then the German organization won (2:1).
Opening Stage first round pairings:
FURIA Esports – GamerLegion
Virtus.pro – MIBR
Team Liquid – Cloud9
Complexity Gaming – FlyQuest
BIG – Passion UA
Fnatic – Wildcard
The MongolZ – Rare Atom
paiN Gaming – Imperial Esports
The eight best teams from the Opening Stage will advance to the next round (Elimination Stage). To qualify, you need to win three matches; in case of three defeats, the team leaves the tournament.
Note that eight teams (Natus Vincere, G2 Esports, Team Vitality, MOUZ, FaZe Clan, HEROIC, 3DMAX and Team Spirit) directly qualified for the Eliminaton Stage and are skipping the first stage.
Elimination Stage is scheduled for December 5-8. 16 teams will determine the 8 strongest, which will advance to the playoffs (December 12-15) and compete for the main trophy.
Perfect World Shanghai Major will take place from November 30 to December 15. This will be the first CS major in China.
Let us remind you that NAVI became the champions of the previous CS2 major (PGL Major Copenhagen 2024), which was held in the capital of Denmark in March.
Source: Sportarena
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