PGL Major Stockholm 2021

PGL Major 2021

2021
The PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Logo
Tournament information
Game	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Dates	October 26–November 7, 2021
Administrator	Valve PGL
Tournament format(s)	Two 16-team swiss-system group stages 8-team single-elimination playoff
Venue	Avicii Arena
Teams	24 teams
Purse	US$2,000,000
Final positions
Champions	Natus Vincere
1st runners-up	G2 Esports
2nd runners-up	Gambit Esports Heroic
MVP	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev

The PGL Major Stockholm 2021, also known as PGL Major 2021 or Stockholm 2021, was the sixteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship.^[1][2] It was held in Stockholm, Sweden at the Avicii Arena from October 26 to November 7, 2021. Twenty-four teams qualified via regional major rankings. It featured a US$2,000,000 prize pool, a rise from the $1,000,000 of previous Majors due to the absence of offline competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017. Stockholm 2021 was the first Major after a break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic following the StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019. The Major was won by Natus Vincere, who did not lose a single map throughout the tournament.^[3]

Background

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.^[4][5]

The Stockholm Major was the first Major in two years following an absence in offline play in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the ESL One Rio Major 2020 was planned for May 2020,^[6] but was postponed to November,^[7] before later being canceled in September.^[8]

The defending champions were Astralis, who won their fourth Major at Berlin 2019. They were eliminated in the Legends stage after their loss to Team Vitality.^[9][10]

Format

Map Pool

Between the Berlin 2019 Major and the Stockholm 2021 Major, Valve replaced Train in the active duty map pool with Ancient.^[11]

Dust II Mirage Inferno Nuke Ancient Overpass Vertigo

Regional Major Ranking

On April 2, 2020, Valve revised the former major qualification system which featured direct qualifiers called minors, for a yearly circuit where teams had to earn Regional Major Ranking Points (RMR) in a series of tournaments. The system was revised in scope of the first postponement of the Rio Major.^[12] In early January 2021, Valve reached out to organizers for proposals of three RMR events per region–Asia, CIS, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.^[13] Five days later, the corporation released the 2020 RMR Sticker capsule as an in-game item, including the team's logos as sticker who qualified for Rio. They furthermore reset all the points acquired and reset the leaderboard. As a compensation, teams who qualified as a Legend for the Rio Major were awarded with 600 points, Challengers with 300 and Contenders with 100.^[14] Through the rules laid out by Valve, teams were able to replace up to two members of their roster at a time for a penalty. Teams lost 20% of their points per player change. If three or more players were removed from the team, the points would be reset. At least two RMR events per region were required with an optional third one being possible.^[15] The only regions to have three RMR events were CIS and South America.

Tournaments

List of RMR tournaments

Region	Events	RMR	Dates	Ref.
Asia	Perfect World League Season 1 (2021/1)	5800	April 20 – May 3, 2021	[16]
	IEM Fall 2021 Asia (2021/2)	9063	October 5–10, 2021	[17]
CIS	EPIC League CIS 2021 (2021/1)	10000	May 12 – June 1, 2021	[18]
	StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 (2021/2)	8750	June 27 – July 4, 2021	[19]
	IEM Fall 2021 CIS (2021/3)	10938	September 29 – October 3, 2021	[20]
Europe	Flashpoint Season 3 (2021/1)	13600	May 10–30, 2021	[21]
	IEM Fall 2021 Europe (2021/2)	18908	September 29 – October 10, 2021	[22]
North America	cs_summit 8 (2021/1)	10000	May 20–30, 2021	[23]
	IEM Fall 2021 North America (2021/2)	10938	October 5–10, 2021	[24]
Oceania	EPIC League Oceania 2021 (2021/1)	5800	May 24–30, 2021	[25]
	IEM Fall 2021 South America (2021/2)	9063	September 29 – October 3, 2021	[26]
South America	CBCS Elite League Season 1 (2021/1)	10000	April 22 – May 16, 2021	[27]
	CBCS Elite League Season 2 (2021/2)	6900	July 21 – August 8, 2021	[28]
	IEM Fall 2021 South America (2021/3)	9063	September 29 – October 3, 2021	[29]

RMR standings

Asia Teams 2020 2021/1 2021/2 Total Seed Tyloo 100 1500 2500 4100 Contenders ViCi — 1600 2344 3944 Did not qualify Team NKT — — 2188 2188 Checkmate — — 2031 2031 Invictus — 1400[A] — 1120 Wings Up — 1300[B] — 1040 Oceania Teams 2020 2021/1 2021/2 Total Seed Renegades 100[C] 1600 2500 4180 Contenders ORDER — 1500 2188 3688 Did not qualify LookingForOrg — 1300[D] 2344 3384 VERTEX — — 2031 2031 Rooster — 1400 — 895 CIS Teams 2020 2021/1 2021/2 2021/3 Total Seed Natus Vincere 600[E] 1200 2000 2344 6024 Legends Gambit Esports — 1600 1875 2500 5975 Team Spirit 600[F] 1300 1750 1875 5405 Challengers Virtus.pro 100 1500 — 2031 3631 Contenders Entropiq — 1100 — 2188 3288 K23 — 950 1625 — 2575 Did not qualify forZe — 950 1500 — 2450 Akuma — — 1400 — 1400 Nemiga 300[G] — —[H] — 192 Espada 100[I] — — — 60 North America Teams 2020 2021/1 2021/2 Total Seed FURIA 600[J] 1500[K] 2500 4084 Legends Team Liquid 300[L] 1600 2188 4028 Evil Geniuses 600[M] 950 1875 3185 paiN Gaming — 1100 2031 3031 Challenger Godsent — — 2344 2344 Contender Extremum 600[N] 1400 — 1880 Did not qualify 00Nation — 1300 — 1300 Extra Salt — 1200 — 1200 Bad News Bears — 950[O] — 570 Gen.G 100[P] — — 80

South America Teams 2020 2021/1 2021/2 2021/3 Total Seed Sharks Esports — 1500 1875 2344 5719 Contenders MIBR 100[Q] 1600 1750 2188 5618 Did not qualify Bravos Gaming — 1300[R] 2000[S] 2500 4932 Paquetá Gaming — 1400 1625 — 3025 Imperial Esports — — — 2031 2031 Havan Liberty — 1050[T] — — 840 INTZ — 1050[U] — — 630 Santos e-Sports — 1050[V] — — 0 Meta Gaming — 1050[W] — — 0 Europe Teams 2020 2021/1 2021/2 Total Seed Ninjas In Pyjamas 600[X] 1500[Y] 2500 3988 Legends Team Vitality 600[Z] 1000 2188 3668 G2 Esports 300[AA] 1400 1719 3359 Astralis 300 Challengers ENCE — — 2344 2344 BIG 300 1200 1094 2294 Movistar Riders — — 1875 1875 Heroic 600 1300 — 1660 mousesports — 1600 — 1600 Copenhagen Flames — — 1563 1563 Contenders FaZe Clan 100 250 1250 1498 Team Fiend — — 1406 1406 Did not qualify OG 300[AB] 250 938 1368 FunPlus Phoenix 300[AC] 800 — 1040 DBL Poney — 900[AD] — 720 Sprout — 600[AE] — 480 Complexity Gaming — 700 — 420 Anonymo — 500 — 300 fnatic 300 250 — 294 HYENAS 100[AF] 250[AG] — 0

Teams competing

Legends

• Evil Geniuses
• FURIA Esports
• G2 Esports
• Gambit Esports
• Natus Vincere
• Ninjas in Pyjamas
• Team Liquid
• Team Vitality

Challengers

• Astralis
• BIG
• ENCE
• Heroic
• MOUZ
• Movistar Riders
• paiN Gaming
• Team Spirit

Contenders

• Copenhagen Flames
• Entropiq
• FaZe Clan
• GODSENT
• Renegades
• Sharks Esports
• TYLOO
• Virtus.pro

New Challengers Stage

The New Challengers stage took place from October 26 to October 29, 2021, at the Avicii Arena. The Challengers stage, also known as the Preliminary stage and formerly known as the offline qualifier, is a sixteen team swiss tournament. Initial seeding was determined using RMR srandings, from the 3rd round forward the Buchholz system was used.

Pos	Team	RW	RL	RD	BH	W	L	Qualification
1	FaZe Clan	64	43	+21	3	3	0	Qualification to Legends Stage
2	Copenhagen Flames	75	52	+23	1	3	0
3	ENCE	86	71	+15	0	3	1
4	Entropiq	87	68	+19	0	3	1
5	Virtus.pro	99	96	+3	−1	3	1
6	Heroic	133	129	+4	3	3	2
7	Astralis	111	90	+21	−1	3	2
8	MOUZ	126	110	+16	−3	3	2
9	BIG	117	122	−5	6	2	3	Eliminated
10	Team Spirit	101	110	−9	1	2	3
11	Movistar Riders	103	123	−20	1	2	3
12	paiN Gaming	106	110	−4	−2	1	3
13	Renegades	70	92	−22	−3	1	3
14	TYLOO	77	88	−11	−4	1	3
15	GODSENT	36	64	−28	2	0	3
16	Sharks Esports	63	86	−23	−3	0	3

Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2021. Source: HLTV

Round 1 scores

Round 1 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Heroic	16	Inferno	12	TYLOO
MOUZ	16	Inferno	6	Sharks Esports
Movistar Riders	16	Nuke	13	Renegades
BIG	16	Nuke	13	Entropiq
paiN	14	Inferno	16	Virtus.pro
ENCE	16	Nuke	13	GODSENT
Team Spirit	11	Overpass	16	FaZe Clan
Astralis	6	Overpass	16	Copenhagen Flames

Round 2 scores

Round 2 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
High division
ENC	12	Dust 2	16	FaZe Clan
BIG	11	Nuke	16	Copenhagen Flames
Movistar Riders	12	Vetrigo	16	Virtus.pro
Heroic	16	Nuke	11	MOUZ
Low division
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Round 3 scores

Round 3 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
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Round 4 scores

Round 4 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
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Round 5 scores

Round 5 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
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New Legends Stage

• Top 8 Teams proceed to New Champions Stage
• Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated

Place	Team	Record	RD	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1–2	Natus Vincere	3–0	+31	Heroic 16–11 Ancient	High match Virtus.pro 16–4 Overpass	High match Ninjas in Pyjamas 2–0	New Champions stage	New Champions stage
	G2 Esports	3–0	+24	Copenhagen Flames 16–11 Ancient	High match FaZe Clan 16–7 Mirage	High match Entropiq 2–0	New Champions stage	New Champions stage
3–5	Heroic	3–1	+22	Natus Vincere 11–16 Ancient	Low match Team Vitality 16–12 Overpass	Mid match Astralis 16–7 Ancient	High match Copenhagen Flames 2–1	New Champions stage
	Gambit Esports	3–1	+17	ENCE 16–7 Overpass	High match Entropiq 9–16 Vertigo	Mid match Virtus.pro 16–14 Vertigo	High match Ninjas in Pyjamas 2–0	New Champions stage
	FURIA Esports	3–1	+3	Astralis 10–16 Inferno	High match MOUZ 16–9 Inferno	Mid match Team Liquid 16–9 Inferno	High match Entropiq 2–1	New Champions stage
6–8	Team Vitality	3–2	+23	Virtus.pro 14–16 Inferno	Low match Heroic 12–16 Overpass	Low match Evil Geniuses 2–1	Low match Astralis 2–1	Entropiq 2–1
	Virtus.pro	3–2	+2	Team Vitality 16–14 Inferno	High match Natus Vincere 4–16 Overpass	Mid match Gambit Esports 14–16 Vertigo	Low match MOUZ 2–1	FaZe Clan 2–1
	Ninjas in Pyjamas	3–2	−9	MOUZ 16–12 Inferno	High match Astralis 16–1 Inferno	High match Natus Vincere 0–2	High match Gambit Esports 0–2	Copenhagen Flames 2–1
9–11	Copenhagen Flames	2–3	6	G2 Esports 11–16 Ancient	Low match Evil Geniuses 16–2 Nuke	Mid match FaZe Clan 16–6 Ancient	High match Heroic 1–2	Ninjas in Pyjamas 1–2
	FaZe Clan	2–3	−2	Evil Geniuses 16–6 Dust II	High match G2 Esports 7–16 Mirage	Mid match Copenhagen Flames 6–16 Ancient	High match Team Liquid 2–0	Virtus.pro 1–2
	Entropiq	2–3	−12	Team Liquid 16–9 Vertigo	High match Gambit Esports 16–9 Vertigo	High match G2 Esports 0–2	High match FURIA Esports 1–2	Team Vitality 1–2
12–14	MOUZ	1–3	−5	Ninjas in Pyjamas 12–16 Inferno	Low match FURIA Esports 9–16 Inferno	Low match ENCE 2–0	Low match Virtus.pro 1–2	Eliminated
	Team Liquid	1–3	−17	Entropiq 9–16 Vertigo	Low match ENCE 16–8 Dust II	Mid match FURIA Esports 9–16 Inferno	Low match FaZe Clan 0–2	Eliminated
	Astralis	1–3	−25	FURIA Esports 16–10 Inferno	High match Ninjas in Pyjamas 1–16 Inferno	Mid match Heroic 7–16 Ancient	Low match Team Vitality 1–2	Eliminated
15–16	ENCE	0–3	−33	Gambit Esports 7–16 Overpass	Low match Team Liquid 8–16 Dust II	Low match MOUZ 0–2	Eliminated	Eliminated
	Evil Geniuses	0–3	−36	FaZe Clan 6–16 Dust II	Low match Copenhagen Flames 2–16 Nuke	Low match Team Vitality 1–2	Eliminated	Eliminated

Round 1 scores

Round 1 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
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Round 2 scores

Round 2 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
High division
—
Low division
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Round 3 scores

Round 3 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
—

Round 4 scores

Round 4 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
—

Round 5 scores

Round 5 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
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New Champions Stage

With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major is a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals								Semifinals								Finals
	1	Natus Vincere	16	16	–	2
	8	Team Vitality	11	13	–	0
									1	Natus Vincere	16	16	–	2
									4	Gambit Esports	8	3	–	0
	5	FURIA Esports	17	10	–	0
	4	Gambit Esports	19	16	–	2
																	1	Natus Vincere	16	22	–	2
																	2	G2 Esports	11	19	–	0
	3	Heroic	16	13	16	2
	6	Virtus.pro	10	16	12	1
									3	Heroic	16	10	15	1
									2	G2 Esports	12	16	19	2
	2	G2 Esports	16	16	–	2
	7	Ninjas in Pyjamas	11	11	–	0

Quarterfinals

Heroic vs. Virtus.pro

Casters: Semmler & moses

Virtus.pro vs. Heroic scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Virtus.pro	10	Mirage	16	Heroic
Virtus.pro	16	Ancient	13	Heroic
Virtus.pro	12	Inferno	16	Heroic

G2 Esports vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

Casters: Semmler & Anders

G2 Esports vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
G2 Esports	16	Inferno	11	Ninjas in Pyjamas
G2 Esports	16	Mirage	11	Ninjas in Pyjamas
G2 Esports	–	Ancient	–	Ninjas in Pyjamas

FURIA Esports vs. Gambit Esports

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

FURIA Esports vs. Gambit Esports scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
FURIA Esports	17	Inferno	19	Gambit Esports
FURIA Esports	10	Overpass	16	Gambit Esports
FURIA Esports	–	Mirage	–	Gambit Esports

Natus Vincere vs. Team Vitality

Casters: James Bardolph & ddk

Natus Vincere vs. Team Vitality scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	16	Dust II	11	Team Vitality
Natus Vincere	16	Nuke	13	Team Vitality
Natus Vincere	–	Mirage	–	Team Vitality

Semifinals

Heroic vs. G2 Esports

Casters: Semmler & Anders

G2 Esports vs. Heroic scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
G2 Esports	12	Nuke	16	Heroic
G2 Esports	16	Mirage	10	Heroic
G2 Esports	19	Inferno	15	Heroic

Natus Vincere vs. Gambit Esports

Casters: Semmler & Moses

Natus Vincere vs. Gambit Esports scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	16	Overpass	8	Gambit Esports
Natus Vincere	16	Mirage	3	Gambit Esports
Natus Vincere	–	Dust II	–	Gambit Esports

Finals

Natus Vincere vs. G2 Esports

Casters: Machine & SPUNJ

G2 Esports vs. Natus Vincere scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
G2 Esports	11	Ancient	16	Natus Vincere
G2 Esports	19	Nuke	22	Natus Vincere
G2 Esports	–	Mirage	–	Natus Vincere

Final standings

The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown.

Place	Prize Money	Team	Seed	Roster	Coach
1st	US$1,000,000	Natus Vincere	PGL Major Antwerp 2022 RMR	s1mple, electroNic, Boombl4, Perfecto, b1t	B1ad3
2nd	US$300,000	G2 Esports		JaCkz, AmaNEk, nexa, huNter-, NiKo	maLeK
3rd – 4th	US$140,000	Heroic		stavn, cadiaN, TeSeS, refrezh, sjuush	Xizt
		Gambit Esports		nafany, sh1ro, Ax1Le, interz, HObbit	groove
5th – 8th	US$70,000	Team Vitality		apEX, ZywOo, shox, misutaaa, Kyojin	XTQZZZ
		FURIA Esports		yuurih, arT, VINI, KSCERATO drop	tacitus
		Virtus.Pro		buster, Qikert, Jame, YEKINDAR, FL1T	dastan
		Ninjas in Pyjamas		REZ, Plopski, hampus, dev1ce, LNZ	THREAT
9th – 11th	US$17,500	Entropiq	PGL Major Antwerp 2022 RMR	El1an, Lack1, NickelBack, Krad, Forester	hooch
		Copenhagen Flames		Jabbi, nicoodoz, roeJ, HooXi, Zyphon	vorborg
		FaZe Clan		rain, olofmeister, broky, Twistzz, karrigan	innersh1ne
12th – 14th	US$17,500	Astralis		dupreeh, Xyp9x, gla1ve, Magisk, Lucky	zonic
		MOUZ		ropz, frozen, Bymas, acoR, dexter	mithR
		Team Liquid		EliGE, NAF, Stewie2K, Grim, FalleN	jokasteve
15th – 16th	US$17,500	Evil Geniuses	–	Brehze, CeRq, stanislaw, oBo, MICHU	daps
		ENCE		doto, Snappi, Spinx, dycha, hades	sAw
17th – 19th	–	BIG		tabseN, tiziaN, syrsoN, k1to, gade	LEGIJA
		Movistar Riders		mopoz, ALEX, DeathZz, SunPayus, dav1g	bladE
		Team Spirit		chopper, mir, magixx, degster, sdy	Certus
20th – 22nd	–	paiN Gaming		PKL, biguzera, hardzao, NEKIZ, saffee	felippe1
		Renegades		malta, Sico, INS, Hatz, aliStair	Kingfisher
		TYLOO		somebody, Summer, Attacker, SLOWLY, DANK1NG	Karsa
23rd – 24th	–	GODSENT		TACO, felps, latto, b4rtiN, dumau	cky
		Sharks Esports		jnt, pancc, Lucaozy, realziN, zevy	coachi

Notes

1. July 9: Invictus part ways with Starry;^[30] August 17: Invictus sign rage^[31] (−280)
2. July 6: Wings Up replace DD with ayaya^[32] (−260)
3. February 2021: Renegades replace dexter with aliStair (−20)
4. July 2021: LookingForOrg, at the time still under the Dire Wolves name replace soju_j with apoc (−260)
5. January: B1T joins the roster for flamie^[33] (−120)
6. January 21: iDISBALANCE is replaced with degster^[34] (−120)
7. April 2: speed4k gets replaced with iDISBALANCE^[35] (−60)
8. August 30: 1eeR replaces mdr^[36] (−48)
9. January 11: degster and Patsi become inactiv^[37] (−40)
10. January 2021: Furia replace HEN1 with junior (−120)
11. June 2021: junior gets replaced by drop (−396)
12. January 2021: Twistzz gets replaced by FalleN (−120)
13. March 2021: Ethan retires and gets replaced by oBo; April 2021: tarik is benched and replaced by MICHU (−240)
14. January 2021: jks gets replaced by BnTet
15. May 2021: alter gets replaced by Shakezullah; August 2021: ptr gets replaced by junior
16. January 2021: BnTeT is removed from the roaster
17. January 2021: exit replaces felps (−20)
18. June 2021: caike replaces Leomonster (−260)
19. September: danoco replaces KaiG (−608)
20. July: w1 is benched and replaced by skullz (−210)
21. May: chara is replaced with DANVIET; July: dukka leaves the roaster (−420)
22. August: Santos e-Sports remove their core roaster of xns, voltera, MaLLby (−1050)
23. May/June: Meta Gaming part ways with their core roaster of rushardo, 648, and restik (−1050)
24. January: twist is replaced with ztr; April: dev1ce replaces nawwk (−240)
25. June: LNZ replaces ztr (−372)
26. April: Kyojin replaces RPK (−120)
27. April: kennyS gets replaced with NiKo (−60)
28. February/March: OG replace ISSAA with flameZ and NBK- with niko (−120)
29. April: emi replaces krystal (−60)
30. April 30: NBK leaves DPL Poney.;^[38] June: Ex3rcice joins the roaster as a stand-in.^[39] (−180)
31. July 29: denis leaves the team;^[40] August 12: raalz joins the team (−120)^[41]
32. January: Kjaerbye replaces Lekro; MSL replaces b0RUP (−40)
33. July: HYENAS loose their roaster (−310)

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