Everything you need to know about the PGL Major Antwerp

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Name: PGL Major Antwerp 2022

Location: Antwerp, Belgium

Venue: Antwerps Sportpaleis

Date: 9/5-22/5 – 2022

Format:

Challenger Stage: 16 teams in Swiss Group Format. Eight teams advance to the Legends Stage. All elimination or advancement matches are Bo3, and all other matches are Bo1.

Legends Stage: Eight teams from Challenger Stage face eight already qualified teams in another Swiss Group. Eight teams advance to the knockout phase. All elimination or advancement matches are Bo3, and all other matches are Bo1.

Champions Stage: Eight teams compete in the single-elimination bracket. All matches are Bo3.

Prize Pool:

1st: $500,000

2nd: $150,000

3rd-4th: $70,000

5-8th: $35,000

Teams in Challenger Stage:

ENCE, G2, forZe, Astralis, Team Vitality, MIBR, Imperial Esports, Bad News Eagles, Eternal Fire, Team Spirit, Outsiders, Complexity Gaming, IHC Esports, Renegades, Team Liquid, 9z Team

Teams in Legends Stage:

Heroic, Copenhagen Flames, BIG, Cloud9, FURIA, FaZe, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Natus Vincere

Countries represented:

1. DK Flag Denmark: 20 players

1. RU Flag Russia: 20 players

3. BR Flag Brazil: 15 players

4. US Flag USA: 6 players

5. FR FlagFrance: 5 players

5. DE Flag Germany: 5 players

5. MN Flag Mongolia: 5 players

5. TR Flag Turkey: 5 players

9. AU Flag Australia: 4 players

9. XK Flag Kosovo: 4 players

9. SE Flag Sweden: 4 players

12. CA Flag Canada: 3 players

12. KZ Flag Kazakhstan: 3 players

13. AR Flag Argentina: 2 players

13. BA Flag Bosnia: 2 players

13. LV Flag Latvia: 2 players

13. PL Flag Poland: 2 players

13. UA Flag Ukraine: 2 players

13. UY Flag Uruguay: 2 players

20. CL Flag Chile: 1 player

20. EE Flag Estonia: 1 player

20. FI Flag Finland: 1 player

20. IL Flag Israel: 1 player

20. ME Flag Montenegro: 1 player

20. NZ Flag New Zealand: 1 player

20. NO Flag Norway: 1 player

20. ZA Flag South Africa: 1 player

20. CH Flag Switzerland: 1 player

Trivia:

Everything you need to know about the PGL Major Antwerp - Regular News - Pley

shox, dupreeh, olofmeister, device, and Xyp9x are the only five players to have attended all previous 16 Majors. Unless device or olofmeister is substituted in at the PGL Major Antwerp, we will be down to three players on that list.

39 players will make their Major debut at Antwerpen.

Two players hold a 100% win record at a Major. fnx (2) and B1T (1).

Most Majors won: Astralis – 4 titles

Most Major finals: Ninjas in Pyjamas – 5 times

Most Major appearances: NAVI – 16 times

Antwerp is the 12th city to host a Major. Jönköping (2), Katowice (3), Cologne (3), Cluj-Napoca, Columbus, Atlanta, Krakow, Boston, London, Berlin, and Stockholm have hosted the event before.

Mirage is the only map that has been played at all Majors.

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