FaZe become top seeded team at the Copenhagen Major
Seven European teams have been seeded alongside Complexity for the Elimination Stage.
We have now found all 24 teams that will take part in the first CS2 Major in history. The PGL Copenhagen Major will start on March 17th, where 16 teams will enter the Opening Stage. Here eight spots are available for the next stage of the tournament called the Elimination Stage.
Eight teams are already seeded for the Elimination Stage via their rankings on Valve’s Regional Rankings.
The 16 teams that will start their Major journey in the Opening Stage are:
Cloud9 | Eternal Fire | ENCE | Apeks |
Heroic | 9Pandas | SAW | FURIA |
ECSTATIC | TheMongolz | Imperial | paiN |
Lynn Vision | AMKAL | KOI | Legacy |
Cloud9 is the highest-ranked team in the Opening Stage, while Marcelo "coldzera" David’s Legacy team is the lowest ranked.
Eight teams will qualify from the Opening Stage to the Elimination Stage, where the “big dogs” of Counter-Strike are waiting. FaZe narrowly topped the Regional Ranking ahead of Team Spirit and will be the highest-ranked team at the event.
Here are the eight teams seeded for the Elimination Stage.
FaZe | Team Spirit |
Vitality | MOUZ |
Complexity | Virtus.pro |
Natus Vincere | G2 |
The playoff stage will start from the 28th of March, where the tournament will be played in front of a live audience at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.
