19.03.20243 min read

About the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major

The CS Major, the biggest tournament for Counter-Strike professional players and fans alike, is just one day away. The most special thing about this major is that it is the first major in the CS2 game, so the fans have high expectations, and the fact that it has been a whole year since the last major increases the expectations even more.

This major is being held in Copenhagen, Denmark, and it is the first major to be held in Denmark. However, Denmark’s national team, Astralis, was eliminated from the RMR tournament after failing to qualify, while the local team ECSTATIC is participating instead.

For the first time this year, Valve changed the tournament format. The Challenger’s Stage, Legends’ Stage and Champion’s Stage have been replaced by the Opening Stage, Elimination Stage and Playoffs, which aims to make it easier for new viewers to understand. They also ranked the participants by their Valve Regional Standings instead of their RMR performance, which improved the quality of the teams in the Elimination stage.

Another change is that the first matches in Swiss format were 1vs16, 2vs15… 8vs9, and this became 1vs9, 2vs10… 8vs16. In this system, it was too easy for the teams with a higher level, but all the teams were able to play with different teams of similar level. According to this rule, The MongolZ team of Mongolia, which is ranked #10, will play in the first round against the Eternal Fire team of Turkey, which is ranked #2.

As well as the changes to the tournament rules format, the Pick’em challenge in the Viewer Pass has been updated in the CS2 in-game update. Previously, there were a total of 9 teams, including 1 team to win 3-0, 1 team to win 0-3, and 7 teams to advance to the next round. or 6 teams that are 3-2, a total of 10 teams became classics. But the downside is that if your 3-1 or 3-2 team loses 3-0, then it’s a bad prediction.

However, the stickers signed by team’s player, which the fans have been waiting for, have not been sold together with the Viewer Pass this time. This may be due to the expiration of some players’ signatures due to multiple bounces caused by non-compliance with Valve’s rules. However, although the sticker capsules have not yet been released, some of the files are already included in the game, so you can see the signature of The MongolZ team.

So, we end here with this article. In the next article, you can analyze the teams’ matches in more detail and compare your predictions with the results.

AuthorTemujin Batbayar

Analyst from Ulaanbaatar specializing in CS2. Has competed in MESA tournaments, worked with Esports TV during the ESL Pro League, and reviewed both the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 and IEM Katowice 2024. Author of his own player evaluation metrics and known for accurate predictions. Has interviewed s1mple and ZywOo. In esports since the days of CS 1.3.