| PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | |
| Previous: | Stockholm 2021 |
| Champions: | FaZe Clan |
| Runners-Up1: | Natus Vincere |
| Mvp: | Håvard "rain" Nygaard[1] |
| Teams: | 24 teams |
| Venue: | Sportpaleis |
| Host: | PGL |
| Tournament Format: | Two 16-team swiss-system group stages 8-team single-elimination playoff |
| Administrator: | Valve PGL |
| End Date: | May 22, 2022 |
| Start Date: | May 9 |
| Location: | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Next: | Rio 2022 |
The PGL Major Antwerp 2022, also known as PGL Major 2022 or Antwerp 2022, was the seventeenth (CS:GO) Major Championship.[2] [3] It was held in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis from May 9 to 22, 2022. Twenty-four teams participated, with most qualifying through regional tournaments. It featured a prize pool, half of the previous Major. It was the third Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after and PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The Major would be won by FaZe Clan, the first international team in CS:GO history to win a Major.[4]
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.[5] [6]
The defending Major Champions were Natus Vincere, who won their first Major at Stockholm 2021. Natus Vincere would finish second at the Major, losing to FaZe Clan in the grand finals.
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The New Challengers stage took place from May 9 to May 12, 2022. 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 standings, from the 2nd round forward the Buchholz system was used.
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The format of the New Legends stage was the same as the New Challengers stage: a 16-team Swiss-system tournament with the top eight teams advancing to the playoff bracket.
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With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major is a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.
Casters: Scrawny & launders
| FaZe Clan vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas scores | |||||
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Casters: JustHarry & Hugo
| FURIA Esports vs. Team Spirit scores | ||||
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| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Vertigo | ||||
| Ancient | ||||
| FURIA Esports | – | Mirage | – | Team Spirit |
Casters: Vince & Bleh
| Copenhagen Flames vs. ENCE scores | ||||
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| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Vertigo | ||||
| Nuke | ||||
| Copenhagen Flames | – | Ancient | – | ENCE |
Casters: Machine & SPUNJ
| Heroic vs. Natus Vincere scores | ||||
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| Ancient | ||||
| Nuke | ||||
Casters: JustHarry & Hugo
| Team Spirit vs. FaZe Clan scores | ||||
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| Mirage | ||||
| Dust II | ||||
| Team Spirit | – | Nuke | – | FaZe Clan |
Casters: Scrawny & launders
| Natus Vincere vs. ENCE scores | ||||
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| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Nuke | ||||
| Dust II | ||||
| Natus Vincere | – | Mirage | – | ENCE |
Casters: Machine & SPUNJ
| FaZe Clan vs. Natus Vincere scores | ||||
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| Team | Score | Map | Score | Team |
| Inferno | ||||
| Nuke | ||||
| FaZe Clan | – | Ancient | – | Natus Vincere |
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 |
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| 1st | FaZe Clan | IEM Road to Rio 2022 RMR | rain, broky, Twistzz, karrigan, ropz | Eddie | |
| 2nd | Natus Vincere | s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, Perfecto, | B1ad3 | ||
| 3rd 4th | Team Spirit | chopper, magixx, degster, Patsi, S1ren | – | ||
| ENCE | Snappi, Spinx, dycha, hades, maden | sAw | |||
| 5th 8th | FURIA Esports | yuurih,,,, | tacitus | ||
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | REZ, Plopski, hampus, es3tag, | djL | |||
| Copenhagen Flames | jabbi, nicoodoz, roeJ, HooXi, Zyphon | vorborg | |||
| Heroic | stavn,, TeSeS,, sjuush | Xizt | |||
| 9th 11th | G2 Esports | IEM Road to Rio 2022 RMR | JaCkz, huNter-, NiKo, m0NESY, Aleksib | XTQZZZ | |
| Team Vitality | apEX, ZywOo, misutaaa, dupreeh, Magisk | zonic | |||
| Imperial Esports | FalleN, fer, fnx, boltz, VINI | – | |||
| 12th 14th | Cloud9 | nafany,, Ax1Le, interz, HObbit | groove | ||
| BIG | tabseN,, syrsoN, faveN, | gob b | |||
| Outsiders | buster, qikert,, YEKINDAR, FL1T | dastan | |||
| 15th 16th | Bad News Eagles | , gxx-, juanflatroo,, | |||
| Team Liquid | ,, oSee, shox, nitr0 | ||||
| 17th 19th | forZe | Jerry,, zorte,, | Fierce | ||
| Astralis | Xyp9x, gla1ve, blameF, Farlig, k0nfig | ||||
| MIBR | chelo, exit, WOOD7, Tuurtle, | BIT | |||
| 20th 22nd | Complexity Gaming | JT, FaNg, floppy,, | T.c | ||
| Eternal Fire | XANTARES, woxic, Calyx, imoRR, xfl0ud | bishop | |||
| IHC Esports | bLitz, Techno4K, kabal, nin9, sk0R | ||||
| 23rd 24th | Renegades | , ins, hatz,, Liazz | Kingfisher | ||
| 9z Team | dgt, max, rox,, | – |