Valve had introduced the RMR format in 2020 following the cancellation of CS:GO Majors due to the entire competitive circuit shifting online. A total of four RMR tournaments will be played on LAN at PGL Studios in Bucharest, Romania in the month of April. Upsets and miracle runs are already well underway, but for the most part fans can be sure all the best teams in CS:GO will be in attendance. The first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major of 2022 is set to take place May 9-22 in Antwerp, Belgium. The international roster did eventually qualify, winning all their games from there on out.

In total, four RMR events will be taking place, two for European teams and one each for American and Asia-Pacific (APAC) teams. He's also played League of Legends at the collegiate level and is a frequent visitor in TFT Challenger Elo. PGL Major Antwerp was divided into three stages: Challengers, Legends, and Champions.

Team Liquid is another Contenders team with players who have plenty of experience on big stages, so dont be surprised if Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella, Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski & Co. lead the North American squad into the Champions Stage. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, Fernando "fer" Alvarenga and Lincoln "fnx" Lau all won back-to-back Majors in 2015 and 2016. Multiple regions are a part of the APAC RMR, but only four teams will be competing in the LAN qualifiers, one team each from China, Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East. Instead of a Swiss bracket, everything will be single elimination with seeding decided by the final rankings of the Legends stage. They won the biggest tournament of the year so far, IEM Katowice, over G2 Esports and followed that up by winning ESL Pro League 15. PGL Major Antwerp 2022 is the first big tournament that will be employing the use of this new RMR method, as four such events are planned to take place in the month of April, roughly a month before the scheduled start of the Major. Each region has a specific number of slots allotted to them for the Antwerp Major. At the Stockholm Major last year, Virtus.pro made it to the Champions Stage. Subscribe for free to receive insights, analysis and opinions on the biggest developments in esports business, provided by our team of experienced journalists in collaboration with thought leaders across the industry. This portion of the tournament will be played in front of an audience in the Antwerp Sportpaleis. From May 9-12, the 16 teams will play through a Swiss format where every team needs either three wins to advance or three losses to be eliminated. In 2019, NRG reached the semifinals of the Berlin Major after starting in the lowest group of teams, which was then known as the Minor Challengers. These are the 52 teams that will be competing in the upcoming RMR tournaments for the 24 slots available in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022, set to take place from 9th to 22nd May in Belgium with the main event (playoffs) being played in front of a live audience at the Antwerps Sportpaleis. In the Challengers stage, all the teams who qualified with Challengers and Contenders status (see below) will face off head-to-head. Join up to ask admins any questions you have, or just play games with us! He's a firm believer that Toronto should be the next big esports hub city. Cloud9 will be returning to CSGO with the signing of the ex-Gambit roster, and make their appearance at their first CSGO Major since IEM Katowice 2019. European RMR B is scheduled to take place from 21st to 24th April with the following teams set to be a part of it. 24 teams have been decided thatll battle it out for a $1 million prize pool starting 9th May with the New Challengers Stage in Antwerp. Sign up for Nerd Street's next Fragadelphia CS:GO tournament! NAVI were atop the CS:GO competitive scene in 2021, winning the Stockholm Major, IEM Cologne, ESL Pro League 14 and the Blast Premier World Final as well as a few other tournaments. Some data is provided by Oracle's Elixir, Leaguepedia, Liquipedia, Abios, and Pandascore. Photo credit: Joo Ferreira / ESL Gaming via ESPAT, Photo credit: Helena Kristiansson / ESL Gaming via ESPAT. EG missed out on the Major, after rebuilding their roster for 2022 as they lost to paiN, Liquid and 9z. Fallens Last Dance Imperial, a team which was criticized heavily for relying on the old guard of fallen, fer and fnx qualified for the Major as well, over teams like Evil Geniuses and 00Nation. A total of 16 teams will be competing in this event taking place from 11th to 14th April, with eight teams from Brazil, three teams from Argentina, and the remaining five teams from North America. CS:GO fans who watched PGL Major Stockholm 2021 will already be acquainted with the format for the tournament. In the end, it was FaZe Clan who triumphed, winning 2-0 once again. They had some good results last year and are currently ranked 10th in the world by HLTV. Lynn Vision Gaming - Middle Eastern Qualifier. With popular players like Nikola "NiKo" Kova, a colorful owner Carlos ocelote Rodriguez Santiago and a huge fanbase, a G2 victory would easily be one of the most memorable esports moments of the year. After the initial matchups, subsequent matchups are based on the winners and losers of previous matchups, with teams ultimately needing three wins to advance out of the stage and teams that accrue three losses getting eliminated. The top eight from this stage will move on the Champions Stage (May 19-22), which is a single-elimination bracket. The Challengers Stage (May 9-12) involves 16 teams competing in a Swiss system format. Which Contenders team will make a run to the Antwerp Major bracket stage? Which Contenders team will make a run to the Champions Stage. ESL Pro League Season 15: Results, Schedule, Streams, Format, Other Details, G2 m0NESY Reveals That He Might Not Compete at IEM Dallas 2022. They qualified as Legends from group B, meaning they will skip the first stage of the Major. Both teams had crushed their way through the semi-finals, each with a 2-0 win. The Asia Pacific RMR, saw a Mongolian team IHC Gaming qualify for the Major. The event, running from May 9-22, will bring the best CS:GO teams in the world together in Antwerp, Belgium as they compete for $1 million and the title of major champions. How far can Brazilian legends on Imperial go? MAJOR CHAMPIONS ?#PGLMajor | #FaZeUp pic.twitter.com/O9Ed2KRmfG. The other legs of the event will take place in a studio environment. The Challengers Stage includes the eight Contenders teams and the eight Challengers teams. Discord is our online chatroom and meeting place. Will they finally win a significant CS:GO tournament in Antwerp? Something tells me that C9 winning another major with a Russian roster wont get the same kind of acclaim in North America. 8 Teams will skip the first stage as they directly qualified for the Legends stage from the RMRs as the remaining 16 will battle it out for 8 more spots in the New Legends Stage. This year the concept has undergone further drastic changes and now only a single set of RMR events take place ahead of the Majors, acting as a direct qualifier for the biggest tournament of the year. This is the only regional RMR tournament that has been split into two, European RMR A and European RMR B, both of them consisting of 16 teams each with half of them getting an opportunity to qualify for the Majors. While the two European RMR tournaments offer 16 slots in total, the American RMR has only six slots to offer, leaving the APAC RMR with the final two slots. All Rights Reserved. All teams confirmed for PGL Major Antwerp 2022. PGL Antwerp Major Europe RMR Group B has ended, bringing an end to two weeks of qualifiers for the Major. The Legends stage, from May 14-17, will play out exactly the same. 3 in HLTVs global rankings. All the RMR qualifiers have concluded as the 52 qualified CS:GO teams are now set and ready to compete for the 24 Antwerp Major slots. This win marked the first time an international team took the crown at a Global OffensiveMajor. This would be the first representation of a 5 man Mongolian squad at a CSGO Major. The eight teams from the Challengers stage will join the pool with the eight teams with Legends status for another Swiss bracket. The PGL Major Antwerp is divided into three stages: the Challengers Stage, Legends Stage and Champions Stage. Stick with us for more updates regarding the first CSGO Major of 2022. Can they win their third straight major tournament in Antwerp? A secondary broadcast will also be available at certain points in the event at the following links: Twitch, YouTube, Steam. Matches will be best of one except elimination/advancement matches, which will all be best of three. The first CS:GO Major of 2022 has been called, with FaZe Clan earning their victory. Lead photo credit: Joo Ferreira / ESL Gaming via ESPAT. PGL Major Antwerp 2022 will be the first of two Counter-Strike: Global Offensive majors in the year 2022.

RELATED: G2 m0NESY Reveals That He Might Not Compete at IEM Dallas 2022, Get a weekly recap of all the latest developments in the global esports industry with our esports business insights newsletter: AFK Weekly. Coby Zucker is Upcomer's resident CS:GO writer. Cloud9 are back in CS:GO and have a great shot to win another Major with a roster that vaulted them to No. OG miss their 2nd straight while fnatic miss their 3rd straight major. No NA team has won one since, and the players on that team have lived on as legends in NA CS. The team consisted of karrigan, ropz, Twistzz, rain, and broky, who walked away with the winning share of $500,000. The European RMR had quite a few upsets, with teams like MOUZ, OG and fnatic missing out on a spot. Can Cloud9 win another Major with the former Gambit roster? 2022 Nerd Street Gamers. It was FaZe against defending champions Natus Vincere (NAVI) in the final showdown of the Champions Stage, with only one team walking away with the crown. Both North and South American teams are a part of this regional RMR tournament. The Champions stage will take place at the Antwerp Sportpaleis arena from May 19-22 in front of a live audience. When Cloud9 won the Boston Major in 2018 it was shocking since a North American team had never won a Major.

Ahead of the start of the tournament, heres everything you need to know about the schedule and format, qualified teams and the biggest storylines you should keep an eye on. The the PGL CS:GO Major Antwerp 2022 saw 24 teams compete for a share of the $1 million prize pool and the title of champions. Our writers strive to provide accurate, trustworthy and timely esports news, gaming guides, player interviews, tournament coverage and original stories from around the world. Can FaZe continue their run of dominance? In the second group, things went slightly more the way they were expected, even though there were upsets in the form of G2 losing to Anonymo. Out of the 24 slots available, 16 will be handed to European teams, 6 will go to the American teams, and the final two slots will be handed to teams from APAC. RELATED: ESL Pro League Season 15: Results, Schedule, Streams, Format, Other Details. The best of the lot, the European RMR was saved for last as there were 16 European spots to play for. European RMR A is scheduled to take place from 17th to 20th April with the following teams set to be a part of it.

Photo by Joao Ferreira for PGLG2 Esports' Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov at the PGL Europe B RMR. However, only the playoffs will be held in the vaunted Antwerps Sportpaleis arena in front of thousands of fans. Understands and follows almost all major esport titles. FaZe veterans Finn "karrigan" Andersen and Hvard "rain" Nygaard have been to one CS:GO Major final before, the 2018 Boston Major won by Cloud9, so theyll be looking to reach another final and capture the orgs first Major title. Any Contenders team will have a long way to reach the Champions Stage, aka the bracket stage and final eight, but it can be done. This was the first-ever CS:GO Major hosted in Belgium. This was followed by the Asia Pacific RMR, which had 2 contender spots on the line. The Americas RMR was filled with amazing storylines, as well as heartbreak for teams. Still, C9 have a golden opportunity to win another Major with this roster. The full list: PGL Antwerp Major starts on May 9th and will run until 22nd May in Antwerp, Belgium. The major begins on May 9 in Antwerp, Belgium. The last team standing will receive $500,000 and the title of major winners. Aditya is the in-house CS:GO writer at AFK Gaming. Its impossible to quantify or know for sure, but with a Russian and Ukrainian roster, who knows what kind of toll the Russian invasion of Ukraine has taken on these players. Outsiders probably are the most likely to make a run. Will Natus Vincere return to the top of CS:GO? From May 19-22, teams will play all their matches as bo3s in front of the crowd. The top eight teams will move on to the Legends stage and the bottom eight will be eliminated. Although the Major might be the most important CS:GO competition this year, its far from the most important thing on the minds of these players. They havent made any roster changes and finished 3rd-4th at IEM Katowice earlier this year, so its not like theyve completely fallen off. The European RMR was divided into Group A and B with 8 teams qualifying for the Major from each group. Theyre the roster formerly playing under the Virtus.pro banner but were forced to play under a neutral name due to the organizations ties to the Russian government. The ordeal started with the Americas RMR starting off first, which included the North American and South American Region and had 6 spots up for grabs . G2 embody the classic trope of always the bridesmaid, never the bride. They have finished second in three major CS:GO tournaments since last summer: IEM: Cologne, PGL Major Stockholm and IEM Katowice. Each team qualified through the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournaments, earning them a coveted spot at Antwerp. Last year they lost to NAVI in both finals, and this year they lost to FaZe. Earlier in 2019, ENCE made it all the way to the final of the Katowice Major after starting as a Minor Challenger. Their signing of Gambits old roster was already met with a mixed reaction by NA fans and analysts. AFK Gaming is your go-to destination for quality esports content. The road ahead will not be easy, with the qualified teams competing in a studio LAN tournament scheduled to take place in the month of April at PGL Studios in Bucharest, Romania. The top eight from this stage will move on to the Legends Stage (May 14-17) to compete against the eight Legends teams, and this will also be in the Swiss system format. By the end of the stage, the remaining eight teams will head to the Champions stage. All the 13 regional qualifiers for their respective RMR (Regional Major Rankings) tournaments have concluded as 52 CS:GO teams are now set to compete for a spot in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022. G2 Esports allow JACKZ to explore future IEM Cologne 2022 Final is the Most-Watched Free Fire Max Redeem Codes for 22 July 2022, BGMI Showdown, BMSD 2022: Day 1 Overall Standings and Results, Riot launches Project Stryker in Collaboration with AWS; Aims to improve Esports Experience, Valorant: Only these agents can pull off this big brain rat play on Pearl, T1 Faker swaps jerseys with Tottenham football star Son Heung-min. Imperial are a team that was signed in February via a roster formerly known as Last Dance which included several legendary Brazilian players. Its been a while since this trio achieved that kind of glory and there arent high expectations for this team, but itll be fun to see how far these legends can go in Antwerp. The best of the lot would be a first Major for an Argentinian team in the form of 9z, who beat paiN Gaming to qualify for PGL Antwerp. In the playoffs, things are a little different. Also, only two will advance further with a contender status after the event takes place from 15th to 16th April. At IEM Katowice, NAVIs star player Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev made a heartfelt call for peace on stage. The 24 teams have qualified through a series of regional qualifiers from the Americas, Europe and Asia and been classified into either Contenders, Challengers or Legends teams, with the eight Legends teams getting to sit back and watch the first stage of competition. Your e-mail address is only used to send you esports news from TalkEsport. This was done to ensure that a proper qualification process is followed for the next CS:GO Major. BGMI Showdown Lan Event: Timings and Maps. Team seeding decides initial matches. The first two were played behind closed doors, while Champions was held at Antwerp with a live audience. You can always use the unsubscribe link included in the newsletter. PGL Major Antwerp 2022 will be divided into three stages: Challengers stage, Legends stage and Champions stage (playoffs).