Four teams kicked off the Legends Stage of the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 with a pair of wins to emerge as the biggest winners on Saturday: G2, Entropiq, Natus Vincere (NAVI) and Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP).
Those four will participate in the High Matches in Round 3, giving them more margin for error than their competitors.
G2 got off on the right foot in Round 1, defeating Copenhagen Flames 16-11 on Ancient, before advancing again with a 16-7 win over FaZe on Mirage.
Nemanja “huNter-” Kovac finished plus-7 in both games, the latter score good for the best kills-to-deaths ratio on the team.
Entropiq powered past Liquid 16-9 on Vertigo in Round 1. Another 16-9 score on Vertigo was the result in Round 2, this time against Gambit.
Viktor “Lack1” Boldyrev was the hero against Liquid, posting a K-D ratio of 23-14 (plus-9). Teammate Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko stepped up against Gambit, finishing plus-10 with a 23-13 K-D ratio.
NAVI defeated Heroic 16-11 on Ancient before blowing past Virtus.pro 16-4 on Overpass.
Denis “electronic” Sharipov notched a 25-16 K-D ratio (plus-9) in Round 1, while Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev was the pace-setter against Virtus.pro, finishing plus-14.
NIP got past MOUZ 16-12 on Inferno in the first round and then blasted Astralis 16-1 in the second, also on Inferno.
Hampus “Hampus” Poser led the way with a plus-8 in the first contest before following it up with a plus-13 in Round 2. Linus “LNZ” Holtang finished plus-14 against Astralis.
In the Round 2 Low Matches, CPHF crushed EG 16-2, Liquid defeated ENCE 16-8, Heroic beat Vitality 16-12 and FURIA got past MOUZ 16-9.
The PGL Major Stockholm 2021 is a CS:GO major championship with a total prize pool of $2 million. The winner nets $1 million plus 4,000 Blast Premier points and an automatic bid to the World Final 2021 in December.
Sixteen teams in all will compete in the Legends Stage, which runs through Nov. 2.
Elimination and advancement matches are best of three, while all other matches are best of one. The top eight teams will proceed to the New Champions Stage, which is a single-elimination bracket (best of three), set for Nov. 4-7.
The Legends Stage continues with eight matches on Sunday:
G2 vs. Entropiq (High)
NAVI vs. NIP (High)
FaZe vs. CPHF (Mid)
Gambit vs. VP (Mid)
Liquid vs. FURIA (Mid)
Astralis vs. Heroic (Mid)
Vitality vs. EG (Low)
MOUZ vs. ENCE (Low)
PGL Major Stockholm prize pool:
1. $1 million — TBD
2. $300,000 — TBD
3-4. $140,000 — TBD
5-8. $70,000 — TBD
9-16. $17,500 — TBD
17-19. No prize money — Movistar Riders, BIG, Team Spirit
20-22. No prize money — TYLOO, paiN Gaming, Renegades
23-24. No prize money — Godsent, Sharks Esports
–Field Level Media
