PGL Major Antwerp 2022

PGL Major Antwerp 2022
2022
	The PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Logo
Tournament information
Game	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Antwerp, Belgium
Dates	May 9–May 22, 2022
Administrator	Valve; PGL;
Tournament; format(s)	Two 16-team swiss-system group stages ; 8-team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)	PGL
Venue	Sportpaleis
Teams	24 teams
Purse	US$1,000,000
Final positions
Champions	FaZe Clan
1st runners-up	Natus Vincere
2nd runners-up	Team Spirit; ENCE;
MVP	Håvard "rain" Nygaard
	← Stockholm 2021 Rio 2022 →

The PGL Major Antwerp 2022, also known as PGL Major 2022 or Antwerp 2022, was the seventeenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (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 US$1,000,000 prize pool, half of the previous Major. It was the third Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017 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]

Background

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.

Format

Map Pool

Dust II
Mirage
Inferno
Nuke
Ancient
Overpass
Vertigo

Teams Competing

Legends

Challengers

Contenders

New Challengers Stage

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.

Pos	Team	W	L	RW	RL	RD	BH	Qualification
1	G2 Esports	3	0	76	46	+30	5	Qualification to Legends Stage
2	Team Vitality	3	0	83	58	+25	−4
3	ENCE	3	1	81	54	+27	3
4	Team Spirit	3	1	99	83	+16	1
5	Outsiders^[b]	3	1	82	76	+6	−2
6	Imperial	3	2	109	90	+19	1
7	Bad News Eagles	3	2	106	108	−2	−1
8	Team Liquid	3	2	112	105	+7	−2
9	forZe	2	3	116	130	−20	4	Eliminated
10	Astralis	2	3	85	95	−10	3
11	MIBR	2	3	109	115	−6	−3
12	Complexity	1	3	65	66	−1	4
13	Eternal Fire	1	3	85	97	−12	−1
14	IHC Esports	1	3	50	77	−27	−5
15	9z Team	0	3	43	64	−21	2
16	Renegades	0	3	33	64	−31	−5

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2022. Source: HLTV

Round 1 scores

Round 1 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team Vitality	16	Inferno	1	Complexity
Bad News Eagles	16	Dust II	14	Eternal Fire
G2 Esports	16	Inferno	6	Team Liquid
forZe	16	Nuke	9	Renegades
Astralis	16	Nuke	2	IHC Esports
Imperial	6	Dust II	16	Team Spirit
MIBR	14	Dust II	16	Outsiders
ENCE	16	Mirage	9	9z Team

Round 2 scores

Round 2 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
High division
G2 Esports	19	Dust II	17	Team Spirit
forZe	16	Inferno	7	Bad News Eagles
ENCE	16	Vertigo	6	Outsiders
Astralis	8	Mirage	16	Team Vitality
Low division
Eternal Fire	16	Vertigo	2	Renegades
Complexity	16	Nuke	13	IHC Esports
Imperial	16	Inferno	10	Team Liquid
MIBR	16	Inferno	14	9z Team

Round 3 scores

Round 3 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
High division
Team Vitality	2	Series	1	forZe
ENCE	1	Series	2	G2 Esports
Mid division
Team Spirit	16	Dust II	11	Eternal Fire
Bad News Eagles	16	Vertigo	12	Imperial
Astralis	16	Overpass	13	MIBR
Complexity	9	Overpass	16	Outsiders
Low division
Renegades	0	Series	2	IHC Esports
Team Liquid	2	Series	0	9z Team

Round 4 scores

Round 4 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
High division
Astralis	0	Series	2	Team Spirit
forZe	1	Series	2	Outsiders
ENCE	2	Series	0	Bad News Eagles
Low division
Imperial	2	Series	1	IHC Esports
Complexity	0	Series	2	Team Liquid
MIBR	2	Series	0	Eternal Fire

Round 5 scores

Round 5 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Astralis	0	Series	2	Team Liquid
Bad News Eagles	2	Series	1	MIBR
forZe	0	Series	2	Imperial

New Legends Stage

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.

Pos	Team	W	L	RW	RL	RD	BH	Qualification
1	Team Spirit	3	0	74	54	+20	3	Qualification to Champions Stage
2	Natus Vincere	3	0	81	51	+30	−1
3	ENCE	3	1	86	66	+20	2
4	Ninjas in Pyjamas	3	1	90	76	+14	1
5	FaZe Clan	3	1	85	63	+22	−2
6	Copenhagen Flames	3	2	97	109	−12	3
7	Heroic	3	2	127	125	+2	0
8	FURIA	3	2	102	106	−4	−1
9	G2 Esports	2	3	131	133	−2	2	Eliminated
10	Team Vitality	2	3	133	144	-11	−4
11	Imperial	2	3	125	139	-14	−7
12	BIG	1	3	82	97	−15	2
13	Cloud9^[a]	1	3	80	94	−14	1
14	Outsiders^[b]	1	3	73	82	−9	−2
15	Bad News Eagles	0	3	45	64	−19	2
16	Team Liquid	0	3	38	64	−26	1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2022. Source: HLTV

Round 1 scores

Round 1 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Heroic	16	Vertigo	11	Team Liquid
Copenhagen Flames	16	Ancient	14	Bad News Eagles
Ninjas in Pyjamas	16	Overpass	4	Team Vitality
Cloud9	16	Mirage	12	Outsiders
FaZe Clan	8	Mirage	16	ENCE
FURIA	12	Nuke	16	Team Spirit
Natus Vincere	19	Mirage	17	G2 Esports
BIG	16	Nuke	11	Imperial

Round 2 scores

Round 2 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
High division
Heroic	12	Nuke	16	Team Spirit
Copenhagen Flames	16	Ancient	8	ENCE
BIG	8	Ancient	16	Natus Vincere
Cloud9	14	Inferno	16	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Low division
Team Vitality	8	Mirage	16	Outsiders
FaZe Clan	16	Ancient	4	Bad News Eagles
FURIA	16	Ancient	9	Team Liquid
G2 Esports	16	Mirage	12	Imperial

Round 3 scores

Round 3 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
High division
Team Spirit	2	Series	1	Copenhagen Flames
Natus Vincere	2	Series	1	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Mid division
Heroic	19	Vertigo	17	G2 Esports
ENCE	16	Mirage	8	Outsiders
BIG	10	Vertigo	16	FURIA
Cloud9	8	Nuke	16	FaZe Clan
Low division
Team Vitality	2	Series	0	Team Liquid
Bad News Eagles	0	Series	2	Imperial

Round 4 scores

Round 4 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
High division
Copenhagen Flames	1	Series	2	FaZe Clan
Ninjas in Pyjamas	2	Series	0	Furia
ENCE	2	Series	1	Heroic
BIG	1	Series	2	Team Vitality
G2 Esports	2	Series	1	Outsiders
Cloud9	1	Series	2	Imperial

Round 5 scores

Round 5 matches
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Heroic	2	Series	1	Team Vitality
G2 Esports	1	Series	2	FURIA
Copenhagen Flames	2	Series	0	Imperial

New Champions Stage

With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major is a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.

Bracket

Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Finals

1	Team Spirit	16	16	–	2

8	FURIA Esports	12	8	–	0
						Team Spirit	13	23	–	0

						FaZe Clan	16	25	–	2
5	FaZe Clan	16	13	16	2

4	Ninjas in Pyjamas	10	16	8	1
											FaZe Clan	19	16	–	2

											Natus Vincere	16	10	–	0
3	ENCE	16	16	–	2

6	Copenhagen Flames	10	12	–	0
						ENCE	7	12	–	0

						Natus Vincere	16	16	–	2
2	Natus Vincere	10	16	16	2

7	Heroic	16	14	8	1

Quarterfinals

FaZe Clan vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

Casters: Scrawny & launders

FaZe Clan vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
FaZe Clan	16	Nuke	10	Ninjas in Pyjamas
FaZe Clan	13	Overpass	16	Ninjas in Pyjamas
FaZe Clan	16	Inferno	8	Ninjas in Pyjamas

FURIA Esports vs. Team Spirit

Casters: JustHarry & Hugo

FURIA Esports vs. Team Spirit scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
FURIA Esports	12	Vertigo	16	Team Spirit
FURIA Esports	8	Ancient	16	Team Spirit
FURIA Esports	–	Mirage	–	Team Spirit

Copenhagen Flames vs. ENCE

Casters: Vince & Bleh

Copenhagen Flames vs. ENCE scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Copenhagen Flames	10	Vertigo	16	ENCE
Copenhagen Flames	12	Nuke	16	ENCE
Copenhagen Flames	–	Ancient	–	ENCE

Heroic vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: Machine & SPUNJ

Heroic vs. Natus Vincere scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Heroic	16	Inferno	10	Natus Vincere
Heroic	14	Ancient	16	Natus Vincere
Heroic	8	Nuke	16	Natus Vincere

Semifinals

Team Spirit vs. FaZe Clan

Casters: JustHarry & Hugo

Team Spirit vs. FaZe Clan scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Team Spirit	13	Mirage	16	FaZe Clan
Team Spirit	23	Dust II	25	FaZe Clan
Team Spirit	–	Nuke	–	FaZe Clan

Natus Vincere vs. ENCE

Casters: Scrawny & launders

Natus Vincere vs. ENCE scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
Natus Vincere	16	Nuke	7	ENCE
Natus Vincere	16	Dust II	12	ENCE
Natus Vincere	–	Mirage	–	ENCE

Finals

FaZe Clan vs. Natus Vincere

Casters: Machine & SPUNJ

FaZe Clan vs. Natus Vincere scores
Team	Score	Map	Score	Team
FaZe Clan	19	Inferno	16	Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan	16	Nuke	10	Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan	–	Ancient	–	Natus Vincere

Final standings

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
1st	US$500,000	FaZe Clan	IEM Road to Rio 2022 RMR	rain, broky, Twistzz, karrigan, ropz	Eddie
2nd	US$150,000	Natus Vincere		s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, Perfecto, b1t	B1ad3
3rd – 4th	US$70,000	Team Spirit		chopper, magixx, degster, Patsi, S1ren	–
3rd – 4th	US$70,000	ENCE		Snappi, Spinx, dycha, hades, maden	sAw
5th – 8th	US$35,000	FURIA Esports		yuurih, arT, KSCERATO, drop, saffee	tacitus
		Ninjas in Pyjamas		REZ, Plopski, hampus, es3tag, Brollan	djL
		Copenhagen Flames		jabbi, nicoodoz, roeJ, HooXi, Zyphon	vorborg
		Heroic		stavn, cadiaN, TeSeS, refrezh, sjuush	Xizt
9th – 11th	US$8,750	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	US$8,750	Cloud9		nafany, sh1ro, Ax1Le, interz, HObbit	groove
		BIG		tabseN, tiziaN, syrsoN, faveN, Krimbo	gob b
		Outsiders		buster, qikert, Jame, YEKINDAR, FL1T	dastan
15th – 16th	US$8,750	Bad News Eagles	–	SENER1, gxx-, juanflatroo, sinnopsyy, rigoN	stikle-
15th – 16th	US$8,750	Team Liquid		EliGE, NAF, oSee, shox, nitr0	adreN
17th – 19th	–	forZe		Jerry, KENSi, zorte, Norwi, shalfey	Fierce
		Astralis		Xyp9x, gla1ve, blameF, Farlig, k0nfig	trace
		MIBR		chelo, exit, WOOD7, Tuurtle, JOTA	BIT
20th – 22nd	–	Complexity Gaming		JT, FaNg, floppy, Grim, junior	T.c
		Eternal Fire		XANTARES, woxic, Calyx, imoRR, xfl0ud	bishop
		IHC Esports		bLitz, Techno4K, kabal, nin9, sk0R	maaRaa
23rd – 24th	–	Renegades		sico, ins, hatz, aliStair, Liazz	Kingfisher
23rd – 24th	–	9z Team		dgt, max, rox, luken, dav1d	–

Notes

^ ^a ^b Cloud9 acquired Gambit Esports's roster due to the organization's owner, MTS, facing sanctions as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
^ ^a ^b ^c Due to sanctions against Russia in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Virtus.pro is competing under a neutral name.

References

^ "PGL Major Antwerp 2022". hltv.com. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ Miter, Mateusz (2 February 2022). "PGL to host first CS:GO Major of 2022 in Antwerp". Dot Esports. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Šimić, Ivan (2 February 2022). "PGL to host first CS:GO Major of 2022 in Belgium". Esports Insider. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "FaZe defeat NAVI 2–0 to win PGL Major Antwerp". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
^ Chiu, Stephen. "Retrospective of the Majors: Lineups with 2 Major Wins and Players with 3". VPEsports. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ Kovanen, Tomi. "Why CS:GO needs major events". HLTV.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[Gambit-7] Cloud9 acquired Gambit Esports's roster due to the organization's owner, MTS, facing sanctions as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[VP-8] Due to sanctions against Russia in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Virtus.pro is competing under a neutral name.

[1] "PGL Major Antwerp 2022". hltv.com. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[2] Miter, Mateusz (2 February 2022). "PGL to host first CS:GO Major of 2022 in Antwerp". Dot Esports. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[3] Šimić, Ivan (2 February 2022). "PGL to host first CS:GO Major of 2022 in Belgium". Esports Insider. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[4] "FaZe defeat NAVI 2–0 to win PGL Major Antwerp". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2023-03-08.

[5] Chiu, Stephen. "Retrospective of the Majors: Lineups with 2 Major Wins and Players with 3". VPEsports. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

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