The top 24 CS: GO teams from all over the world gathered in Antwerp, Belgium, earlier this month to fight for the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 trophy. The ongoing tournament is CS: GO's first Major in 2022 and features some of the best teams from various parts of the world.
Prior to the tournament, 24 teams were split into three categories — Contenders, Challengers, and Legends — based on their seeding in the RMR (Regional Major Rankings) Qualifiers. The teams would have to compete in three separate stages to offer the world the tournament's winners.
With the conclusion of the Challengers Stage, eight qualifying teams from among the Challengers and Contenders have progressed to the Legends Stage to compete with the eight remaining teams. From the Legend's Stage, teams will have the opportunity to enter the Champions Stage held at the Antwerps Sportpaleis (Antwerp's Sport Palace) and fight for a glorious prize pool of $1 million.
Scheduled to kick off on 14 May, the Legends Stage is one of the three stages of the CS: GO Major, wherein teams compete for a spot in the playoffs. This stage of the tournament will conclude on 17 May, as the eight remaining teams will make their way to the Champions Stage of PGL Antwerp Major 2022.
Following the conclusion of the Legends Stage, the CS: GO teams will enter a double-elimination bracket to fight for the coveted Major title.
Out of the 16 teams in the Legends stage, eight have qualified from the Challengers Stage. The remaining eight are the Legends teams who are yet to play their first match in the PGL Antwerp Major 2022. The teams are as such:
The Legends Stage will be conducted in a Swiss-system-format tournament, similar to the Challengers Stage. The eight teams that qualified from the
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