Heroic, MOUZ and Astralis all advanced to the New Legends Stage at the PGL Major Stockholm event with Round 5 wins on Friday.
Heroic swept Riders 2-0, MOUZ eliminated BIG 2-1 and Asrtalis blanked Spirit 2-0 on the final day of the Challengers Stage. MOUZ had to rally from a map down to win.
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.
The top eight teams from the New Challengers Stage, which also include FaZe Clan, Copenhagen Flames, ENCE, Entropiq and Virtus.pro., proceed to the New Legends Stage that begins Saturday and runs through Nov. 2. Sixteen teams in all will compete in this stage.
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.
On Friday, Heroic defeated Movistar Riders 16-7 on Inferno before wrapping with a 16-14 win on Overpass.
All five of Heroic’s Danish players finished on the plus side of the kills-to-deaths differential, with Martin “stavn” Lund leading the way with 47 kills and a plus-18 K-D differential.
In the second match of the day, BIG opened with a 16-10 win on Dust II before MOUZ rallied back with a 16-12 win on Inferno and a 16-12 triumph on Nuke. Denmark’s Frederik “acoR” Gyldstrand led the international MOUZ squad with 62 kills and a plus-19 differential.
Astralis had little trouble with Team Spirit in the day’s final matchup, securing their place in the next stage thanks to a 16-8 win on Dust II, followed by a 16-12 result on Inferno. Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander led the all-Danish Astralis team with 43 kills and a plus-10 differential.
The Legends Stage kicks off with eight matches on Saturday:
Evil Geniuses vs. FaZe Clan
G2 Esports vs. Copenhagen Flames
Gambit Esports vs. ENCE
Team Liquid vs. Entropiq
Team Vitality vs. Virtus.pro
Natus Vincere vs. Heroic
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. MOUZ
FURIA Esports vs. Astralis
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
