2021 | |
Tournament information | |
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Game | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Dates | October 26–November 7, 2021 |
Administrator | Valve PGL |
Tournament format(s) | Two 16-team swiss-system group stages
8-team single-elimination playoff |
Venue | Avicii Arena |
Teams | 24 teams |
Purse | US$2,000,000 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Natus Vincere |
1st runners-up | G2 Esports |
2nd runners-up | |
MVP | Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev |
The PGL Major Stockholm 2021, also known as PGL Major 2021 or Stockholm 2021, was the sixteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship.[1][2] It was held in Stockholm, Sweden at the Avicii Arena from October 26 to November 7, 2021. Twenty-four teams qualified via regional major rankings. It featured a US$2,000,000 prize pool, a rise from the $1,000,000 of previous Majors due to the absence of offline competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017. Stockholm 2021 was the first Major after a break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic following the StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019. The Major was won by Natus Vincere, who did not lose a single map throughout the tournament.[3]