Eternal Fire rallied to take down GamerLegion 2-1 and advance to the elimination stage of the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 event on Tuesday in Denmark.
In one of three Round 4 High Matches, GamerLegion won 13-4 on Overpass before Eternal Fire routed GL 13-2 on Inferno. The final map was Vertigo, where Eternal Fire pulled out a tight 13-11 victory.
The all-Turkish team was led by Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalcin (47 kills, plus-7 kills-to-deaths differential) and Ismailcan “XANTARES” Dortkardes (43 kills, plus-13).
Two other teams joined Eternal Fire in advancing from the opening stage to the elimination stage: paiN Gaming and ECSTATIC.
The all-Brazilian paiN roster earned a quick sweep of SAW with a 13-10 win on Vertigo and a 13-7 triumph on Nuke. Rodrigo “biguzera” Bittencourt had 39 kills and a plus-13 K-D, and Vinicius “n1ssim” Pereira added 38 kills on a plus-14 for the victors.
ECSTATIC beat Imperial Esports 2-1, sandwiching a 13-4 rout on Anubis and a 13-9 win on Vertigo around a 13-10 setback on Inferno. The all-Danish ECSTATIC side was carried by Magnus “Nodios” Olsen (60 kills, plus-19).
Also Tuesday, in the Round 4 Low Matches, The MongolZ beat Lynn Vision Gaming, Legacy topped Apeks and FURIA Esports defeated ENCE — all by 2-0 scores.
The winning teams will play in the do-or-die Round 5 Matches along with the losers of the Round 4 High Matches. Lynn Vision, Apeks and ENCE were eliminated.
Twenty-four teams began the Counter-Strike 2 tournament, 16 of which had to go through the opening stage. Eight will advance to the elimination stage to join another eight that have already qualified. For the opening stage, which runs up until Wednesday, play is conducted using the Swiss System format.
Matches in which elimination or advancement is on the line are best-of-three. All others are best-of-one. When moving on to the next round, teams don’t play an opponent that they have already faced.
Elimination-stage action starts on Thursday and runs through Sunday using the same format as the opening stage, the Swiss System, with best-of-three elimination and advancement matches and best-of-one matches in any other scenario.
Playoffs are scheduled for March 28-31. Eight teams will battle in a single-elimination bracket, where all matches are best-of-three.
The opening stage concludes Wednesday with three Round 5 matches:
–Legacy vs. The MongolZ
–Imperial Esports vs. GamerLegion
–SAW vs. FURIA Esports
Opening-stage standings (match record, round differential):
1. Cloud9, 3-0, plus-12
2. HEROIC, 3-0, plus-18
3. Eternal Fire, 3-1, plus-14
4. ECSTATIC, 3-1, plus-15
5. paiN Gaming, 3-1, plus-13
6. SAW, 2-2, minus-2
7. Imperial Esports, 2-2, minus-3
8. Legacy, 2-2, plus-3
9. GamerLegion, 2-2, plus-6
10. The MongolZ, 2-2, plus-11
11. FURIA Esports, 2-2, plus-13
12. Lynn Vision Gaming, 1-3, minus-21
13. ENCE, 1-3, minus-18
14. Apeks, 1-3, minus-20
15. AMKAL ESPORTS, 0-3, minus-17
16. KOI, 0-3, minus-24
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 prize pool:
1. $500,000, 3,500 BLAST Premier points, qualification to BLAST Premier World Final, qualification to Esports World Cup 2024
2. $170,000, 2,750 BLAST Premier points
3-4. $80,000, 1,775 BLAST Premier points
5-8. $45,000, 1,050 BLAST Premier points
9-11. $20,000
12-14. $20,000
15-16. $20,000
17-19. $10,000
20-22. $10,000
23-24. $10,000
–Field Level Media
