PGL Major Antwerp 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. 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$1000000 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.

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.

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.

Teams Competing

 * Legends


 * Heroic
 * Copenhagen Flames
 * BIG Clan
 * Cloud9
 * FaZe Clan
 * Ninjas in Pyjamas
 * Natus Vincere
 * FURIA Esports


 * Challengers


 * ENCE
 * G2 Esports
 * forZe
 * Astralis
 * Team Vitality
 * Bad News Eagles
 * MIBR
 * Imperial Esports


 * Contenders


 * Eternal Fire
 * Team Spirit
 * Outsiders
 * Complexity Gaming
 * Team Liquid
 * 9z Team
 * IHC Esports
 * Renegades

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.

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.

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.

FaZe Clan vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
Casters: Scrawny & launders

FURIA Esports vs. Team Spirit
Casters: JustHarry & Hugo

Copenhagen Flames vs. ENCE
Casters: Vince & Bleh

Heroic vs. Natus Vincere
Casters: Machine & SPUNJ

Team Spirit vs. FaZe Clan
Casters: JustHarry & Hugo

Natus Vincere vs. ENCE
Casters: Scrawny & launders

FaZe Clan vs. Natus Vincere
Casters: Machine & SPUNJ

Final standings
The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown.