CS:GO Major Championships

• Overview
• Player Database

CS:GO Major Championships (colloquially known as Majors) are tournaments with a prize pool of $1,000,000 (previously $250,000) sponsored by Valve introduced in 2013, with recent editions including special in-game features.

Earlier versions of Counter-Strike also had Majors, but they were not supported by Valve.

Tournament Stages

Starting from ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, Valve announced a new overall tournament format, which brought in the Offline Qualifier as a part of the Major Championship. This new format increased the number of teams at the Major Championships from 16 to 24 and re-named each stage of the tournament.

The New Challengers Stage (formerly the Offline Qualifier)

16 Teams (The Previous Major's Fallen & The Minors' Champions) fight for 8 open spots at the The New Legends Stage.

The New Legends Stage (formerly the Group Stage)

16 Teams (The New Challengers & The Current Legends) fight for the 8 spots at the The New Champions Stage and to become The New Legends.

The New Champions Stage (formerly the Playoffs)

8 Teams (The New Legends) fight to become the Major Champion.

Teams

At the Majors, teams earn certain titles based on how far they make it into the major and where they came from.

The Legends: The top eight teams from every Major gain "Legend" status, and are automatically qualified to the next Major's New Legends Stage as The Current Legends.

The New Challengers: The top eight teams from the New Challengers Stage gain Challenger status at the current Major and proceed to face off The Current Legends.

The Previous Major's Fallen: The top six teams from the previous Major's New Legends Stage gain this status and are automatically qualified to the next Major's New Challengers Stage.

The Minors' Champions: The top 2 teams from each regional Minor Championship and the top 2 teams among the 3rd place Minor teams who have qualified to the next Major's New Challengers Stage.

In-Game Items & Features

Stickers are included in newer Valve sponsored Major Championships. There are both player autograph and team stickers. A portion of the money made from those stickers goes to the players and teams.

Pick'em is an in-game challenge where fans can buy stickers of teams and pick who will advance past certain stages or who will win certain matches. At some Majors, fans could purchase player autograph stickers and play a Fantasy Game where they would predict who would get the best statistic in a certain category, such as Pistol kills.

Souvenir Cases are exclusive map based † cases offered by Valve. These cases were dropped to random people watching live Majors games, the case drop was decided by the map currently being played †. You were able to receive a case by watching the game either on Twitch.TV, CS:GO's GOTV, or Steam.TV (which was announced alongside the FACEIT Major). However, during MLG Columbus you could also get drops by watching MLG.TV. This feature was adjusted for the IEM Katowice 2019 Major, introducing viewer passes. These passes could be purchased in-game, granting the account access to souvenir case "drops" from completing event-related missions (such as watching a match at different stages of the tournament), alongside an upgradable event coin (which can be progressed through missions and correctly predicting the teams who advance to the latter stages). Souvenir cases from the IEM Katowice 2019 Major and those following, expire a couple weeks after the conclusion of the tournament, being un-redeemable past a specific date.

† Map based cases first appeared for ESL One: Cologne 2014

List of CS:GO Major Championships

G & S   Tournament

Date

Prize

P#

Location

Winner

Runner-up

PGL Major Stockholm 2021

Oct 23 - Nov 7, 2021

$2,000,000

24 teams

 Stockholm, Sweden

  TBD

  TBD

CS:GO Major Championship Spring 2021

May 10 - 23, 2021

$1,000,000

24 teams

 TBA, World

Cancelled

ESL One: Rio 2020

Nov 9 - 22, 2020

$2,000,000

24 teams

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cancelled

StarLadder Berlin Major 2019

Aug 23 - Sep 8, 2019

$1,000,000

24 teams

 Berlin, Germany

  Astralis

  AVG

Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Katowice Major 2019

Feb 13 - Mar 3, 2019

$1,000,000

24 teams

 Katowice, Poland

  Astralis

  ENCE

FACEIT Major: London 2018

Sep 5 - 23, 2018

$1,000,000

24 teams

 London, United Kingdom

  Astralis

  Na`Vi

ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018

Jan 12 - 28, 2018

$1,000,000

23 teams

 Atlanta, USA
 Boston, USA

  C9

  FaZe

PGL Major Kraków 2017

Jul 16 - 23, 2017

$1,000,000

16 teams

 Kraków, Poland

  Gambit

  IMT

ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017

Jan 22 - 29, 2017

$1,000,000

16 teams

 Atlanta, United States

  Astralis

  VP

ESL One: Cologne 2016

Jul 5 - 10, 2016

$1,000,000

16 teams

 Cologne, Germany

  SK

  Liquid

MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016

Mar 29 - Apr 3, 2016

$1,000,000

16 teams

 Columbus, United States

  LG

  Na`Vi

DreamHack Open Cluj⁠-⁠Napoca 2015

Oct 28 - Nov 1, 2015

$250,000

16 teams

 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

  Envy

  Na`Vi

ESL One: Cologne 2015

Aug 20 - 23, 2015

$250,000

16 teams

 Cologne, Germany

  Fnatic

  Envy

ESL One: Katowice 2015

Mar 12 - 15, 2015

$250,000

16 teams

 Katowice, Poland

  Fnatic

  NiP

DreamHack Winter 2014

Nov 27 - 29, 2014

$250,000

16 teams

 Jönköping, Sweden

  LDLC

  NiP

ESL One: Cologne 2014

Aug 14 - 17, 2014

$250,000

16 teams

 Cologne, Germany

  NiP

  Fnatic

ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014

Mar 13 - 16, 2014

$250,000

16 teams

 Katowice, Poland

  VP

  NiP

DreamHack Winter 2013

Nov 28 - 30, 2013

$250,000

16 teams

 Jönköping, Sweden

  Fnatic

  NiP

Selected Statistics

Organization Medals

Team				Total
	4	0	2	6
	3	1	2	6
	1	4	1	6
	1	1	5	7
	1	1	1	3
	1	0	2	3
	1	0	1	2
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	0	3	3	6
	0	1	2	3
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	2	2
	0	0	2	2
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1

Country Medals

Team				Total
	4	6	5	15
	4	1	5	10
	2	1	5	8
	2	1	3	6
	1	4	4	9
	1	4	3	8
	1	1	5	7
	1	1	5	7
	1	1	0	2
	0	3	1	4
	0	2	1	3
	0	1	2	3
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	2	2
	0	0	3	3
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1

HLTV MVP of Each Major

Major	Player	Team
DH Winter 2013	JW
ESL Katowice 2014	pashaBiceps
ESL Cologne 2014	friberg
DH Winter 2014	Happy
ESL Katowice 2015	olofmeister
ESL Cologne 2015	flusha
DH Cluj‑Napoca 2015	kennyS
MLG Columbus 2016	coldzera
ESL Cologne 2016	coldzera
EL Atlanta 2017	Kjaerbye
PGL Kraków 2017	AdreN
EL Boston 2018	tarik
FACEIT London 2018	device
IEM Katowice 2019	Magisk
SL Berlin 2019	device

Titles Won per Player

Player		Team(s)
device	4
dupreeh	4
Xyp9x	4
gla1ve	4
flusha	3
JW	3
pronax	3
Magisk	3
olofmeister	2
KRIMZ	2
Happy	2
NBK-	2
kioShiMa	2
FalleN	2
fer	2
coldzera	2
fnx	2
TACO	2
Devilwalk	1
znajder	1
TaZ	1
NEO	1
pashaBiceps	1
Snax	1
byali	1

Player		Team(s)
f0rest	1
GeT_RiGhT	1
Xizt	1
friberg	1
Fifflaren	1
shox	1
SmithZz	1
kennyS	1
apEX	1
Kjaerbye	1
AdreN	1
mou	1
Hobbit	1
Dosia	1
Zeus	1
Skadoodle	1
Stewie2K	1
autimatic	1
RUSH	1
tarik	1

Players That Have Attended All Majors

Event / Player
olofmeister
device
dupreeh
Xyp9x
Zeus
shox

Legends Across The Majors

Participants by Country

Country																Total
Sweden	21	15	10	15	9	11	11	11	10	10	5	6	12	12	6	164
Denmark	17	16	10	15	5	5	10	6	11	12	11	11	17	5	11	162
United States of America	8	8	6	7	7	8	13	16	9	6	4	12	13	11	9	137
France	12	12	12	5	8	8	8	8	10	10	6	11	4	10	9	133
Russia	4	3	6	3	6	4	4	5	6	5	9	15	14	13	15	112
Ukraine	5	5	7	6	7	5	5	7	5	7	6	6	9	8	3	91
Poland	5	5	5	10	5	10	10	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	1	84
Brazil	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	4	10	6	4	10	15	74
Germany	-	3	-	10	5	4	3	3	3	2	7	8	4	4	-	56
Australia	-	5	5	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	7	46
Canada	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	4	4	3	40
Kazakhstan	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	2	2	3	3	8	3	6	5	36
Finland	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	1	5	6	30
Norway	2	-	5	-	5	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	30
Slovakia	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	2	19
Belgium	2	2	2	-	1	2	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	18
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	6	3	16
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	2	1	14
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	11
Netherlands	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	10
United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	6
Switzerland	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
India	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
South Africa	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	5
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	5
Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	5
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	5
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	5
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	4
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	3
Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Mongolia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Serbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Uzbekistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Azerbaijan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Team Participation

Team																Total
	INV	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	-	14
	Q	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	-	Q	CHL	LGD	12
	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	-	5
	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Q	-	Q	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Q	Q	Q	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	LGD	LGD	LGD	15
	INV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	INV	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	LGD	CHL	5
	INV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	INV	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	INV	INV	Q	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Q	LGD	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Q	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	-	LGD	Q	-	Q	Q	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	Q	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	-	LGD	LGD	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	-	LGD	LGD	Q	LGD	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	Q	LGD	CHL	8
	-	INV	Q	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	-	Q	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	-	-	12
	-	Q	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	-	Q	-	-	-	LGD	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	CHL	LGD	-	Q	10
	-	-	LGD	LGD	Q	Q	Q	Q	-	-	Q	CHL	LGD	CHL	-	10
	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	Q	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	3
	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	INV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	INV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	LGD	Q	CHL	-	-	-	9
	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	Q	Q	-	Q	-	-	-	7
	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	Q	Q	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	Q	LGD	5
	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	Q	Q	Q	Q	CHL	LGD	CHL	CHL	9
	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	LGD	LGD	-	Q	CHL	LGD	LGD	8
	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	LGD	LGD	8
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	Q	Q	LGD	CHL	LGD	LGD	LGD	8
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	LGD	LGD	LGD	CHL	-	-	6
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	-	-	Q	-	-	3
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	LGD	LGD	CHL	-	Q	5
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	LGD	CHL	LGD	-	4
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	CHL	CHL	CHL	-	4
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CHL	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	CHL	-	-	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	Q	CHL	3
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	-	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	LGD	LGD	3
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	LGD	Q	-	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	CHL	Q	3
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	LGD	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	CHL	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	Q	2
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1

Key
INV	Directly invited to the tournament
LGD	Legend status
CHL	Challenger status
Q	Qualified
-	Didn't participate