PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR A

• PGL Major Antwerp 2022
• European RMR A
• European RMR B
• American RMR
• Asia-Pacific RMR

• Overview
• Open Qualifier #1
• Open Qualifier #2
• Open Qualifier #3
• Open Qualifier #4
• Far East Russian Qualifier

[e][h]PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR A

League Information

Organizer:

PGL

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Bucharest

Venue:

JW Marriott Bucharest

Teams:

16

Prize Pool:

$95,000 USD

Start Date:

2022-04-17

End Date:

2022-04-20

Liquipedia Tier:

A-Tier

Tier:

RMR Event

Links

Maps

Ancient • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Vertigo

About

Broadcast Talent

• Desk Hosts:
  •  James Banks (James Banks)
  •  Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)

• Analysts:
  •  Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
  •  Bleh (Sudhen Wahengbam)
  •  Professeur (Zvonimir Burazin)
  •  Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)

• Interviewer:
  •  Mauisnake (Alex Ellenberg)

• Commentators:
  •  JustHarry (Harry Russell)
  •  Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)
  •  Jacky (Jack Peters)
  •  DAVEY (David Stafford)
  •  launders (Mohan Govindasamy)
  •  Scrawny (Conner Girvan)
  •  SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
  •  Dinko (Adam Hawthorne)

• Observers:
  •  Jak3y (Jake Elton)
  •  encg (Efren Chuong)
  •  ItsRandall (Ryan Randall)
  •  shev (Marko Krajčeski)
  •  UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)
  •  Pinqu (Markus Eliasen)
  •  zarx (Jake Karakouzian)

Format

• Swiss Stage:
  • 16 Team Swiss System Format
    • Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
    • All other matches are Bo1
    • The Buchholz system is used to seed matches from Round 3 to 5
    • 4^th place decider is resolved via a Bo3 single-elimination match
  • Top 8 Teams proceed to the PGL Major Antwerp
  • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated

Prize Pool

$95,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	PGL Major Antwerp	Team
1st	$47,500	Legend Status	Heroic
2nd	$23,750	Legend Status	BIG
3rd	$14,250	Legend Status	FaZe Clan
4th	$9,500	Legend Status	Natus Vincere
5th	-	Challenger Status	forZe
6th	-	Challenger Status	Team Vitality
7th	-	Contender Status	Eternal Fire
8th	-	Contender Status	Outsiders
9th-11th	-	-	SAW
			OG
			MOUZ
12th-14th	-	-	Fnatic
			Dignitas
			Team Unique
15th-16th	-	-	Team QUAZAR
			Team GamerLegion

Participants

Natus Vincere

1	s1mple
2	electroNic
3	Boombl4
4	Perfecto
5	b1t
S	headtr1ckDNP
C	B1ad3

PGL Major Stockholm '21

Heroic

Notes

1	stavn
2	cadiaN
3	TeSeS
4	sjuush
5	refrezh
S	KjaerbyeDNP
C	Xizt

PGL Major Stockholm '21

¹ March 29th - Heroic sign  Xizt on a permanent basis.

Outsiders

1	buster
2	Qikert
3	Jame
4	YEKINDAR
5	FL1T
C	dastanSub

PGL Major Stockholm '21

Team Vitality

Notes

1	apEX
2	ZywOo
3	misutaaa
4	dupreeh
5	Magisk
S	BubzkjiDNP
C	zonic

PGL Major Stockholm '21

¹ December 21st - Team Vitality part ways with  XTQZZZ.

² December 22nd - Team Vitality part ways with  shox.

³ January 5th - Team Vitality bench  Kyojin and sign  dupreeh,  Magisk, and  zonic as head coach to finalize their roster.

FaZe Clan

Notes

1	rain
2	broky
3	Twistzz
4	karrigan
5	ropz
S	olofmeisterDNP
C	Eddie

PGL Major Stockholm '21

¹ January 3rd - FaZe Clan bench  olofmeister and sign  ropz.

MOUZ

Notes

1	frozen
2	Bymas
3	dexter
4	torzsi
5	JDC
S	xertioNDNP
C	sycrone

PGL Major Stockholm '21

¹ December 29th - MOUZ part ways with  ropz.

² December 30th - MOUZ part ways with  mithR as he is signed by Apeks Rebels as their coach.

³ January 3rd - MOUZ bench  acoR and promote  torzsi from MOUZ NXT.

⁴ January 6th - MOUZ promote  sycrone from MOUZ NXT as the team's new head coach.

⁵ January 7th - MOUZ sign  NBK- as he comes out of retirement.

⁶ March 18th - MOUZ replace  NBK- with  JDC from MOUZ NXT.

BIG

Notes

1	tabseN
2	tiziaN
3	syrsoN
4	faveN
5	Krimbo
S	k1toDNP
C	enkay J

Open Qualifier #3

¹ March 19th - BIG demote  k1to to BIG Academy and promote  Krimbo on trial to replace him.

Team GamerLegion

1	RuStY
2	eraa
3	Zero
4	iM
5	isak
C	ashhhSub

Open Qualifier #4

Fnatic

Notes

1	KRIMZ
2	ALEX
3	mezii
4	Peppzor
5	poizon
S	BanjoDNP
C	keita

Open Qualifier #4

¹ March 22nd -  Brollan is acquired by Ninjas in Pyjamas.

² March 24th - Fnatic move  regali back to Fnatic Rising as they add  poizon on trial and  Peppzor as a stand-in.

SAW

1	JUST
2	MUTiRiS
3	rmn
4	stadodo
5	arki
S	kstDNP
C	vts

Open Qualifier #3

OG

1	valde
2	mantuu
3	niko
4	flameZ
5	nexa
C	ruggah

Open Qualifier #1

Eternal Fire

Notes

1	XANTARES
2	woxic
3	Calyx
4	imoRR
5	xfl0ud
C	bishopSub

Open Qualifier #4

¹ March 6th -  xfl0ud returns to the starting lineup.

Dignitas

1	f0rest
2	friberg
3	hallzerk
4	HEAP
5	Lekr0
S	H4RR3DNP
C	SheddaN

Open Qualifier #1

Team Unique

1	sorrow
2	w1nt3r
3	smiley
4	icem4N
5	dukefissura
C	tonyblackSub

Open Qualifier #3

forZe

1	Jerry
2	zorte
3	KENSI
4	Norwi
5	shalfey
C	FierceSub

Open Qualifier #3

Team QUAZAR

1	spirit
2	Frothe
3	Sh4dy
4	la3euka
5	faqzor
C	44

Far East Russia Qualifier

Results

Swiss Overview

#	Team	Matches	Rounds	RD	BU	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1.	Heroic Heroic	3-0	75-56	+19	2	Overpass	Mirage	2:1
2.	BIG BIG	3-0	64-34	+30	2	Ancient	Dust II	2:0
3.	FaZe Clan FaZe	3-1	85-66	+19	4	Overpass	Mirage	0:2	2:0
4.	Natus Vincere NAVI	3-1	102-86	+16	0	Ancient	Mirage	1:2	2:0
5.	forZe forZe	3-1	90-71	+19	-2	Overpass	Mirage	Dust II	2:1
6.	Team Vitality Vitality	3-2	117-105	+12	2	Vertigo	Mirage	Dust II	0:2	2:1
7.	Eternal Fire EF	3-2	113-121	-8	-2	Overpass	Vertigo	Dust II	2:1	2:0
8.	Outsiders Outsiders	3-2	126-123	+3	-3	Dust II	Dust II	Inferno	2:1	2:1
9.	SAW SAW	2-3	107-123	-16	2	Ancient	Ancient	Nuke	1:2	1:2
10.	OG OG	2-3	98-100	-2	2	Mirage	Mirage	Dust II	2:0	0:2
11.	MOUZ MOUZ	2-3	100-109	-9	0	Mirage	Ancient	Inferno	0:2	1:2
12.	Fnatic Fnatic	1-3	76-81	-5	0	Nuke	Mirage	Nuke	1:2
13.	Dignitas DIG	1-3	101-104	-3	0	Vertigo	Vertigo	2:0	1:2
14.	Team Unique Unique	1-3	71-92	-21	-4	Dust II	Ancient	2:1	0:2
15.	Team QUAZAR QUAZAR	0-3	44-74	-30	-1	Ancient	Ancient	1:2
16.	Team GamerLegion GL	0-3	40-64	-24	-2	Nuke	Mirage	0:2

Legend
Qualify to the Major as Legends
Proceed to 4th Place Tiebreaker
Qualify to the Major as Challengers
Qualify to the Major as Contenders
Do not qualify to the Major

Swiss Results

Round 1

Round 1 Matches
April 17, 2022
NAVI	NAVI QUAZAR April 17, 2022 - 12:00 EEST 16 10 6 5 12 7 Ancient  ·  · 16	12	QUAZAR
Outsiders	Outsiders Unique April 17, 2022 - 12:00 EEST 16 13 3 2 2 0 Dust II  ·  · 16	2	Unique
FaZe	FaZe EF April 17, 2022 - 13:10 EEST 16 12 4 3 4 1 Overpass  ·  · 16	4	EF
Heroic	Heroic forZe April 17, 2022 - 12:50 EEST 16 11 5 4 9 5 Overpass  ·  · 16	9	forZe
Vitality	Vitality DIG April 17, 2022 - 14:05 EEST 16 10 6 5 6 1 Vertigo  ·  · 16	6	DIG
GL	GL Fnatic April 17, 2022 - 14:05 EEST 5 4 1 11 16 5 Nuke  ·  · 5	16	Fnatic
MOUZ	MOUZ OG April 17, 2022 - 15:10 EEST 12 5 7 10 16 6 Mirage  ·  · 12	16	OG
BIG	BIG SAW April 17, 2022 - 15:10 EEST 16 12 4 3 5 2 Ancient  ·  · 16	5	SAW

Round 2

High

Round 2 High Matches
April 17, 2022
Vitality	Vitality FaZe April 17, 2022 - 16:55 EEST 14 7 7 8 16 8 Mirage  ·  · 14	16	FaZe
Heroic	Heroic Fnatic April 17, 2022 - 18:15 EEST 16 11 5 4 9 5 Mirage  ·  · 16	9	Fnatic
NAVI	NAVI OG April 17, 2022 - 19:15 EEST 16 12 4 3 5 2 Mirage  ·  · 16	5	OG
Outsiders	Outsiders BIG April 17, 2022 - 19:15 EEST 8 4 4 11 16 5 Dust II  ·  · 8	16	BIG

Low

Round 2 Low Matches
April 17, 2022
EF	EF DIG April 17, 2022 - 16:55 EEST 22 9 2 2 6 1 2 1 1 6 20 1 2 9 Vertigo  ·  · 22	20	DIG
GL	GL forZe April 17, 2022 - 19:35 EEST 14 8 6 7 16 9 Mirage  ·  · 14	16	forZe
MOUZ	MOUZ QUAZAR April 17, 2022 - 20:50 EEST 16 15 1 0 4 4 Ancient  ·  · 16	4	QUAZAR
SAW	SAW Unique April 17, 2022 - 21:35 EEST 16 14 2 1 6 5 Ancient  ·  · 16	6	Unique

Round 3

High

Round 3 High Matches
April 18, 2022
Heroic	Heroic NAVI April 18, 2022 - 15:15 EEST 11 7 4 8 16 8 Mirage 16 10 6 5 13 8 Inferno 16 8 8 7 9 2 Nuke  ·  · 2	1	NAVI
FaZe	FaZe BIG April 18, 2022 - 19:05 EEST 7 6 1 9 16 7 Dust II 14 7 7 8 16 8 Mirage Nuke  ·  · 0	2	BIG

Mid

Round 3 Mid Matches
April 18, 2022
OG	OG forZe April 18, 2022 - 12:00 EEST 17 7 2 8 0 1 8 19 3 7 Dust II  ·  · 17	19	forZe
Vitality	Vitality EF April 18, 2022 - 13:00 EEST 16 11 5 4 11 7 Dust II  ·  · 16	11	EF
Outsiders	Outsiders MOUZ April 18, 2022 - 13:50 EEST 12 7 5 8 16 8 Inferno  ·  · 12	16	MOUZ
Fnatic	Fnatic SAW April 18, 2022 - 14:10 EEST 10 4 6 11 16 5 Nuke  ·  · 10	16	SAW

Low

Round 3 Low Matches
April 18, 2022
QUAZAR	QUAZAR Unique April 18, 2022 - 15:20 EEST 16 8 8 7 10 3 Ancient 7 7 0 8 16 8 Overpass 5 2 3 13 16 3 Dust II  ·  · 1	2	Unique
GL	GL DIG April 18, 2022 - 18:15 EEST 8 8 0 7 16 9 Inferno 13 9 4 6 16 10 Vertigo Overpass  ·  · 0	2	DIG

Round 4

High

Round 4 High Matches
April 19, 2022
SAW	SAW forZe April 19, 2022 - 12:00 EEST 16 7 9 8 14 6 Nuke 3 3 0 12 16 4 Dust II 5 3 2 12 16 4 Inferno  ·  · 1	2	forZe
NAVI	NAVI Vitality April 19, 2022 - 15:15 EEST 16 9 7 6 13 7 Inferno 16 7 9 8 13 5 Mirage Dust II  ·  · 2	0	Vitality
FaZe	FaZe MOUZ April 19, 2022 - 18:05 EEST 16 12 4 3 5 2 Nuke 16 9 7 6 11 5 Inferno Mirage  ·  · 2	0	MOUZ

Low

Round 4 Low Matches
April 19, 2022
OG	OG Unique April 19, 2022 - 12:00 EEST 16 10 6 5 10 5 Overpass 16 5 11 10 11 1 Ancient Inferno  ·  · 2	0	Unique
Fnatic	Fnatic EF April 19, 2022 - 14:15 EEST 12 7 5 8 16 8 Dust II 16 7 9 8 12 4 Inferno 13 8 5 7 16 9 Overpass  ·  · 1	2	EF
Outsiders	Outsiders DIG April 19, 2022 - 18:25 EEST 10 7 3 8 16 8 Mirage 19 7 3 8 1 0 8 17 2 7 Inferno 16 9 7 6 10 4 Overpass  ·  · 2	1	DIG

Round 5

Round 5 Matches
April 20, 2022
Vitality	Vitality MOUZ April 20, 2022 - 10:00 EEST 13 8 5 7 16 9 Nuke 16 6 10 9 11 2 Dust II 16 10 6 5 13 8 Mirage  ·  · 2	1	MOUZ
OG	OG EF April 20, 2022 - 10:00 EEST 14 8 6 7 16 9 Vertigo 14 7 7 8 16 8 Dust II Overpass  ·  · 0	2	EF
SAW	SAW Outsiders April 20, 2022 - 13:50 EEST 14 9 5 6 16 10 Dust II 16 6 10 9 10 1 Ancient 16 9 1 6 0 2 6 19 2 9 Inferno  ·  · 1	2	Outsiders

Tiebreakers

4th Place Match

Natus Vincere

2

NAVI

forZe

April 20, 2022 - 14:00 EEST

16	7
	9

8	10
2

Inferno

16	8
	8

7	8
1

Mirage

Overpass

 ·  ·

forZe

0

Additional Content

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Interviews

HLTV

• 2022-04-17 | YEKINDAR: "We started integrating [FL1T] into more important roles" by Rizzolini of HLTV
• 2022-04-17 | flameZ: "nexa is really good at calling what the players want instead of what looks good for him" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2022-04-17 | Jerry: "If we manage to break this barrier inside our heads we'll be able to qualify" by Rizzolini of HLTV
• 2022-04-18 | arki: "Players keep getting younger and we get older, but we see ourselves at our best right now" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2022-04-18 | sycrone: "It was more of a decision for JDC than it was against NBK-, he never did anything wrong" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2022-04-18 | cadiaN: "[NAVI] have given me a lot of nights where I definitely could have slept way better" by Rizzolini of HLTV
• 2022-04-19 | tabseN: "Krimbo is by far the best talent we've had in Germany in years" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2022-04-19 | B1ad3: "We did not have any practice at all after ESL Pro League" by Rizzolini of HLTV
• 2022-04-19 | karrigan: "Winning a Major is just a part of my goals, not my only goal" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2022-04-20 | woxic: "I am really proud because I am leading this team" by Rizzolini of HLTV
• 2022-04-20 | apEX: "This was the hardest Major qualifier I ever played" by Rizzolini of HLTV

Fragbite

• 2022-04-17 |  Xizt: "Vi har lite problem i de stora matcherna" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-17 |  KRIMZ om Brollan: "Jag respekterar han för hans beslut" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-17 | nexa om G2 och OG: "Jag har mycket mer utrymme och frihet" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-17 |  eraa efter tunga förlusten: "Det suger för att vi vet att vi spelade mycket bättre" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-18 | apEX: "Vi har inget att vinna men allt att förlora" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-18 | dexter om varför de bytte ut NBK: "Det var ett coach-beslut" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-18 | stavn hyllar Xizt: "Han är en så bra coach" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-18 |  f0rest om chansen till Major: "Det är ta mig fan det enda jag tänker på" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-18 | Krimbo om att kvala till sin första Major: "Det är sinnessjukt, jag kan inte tro det" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-19 | valde: "Det känns som jag har en förbannelse över mig i dessa majorkval" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-19 | ropz om RobbaN: "Det är är tufft för oss att han inte är här" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-20 |  RuStY: "Jag var nästan bombsäker på att det skulle gå bra" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-20 | xfl0ud om att spela med flusha: "Jag kände inte av den erfarenheten" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-20 | dupreeh: "Om du inte kan vinna mot bra lag ska du inte vara på Majorn" by hallonkraem of Fragbite
• 2022-04-20 | YEKINDAR om lagets tuffa kval: "Det är många interna och externa problem" by hallonkraem of Fragbite

Dust2.dk

• 2022-04-17 |  refrezh efter sejr: "Vi undervurderer ingen" by DOMINA7HOR of Dust2.dk
• 2022-04-17 |  stavn: "Hele holdet har stor tillid til mig" by DOMINA7HOR of Dust2.dk
• 2022-04-19 |  niko: "nexa er god til at få ro på tingene" by DOMINA7HOR of Dust2.dk
• 2022-04-19 |  shalfey efter triumf: "Ikke tid til at fejre endnu" by DOMINA7HOR of Dust2.dk
• 2022-04-20 |  zonic: "Vi var nødt til at få styr på det basale" by DOMINA7HOR of Dust2.dk

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 2022-04-16 | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A - Media Day by HLTV
• 2022-04-17 | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A - Day 1 by HLTV
• 2022-04-18 | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A - Day 2 by HLTV
• 2022-04-19 | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A - Day 3 by HLTV
• 2022-04-20 | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A - Day 4 by HLTV

Highlights

• 2022-04-19 | s1mple 1v3s Vitality by MAKKU of HLTV