After two years, CS:GO Major is back; 24 teams from around the world will be battling in Stockholm to compete for a share of the $2,000,000 prize pool

The biggest CS:GO tournament is here and GosuGamers has you covered with a one-stop guide to all things Major Stockholm.

Stockholm will be hosting the CS:GO Major tournament this coming October 26. A city associated with the Counter-Strike community; the Swedish capital will see 24 teams converging in the Swedish capital for the first Major in two years. After nearly 2 years of no Major championship, PGL will have the honor to run the first Major in 24 months.

13 days of non-stop CS:GO will be played at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm, where dreams will be created – and destroyed.

It will also be the first major LAN event after the cancellation of Rio 2020, as well as the first Major in a while to have spectators cheering for their favourite team. With a prize pool of $2,000,000, it is the biggest prize pool ever for a Major event.

Major Stockholm teams

Legends

Challengers

Contenders

Tournament Mechanic

New Challengers stage

16 teams will play in the Swiss System Format
Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
All other matches are Bo1
PGL will be using the Buchholz system to seed matches from rounds 3 to 5
Top 8 team will proceed to New Legends stage

New Legends stage

16 teams will play in the Swiss System Format
8 seeded, 8 from New Challengers stage
Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
All other matches are Bo1
PGL will be using the Buchholz system to seed matches from rounds 3 to 5
Top 8 team will proceed to New Champions stage

New Champions stage

Single elimination bracket
All matches are Bo3

Prize Pool

The total prize pool clocks in at $2,000,00. The breakdown of the prize money is as listed in our illustration above.

Along with the prize money, the top 22 teams will be given ESL Pro Tour points while the top 8 teams will receive BLAST Premier points, with the winner of Majors Stockholm seeded to the BLAST Premier: World Final in December.

Schedule

Check out the official schedule straight from PGL.

^{*Updates will be added later in the event}

How to catch it

There will be multiple streams for fans to catch their favourite teams play during the tournament. The list of official broadcast partners, as well as their streaming link are as below: