Dot Esports’ Official Pgl Antwerp Major Cs: Go Power Rankings

Dot Esports’ Official Pgl Antwerp Major Cs: Go Power Rankings

Valve has once again tasked PGL to organize a CS:GO Major. This time, the 24 teams that qualified for the event will fly to Antwerp, Belgium to fight for their share of the $1 million prize pool and pursue glory.

The Major will run from May 9 to 22 and will feature three stages. The 16 Challengers and Contenders will face each other in the Challengers stage and the top eight will advance to the Legends stage, where eight teams will be awaiting. 

The best eight teams from the Major will then progress to the Champions stage, the competition’s single-bracket playoff, and play the games in front of a live audience at the Antwerps Sportpaleis.

Here are our power rankings for each team attending the PGL Antwerp Major.

24) IHC

IHC are close to making history. They will be the first Mongolian team to play at a CS:GO Major after having beat Renegades and TYLOO, the two most dominant teams in the Asian-Pacific scene, in a dominant fashion at the APAC Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournament. IHC, however, will most likely have a tougher time at the Major because they’ve never faced European or American teams in official matches. What they have accomplished is already special and their best shot at the Major is to upset one team in a best-of-one series.

23) Renegades

Another year, another time Renegades qualify for the Major. They’re by far the best team from Oceania, but their core never really made it into the deep stages of international events. The Aussies finished at the bottom of the IEM Katowice play-In in February, their only appearance overseas so far this year. That said, it’s highly unlikely they’ll advance from the Challengers stage, but they have an opportunity to do damage in the best-of-one matches.

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