Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: Format, Schedule and More
The Perfect World Shanghai Major RMRs concluded over the weekend and now we have the 24 that will compete for the second and final major title of the year. Starting 30th November, these teams will play in a three-stage competition on LAN to crown the Perfect World Shanghai Major Champion.
Let’s go through the tournament stages, format, schedule and how you can follow the tournament on Strafe.
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Format:
As usual, the Shanghai Major will follow a three stage format featuring Opening Stage, Elimination Stage and Playoffs.
Opening Stage
The Opening Stage of Shanghai Major features a 16-team Swiss system bracket. Teams will qualify to the next stage as soon as they win 3 games. If a team loses three games before they manage to win three games, they will be eliminated.
The fixtures of each stage of the swiss bracket will be decided on the W-L record of the teams i.e teams with similar W-L record will play against each other. For e.g. a team with 0-2 record will only play a team with 0-2 record.
All the qualification and elimination games for the teams will be Bo3s and the rest of the games will be Bo1s.
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Opening Stage (credits: Counter-Strike 2 / Valve)The teams playing the Opening Stage of Shanghai Major 2024 are:
- European RMR A
- European RMR B
- American RMR
- Asia-Pacific RMR
Out of these 16 teams only 8 teams will join the direct Elimination Stage teams, effectively eliminating 8 teams.
Elimination Stage
The top seeds from EU RMR A and RMR B directly qualified to the Elimination Stage, these teams are:
- European RMR A
- European RMR B
Note: These seedings are based on the region’s performance during the previous major.
These 8 teams will be joined by the eight teams qualified via the Opening Stage to play the 16 team Swiss stage.
Similar to the Opening Stage, only eight teams will advance further. The format will be the same as the Opening Stage.
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Elimination Stage (credits: Counter-Strike 2 / Valve)Playoffs
Out of the 24 playing teams, 16 will be eliminated in the previous stage. Only the top 8 teams that can best the competition will qualify for the Playoffs.
The Playoff features a Bo3 single elimination bracket. The teams will play the single elimination bracket and the team that can best all their opponents will be crowned the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Champion.
Shanghai Major 2024 Complete Schedule
The tournament spans 16 days and three stages, the details of the schedule are as follows:
- November 30th - December 3rd - Opening Stage
- November 30th - Opening Stage Round 1 & 2
- December 1st - Opening Stage Round 3
- December 2nd - Opening Stage Round 4
- December 3rd - Opening Stage Round 5
- December 4th - Break
- December 5th - December 8th - Elimination Stage
- December 5th - Elimination Stage Round 1&2
- December 6th - Elimination Stage Round 3
- December 7th - Elimination Stage Round 4
- December 8th - Elimination Stage Round 5
- December 9th - December 11th - Break
- December 12th - December 15th - Playoffs
- December 12th - Quarterfinals
- December 13th - Quarterfinals
- December 14th - Semifinals
- December 15th - Grand Finals
Check out Strafe for detailed schedule and fixtures of Perfect World Shanghai Major
Where to Watch?
PGL will broadcast the tournament outside of China. The broadcast will be available on the following channels: Twitch | YouTube | Kick | Facebook. The secondary streams are as follows: Twitch | Youtube | Kick.
Follow Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 on X for the latest updates on the tournament. You can also follow the tournament on Strafe.
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