PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers StageFaZe and Copenhagen Flames win to open Stockholm Major Challengers Stage
Copenhagen Flames continued their recent rise with an upset victory over reigning Major champions Astralis.
The A stream saw the Stockholm Major get the first upset out of the way early, as Copenhagen Flames romped to a comfortable 16-6 victory on Overpass against defending champions Astralis. The result was never really in doubt, with Astralis winning the first pistol and converting to a 3-0 lead, before managing a measly three rounds for the rest of the map.
Astralis didn't get going in either half, particularly struggling to crack some of the creative CT setups displayed by Copenhagen Flames. One of the few rounds they did manage to post required a 4k from Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen, whilst another saw Emil "Magisk" Reif and Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth succeed in a 2v5, suggesting the result could easily have been even more one-sided.
As for the Flames, they had Fredrik "roeJ" Jørgensen and Nico "nicoodoz" Tamjidi to thank for getting the majority of the fragging work done, but it was a team effort overall as four members of the team posted over 85 ADR.
 Astralis |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 - 18 | -3 | 76.3 | 72.7% | 1.08 | |
| 17 - 19 | -2 | 78.0 | 63.6% | 0.97 | |
| 12 - 18 | -6 | 67.4 | 54.5% | 0.85 | |
| 10 - 19 | -9 | 59.9 | 54.5% | 0.63 | |
| 8 - 19 | -11 | 49.7 | 63.6% | 0.61 |
 Copenhagen Flames |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 - 13 | +11 | 92.9 | 81.8% | 1.52 | |
| 21 - 10 | +11 | 92.0 | 95.5% | 1.48 | |
| 15 - 9 | +6 | 73.8 | 72.7% | 1.25 | |
| 17 - 15 | +2 | 89.6 | 68.2% | 1.14 | |
| 15 - 16 | -1 | 86.6 | 72.7% | 1.06 |
Over on the B stream it was FaZe who emerged victorious over Spirit 16-11 on Overpass. Winning and converting both pistols was key for FaZe, as it was generally a back and forth map.
Spirit will be disappointed to have not converted more opening frags as they actually bested FaZe in this department 15:12, with Nikolay "mir" Bityukov and Abdul "degster" Gasanov being particularly successful.
FaZe saw a surprise appearance at the top of the scoreboard from Finn "karrigan" Andersen, who posted 100 ADR on his way to a 1.34 rating, and an encouraging performance from Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken on the secondary AWP, who produced a scintillating 4k with the scoped rifle to close out the map.
  Spirit |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 - 21 | +2 | 104.1 | 70.4% | 1.30 | |
| 20 - 18 | +2 | 62.8 | 74.1% | 1.08 | |
| 13 - 17 | -4 | 56.3 | 66.7% | 0.87 | |
| 15 - 21 | -6 | 54.7 | 66.7% | 0.80 | |
| 17 - 23 | -6 | 68.5 | 59.3% | 0.79 |
 FaZe |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 - 20 | +2 | 100.3 | 66.7% | 1.34 | |
| 21 - 15 | +6 | 76.6 | 85.2% | 1.25 | |
| 22 - 17 | +5 | 74.6 | 74.1% | 1.16 | |
| 18 - 20 | -2 | 81.5 | 70.4% | 1.14 | |
| 15 - 16 | -1 | 58.3 | 66.7% | 0.99 |
That means after the first round of games, our standings are as follows:
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NutelaaGG
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M0nzaa
| 
raesvg
JUNG13
BoBoKonsistenz
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| 
pontiff
Empe5or
| 
MarcoXY
Kucuser
JustAnotherBot
| 
donSardon
CAVCAv
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RedWinter
Neckarstadion
| 
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Admyrell
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SEXA_NEXA_BEST_IGL
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blatxer
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miserably
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flipflop
tilted_up
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SkipLD
hogarjemudo
Ohjeez
proud_kekistani
