Paris Major Challengers Stage round 5 matches set

Liquid face Grayhound for a shot at making the Legends Stage after a dismal 0-2 start in France.

The fifth and final round of matches at the BLAST.tv Paris Major Challengers Stage have been determined, with three fixtures scheduled to play out across Thursday to determine the last set of teams who will advance to the next phase of play in France.

This comes after the conclusion of round four on Wednesday, where FaZe, Apeks, and Ninjas in Pyjamas qualified for the Legends Stage. On the other end of the spectrum, GamerLegion, Liquid, and Monte staved off elimination, whilst OG, Complexity, and The MongolZ all got sent packing from CS:GO's last-ever Major.

Liquid need a win over Grayhound to make the top 16 in France

FORZE versus GamerLegion will get the Challengers Stage's final day underway, with the Russians gunning to break their long-standing curse at Majors — they failed to make it past the Challengers Stage in their last two appearances in Antwerp and Berlin. GamerLegion, meanwhile, will aim to complete their gauntlet run in France; the European squad were staring down the barrel of elimination, but have since recovered with two BO3 victories on the trot to close in on a Legends Stage spot.

The penultimate Challengers Stage fixture is between Monte and paiN, who will meet for the first time in an official capacity. The Ukrainian-majority roster were dealt a tough blow when Sergey "⁠lmbt⁠" Bezhanov, the team's coach, was unable to travel to France to stand behind them. Alas, that appears to have only caused a few hiccups along the road, as the squad now require just one additional victory to make it to the top 16.

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daps: "For this tournament YEKINDAR is IGL and nitr0 is second IGL [on some maps]"

All eyes will be on Liquid, who have Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis at the helm for the duration of the Major, as they take on Grayhound in a must-win game to advance to the Legends Stage in France. The North American roster were on the ropes at one point after going 0-2 on the inaugural day of play, but have since rebounded with back-to-back victories over Fluxo and Complexity to be within touching distance of progressing further.

Date Matches
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage
11/05/2023
11:30
Match
11/05/2023
14:25
Match
11/05/2023
17:50
Match
Latvia Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1229
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.70
#1
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Germany HSV_isses
Praying for Liquid to save my pickem, yes its bad
2023-05-10 21:22
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9 replies
+1
2023-05-10 21:24
0
never trust og
2023-05-10 21:24
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1 reply
#44
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Europe Sojadude
yeah, now I now
2023-05-11 10:16
0
#17
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Poland l1m4k
Same
2023-05-10 22:18
0
Either Liquid or Monte for me
2023-05-10 23:12
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1 reply
#38
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Ukraine frfx
+, same
2023-05-11 01:10
0
+11
2023-05-10 23:31
0
#35
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
SENER1 | 
United States muffinner
same here. at least them and monte got good matchups
2023-05-11 00:02
0
+1 and forze lol
2023-05-11 01:16
0
nice
2023-05-10 21:23
0
Super easy pickems honestly - no major fuckery happened besides Lulquid which most likely will 3-2
2023-05-10 21:24
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3 replies
#7
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Czech Republic dreamARTz
Mouz though
2023-05-10 21:27
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2 replies
#24
Faceit level 9  | 
gla1ve | 
Sweden official_EGB
????? U have better odds picking Pain, Monte and Forze before Mouz. They have been dog lately.
2023-05-10 22:24
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1 reply
#40
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Czech Republic dreamARTz
I do have Monte and Forze in my pick but was believing in Mouz also idk.
2023-05-11 01:32
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#5
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Poland l1m4k
n`
2023-05-10 21:24
0
Already on 6/9 pickem, If Liquid win, I'll be on 7/9 Quite easy so far
2023-05-10 21:29
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1 reply
man i put apeks 3-0 in the end so sad
2023-05-10 22:20
0
#9
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Portugal dracø
liquid's path to legends lul forze, monte and liquid should have this fairly easily imo
2023-05-10 21:30
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2 replies
forze definitely not an easy matchup against GL although that team is a dice roll, gonna be the most interesting match tomorrow
2023-05-10 22:18
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1 reply
#28
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Portugal dracø
for sure
2023-05-10 23:05
0
#10
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Kazakhstan nurdos
Guys, I submitted my predictions, but on the cs go menu, the list of tasks shows I only activated my coin(step 1). I think it’s supposed to show second step too, place all 9 predictions, but it’s not there. Is that an error is it fine?
2023-05-10 21:36
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3 replies
After challengers finish, it’ll update
2023-05-10 21:43
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2 replies
#22
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Kazakhstan nurdos
Thanks bro, I was just worried I did smth wrong
2023-05-10 22:22
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I've been worried about it too lol, I love eSports but this is the first time I've actually bought the coin.
2023-05-11 04:16
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#12
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China halflife2
4/9 for now. Need Monte and Forze to win at least one team. to complete homework.
2023-05-10 21:47
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GL monte lulquid Prayge
2023-05-10 21:54
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Ez for liquid
2023-05-10 22:01
0
#15
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World Kobs
trash of clash
2023-05-10 22:03
0
#16
Faceit level 10  | 
n0rb3r7 | 
Belgium daerius
forZe > GamerLegion Monte < paiN Grayhound < Liquid
2023-05-10 22:16
0
good luck grayhound!!
2023-05-10 22:21
0
#21
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United States ddown
As long as one of liquid or monte win my Pickems are saved
2023-05-10 22:22
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1 reply
#31
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Poland moonj
+1
2023-05-10 23:31
0
#23
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland SAMSSON
easy pickem this time.
2023-05-10 22:23
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Liquid getting such an easy route and still might not qualify
2023-05-10 22:24
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1 reply
Grayhound have no chance bro
2023-05-10 23:41
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Pls Monte & Forze, I only need one of you to qualify and save my pickems
2023-05-10 22:25
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I need 2 of the 3 to win to save my Pickems > GL, Monte, and Liquid. Thanks, Mouz Forze 1:2 GL Monte 2:1 Pain Grayhound 2:0 Liquid
2023-05-10 22:36
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My Pick'Em is completed already so Liquid passing or not doesn't matter that much in the end. I hope they win anyways.
2023-05-10 23:42
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1 reply
#36
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United States scratchboy
For the sake of na please
2023-05-11 00:54
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5/9 already can get 7/9 if liquid and force wins. gg easy round, i even had OG and MOUZ to go trough as well lol
2023-05-10 23:44
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Pain and Liquid win
2023-05-11 01:02
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#41
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Russia I_D_R_C
I need forze or liquid to win their game to pass the pickem. but if forze managed to do this.I will support the boy for one more slot for asian scene.mongolz are just too mediocre to make it out of group.
2023-05-11 04:00
0
#43
Faceit level 5  | 
aliStair | 
Slovakia Kovciii
EZ4GRAYHOUND NA LMAO
2023-05-11 09:30
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