PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024Visualized: All 24 teams at PGL Major Copenhagen
One infographic and three key things you need to know for every team heading to Denmark for the first CS2 Major.
Update March 16, 11:15 :
9 Pandas will not participate at the PGL Major Copenhagen due to travel issues. They have been replaced at the tournament by GamerLegion.
To get you up-to-date with the participants of the first Counter-Strike 2 Major, here is an in-depth infographic on all 24 teams qualified for Copenhagen. These are ordered by their HLTV writer Power Ranking — an indication of a team's recent form, not a prediction of where they will finish.
The top and middle parts don't need any explanation. These are basic pieces of information about each lineup and their recent performances and stats.
Then there is a role profile at the bottom left. Every position in the game was given a score of 0-10, allowing us to plot team structure. The further left a player is, the more of a lurker they are. The right indicates being in the map control pack, spots like Mid on Mirage or traditional in-game leader roaming roles. The top is rotator spots, like Connector or Short, and the bottom is anchor spots, like A or B.
The trading profile is similar, but plots trade kills against trade deaths. Players in the top left are crows, feeding off their dead teammates. The bottom right has the lambs thrown to slaughter, traded often but rarely trading. The top right has players in the thick of the action both trading and traded, and the bottom left shows players who operate largely on their own.
Finally, there is the teams' round win percentage on either side (CS2, all games) and their FTU (Firepower, Teamwork, Utility) chart. Teams are given ratings (resembling rating 2.0, with an average of 1.00 across all teams) in each category and the circles are scaled compared to teams attending the Major. Firepower is from openers and multi-kills, Teamwork from trading, 5v4s, and 4v5s, and Utility comes from flash assists and utility damage.
Below each graphic are some storylines, cool factors, and fun facts about each team.
1. Spirit
Danil "donk" Kryshkovets, who has a 1.46 rating on CS2 so far, is yet to lose a tournament on LAN: He has left PARI Dunav Party, BetBoom Dacha, and IEM Katowice with the trophy.
Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov has consistently shot above his weight at Majors, first as part of Vega Squadron and then making top 4 in Antwerp and top 8 in Rio in 2022 with Spirit. Now he enters as a bonafide favorite, with the chance to make his Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko-inspired Tweet come true.
Spirit have a strong CS2 LAN record on Mirage (8-1), Ancient (6-3) and Anubis (5-2) but have shown weakness in their 3 maps (2-1, 9-4 including online) of Vertigo. On the 51st floor, donk has averaged a 1.00 rating, 0.45 off his CS2 LAN average.
2. FaZe
FaZe have made the grand final of all five CS2 LAN events they attended, but have lost the last three, two to Vitality at the back end of 2023 and the latest to Spirit.
David "frozen" Čerňanský, despite a full role swap on T side, has been FaZe's highest-rated player since he joined in December 2023 with a 1.17, just ahead of Robin "ropz" Kool on 1.16.
In-game leader Finn "karrigan" Andersen is the oldest player at the Major (33) and has attended the joint-most Majors (17) and Major playoffs (10).
3. Vitality
Vitality came into 2024 as the No. 1 team but bombed out of IEM Katowice in last place, with losses to Astralis in Spring Groups and Cloud9 at the RMR casting more doubt on the current holders of the Major trophy.
But there is nothing to worry about regarding Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut's form. He has a 1.38 CS2 LAN rating, just behind donk, and dropped a sky-high 1.71 rating over Vitality's RMR run.
ZywOo is now the highest-rated player at Majors, with a 1.24 rating 1.0 over 82 maps. This puts him just past two-time MVP Marcelo "coldzera" David, who dropped to 1.22 from 1.25 after struggling at IEM Rio.
4. G2
After controversially bringing in Nemanja "nexa" Isaković for Justin "jks" Savage, G2 missed out on the arena for BLAST World Final but were back for a top-six finish at IEM Katowice.
Long thought of as a team with a terrifying trident, Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač's drop off from a 1.10 rating on GO to 1.00 on CS2 has left G2 more reliant on star duo Nikola "NiKo" Kovač and Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov.
m0NESY has taken on that burden with ease, and averages a 1.33 rating (third only to donk and ZywOo) on LAN in CS2. He is also doing this without moving to the increasingly common hybrid style; m0NESY still uses the AWP for 49.7% of his kills.
5. MOUZ
MOUZ swept through the RMR with a 3-0 record and are the only team to beat Spirit's full five-man lineup on LAN this year. With a top-four finish at IEM Katowice, they could be real dark horses for the Major — as long as they don't meet big brother FaZe, who have beaten them in six successive CS2 matches.
Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin, after a tough stint in NIP, had huge shoes to fill when he replaced frozen in MOUZ, but has filled in admirably with a 1.13 LAN rating on CS2, just 0.02 off the 12th best player of 2023.
MOUZ are the joint second youngest team at Copenhagen (20.5) but all have invaluable experience on Counter-Strike's biggest stage. Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek was a finalist last time out in Paris, Dorian "xertioN" Berman and Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás made semi-finals at IEM Rio in 2022, and Brollan was in the top eight for PGL Antwerp in 2022.
6. Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere seemed to be in a tough spot when Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev announced a break from CS2, but with the signing of Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov and an Ewing-theory inspired jump in performance from the existing core they made the arena at BLAST World Final and only narrowly missed out on Spodek in Katowice.
Natus Vincere are attending their 20th Major, and remain the only organization to be present at every single Valve-sponsored event. Copenhagen will be NAVI's first Major with an Anglophone international squad, though all five players have made playoffs before in their prior projects.
Mihai "iM" Ivan earned his move to NAVI with a near-MVP performance 1.35 rating in GamerLegion's run to the Paris Major final. He initially struggled in the black-and-yellow jersey but has been trending upwards; could the Major re-ignite the Romanian rifler?
7. Virtus.pro
Like Vitality, Virtus.pro have been solid throughout CS2 but suffered a hiccup with a 17-20th finish at IEM Katowice. They made the final of four smaller events (albeit two online) last year and bounced back at the RMR with a 3-0 record and 66% round win percentage.
Virtus.pro are still exploiting Dzhami "Jame" Ali time. Their AWPing captain averages a 25% survival rate in lost rounds in 2024, with a team average of 17% (compared to a 7.7% overall average.) That amounts to 0.86 players surviving each lost round.
Been there, done that: Virtus.pro, competing as Outsiders, won IEM Rio, the last Major they qualified for, with four of their current players. They, FaZe, and Cloud9 are the only three teams with four Major winners in their ranks.
8. Heroic
Rasmus "sjuush" Beck and René "TeSeS" Madsen are the only members of HEROIC's semi-finalist Paris lineup to attend Copenhagen, after Casper "cadiaN" Møller, Martin "stavn" Lund, and Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard all departed only to fail at the RMRs. Guy "NertZ" Iluz, too, can feel some schadenfreude after seeing Falcons, with the core of his old ENCE side, miss out.
Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski's stock keeps rising as he makes a name for himself as one of the brightest young in-game leaders. He led Apeks to a top-four finish in Paris as a 22-year-old, and now pairs up with Eetu "sAw" Saha, who was voted the third best coach of 2022 by his peers and rose to second in 2023.
Nico "nicoodoz" Tamjidi was farming tier two in Preasy and the Major qualifiers for HEROIC with a new hybrid AWPing style (just 22.8% of his CS2 kills have come from the big green) but has a 1.02 rating since then and falls to a 0.93 rating in 18 maps versus top 10 opponents.
9. Cloud9
Cloud9 went 3-0 at the RMR and boast a wealth of Major-winning experience with Krakow 2017 winner Abay "HObbit" Khassenov and the core behind Natus Vincere's 2021 Stockholm championship,
Denis "electroNic" Sharipov suffered individually as an IGL in 2022 and 2023 but averages a 1.16 rating on CS2 and has been the key piece in the new C9 system.
Questions will continue to be asked around Cloud9's lack of a primary AWPer, with nominal sniper Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov functioning more like his traditional sacrificial entry-fragger role on T side and only occasionally picking it up on CT for a total of 0.09 AWP kills per round.
10. Eternal Fire
Eternal Fire finished CS:GO with a top-eight underdog run at ESL Pro League and have maintained that form in CS2 with grand final appearances at PARI Please and ESL Challenger Jönköping and ending IEM Katowice in the top twelve.
Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli is enjoying a renaissance as the IGL of Eternal Fire after being benched in 2022 before returning to make his third major — and first since London 2018 — as the second-oldest player (33) at the event.
Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş, at 28 years old, is the fourth-highest-rated player on CS2 in LAN (min. 30 maps) with a 1.25 rating. He also now has an able, albeit inconsistent, sidekick in 19-year-old Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın, who has a 1.12 rating in that time.
11. SAW
Portuguese hopefuls SAW came back from 0-2 in the RMR to qualify for the Major before smashing past Liquid and Cloud9 to qualify for BLAST Spring Final and climb to No. 18 in the world.
Ricardo "roman" Oliveira and Christopher "MUTiRiS" Fernandes have been trying to qualify for a Major together since 2014 as part of k1ck, and have finally got their stickers at 31-years-old.
Michel "ewjerkz" Pinto is a player to keep an eye on, a fairly aggressive map control player with a 1.17 rating on CS2. His foil is passive anchor Rafael "arrozdoce" Wing, on a 1.11 rating for all of CS2 but a 1.27 across SAW's runs at the RMR and BLAST Spring Showdown.
12. ENCE
Four-time Major winner Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander is attending his first Major since Antwerp 2022 and will be dreaming of matching compatriot and long-time teammate Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen's record of five Major titles.
He and former Virtus.pro coach Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński have added steel to the 9INE core that made the Legends stage of Paris, leading the Poles to their home Spodek arena in Katowice for a top 6 finish. Can the Poles return the favor in gla1ve's home nation?
Paweł "dycha" Dycha was an able part of ENCE's solid 2023 but has not kicked on as expected in star rifle roles in the new lineup. He has a 1.02 rating so far and, you expect, will need to be nearer to Olek "hades" Miskiewicz's 1.14 for ENCE to compete.
13. TheMongolz
The MongolZ are the premier Asian CS2 team and have won all three local CS2 LANs thus far (MESA Pro Series Fall, eXTREMESLAND, and the Asian RMR) and have shown promise in their trips west (9-12th at IEM Katowice, top 4 at ESL Challenger Atlanta).
Copenhagen will be Garidmagnai "bLitz" Byambasuren and Sodbayar "Techno" Munkhbold's fourth Major in a row but they are yet to escape the Opening stage (formerly known as Challengers) with three consecutive 12-14th place finishes.
The Mongolian squad has the lowest average age at the tournament of just 19.5. Ayush "mzinho" Batbold is the youngest player at the Major at 16, Azbayar "Senzu" Munkhbold is the fourth-youngest at 17, and Techno the seventh at 18.
14. Complexity
Complexity kicked off CS2 with a grand final run at the elite-level IEM Sydney but have struggled for consistency since. Qualification for the Major was only ensured after they emerged victorious from a do-or-die clash with Liquid in the 2-1 game at the RMR.
They host the only North American players to qualify for the Major after Brazil dominated the Americas RMR, and also sport the sole African player in the form of Johnny "JT" Theodosiou.
Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski was removed from Liquid after Paris but has been completely rejuvenated in Complexity and CS2. The United States' best-ever player has a 1.22 rating in the new game and is still only 26 despite playing top-tier CS since 2015.
15. FURIA
FURIA won their most notable trophy to date at the back end of 2023 with victory at Elisa Masters Espoo. Their other three main trophies all came during the online era against American competition.
Brazil's premier Counter-Strike force, with two-time Major winner Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo on the AWP, come into Copenhagen as the oldest team in attendance, with an average age of 27.1.
Twin fangs Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato and Yuri "yuurih" Santos lead the way for FURIA with 1.15 and 1.12 CS2 ratings, and are the primary source of firepower with the other three players rated at 1.02 or under.
16. Apeks
Apeks are the only BLAST.tv Paris Major surprise playoffs team to requalify after almost a year, with Into the Breach, Monte and GamerLegion all missing out.
After losing IGL kyxsan to HEROIC, Apeks temporarily brought back Martin "STYKO" Styk to get a head start in the Major-qualifying process and have remained competitive with wins over FURIA, BIG, ECSTATIC, and KOI.
Star AWPer Tim "nawwk" Jonasson comes into the Major on a 1.13 CS2 rating, and picked up his first HLTV MVP as Apeks came second at Elisa Masters Espoo.
17. AMKAL
AMKAL soared to 15th on Valve's European regional standings with their old 1win core, but have steered clear of officials since — they come into the Major having played just 34 official maps with this five-man lineup.
That worked to their advantage at the EU RMR when they shocked Ninjas in Pyjamas, Falcons, and 9 Pandas to secure a Major berth.
Kazakh AWPer Kaisar "ICY" Faiznurov is the latest Russophone teenage sensation and posted a 1.10 rating at the RMR. Anchor Igor "Forester" Bezotecheskiy, who trialled for Cloud9 in 2022, pips him to top spot with a 1.18 rating on CS2.
18. Imperial
Imperial dominated the Americas RMR, dropping just 14 rounds over four maps, but have next to no international experience with rookies Kaiky "noway" Santos and Lucas "decenty" Bacelar.
Henrique "HEN1" Teles returns for the first time since Krakow 2017, where he made the grand final in his only previous Major appearance alongside Rafael "zakk" Fernandes with Immortals.
18-year-old noway's arrival to the professional scene was highly anticipated after he earned praise from then-Imperial captain FalleN in a trial, and has since become a popular streamer with 143,000 followers on his Twitch channel.
GamerLegion (9 Pandas replacement)
GamerLegion were invited to replace 9 Pandas at the last minute after the Russian side, who beat GamerLegion to the final European spot in Copenhagen in the Last Chance Qualifier, encountered travel issues and could not field a full lineup.
Their failure to make it through the LCQ followed a period of stagnation from the Paris Major grand finalist's core. They kicked off the year winless at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups and could not make it past the IEM Katowice groups.
EMS One Katowice 2014 Major winner Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski returns to Counter-Strike's biggest stage for the first time since London 2018 and will be the player with the joint-most playoffs finishes (10) behind him out of all Copenhagen participants, along with FalleN and karrigan.
20. KOI
Iberian mix team KOI are the product of a merger between Movistar Riders and KOI, the organization founded by Spanish celebrity Ibai Llanos. Ibai has 15 million followers on Twitch and live-streamed the team's run through the open qualifiers to nearly 68,000 live viewers.
KOI lost long-term IGL Alejandro "alex" Masanet and coach Galder "bladE" Barcena at the start of CS2, but brought in old support player David "dav1g" Granado Bermudo as the new captain dovetailing with Eloy "deLonge" Suárez and qualified for Copenhagen with a 3-1 record.
Renato "stadodo" Gonçalves could have sent SAW to the Antwerp Major in 2022 but lost a 1vs1 ast 15-14 to Jame with a 0.02 second defuse. Two years later, after leaving SAW, both he and his old Portuguese team made it to the Major.
21. ECSTATIC
ECSTATIC are the only all-Danish team in attendance at their home Major in Copenhagen after the higher-ranked Astralis and Preasy missed out.
All five players will be playing their first Major, but they will have former Astralis coach Peter "casle" Ardenskjold standing behind them after his ban, for using the 2020 coaching bug, was reduced upon appeal by ESIC.
As you would expect from any classic Danish five-stack, ECSTATIC have the highest utility rating (1.39) at the Major thanks to putting up big numbers in both flash assists per round (0.27, 2nd) and utility damage per round (27.1, 3rd) in 2024 so far.
22. paiN
Rodrigo "biguzera" Bittencourt is the only remaining player from the paiN roster that made the last Major in Paris after a roster rebuild and the departure of Felipe "skullz" Medeiros to Liquid.
paiN targeted FalleN in June 2023 but ended up promoting academy sniper Cássio "cass1n" Santos before signing Lucas "nqz" Soares — who made the Rio Major with 9z as a 17-year-old — from Legacy OCE.
Kaue "kauez" Kaschuk, and Vinicius "n1ssim" Pereira will be playing their first tier-one international LAN in Copenhagen, but rating leader Lucas "lux" Meneghini (1.18 over CS2) traveled to Denmark with Fluxo for BLAST Fall Final in 2022.
23. Legacy
Legacy OCE, formerly part of 00NATION, are an unexpected arrival in Denmark having had a favorable run to the Major after beating Nouns (#49), MIBR (#20), and M80 (#37) in the RMR.
Bruno "b4rtiN" Câmara moved to VALORANT in December 2022 but returned to Legacy OCE to reform the GODSENT core that seemed to be the next big thing out of Brazil in 2021, featuring at the Stockholm Major and rising to No. 12 in the world.
coldzera, a two-time Major MVP and nine-time playoffs finisher, was one of the all-time greatest riflers in CS:GO but became Legacy OCE's primary AWPer after the departure of nqz to paiN.
24. Lynn Vision
Lynn Vision boast the only Chinese representation and are the first team from their country at a Major since Stockholm 2021. All five players will be rookies in Copenhagen.
Zhe "Westmelon" Niu's side are firmly the second-best APAC team after second-placed finishes to The MongolZ at the Asian RMR and the eXTREMESLAND LAN, having ascended past TYLOO at home in China and Grayhound abroad.
But they have struggled against international competition, with a 0-4 record against EU competition at IEM Sydney and CS Asia Championships 2023 with an average round win count of 6.5.
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson
Aleksandar 'CacaNito' Kjulukoski
Nicolas 'Keoz' Dgus
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
Rory 'dephh' Jackson
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich
Eetu 'sAw' Saha
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes
Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado
Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Nicolás 'buda' Kramer
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez
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