PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Opening Stage

FURIA beat SAW to last Elimination Stage spot

20-3-2024 20:28

The Brazilian team booked a spot in the last-16 stage after recovering from a 0-2 start.

FURIA move on to the next stage of the Major

FURIA have locked up a spot in the Elimination Stage of PGL Major Copenhagen after a 2-0 victory over SAW in the final match of the Opening Stage. They join fellow Brazilian sides paiN and Imperial in the last-16 stage and earn the Americas region an important seventh spot at the 2024 Perfect World Shanghai Major.

It's a heartbreaking ending for the Portuguese team, who started their Major campaign brightly but faded as the Opening Stage went on. They couldn't find themselves after the defeat to Cloud9 in the 2-0 pool and lost to paiN and FURIA without putting up much resistance. Today, they looked dejected throughout, almost as if they knew heading in exactly how the match would play out, and that there was no point in playing it.

FURIA, by contrast, improved with each match. After struggling in the best-of-one games against Legacy and Lynn Vision, the Brazilians shifted into a higher gear and survived three elimination series without dropping a map or even letting their opponents get to double digits on a map.

"It feels amazing," said Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo, who put in a series-high 1.68 rating. "There was a lot of pressure. We started off slowly, going 0-2. I am so happy that we made it to 3-2. I am very happy that I managed to show up in the last match and help the team win this. It was a very important win for us."

Date	Matches
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Opening Stage
17/03/2024	FURIA Finished 13:16 Legacy	Match
17/03/2024	FURIA Finished 9:13 Lynn Vision	Match
18/03/2024	KOI Finished 0:2 FURIA	Match
19/03/2024	ENCE Finished 0:2 FURIA	Match
20/03/2024	SAW Finished 0:2 FURIA	Match

A trio of frags by Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing in the pistol round put SAW ahead on Vertigo, with the Portuguese team converting the following round for a 2-0 start. But that was practically how far they would go in the half: FURIA looked very comfortable once they had weapons to work with as they went on a dominant 9-1 run, powered by some stellar AWPing by FalleN, who ended the half with 17 frags.

After that incredible CT showing from 'The Professor', it was Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos who took the initiative on the T side. After nearly clutching a 1v2 situation in the pistol round, the 24-year-old led the charge as FURIA prevented SAW from stringing gun rounds together, posting a sensational 176 ADR and 13 frags on the offense.

Ancient began with SAW responding to a 0-3 deficit with their own streak of rounds, only for their momentum to be stymied by a technical pause. Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes still pulled off a 1v2 clutch but there was no follow-up as FURIA went to the break up by four after denying João "⁠story⁠" Vieira and arrozdoce 1v3 clutches in the final rounds of the half.

FalleN, who had ended the first half with 16 frags, continued to deliver the goods on the T side as FURIA hit back after a pistol round loss and comfortably put the game to bed.

PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Opening StageBest of 3

SAW

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FURIA

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Ancient

SAW	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes MUTiRiS	28 - 35	+4.61%	83.8	75.0%	1.04
Rafael 'arrozdoce' Wing arrozdoce	28 - 36	+0.57%	78.3	52.5%	0.88
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveira roman	19 - 30	-3.20%	62.0	62.5%	0.79
João 'story' Vieira story	22 - 33	-5.86%	58.3	57.5%	0.73
Michel 'ewjerkz' Pinto ewjerkz	13 - 34	-5.88%	45.8	45.0%	0.45

FURIA	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	45 - 20	+7.25%	107.7	80.0%	1.68
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos yuurih	33 - 22	+2.31%	95.8	82.5%	1.42
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes chelo	28 - 29	-1.34%	81.1	87.5%	1.28
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan arT	31 - 23	+2.32%	77.2	80.0%	1.26
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato KSCERATO	29 - 22	-0.78%	71.0	77.5%	1.11

With FURIA making it out of the Opening Stage with a 3-2 record, here are the 16 teams that will take part in the Elimination Stage, which starts on Thursday:

expected

2024-03-20 20:29

LONG WE WAITED SAW ELIMINATED

2024-03-20 20:30

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LONG WE WAITED OG DIDNT MAKE THE MAJOR

2024-03-20 20:41

man this might be the last thing i do in this life but i will make sure that you get banned , you and all of your accounts

2024-03-20 21:40

FÚRIA ANOTHER TEAM ON BO3’s

Congrats FURIA

thx Furia for ruining 90% of pick'ems

good luck next time =DD

2024-03-20 20:33

Mines ok! <3

2024-03-20 20:47

FALLEN GOAT

2024-03-20 20:31

SK.fallen

falleN monster

2024-03-20 20:32

nt SAW, it is what it is, next tournament show other face and we will be the better.

nice to see some prime fallen, i know it won't last long, but feels good nonetheless

FalleN masterclass, beatiful to see presente Professor

2024-03-20 20:35

7 spots for Americas, 3 spots for Asia thanks for the gifts EU And thank you Valve for changing the legends spots qualifications to be based on Valve Rankings, cause that ended up screwing over EU :D

2024-03-20 20:36

Was upset Liquid didn't make it and Brazil got all but one slot, but gotta say I'm super proud of our brethren. Getting us 2 more slots? Love it.

Imperial saving my pickems today. Thank you Brazil for the Americas spots.

2024-03-20 20:39

saw from bo1 flops and bo3 gods to the exact opposite

2024-03-20 20:38

Truth is that Saw has been getting worse and worse in the major.. the first game against KOI was easy, the one against GamerLegion showed weaknesses The first map against C9 should have been won, but Saw didn't play as a team, which has been their strength so far, and it cost them the game... since that Nuke against C9, Saw has been unrecognizable and has no teamwork whatsoever It's still historic for Saw, but fans can be disappointed; their level over the last few days has been atrocious to watch...

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It's difficult to analyze because it was the organization's first major and they also lacked experience in the decisive games and faced opponents more experienced than them, but from a first major perspective, getting 2-3 isn't bad.

2024-03-20 21:00

Saw fluke over, sad though I like the BR-emotions! This is what we get from national teams!!! Not bored mid-tier EU teams that don’t care about prestige anymore, just money ….