Elimination Stage Round 1 ends with G2 and Spirit victories

Two favorites have booked their spot in the 1-0 pool after opening victories.

The first round of PGL Major Copenhagen's Elimination Stage has come to an end, with G2 and Spirit entering the 1-0 pool.

Spirit met Cloud9 in what was the most-anticipated match of the day, and Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov's troops didn't start strong against a warmed-up Cloud9. After going 5-3 down, they stabilized to take a 7-5 lead into the T-side after a couple of passive setups on both sites.

The start of the second half was a scrappy affair, with Spirit coming out on top after Myroslav "⁠zont1x⁠" Plakhotia's 1vs3 clutch in the third round. That allowed them to take a healthy lead and eventually close out the map 13-7, booking their spot in the 1-0 pool.

G2 got their Major campaign off to a hot start after demolishing FURIA in a 13-3 beatdown on Inferno. Rasmus "⁠HooXi⁠" Nielsen and company started on the CT side and were quickly 8-0 up, but their perfect half unraveled late as FURIA racked up three in a row. In the end, though, G2 barely broke a sweat after securing the required four rounds on the offense to record a statement win.

Standings after round 1

After a few upsets in the first round some of the favorites are sitting in the 0-1 pool. The seeding was kind this time around, with FaZe, Virtus.pro, Vitality, and Cloud9 all avoiding each other in the second round.

Natus Vincere vs. G2 is the headline game of the 1-0 pool, with Spirit playing against Imperial, who are on an impressive underdog run in Copenhagen. You can take a look at the entire schedule below.

Date	Matches
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024
21/03/2024	MOUZ 18:25 Eternal Fire	Match
21/03/2024	Vitality 18:25 The MongolZ	Match
21/03/2024	Virtus.pro 19:25 paiN	Match
21/03/2024	Complexity 19:30 HEROIC	Match
21/03/2024	Cloud9 20:35 ECSTATIC	Match
21/03/2024	Natus Vincere 21:05 G2	Match
21/03/2024	FaZe 21:25 FURIA	Match
21/03/2024	Spirit 22:15 Imperial	Match