Major tournament organizer PGL has announced PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024, the first Major for Counter-Strike 2.
The Counter-Strike 2 update, which will be released to all users in the summer, is eagerly awaited. In addition to this wait, the wait continues for the major tournament, which is the biggest tournament in the esports arena. While everyone was wondering when the game’s first major tournament would be, PGL made the announcement. According to the announcement, the game’s first major tournament, PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen, will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 2024.
PGL has played many large-scale Counter-Strike tournaments before. They even organized Major Stockholm 2021, the most watched tournament themselves. In 2022, they hosted more than 20 thousand people in Major Antwerp. So the organization has great experience as an esports tournament organizer. It seems that PGL intends to make his first major tournament for Counter-Strike 2 as well.
Following the announcement of the first major tournament, PGL CEO Silviu Stroie made a statement. The CEO expressed his happiness in his statement. He said that Denmark has a rich esports heritage and they are happy to bring the world’s best Counter-Strike teams to Copenhagen for this prestigious tournament. He added that their goal for the tournament in 2024 is to break the audience record.
Details for the First Counter-Strike 2 Major
According to the announcement, the first Major tournament for Counter-Strike 2 will be held in March 2024. The tournament is planned to be held in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. It was shown as the date between 17 March and 31 March. It was decided that the best 24 teams would participate in the tournament through eliminations.
However, Copenhagen Royal Arena was chosen as the address.
The prize pool of the tournament will be 1 million 250 thousand dollars. According to expectations, the team that wins the tournament will pocket a big prize of 500 thousand dollars. They stated that more information about the tournament will be announced to the esports community in the coming months.
