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Perfect World Shanghai Major: Everything You Need To Know

Muhammad Shahrayar Sheikh is a news writer at cyber-sport.io who covers the latest news in the Counter-Strike 2 sphere. Amongst the many games he grew up playing, Counter-Strike 1.6 was...
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On November 29th, 2024, fans eagerly await for the Perfect World Shanghai Major to commence. Given that it’s the final Major of 2024, teams will pulling out all the stops to win it, so fans can expect some intense highlights to keep them entertained every single day.
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Tournament format

The event will commence on November 30th at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre where the Opening and Elimination Stages will be held. The Opening Stage will be held from November 30th to December December 3rd, featuring 16 teams in a Swiss group stage. The first match each team will play will be a best-of-one match, from where advancement and elimination matches will be best-of-one. Eventually, the top eight teams from this stage will progress to the Elimination Stage, while the bottom eight will be eliminated.

Perfect World Shanghai Major: Everything You Need To Know

The Elimination Stage will be held at the same venue from December 5th to December 8th, featuring 16 teams in total, 8 that qualified from the foregoing Opening Stage and 8 who already secured their spots as the top seeds in the RMR. Similar to the Opening stage, the first match will be a best-of-one to save time and the more crucial advancement or elimination matches will be held as best-of-three. Here, only the top eight teams will qualify for the Playoffs, while the bottom eight will have their Major dreams crushed.


 

For the Playoffs, the audience will shift over to the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from 12th to 15th December. The Playoffs will be a simple elimination bracket with the best of the best going head to head in best-of-three matches until one is crowned the champion. 


 

Broadcast talent

The Major has a cast of talented individual to keep viewers at home and on stage entertained.

Desk Hosts

Richard "⁠Richard Lewis⁠" Lewis

Sam "⁠Tech Girl⁠" Wright

 

Stage Host

James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks

 

Analysts

Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg

Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović

Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam

Dustin "⁠dusT⁠" Mouret
 

Casters

Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole

Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne

Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron

Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell

Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill

Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson

Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy

Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan

 

Content/Interviews

Pala "⁠Pala⁠" Gilroy Sen

Zhang "Dove" Tiange

 

Prize Pool

The Perfect World Shanghai Major boasts an immense one million dollar prize pool, with it being distributed amongst participants based on placement:

1. $500,000

2. $170,000

3-4. $80,000

5-8. $45,000

9-16. $20,000

17-24. $10,000

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