The PGL Major Antwerp 2022, also known as PGL Major 2022 or Antwerp 2022, was the seventeenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship. It was held in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis from May 9 to 22, 2022. Twenty-four teams participated, with most qualifying through regional tournaments. It featured a prize pool, half of the previous Major. It was the third Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017 and PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The Major would be won by FaZe Clan, the first international team in CS:GO history to win a Major.
Background
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.
The defending Major Champions were Natus Vincere, who won their first Major at Stockholm 2021. Natus Vincere would finish second at the Major, losing to FaZe Clan in the grand finals.
Format
Map Pool
Teams Competing
Legends
Heroic
Copenhagen Flames
BIG Clan
Cloud9
FaZe Clan
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Natus Vincere
FURIA Esports
Challengers
ENCE
G2 Esports
forZe
Astralis
Team Vitality
Bad News Eagles
MIBR
Imperial Esports
Contenders
Eternal Fire
Team Spirit
Outsiders
Complexity Gaming
Team Liquid
9z Team
IHC Esports
Renegades
New Challengers Stage
The New Challengers stage took place from May 9 to May 12, 2022. The Challengers stage, also known as the Preliminary stage and formerly known as the offline qualifier, is a sixteen team swiss tournament. Initial seeding was determined using RMR standings, from the 2nd round forward the Buchholz system was used.
New Legends Stage
The format of the New Legends stage was the same as the New Challengers stage: a 16-team Swiss-system tournament with the top eight teams advancing to the playoff bracket.
New Champions Stage
With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major is a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
FaZe Clan vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
Casters: Scrawny & launders
FURIA Esports vs. Team Spirit
Casters: JustHarry & Hugo
Copenhagen Flames vs. ENCE
Casters: Vince & Bleh
Heroic vs. Natus Vincere
Casters: Machine & SPUNJ
Semifinals
Team Spirit vs. FaZe Clan
Casters: JustHarry & Hugo
Natus Vincere vs. ENCE
Casters: Scrawny & launders
Finals
FaZe Clan vs. Natus Vincere
Casters: Machine & SPUNJ
Final standings
The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown.