The big battle is on the verge of ahead of the PGL Antwerp Major Challenger Group

The competition in the PGL Antwerp Major Challenger group will take place from May 9 to 12. The much-anticipated Major Festival has finally arrived, the challenger and legend group will be played in the offline studio in Antwerp, the post-championship match will be held at the Antwerps Sportpaleis stadium, the top teams from various regions will gather in Belgium, and the challenger group showdown that began first is still full of highlights.

When: May 9 to May 12

Location: Antwerp, Belgium (offline)

Format: Swiss Bo1, advance or knock out match Bo3; top 8 advance to Legends

Participating Teams:

First Round Fixtures:

Highlights of the event:

European powerhouses are in full swing

Vitality, G2, ENCE and Astralis from the European division are the top four teams in the challenger group, and they are also firmly placed in the lower row of promotion teams in the work of major professional players and anchors.

After the change of formation, PGL Stockholm Major runner-up team G2 started from scratch and embarked on the Major journey again with the two newcomers. There is no doubt that the biggest attraction of G2 is the supernova m0NESY that participates in Major for the first time, which is the best stage for small money to prove themselves.

Perhaps the most consistent of Europe's Four, the ENCE team has grown to become the world's top team in less than half a year, currently ranking 4th in the world. Recently, in the BLAST Spring Showdown, ENCE cut all three Danish teams under the horse and successfully advanced to the BLAST main event with a good result of first place. The big win on the eve of this Major is crucial for them, and ENCE will enter the arena with full confidence, expecting them to make their own history.

Vitality is similar to Astralis, who were mired in a quagmire a few months ago, but finally found the right way to open it after constant exploration. The role assignment of the little bee began to become clearer, and ZywOo, who played steadily and selflessly, finally began to accept his absolute core identity, and played a representative play in several consecutive games. The full awakening of the big sweet potato will definitely raise the upper limit of Vitality indefinitely.

Astralis completed the metamorphosis after replacing snipers, and the arrival of Farlig has perfected the current Astralis system, but they still need to rely on the personal abilities of K0nfig and blameF to complete the game. It remains to be seen whether the two star players can contribute their pinnacle performances in Major and reinvigorate the glory of team A.

Iron-blooded man XANTARES and left-handed sniper god woxic's Turkish galactic battleship Enternal Fire broke through many difficulties and finally came to the Major stage, the strong performance of Space Soldiers that year is still vivid, looking forward to Turkey's second-generation fierce people can once again provide shocking performances for the audience.

CIS's Path to Redemption

In 2021, the CIS division began to rise in an all-round way, and the comprehensive strength once surpassed the EU and won the title of "strongest division", but after a long period of precipitation and the impact of the situation in Russia and Ukraine, the CIS began to have serious differentiation of strength and the gap between upstream and downstream teams.

Among the CIS teams in the challenger group, Spirit and forZe have experienced different degrees of decline in strength compared to last year, and Spirit's coaches have been unable to participate due to the ESC ban, and the team with the youngest average age in Major will face a severe test; forZe has begun to show a steady upward trend. All five players have recent ratings above 1.00, and VP's biggest problem for a long time is that they can't go any further late in the event, jame's VP has never been a slow-heating team, and their performance in the early stages of the event is still trustworthy.

The Americas Division is on the rise

The NA&SA regional teams in the challenger group, led by Liquid and Imperial, returned after a long period of "retreat", and the overall strength of both sides has been improved to varying degrees under the friendly exchanges between the two divisions. After thousands of hardships, Liquid has re-climbed into the ranks of the Top 15 team, and the sniper oSee in the team has grown into a star player in the team, and what height he can reach is the biggest attraction of this Liquid.

In the homework of some players and anchors, Imperial is put into the vacant position of the promotion team, compared to the strength, the choice of Imperial is more likely to be a feeling, FalleN, fer and fnx these three names can appear on the Major field again, it is enough to attract people's attention. 9z and MIBR have a unique SA division momentum, maybe they will become the dark horses in the challenger group.