The PGL Antwerp Major Challenger competition will officially start tonight at 18:00, and HLTV has combed through the recent situation of several Challenger teams to explore their chances of qualifying.
ENCE (now ranked 4th in the world)
-Spinx is gaining momentum
- They are the highest ranked presence in the world in the Challenger group
- Eager to create glory again in 2022
At first, no one would believe that the highest-ranking major challenger group would be ENCE. The news of Maden's joining drowned out in the high-profile CSGO community, but the EPL S15 runner-up, major finalists, BLAST Spring Revival promotion and other good results have made everyone pay attention to this once-old team.
In the past three months, Spinx, who has switched positions, has been thoroughly explored, with an average Rating of 1.15, and in RMR, he has ushered in an explosion, and the relevant data has even risen to 1.32, becoming the key to the team's outstanding strength.
Israelis are at the forefront of RMR play
G2 (currently ranked 6th in the world)
- After going through the ups and downs of the first half of 2022, they want to fully realize their potential
- The Kovac brothers are in full swing
- The absolute favourite to advance
G2 started 2022 in strong form, with satisfactory results in both blast spring and IEM Katowice, but in the subsequent EPL S15 and RMR events, the team did not show the expected form. In any case, even if the results have fluctuated, due to their strong personal ability, the status of G2 promotion hotspots is still unshakable.
The renewal of the contract of the Bosnian brothers has stabilized the hearts of the military, which actually shows the two-way trust of the team and the team members. The two players have both motivation and strength, and their firepower is the envy of the other teams. So far this year, NiKo's Rating has reached 1.20; cousin is not to be outdone, reaching 1.18. If the rest of the players can also maintain a good competitive state, the G2 of the fighting long sky will have an immeasurable upper limit.
Astralis (now ranked 9th in the world)
- The team gets better after Farlig arrives
- Large map pool containing all seven maps
- blameF and k0nfig are waking up
Since Farlig joined, Astralis has been steadily moving forward. A steady sniping freed the blameF and k0nfig. At the same time, the team's performance in Vertigo is also very good, which may mean that team A has reached a map pool without dead ends. No longer subject to the shackles of the forever first BAN building will give them the upper hand in the BP phase.
Vitality (currently ranked 11th in the world)
- The giant is trying to gain a foothold
- ZywOo is flashing, but it's still far from its peak
- The map pool is dilapidated
Vitality's situation in 2022 is similar to G2's, with huge moves in the offseason and a decent performance in the BLAST Spring Games. The difference, however, is that their status has fallen much more than G2, and they have even lost to teams like SKADE in Pinnacle Cup III.
Little Bee's current map pool is also very broken, and whether it can win mostly depends on whether Dust2 and Vertigo can win. And the current status of star player ZywOo (1.15 Rating) is completely inferior to last year's 1.29 Rating.
MIBR (currently ranked 23rd in the world)
- Steadily climb the rankings
- Few wins against the top ranked teams
Since the establishment of the current lineup, MIBR has been on the rise. They started at 56th and managed to climb to 23rd with their solid performance in North American racing.
However, the Brazilians often get frustrated whenever they face a higher-ranked team, and their only victory against the top 20 team is against NaVi's BO1, which is also the first match of the year for Major's defending champions.
forZe (now ranked 26th in the world)
- They need to prove that promotion is not purely good signing
- How strong is shalfey?
- Jerry is eager to use his magic
ForZe is undoubtedly a weak team in the challenger stage, but they are not without a chance to qualify. In RMR, the Russians' wins are not in full swing. Now they want to prove that they don't stand here by luck alone.
ForZe has two players to watch, IGL Jerry and 19-year-old shalfey. The former is good at playing the role of each player, and the latter is attracting people's attention with the strong data of 1.20 Rating, and this time Major will be the biggest test he has encountered so far.
Imperial (currently ranked 32nd in the world)
- Peacemaker is banned from attending Major
- fer needs to be in good shape
- The largest team with the average age in major
Imperial received bad news of the manager's absence at Major. With an average age of 28.3 years and fnx, FalleN and fer being two-time Major winners, years can be both a disadvantage and an advantage. Especially fer, which has won 1.28 in the past three months, is like a big daddy. If this momentum can be maintained, the "last dance" is likely to break out of the cold.
Fer nearly three months is like rejuvenation