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PGL Major Stockholm Challengers Stage first-round matchups drawn

An all-Danish clash will start the tournament, followed shortly by a match between BIG and Virtus.pro.

The initial matchups for the first Swiss stage of PGL Major Stockholm have been unveiled by the tournament organizer. A game between Astralis and Copenhagen Flames will start the action on the main stream while FaZe and Spirit face off on the secondary one. However, the most interesting initial match is expected to be the one between BIG and Virtus.pro as the teams ranked 12th and 13th cross paths early.

BIG have drawn a strong opponent (Photo: Philipp Neubauer / BIG)

Heroic and MOUZ are expected to start the tournament victories as they face massive underdogs in TYLOO and Sharks, with Movistar Riders hoping to do the same as they were drawn against Oceanic representatives Renegades.

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PGL Major Stockholm schedule announced

The full list of initial PGL Major Stockholm Challengers Stage Day 1 matchups follows below:

10:00 Denmark Astralis vs. Denmark Copenhagen Flames
10:00 Europe FaZe vs. Russia Spirit
11:15 Europe ENCE vs. Brazil GODSENT
11:15 Russia Entropiq vs. Brazil paiN
12:30 Germany BIG vs. CIS Virtus.pro
12:30 Spain Movistar Riders vs. Australia Renegades
13:45 Denmark Heroic vs. China TYLOO
13:45 Europe MOUZ vs. Brazil Sharks

The Challengers Stage features 16 teams competing in a Swiss format, where three wins advance the team to the next stage, and three losses eliminate it. Squads will initially square off in BO1s, but BO3 will be used for promotion and elimination matches. Eight teams will advance to the Legends stage, where the likes of Natus Vincere, NIP, and Liquid will join them for another Swiss stage.

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Source: https://www.hltv.org/news/32587/pgl-major-stockholm-challengers-stage-first-round-matchups-drawn