Welcome to the European PGL Major Open Qualifiers.

Download the Anti-Cheat client here: https://akros.ac/setup.exe

You will have to install it and have it running and start CS2 through it to be able to join the server.

Quick Rule Overview

CSTV

CSTV access is limited to approved community casters for the open qualifiers. Application process will be handled in tournament's official Discord server, join there and follow instructions. CSTV+ access will be open to the public for Closed Qualifiers and onward.

Format

• The qualifier is played as maximum 2x 1024-slot, single elimination brackets.
• All matches inside the tournament will be played as best-of-one (BO1) until top 8 where the tournament will have one round of best-of-three (BO3) for qualification. The tournament then resumes to BO1 for seeding purposes.
• The qualifier is played with the active duty map pool.
• If the total checked-in team total is higher than 1024, the BO3 qualification matches get pushed to each bracket’s semifinal.
• If the total checked-in team total is lower than 1024, the bracket is played out per the originally announced format as 1x 1024 bracket over 2 days.

Schedule

• The schedule has been adjusted to make the tournament into a three-day qualifier.
• Check in starts on Saturday, January 13 at 14:00 CET.
• Check-in closes on Sunday, January 14 at 16:00 CET.
• Bracket A starts play on Sunday, January 14 at 17:00 CET.
• Bracket B starts play on Monday, January 15 at 17:00 CET.
• Both brackets are played until the Round of 16.
• Both brackets resume Round of 16 on Tuesday, January 16 at 17:00 CET.

Veto

The veto order per the VALVE Major ruleset is:

• Coin toss to decide which team is higher seed

Best of 1

• The higher seed team chooses to be Team A or Team B
• Team A removes 2 maps
• Team B removes 3 maps
• Team A removes 1 map -Team B chooses starting side

Best of 3

• The higher seed team chooses to be Team A or Team B
• Team A removes 1 map
• Team B removes 1 map
• Team A picks the map 1
• Team B chooses starting side on map 1
• Team B picks map 2
• Team A chooses starting side on map 2
• Team B removes one map
• Team A removes one map
• Team B chooses starting side on map 3

Server locations

• Strasbourg, France
• Düsseldorf, Germany
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Bristol, UK
• Stockholm, Sweden

Side Rules

• Participants must be at least 14 years old when playing in the tournament.
• Participants must not be VAC-banned. Any player who is VAC Banned on any of their accounts must be approved in writing by Valve in order to be eligible to participate in the event.

Admin support

All official tournament support will be conducted via the EU RMR Qualifiers Discord Server found here.