After two weeks of Counter-Strike at the highest level, we have the winners of the first-ever CS2 Major! NAVI, in the Grand Finals of the PGL CS2 Major 2024, held in Copenhagen, defeated FaZe to take home the glory and etched their name in the history books. Have a look at how the action unfolded at the Royal Arena when the two titans of CS faced off against each other on Sunday.
CS2 Major 2024 Grand Finals – NAVI start strong against FaZe
FaZe walked into this match, as the hometown favourites, thanks to their Danish IGL, Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen. Having won the PGL Antwerp Major 2022, they were looking to add another Major trophy to their cabinet. However, NAVI, led by another Fin, this time by nationality though, Aleksi ‘Aleksib’ Virolainen, had other plans. They were out to increase their Major trophy count with the PGL CS2 Major 2024 win, having claimed the first CS:GO Major after the pandemic, held in Stockholm in 2021.
The proceedings started with the two sides facing off on Ancient, FaZe’s pick. After winning the opening two rounds of the first half, FaZe’s performance rolled off, as NAVI, riding on some insane fragging by Valeriy ‘b1t’ Vakhovskiy, marched on! The map came to an end with b1t having played some of the best CS we have seen in the tournament and the scoreline reading 13-9 in NAVI’s favour. Having won FaZe’s pick, NAVI were looking poised to take home a 2-0 win, and along with that, the trophy of the PGL CS2 Major 2024.
FaZe bounce back, but NAVI have the last smile
However, come map 2, NAVI’s pick, Mirage, FaZe showed what they are made of. They won 10 rounds in the first half, compared to NAVI’s 2, and rounded off the map, three rounds into the second half, with the scoreline reading 13-2. The game was on! The Grand Finals of the PGL CS2 Major 2024, hence was the first tournament decider since 2018 to go into the third map.
Back then in 2018, it was Inferno that decided the winners of the Major. And, poetically, history repeat itself 6 years later, as we held on to see who would win the first CS2 Major! However, once the players spawned into the map, it was clear that NAVI were headed home with this Major trophy. FaZe managed to win only three rounds, compared to 13 of NAVI, not being able to withstand the assault from jL and b1t.
With that, we had the winners of the first CS2 Major ever – NAVI had won the PGL CS2 Major, beating FaZe 2-1, in a clear display of Counter-Strike supremacy. Two weeks. That’s how long it took for us to know, which team will have their names in the history books, as the winners of the PGL CS2 Major 2024. Lots of speculation, prediction, and nail biting anticipation later, it’s the men in black and yellow, representing, one of the most legendary rosters in the history of Counter-Strike – NAVI.
If you were someone who read through the articles during the tournament, thank you so much for joining in! I hope you liked the content, and we will be back in December with another round of exciting CS2 Major coverage, when the Counter-Strike caravan heads to Shanghai for the second Major of the year. Until then, stay tuned to digit.in and SKOAR! for all the latest news from the world of gaming and tech!
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