FaZe Clan vs. Team Spirit: who will be the first Grand Finalist of the Major?
/In a few hours, the first semi-final of PGL Major Antwerp 2022 will begin, in which FaZe Clan and Team Spirit will meet. Who would have thought a month ago that the Dragons, having barely beaten Anonymo in the last round of the RMR tournament, would go so far in the Major itself. Well, on the other side, the FaZe Clan team, which is still the leader of the world ranking, is rightfully the favorite of the championship.
Team Spirit no longer needs to be introduced, as the team managed to defeat Astralis, Heroic and FURIA (twice) at this tournament. In turn, FaZe Clan managed to stumble in the first round of the competition, losing to the ENCE team on the Mirage map.
Note that the teams have not met since the last Major, when FaZe Clan won the BO1. And yet we must not forget that during these six months the teams managed to change lineups.
As for this confrontation, we will definitely not see Vertigo and Inferno. At the same time, the Russian team has a good selection of maps, including Ancient, Nuke, and Dust 2. In turn, FaZe Clan will still have to rack their brains in order to precisely prepare for the opponent's game.
You can find a detailed analysis of this meeting in our video.
Latest FaZe Clan results:
- Lost to ENCE with a score of 8:16.
- Victory over the Bad News Eagles with a score of 16:4.
- Victory over Cloud9 with a score of 16:8.
- 2:1 victory over Copenhagen Flames.
- Victory over NIP with a score of 2:1.
Team Spirit latest results:
- Victory over Astralis with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over FURIA with a score of 16:12.
- Victory over Heroic with a score of 16:12.
- 2:1 victory over Copenhagen Flames.
- Victory over FURIA with a score of 2:0.
Matches history: PGL Major Antwerp 2022
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 takes place from 9 to 22 May at the Antwerps Sportpaleis in Belgium. During the championship, 24 teams from Europe, the CIS, Asia, Oceania, North and South America are fighting for a prize pool of $1,000,000, ranking points in the EPT and BLAST Premier tables, as well as one ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022.
Intermediate results of PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 1st place: TBD.
- 2nd place: TBD.
- 3rd-4th place: TBD.
- 5th-8th place: Ninjas in Pajamas, Copenhagen Flames, Heroic and FURIA — $35,000 + 700 EPT points + 375 BLAST Premier points.
- 9th-11th place: Team Vitality, Imperial Esports and G2 Esports - $8,750 + 330 EPT points.
- 12th-14th place: BIG, Outsiders and Cloud9 - $8,750 + 200 EPT points.
- 15-16th place: Team Liquid and Bad News Eagles - $8,750 + 105 EPT points.
- 17th-19th place: Astralis, MIBR and forZe + 60 EPT points.
- 20th-22nd place: IHC Esports, Complexity Gaming and Eternal Fire + 20 EPT points.
- 23rd-24th place: Renegades and 9z.