FaZe Clan reached the grand final of PGL Major Antwerp 2022
/The FaZe Clan team beat Team Spirit 2:0 and reached the grand final of PGL Major Antwerp 2022. Here the team will play with the winner of the ENCE vs. NAVI meeting, which will start within the next two hours.
The first semi-final of PGL Major Antwerp 2022 started on the Mirage map, which became the choice of FaZe Clan. At the same time, the “hosts” showed their ambitions from the start, having managed to close the first half with a two-fold advantage. It seemed that after the change of sides, the "dragons" would be able to return and impose a fight. However, a series of mistakes allowed FaZe Clan to break the comeback and take the lead in the series — 16:13.
Next, the teams moved to the Dust 2 map, the first half of which went in an equal fight, albeit with a slight margin in favor of FaZe Clan. After the side switch, the Russian team tried to return to the game, but managed to take only the 15th round, thus retaining chances in overtime. However, in extra time, FaZe Clan managed to turn the game in their favor to become the first grand finalist of PGL Major Antwerp 2022 — 25:23.
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 trip to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022.
Intermediate results of PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 1st place: TBD.
- 2nd place: TBD.
- 3rd-4th place: Team Spirit — $70,000 + 1,100 EPT points + 1,250 BLAST Premier points.
- 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.