The Shanghai Major will see 24 teams from Europe, Americas, and APAC fighting for their share of the $1.25 million prize pool.

Twenty-four CS2 teams from all over the world will attend the $1.25 million Perfect World Shanghai Major, which kicks off on Nov. 30.

The Americas will have seven teams in the Perfect World Shanghai Major, and the Asia–Pacific (APAC) will have three squads. The rest of Shanghai Major list will be fulfilled with teams hailing from Europe.

The Europe RMR A and B will see 14 teams advance to the final Valve-sponsored CS2 tournament of the year.

The Opening Stage of the Perfect World Shanghai Major will feature a mix of 16 teams from Europe, Americas, and APAC. The best eight will advance to the Elimination Stage, where the top eight teams from Europe will be awaiting.

Both of these stages use the Swiss system. In this format teams must win three to advance or lose three to be knocked out. All advancement and elimination games are best-of-three series, while the first matches are best-of-ones.

From there, the top eight teams from the Elimination Stage will advance to the single-elimination playoffs. All playoff matches are best-of-threes, including the grand finals.

Perfect World Shanghai Major: Team list

APAC

Rare Atom are the only Chinese team attending the Shanghai Major (Image via Perfect World)
Rare Atom are the only Chinese team attending the Shanghai Major (Image via Perfect World)
Team
Players and coach
The MongolZ
bLitz, Techno4K, 910, mzinho, Senzu, and maaRa (coach)
Rare Atom
somebody, Summer, L1haNg, ChildKing, kaze, and z8z (coach)
FlyQuest
INS, aliStair, Liazz, Vexite, dexter, and erkaSt (coach)

Americas

Against all odds, Wildcard breeze past the other teams in the Americas RMR to qualify for the Shanghai Major (Image via Perfect World)
Against all odds, Wildcard breeze past the other teams in the Americas RMR to qualify for the Shanghai Major (Image via Perfect World)
Team
Players and coach
Wildcard
stanislaw, JBa, Sonic, susp, phzy, and vinS (coach)
MIBR
exit, insani, drop, saffee, Lucaozy, and nak (coach)
paiN Gaming
biguzera, lux, kauez, nqz, snow, and rikz (coach)
Complexity
JT, floppy, Grim, hallzerk, EliGE, and T.c (coach)
Team Liquid
NAF, YEKINDAR, Twistzz, ultimate, jks, and mithR (coach)
Imperial
VINI, felps, noway, decenty, try, and zakk (coach)
FURIA
yuurih, KSCERATO, FalleN, chelo, skullz, and sidde (coach)

Europe

MOUZ were the first European team to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major (Photo by Stephanie Lindgren via BLAST)
MOUZ were the first European team to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major (Photo by Stephanie Lindgren via BLAST)
Team
Players and coach
MOUZ
torzsi, xertioN, siuhy, Jimpphat, Brollan, and sycrone (coach)
Vitality
apEX, ZywOo, Spinx, flameZ, mezii, and XTQZZZ (coach)

The Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMR is currently underway. Esports.gg will update this article as the Europe RMR develop, so stay tuned.

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