Opening ceremony PGL Major Stockholm 2021

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 is the seventeenth tournament of the Major series on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The tournament will be held from October 26 to November 7, 2021. The venue of the competition is Avici Arena, Stockholm, Sweden. The prize fund of the tournament is $ 2,000,000. 24 teams will be qualified through a series of special RMR tournaments. This is the second Major Series tournament organized by the Romanian PGL organization, after PGL Major: Krakow 2017. This tournament is the first major after the break associated with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. On July 20, 2021, PGL announced that they were considering other European cities as a venue for the tournament due to the fact that the Swedish authorities, due to coronavirus restrictions, allow only 300 spectators to the Avicii Arena. The tournament operator continues negotiations with the Swedish authorities, but does not exclude the relocation of the tournament. On September 17, 2021, PGL confirmed that the tournament would be held