Pick'em Challenge | PGL Major Stockholm 2021

This guide is to help you chose who to pick for the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Team Pick'em Challenge. I will go very in-depth to analyse each match by giving facts, statistics and my opinion on each team and match.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | My Picks

All my choices for the Pick'em challenge will be posted in this section. I'm not a wizard so don't expect me to get every single pick correct so please don't blame me if you get a pick wrong, it is you own choice to pick who you think is going to win.
❌ Incorrect Pick ✔️️ Correct Pick

PGL Major Stockholm 2021| Main Qualifier

The New Challengers Stage

October 26th - 29th, 2021
16 Team Swiss System Format
Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
All other matches are Bo1
Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Legends Stage
Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated


Undefeated Team (Team to go 3-0): ENCE ❌
Team Without A Win (Team to go 0-3): Sharks Esports ✔️️

7 Other teams to exit from the classifier stage:

Astralis ✔️️
FaZe Clan ✔️️
Heroic ✔️️
Team Spirit ❌
Virtus.pro ✔️️
GODSENT ❌
MOUZ ✔️️



The team that I am going to pick for my 3-0, is not a team that I actually believe will go 3-0. The reason being, that I do not want to waste points. If I were to say pick a team like Astralis or FaZe to go 3-0, and they ended up going 3-1, I would receive no points for that pick. Instead, I would rather pick them to simply advance so that I get the points as long as they go through. So for 3-0, its best to just go with a wildcard pick.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Group Stage

The New Legends Stage

October 30th - November 2nd, 2021
16 Team Swiss System Format
Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
All other matches are Bo1
Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Champions Stage
Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
Undefeated Team (Team to go 3-0): Copenhagen Flames ❌

Team Without A Win (Team to go 0-3): Evil Geniuses ✔️️

7 Other Teams To Make It Out Of Group Stage:

Ninjas in Pyjamas ✔️️
Natus Vincere✔️️
Team Vitality✔️️
Gambit Esports✔️️
FaZe Clan ❌
Astralis❌
Liquid❌

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Playoffs

The New Champions Stage

November 4th - 7th, 2021
Single-Elimination bracket
All matches are Bo3

Quarterfinals
Natus Vincere ✔️️
Gambit ✔️️
G2 ✔️️
Heroic ✔️️

Semifinals
Gambit
Heroic

Finals
Gambit


Only need 2 in the quarters, 1 in the semis and 1 in the final right for diamond.

Safest Pick (Who you should go for based off of statistics and facts):



I think that NaVi can lose to Vitality because there is ZywOo and everything depends on him.
If NaVi win Vitality, then they will come across Team Gambit and then a 50/50 match.

My Personal Playoff Picks
This match is pretty much 50/50 and after looking deeper into it, I'm going to go with Gambit becasue I support th

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Points

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | About Me & The Guide

I personally have a lot of experience within Counter Strike, having 3000+ hours on the game alone. I am also a huge fan of the Counter Strike pro scene, watching as many matches as I can. I have participated in all the Pick'em Challenges so far with the end results being.

The Golden Trophy
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1834858962

The Diamond Trophy
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1647540976

The Golden Trophy - 94 points
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1498133765

The Golden Trophy - 90 points
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1244492279

The Bronze Trophy
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=974070986