PGL 2017 Kraków Major Championship
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| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Kraków, Poland |
| Dates | July 16, 2017–July 23, 2017 |
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Tournament
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16 team Swiss group 8 team playoff bracket |
| Venue | Tauron Arena Kraków |
| Teams | 16 teams |
| Purse | $1,000,000 USD |
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PGL 2017 Krakow Major Championship, also known as PGL Major 2017 or Kraków 2017, will be the eleventh Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major tournament. It will be organized by PGL and held in Kraków, Poland from July 16 to 23, 2017. It will feature sixteen professional teams from around the world. Eight teams directly qualify based on their top eight placement in the last major, ELEAGUE Major 2017, while another eight teams qualified through the Offline Major Qualifier. The PGL Major will be fourth consecutive major with a prize pool of US$1,000,000 since Valve announced the prize pool increase from US$250,000 at MLG Columbus 2016.
The format will be kept the same as the previous majors.
There will be four regional qualifiers and two from each qualifier will move on to the main qualifier.
In the major qualifier, the top eight teams from the pool of sixteen will move on to the major. The teams will play in a 16 team Swiss tournament. Teams with three wins will move on to the major and teams with three losses will be eliminated. The teams that move on will be known as "Challengers".
The top eight teams from the previous major will receive automatic bids to the major; these teams are known as "Legends." The group stage of the tournament will also be a 16 team Swiss tournament. Teams with three wins will move on to the playoffs and become the new Legends. Teams with three losses will be eliminated and will be invited to the next major's offline qualifier.
In the playoffs, eight teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket. Teams will play until a winner is decided in the finals.
The map pool was changed for this major. Dust II was taken out of the active map pool and Valve reintroduced Inferno, which has been revamped since it was taken out.
A total of eight teams will compete in the Asia Minor. Two teams will be invited and the other six will qualify in their regional qualifiers. These teams include one team from East Asia, one team from the Middle East, one team from China, one team from Oceania, and two teams from the India & Southeast Asia qualifier. The final four bracket is shown below.
Teams were split up into two groups. It was played out like the old group stages in a major, most recently being at ESL One Cologne 2016. In Group A, Flash and Renegades easily took care of Signature and Spotnet, respectively. Flash then took down Renegades in the winner's match to take first seed in the group. Signature defeated Spotnet in a close 2-0 series, and Renegades defeated Signature in the decider match, 2-1. In Group B, TyLoo easily took care of 7642 while Immunity needed to take almost the full 30 rounds to take down MongolZ. TyLoo then defeated Immunity 16-4 to take first seed in the group. 7642 fell to MongolZ in the loser's match 0-2, but Immunity again defeated MongolZ in the decider match to move on to the final four.
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