PGL Major Antwerp opening matchups and schedule revealed

With less than a week to go before the first stage of the PGL Major begins, the organizers confirmed the opening matchups and announced the full schedule.

The first stage of the PGL Major Antwerp is set to kick off on Monday, May 9, where the Challengers and Contenders are set to clash for eight spots in the next stage while the eight Legends await their turn after coming out on top of the Regional Major Ranking tournaments.

Four days of action await us in the first Swiss stage featuring fan favorites like G2, Vitality, and Liquid along with several other household names, Astralis and ENCE to name a couple, and underdogs aplenty, with the likes of 9z and IHC looking to make their name in their first-ever Major appearances.

The opening matches have been revealed, and they will see a couple of highlight bouts kick off the action already, with Vitality vs. Complexity and G2 vs. Liquid up first in round one on the main stream in the two most closely-contested matchups of the bunch. Later on on the main broadcast, Astralis will face off against IHC and MIBR take on Outsiders.

Over on the B stream, Bad News Eagles will hope to continue their Cinderella run as they lock horns with Eternal Fire first, before forZe and Renegades clash. In the latter part of the day, Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's Imperial will play Spirit and ENCE, one of the biggest favorites to go through on the back of recent successes, will face 9z.

Below you can see the full rolling schedule of all three stages of the Major:

Challengers Stage

Monday, May 9
12:00 Vitality vs. Complexity (BO1)
12:00 Bad News Eagles vs. Eternal Fire (BO1)
13:15 G2 vs. Liquid (BO1)
13:15 forZe vs. Renegades (BO1)
14:30 Astralis vs. IHC (BO1)
14:30 Imperial vs. Spirit (BO1)
15:45 MIBR vs. Outsiders (BO1)
15:45 ENCE vs. 9z (BO1)
17:00 1-0 match #1 (BO1)
17:00 0-1 match #1 (BO1)
18:15 1-0 match #2 (BO1)
18:15 0-1 match #2 (BO1)
19:30 1-0 match #3 (BO1)
19:30 0-1 match #3 (BO1)
20:45 1-0 match #4 (BO1)
20:45 0-1 match #4 (BO1)

Tuesday, May 10
12:00 1-1 match #1 and #2 (BO1)
13:15 1-1 match #3 and #4 (BO1)
14:30 2-0 match #1 (BO3)
14:30 0-2 match #1 (BO3)
18:15 2-0 match #2 (BO3)
18:15 0-2 match #2 (BO3)

Wednesday, May 11
12:00 2-1 match #1
12:00 1-2 match #1
15:45 2-1 match #2
15:45 1-2 match #2
19:30 2-1 match #3
19:30 1-2 match #3

Thursday, May 12
12:00 2-2 match #1
15:45 2-2 match #2
19:30 2-2 match #3

Legends Stage

Follows the same schedule as the Challengers stage above from May 14-17

Champions Stage

Thursday, May 19
16:30 Quarter-final #1
20:00 Quarter-final #2

Friday, May 20
16:30 Quarter-final #3
20:00 Quarter-final #4

Saturday, May 21
16:30 Semi-final #1
20:00 Semi-final #2

Sunday, May 22
18:00 Showmatch
20:00 Grand final