{"id":39088,"date":"2024-10-15T19:31:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T23:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=39088"},"modified":"2024-10-15T19:31:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T23:31:35","slug":"valve-confirm-counter-strike-2-major-changes-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valve-confirm-counter-strike-2-major-changes-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve confirm Counter-Strike 2 Major changes for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has announced significant changes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike 2 betting guide\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a> Majors, set to take effect in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The number of participating teams will expand from 24 to 32, with the first tournament under this new format being the BLAST.tv Austin Major, scheduled for June 9-22, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This expansion marks the first major structural change to the Major format since the introduction of the 24-team system in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>To accommodate the eight additional teams, the tournament will add a new Swiss stage, resulting in a total of three stages:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pageList\">\n<li>Opening Stage: Introducing the extra teams to the competition<\/li>\n<li>Elimination Stage: Continuing the traditional knockout format<\/li>\n<li>Swiss Stage: Ensuring that the top-performing teams advance further<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The introduction of the new stage will extend the Major&#8217;s duration from 14 to 18 days, allowing for a smooth schedule without overlapping other major events like StarLadder StarSeries and Skyesports Masters, which end on June 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Another significant change is the removal of the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) events, which have been the primary qualification method since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In place of the RMRs, Valve will rely on the Valve Team Ranking system and Valve Regional Standings (VRS) to determine invitations.<\/p>\n<p>While the new qualification criteria aim to simplify the process, details on whether additional qualification avenues will be available remain unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The changes reflect the growing popularity and competitive depth of CS2, with the new 32-team format providing more opportunities for teams to compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can look forward to more matchups, a longer tournament, and an increased level of competition as the expanded format kicks off with the BLAST.tv Austin Major in June 2025.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has announced significant changes to the Counter-Strike 2 Majors set to take effect in 2025 at the BLAST.tv Austin Major.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3683,3111,23],"class_list":["post-39088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blast-tv-austin-major","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-valve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39090,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39088\/revisions\/39090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}