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60 CS:GO Players to Make their Major Debut at PGL Major Stockholm 2021

There are going to be a lot of nerves during this Major!

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PGL Major Stockholm 2021 will be witnessing participation from 60 Major debutants.
Movistar Riders, paiN Gaming, Sharks Esports, Copenhagen Flames, will be stepping out with Major debut lineups.
Gambit Esports, ENCE, Heroic, are ready to compete with four players each on their lineup playing their first-ever Major.

The PGL Major Stockholm 2021 is going to witness a lot players who will be competing in their very first Major. Nerve levels will be quite high as the action kicks off later today on 26th October with the New Challengers Stage.

Finally, after 779 days a CS:GO Major is taking place once again and the number of returning players seems to have taken a dip, as 60 debutants are ready to showcase their talent in an effort to win the Major in their very first attempt.

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60 CS:GO players will be participating in their first-ever Major at Stockholm

It has been a long wait to witness a Major play out once again, that too in front of a live Swedish audience as the Major once again returns to its roots. This will be the first time that a Major takes place in Stockholm, at the same venue which was initially supposed to host The International 10, Avicii Arena.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021 - First Day Schedule

Though a lot has changed since the best teams from across the world met at Berlin in 2019 as regions have shrunk, players have retired, new teams have climbed up the global rankings, but most importantly there has been a rise in the number of young players breaking onto the scene and making a name for themselves.

60 of those will now be competing in their first-ever CS:GO Major which is all set to kick off in a few hours time. Here are all the Major debutants along with the teams that they will be playing for,

Debut PlayersAgeTeam
Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora19Ninjas in Pyjamas
Hampus "hampus" Poser22Ninjas in Pyjamas
Linus "LNZ" Holtäng19Ninjas in Pyjamas
Kévin "misutaaa" Rabier18Team Vitality
Jayson "Kyojin" Nguyen Van22Team Vitality
Michael "Grim" Wince20Team Liquid
André "drop" Abreu17FURIA Esports
Valerii "b1t" Vakhovskyi18Natus Vincere
Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov20Gambit Esports
Timofey "interz" Yakushin21Gambit Esports
Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov20Gambit Esports
Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov19Gambit Esports
Philip "Lucky" Ewald18Astralis
Joonas "doto" Forss25ENCE
Lotan "Spinx" Giladi21ENCE
Paweł "dycha" Dycha24ENCE
Olek "hades" Miskiewicz21ENCE
Florian "syrsoN" Rische25BIG
Nils "k1to" Gruhne22BIG
Alejandro "mopoz" Fernández-Quejo Cano25Movistar Riders
Alejandro "ALEX" Masanet Candela25Movistar Riders
Raúl "DeathZz" Jordán Nieto25Movistar Riders
Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia22Movistar Riders
David "dav1g" Granado Bermudo20Movistar Riders
Martin "stavn" Lund19Heroic
René "TeSeS" Madsen20Heroic
Ismail "refrezh" Ali23Heroic
Rasmus "sjuush" Beck22Heroic
Aurimas "Bymas" Pipiras18MOUZ
Frederik "acoR" Gyldstrand24MOUZ
Abdulkhalik "degster" Gasanov20Team Spirit
Boris "magixx" Vorobiev18Team Spirit
Vinícios "PKL" Coelho27paiN Gaming
Rodrigo "biguzera" Bittencourt24paiN Gaming
Wesley "hardzao" Lopes20paiN Gaming
Gabriel "NEKIZ" Schenato25paiN Gaming
Rafael "saffee" Costa26paiN Gaming
Helvijs "broky" Saukants20FaZe Clan
Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis22Virtus.pro
Alexey "NickelBack" Trofimov24Entropiq
Viktor "Lack1" Boldyrev22Entropiq
Aleksey "El1an" Gusev22Entropiq
Bruno "latto" Rebelatto18GODSENT
Bruno "b4rtiN" Câmara19GODSENT
Eduardo "dumau" Wolkmer17GODSENT
Jhonatan "jnt" Silva27Sharks Esports
Filipe "pancc" Martins23Sharks Esports
Lucas "Lucaozy" Neves20Sharks Esports
Antonio "realziN" Oliveira26Sharks Esports
Romeu "zevy" Rocco20Sharks Esports
Joshua "INS" Potter23Renegades
Jordan "Hatz" Bajic23Renegades
Alistair "aliStair" Johnston23Renegades
Kelun "SLOWLY" Sun20TYLOO
ZhengHao "DANK1NG" Lyu22TYLOO
Jakob "Jabbi" Nygaard18Copenhagen Flames
Nico "nicoodoz" Tamjid21Copenhagen Flames
Fredrik "roeJ" Jørgensen27Copenhagen Flames
Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen26Copenhagen Flames
Rasmus "Zyphon" Nordfoss17Copenhagen Flames

While a few teams have young players that are stepping out to play their first Major, there are some complete lineups that have fought together through the two rough RMR (Regional Major Rankings) seasons to qualify for PGL Major Stockholm 2021.

Teams like Movistar Riders, paiN Gaming, Sharks Esports, Copenhagen Flames, along with a majority roster (four players) of Gambit Esports, ENCE, Heroic, comprise nearly 53% of all the debutants at the Major. It will be exciting to see if these first-timers, who have had a ton of experience playing online, can perform to their fullest potential in a LAN environment.

RELATED:  PGL Major 2021 New Challengers Stage: Schedule, Results, Streams, Other Details


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Aditya is the in-house CS:GO writer at AFK Gaming. While his understanding of the esports space is not restricted by geographical borders, his current focus lies in the Asian region. Understands and follows almost all major esport titles.
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