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Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov's team won the second Counter-Strike 2 Major, which took place from November 30 to December 15 in Shanghai, China, with the participation of 24 of the strongest squads in the world.

Team Spirit defeated FaZe to claim the tital. The series ended with a scoreline of 2:1 – 13:8 on Nuke, 6:13 on Ancient, 13:11 on Dust2.

Both finalists entered the second stage of the tournament, bypassing the Opening Stage. FaZe finished the group stage with two losses, while Team Spirit – with one. Team Spirit knocked Liquid and MOUZ out of the event, while FaZe bested Vitality and G2 en route to the final.

Team Spirit received half a million US dollars for first place. The runner-up earned $170,000. Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 featured a total prize pool of $1.25 million.

Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen's squad won one of the largest Counter-Strike 2 tournaments of 2024 – Esports World Cup 2024.

In the final of the competition, NAVI defeated G2 with a scoreline of 2:1 – 14:16 on Ancient, 13:6 on Nuke, 13:6 on Inferno.

For first place, NAVI received 400,000 US dollars; the runner-up earned $175,000. 3rd-4th place at the event was shared by Virtus.pro and MOUZ – teams got $85,000 each.

Esports World Cup 2024 took place from July 17 to 21 in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The tournament featured a prize pool of one million US dollars.

NAVI’s Valerij "b1t" Vakhovsjkyj was chosen the most valuable player of Esports World Cup 2024 in Saudi Arabia according to HLTV.org. This is the first MVP title for b1t in his career.

Vakhovsjkyj's average rating in 10 maps amounted to 1.33. Valerij recorded his best performance on Nuke against FURIA (1.96), while his worst result was shown on Dust2 against MOUZ (0.45).

Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov's squad won the prestigious LAN tournament BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024, which took place from June 12 to 16 in London.

In the final, Team Spirit prevailed over NAVI. The matchup ended with a scoreline of 3:1 – 13:9 on Ancient, 13:9 on Dust2, 4:13 on Mirage, 13:6 on Nuke.

Note that both finalists went undefeated in the group stage of the event and advanced straight to the second round of the tournament bracket. En route to the final, the Dragons eliminated Vitality from the competition, while the Black-and-Yellow bested Virtus.pro.

For first place, Team Spirit received $200,000 and a ticket to BLAST Premier World Final 2024. The runner-up earned $85,000. The total prize pool of the event amounted to $425,000.

Team Spirit's Danil "donk" Kryshkovets was named the most valuable player of the recent BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024 tournament in London according to HLTV.

The Russian esports athlete recorded an average rating of 1.33 in twelve maps. Kryshkovets scored his the best result on Ancient against Virtus.pro (1.74), while the worst performance was shown on Mirage in the final against NAVI (1.08).

This is already the fourth MVP title for donk in his career – previously the Russian esports athlete was also chosen the most valuable player of BetBoom Dacha 2023, IEM Katowice 2024 and BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024.

The Nikola "NiKo" Kovač-led roster won the big LAN tournament IEM Dallas 2024, which took place from May 27 to June 2 in Dallas, USA.

In the final, G2 defeated Vitality with a scoreline of 2:1 – 19:16 on Inferno, 16:13 on Anubis, 13:8 on Nuke.

En route to the final, the squad eliminated two more opponents from the tournament – FaZe and 9z. Before advancing to the playoffs, G2 placed third in their group, losing only to one opponent – Vitality.

For the first place, G2 received $100,000 and a ticket to IEM Cologne 2024. The runner-up secured $42,000. 9z and Team Spirit, which shared 3rd-4th place, earned $20,000 each. The total prize pool of the event was a quarter of a million US dollars.

G2's AWPer Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov was chosen the most valuable player of the recent LAN tournament IEM Dallas 2024 in the USA.

The esports athlete scored an average rating of 1.35 in sixteen maps. He showed his best performance on Nuke against FaZe (2.13), while his worst result was recorded on Dust2 against Liquid and on Anubis against Vitality (0.82).