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FURIA Esports, paiN Gaming and GamerLegion recorded wins Monday in their Round 4 High Matches at the Perfect World Shanghai Major: Opening Stage in China.

After losing 13-5 to BIG on Nuke, FURIA rallied with a 13-11 win on Mirage and a 13-3 victory on Dust II.

paiN Gaming pulled out a 16-14 win on Vertigo and won 13-6 on Inferno to sweep FlyQuest.

GamerLegion sandwiched a 13-6 victory on Inferno and a 13-9 win on Ancient around a 13-5 loss to Passion UA on Mirage.

In Monday’s Round 4 Low Matches, Complexity Gaming swept Cloud9 and MIBR and Wildcard earned 2-1 victories over Rare Atom and Virtus.pro, respectively.

Sixteen teams are competing in the Opening Stage, which runs through Tuesday. The top eight will move on to the elimination stage, set to start on Thursday and end on Dec. 8, while the other eight squads will be eliminated.

The Swiss System format is being utilized for the Opening Stage of the Counter-Strike 2 competition, meaning that teams are required to go through five rounds.

Round 1 matchups were chosen via “Next Major Slot” rankings. Winners of those matches are designated as “high” teams for the second round, with the losers getting a “low” tag.

In the third round, teams branch off into groups once again. Those that are 2-0 are now in the “high” division, while any 0-2 challengers are in the “low” division. There is also a “mid” division for the 1-1 teams.

Each team then plays an opponent within their group that they have not yet faced. Winners of high-group matches get to go right to the elimination stage. Losers of low-group matches get eliminated.

Only 2-1 and 1-2 teams remain in the fourth round, and the former lands in the “high” group while the latter lands in the “low” group. Teams once again face a new foe within their group, with high-group winners moving on and low-group losers getting bounced.

In the fifth and final round, the remaining teams face off against opponents they haven’t seen yet. Winners move on, losers don’t.

Seeding from the second round on is based off performance and teams’ initial seeds. Any matches with advancement or elimination on the line are best-of-three, while all other matches are winner-take-all.

Playoffs of the Perfect World Shanghai Major run from Dec. 12-15. The winning team will receive $500,000 of the $1.25 million prize pool.

–Field Level Media