CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2024: Teams, prize pool, schedule and more

The CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2024 is set to be one of the biggest tournaments of this year, with a massive prize pool of $850,000. The qualifiers themselves boasted a prize pool of $150,000 and were played in three regions: Europe, North America, and South America. Eventually, the top 16 organizations from around the world booked their berths in the Championship, while the rest of the seats were filled by high-seed direct invitations.

Here's everything you need to know about the Counter-Strike 2 Thunderpick World Championship 2024.

Everything about the CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2024

List of teams

Here are all the teams that are participating in the Thunderpick World Championship 2024:

3DMAX (Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcice, Maka, Graviti)
9z Team (dgt, max, buda, HUASOPEEK, Martinez)
Aurora Gaming (Lack1, Norwi, KENSI, deko, clax)
BIG (tabseN, Krimbo, syrsoN, JDC, rigoN)
Fnatic (KRIMZ bodyy, matys, blameF, nawwk)
HEROIC (TeSeS, sjuush, NertZ, kyxsan, degster)
Ninjas In Pyjamas (REZ, maxster, r1nkle, isak, MisteM)
Team Falcons (Snappi, Magisk maden, dupreeh, s1mple)
The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno4K, 910, mzinho, Senzu)
Virtus.pro (Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, electroNic)
UNPAID (CYPHER, VLDN, jkaem, 2 players yet to be decided)
Cloud9 (Ax1Le, Boombl4, HeavyGod, ICY, interz)
M80 (Swisher, reck, slaxz-, s1n, Lake)
Legacy (latto, dumau, NEKIZ, b4rtiN, saadzin)
Imperial Esports (VINI, felps, noway, decenty, try)
Bestia (Noktse, luchov, tomaszin, naz, zock)

Prize pool

The main event features a prize pool of $850,000 that will be distributed in the following manner:

1st: $500,000
2nd: $150,000
3rd: $70,000
4th: $50,000
5th - 8th: $20,000

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Schedule

Monday, October 21, 2024 (Group A)

Team Falcons vs 3DMAX (5:30 AM Eastern Time)
Virtus.pro vs UNPAID (8:30 AM Eastern Time)

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 (Group B)

Team MongolZ vs Cloud9 (5:30 AM Eastern Time)
9z Team vs Fnatic (8:30 AM Eastern Time)

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 (Group C)

HEROIC vs Legacy (5:30 AM Eastern Time)
Imperial Esports vs Ninjas In Pyjamas (8:30 AM Eastern Time)

Thursday, October 24, 2024 (Group D)

Team MongolZ vs Cloud9 (5:30 AM Eastern Time)
9z Team vs Fnatic (8:30 AM Eastern Time)

The elimination and decider matches of each group will be played on that same day, three hours after the opening matches. The playoffs will start a week after the top four teams are decided, on November 2, 2024, while the Grand Final is scheduled for November 3, 2024.

Where to watch CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2024: Livestream and venue

Hosted at the LVL Dome Arena in Berlin, the event will be live-streamed on YouTube and Twitch. You can find a list of the channels below:

Thunderpick World Championship on Twitch
Thunderpick World Championship on YouTube

There will also be a lot of unofficial watch parties in various languages on both Twitch and YouTube.

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