[4] 17-year old Spirit player Danil "donk" Kryshkovets was named the tournament's MVP, making him the highest-rated ever as well as the youngest ever, since Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye at Atlanta 2017.

[5] Counter-Strike 2 is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve Corporation.

On July 4, 2024, it was announced that Romanian tournament organizer and previous Major hosts PGL had acquired the rights to the English-language broadcast.

[1] On November 1, 2024, PGL announced the full talent lineup for the Major's English-language broadcast.

[8] Hosts Analysts Casters Like previous Majors using a Swiss-system group stage, twenty-four teams will qualify for the tournament.

As a tiebreaker, each team with the same number of matches won and lost during the Opening and Elimination stages will be seeded according to their Buchholz score.

Like the previous Major, these places were distributed according to the highest ranked teams in the Valve Regional Standings.

Perfect World initially had the top 4 teams from each of the Europe RMRs qualify for the Elimination Stage, following the rulebook that was in place up to Paris 2023.