Six teams, including Natus Vincere, will battle for the final three spots in the Playoffs in round five of the Elimination Stage.

Day three of the Elimination Phase at the Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 continued to be exciting as three more teams advanced to the Playoffs, while three more teams were eliminated.

G2 Esports, Team Liquid and Team Spirit finished the Elimination Phase with a 3-1 record and joined The MongolZ and Team Vitality in the list of teams to qualify for the final round of the Shanghai Major. Meanwhile, 3DMAX, GamerLegion and paiN Gaming were eliminated and ranked 12th to 14th.

The third day of competition of the Elimination Phase

G2, Liquid and Spirit won tickets to the Playoffs

After The MongolZ and Vitality completed the Elimination Stage with a perfect 3-0 record and secured the first two spots into the Playoffs in round three, round four saw six teams with 2-1 records compete for the next three spots in last round.

G2, after a surprising defeat to The MongolZ in round one, came back strongly with overwhelming victories over FaZe Clan at Inferno (13-4) and Mirage (13-3), winning the Playoffs ticket as the seed. No.3. Liquid followed up with wins over MIBR in three games, winning at Mirage (13-2) and Anubis (13-5).

The final match of the fourth round high seed group is a tense three-game confrontation between Spirit and HEROIC. On the Ancient map, Spirit won 16-14 in overtime thanks to the brilliance of Danil “donk” Kryshkovets, who had 32 kills, 11 assists and only 23 kills.

HEROIC equalized with a 13-10 victory at Mirage, but donk was still the shining star with 25 kills, including a spectacular 1v5 "clutch" in round 22.

Spirit finished off their 2-1 victory with a 13-7 run at Dust II, with donk continuing to lead the kills with 22 kills. He finished the series with a total of 79 kills, 17 assists and 50 kills, helping Spirit advance to the Playoffs round.

In the low-seeded group matches, MOUZ, Natus Vincere (NAVI) and FURIA Esports survived to enter the final day of the Elimination Stage, while 3DMAX, GamerLegion and paiN were eliminated.

MOUZ opened with a 2-0 win over 3DMAX with two close games 13-11 at Dust II and Nuke. NAVI, one of the tournament's top contenders, overcame a difficult 1-2 start with wins over GamerLegion at Nuke (13-6) and Mirage (13-9).

The final match of the day was an all-Brazilian showdown, where FURIA came back and eliminated paiN. After a close 11-13 defeat at Vertigo, FURIA won Mirage (13-9) and Inferno (13-11) to enter round five.

The fifth and final round of the Elimination Phase will see six teams compete for the final three spots in the Playoffs. MIBR will face MOUZ, FURIA will face FaZe, while NAVI needs to defeat HEROIC to hope to win their second Major title in 2024.