{"id":70421,"date":"2025-01-06T05:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T05:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/cs-major-change-32-teams"},"modified":"2025-01-06T06:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T06:44:39","slug":"cs-major-change-32-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/counter-strike-2\/cs-major-change-32-teams","title":{"rendered":"Valve Confirms CS Major Change to 32-Teams &#038; Extra Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">There have been some rumors about the Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) Major Championships moving from 24 teams to 32 teams. 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