Check out how the first Major in over two years is shaping up.

HLTV.org's photographers Josip "brcho" Brtan and Radoslaw "MAKKU" Makuch captured some of the emotions from the initial playoffs day of the PGL Major Stockholm.

Check out the venue, inside and outside, as well as Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund bringing out the trophy, and Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller celebrating winning the Mirage against Virtus.pro in the first batch of images from the Avicii Arena.

Find more photos from the playoffs in our gallery.

Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1744 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Virtus.pro #11 Timur 'buster' TulepovEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 26 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1380 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63