On February 26, 2023, the group stage of the Five Majors has ended. As a result, the team that graduated from the WEU 2023 DPC won the championship in each group. Gaimin Gladiators, the runner-up from the Western Europe region, managed to become the top in group A, while Team Liquid, who won the WEU 2023 DPC, took the lead in group B.

With the end of the Five Major group stage, it is certain that there will also be 6 teams that must go home early, three from group A and three from group B. For group A, Execration, TSM, and EHOME are the 3 last positions, while in group B, Geek Slate , BetBOOM and Knights should also be eliminated. In fact, most of the names of the returning teams seem to dominate in their respective regions, say Execration who won DPC SEA, then there was also TSM who won DPC NA, apart from that, BetBOOM was also the champion of DPC EEU.

More heartbreaking results were inscribed by two Chinese teams, namely Knights and EHOME. Both of them are ranked 9th or the lowest position in the Five Major group stage. It didn't stop there, the two teams also didn't get a single victory at all or only became points fields for the teams in their group.

No less surprising, the 2 teams that are also the favorites to win, PSG.LGD and Tundra Esports actually have to start the playoffs from lower bracket positions after securing positions five and six in group A. The competition in group A is quite fierce, considering that Gaimin Gladiators are in the top spot actually has the same points as Team Spirit. It's just that, the Gladiators are superior in aggregate because they managed to win against TS in the group stage.

Also in group A, the only team from the SEA region, Talon Esports, survived. Even though their performance in the SEA region is closed to Execration, in Lima Esports, they can actually secure the top 4 positions and secure the upper bracket position in the playoffs later.

With competition heating up, what will happen to the Five Major playoffs which will take place on 28 October 2023 - 5 March 2023?