CS2 Event Calendar 2026

Every significant CS2 event in 2026 with dates, locations, and prize pools. Tier-one and tier-two LAN events at $100,000 and up. Both CS2 Majors included.

Updated July 1, 2026
CS2 Major $1M+ Event $100K–$500K Event
Event · Dates · Location Prize Pool
July 2026
XSE Pro League 2026
Jul 1–12 · Guangzhou, China · 16 teams
$1,000,000
Stake Ranked Episode 3
Jul 15–18 · Barcelona, Spain · 8 teams
$100,000
BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2
Jul 21–Aug 2 · Online → Malta · 32 teams
Online Jul 21–26 · Malta Finals Jul 30–Aug 2 (top 8)
$1,150,000
August 2026
Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier
Aug 7–9 · Paris, France
$100,000
Esports World Cup 2026
Aug 12–23 · Paris, France · 32 teams
CS2 championship within the $75M Esports World Cup · relocated to Paris from Riyadh
$2,000,000
BLAST Open Porto 2026
Aug 24–Sep 6 · Copenhagen & Porto · 16 teams
$1,100,000
September 2026
FISSURE Playground 5
Sep 7–13 · Shenzhen, China · 16 teams
$1,000,000
StarLadder StarSeries September 2026
Sep 17–20 · Europe TBA · 8 teams
$500,000
Logitech G Connect 2026
Sep 17–23 · Warsaw, Poland
Open Quals Aug 22–23 · Closed Quals Aug 27–Sep 5 · VRS points on offer
$100,000
October 2026
ESL Pro League Season 24
Oct 3–11 · Katowice, Poland · 16 teams
$1,000,000
Thunderpick World Championship 2026
Oct 14–18 · Malta · 8 teams
$1,000,000
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
Oct 24–31 · Bucharest, Romania · 16 teams
$1,250,000
November – December 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Nov 2–8 · Beijing, China · 16 teams
$1,250,000
BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 2
Nov 9–15 · Hong Kong · 8 teams
$1,000,000
Esports Nations Cup 2026
Nov 10–15 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · National teams
$1,320,000
CS2 Major PGL Singapore Major 2026
Nov 24–Dec 13 · Singapore · 32 teams
$1,250,000

CS2 event calendar for 2026 covering every significant tier-one and tier-two LAN event with a $100,000 minimum prize pool, including both CS2 Majors and the Esports World Cup, which moves to Paris for its 2026 edition. For player ratings on each slate see CARNAGE, for fair value against prediction market prices see MARKET, and for series distributions and game shape see RANGE. Live reads during games run in COMMS, every top team's starting five is on the lineups page, and picks, market takes, and event previews are on the blog.