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A-Tier Tournaments (formerly known as Major Tournaments) feature a large prize pool and a good number of top-tier teams.
Highlighted tournaments are special Regional Major Ranking events which served as qualifiers for the CS2 Major Championships.

Tournaments

2026

G & S

Tournament

Date

Prize Pool

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

  XSE Pro League Season 9

Oct 3 - 6, 2026

 

 China

8 participants

Cancelled

  XSE Pro League 2026

Jun 29 - Jul 12, 2026

$500,000

 China

16 participants

 

TBD

 

TBD

  StarLadder Stake Ranked Episode 2

May 27 - 30, 2026

 

 Europe

8 participants

 

TBD

 

TBD

  Asian Champions League 2026

May 11 - 17, 2026

$150,000

 China

16 participants

 

TBD

 

TBD

  StarLadder Stake Ranked Episode 1

Apr 1 - 4, 2026

$100,000

 Europe

8 participants

 

TBD

 

TBD

2025

G & S

Tournament

Date

Prize Pool

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

  eXTREMESLAND 2025

Dec 18 - 21, 2025

$150,000

 Shanghai

12 participants

 

Chinggis Warriors

 

JiJieHao

  ESL Impact League Season 8

Nov 28 - 30, 2025

$123,000

 Stockholm

8 participants

 

BIG EQUIPA

 

MIBR Female

  PGL Masters Bucharest 2025

Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2025

$625,000

 Bucharest

16 participants

 

Aurora Gaming

 

Legacy

  Roobet Cup 2025

Postponed

$500,000

 Europe

20 participants

 

TBD

 

TBD

  MESA Nomadic Masters Fall 2025

Oct 15 - 19, 2025

$250,000

 Ulaanbaatar

-

Cancelled

  Thunderpick World Championship 2025

Oct 15 - 19, 2025

$340,000

 Attard

8 participants

 

FURIA

 

Natus Vincere

  CS Asia Championships 2025

Oct 14 - 19, 2025

$400,000

 Shanghai

16 participants

 

Legacy

 

3DMAX

  StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025

Sep 18 - 21, 2025

$500,000

 Budapest

8 participants

 

Natus Vincere

 

Ninjas in Pyjamas

  FISSURE Playground #1

Jul 15 - 20, 2025

$450,000

 Belgrade

16 participants

 

TYLOO

 

Astralis

  ESL Impact League Season 7

May 22 - 25, 2025

$123,000

 Dallas

8 participants

 

FURIA Female

 

Supernova Comets

  Asian Champions League 2025

May 6 - 16, 2025

$268,000

 Yancheng Shanghai

8 participants

 

TYLOO

 

Lynn Vision Gaming

  MESA Nomadic Masters Spring 2025

Apr 30 - May 4, 2025

$250,000

 Ulaanbaatar

8 participants

 

HEROIC

 

BIG

  CCT Season 2 Global Finals

Apr 24 - 27, 2025

$150,000

 Europe

8 participants

 

HEROIC

 

B8

  Skyesports Souvenir 2025

Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2025

$250,000

 Bangalore

8 participants

Cancelled

2024

G & S

Tournament

Date

Prize Pool

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

  ESL Impact League Season 6

Nov 22 - 24, 2024

$123,000

 Stockholm

8 participants

 

Imperial Female

 

FURIA Esports Female

  Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B

Nov 21 - 24, 2024

 

 Shanghai

16 participants

 

BIG

3DMAX

 

TBD

  Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR A

Nov 17 - 20, 2024

 

 Shanghai

16 participants

 

MOUZ

Team Vitality

 

TBD

  Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024: American RMR

Nov 12 - 15, 2024

 

 Shanghai

16 participants

 

MIBR

Wildcard

 

TBD

  Thunderpick World Championship 2024

Oct 21 - Nov 3, 2024

$850,000

 Berlin

16 participants

 

The MongolZ

 

HEROIC

  ESL Challenger Katowice 2024

Oct 25 - 27, 2024

$100,000

 Katowice

8 participants

 

SAW

 

B8

  Elisa Masters Espoo 2024

Oct 16 - 20, 2024

$200,000

 Espoo

8 participants

 

ENCE

 

HEROIC

  RES Regional Champions

Oct 16 - 19, 2024

$250,000

 Belgrade

8 participants

 

Nemiga Gaming

 

UNPAID

  ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2024

Oct 4 - 6, 2024

$100,000

 Atlanta

8 participants

 

FlyQuest

 

BIG

  Skyesports Souvenir 2024

Oct 1, 2024

$150,000

 India

8 participants

Cancelled

  Skyesports Championship 2024

Jul 23 - 28, 2024

$300,000

 Mumbai

11 participants

 

3DMAX

 

The MongolZ

  ESL Challenger at DreamHack Summer 2024

Jun 14 - 16, 2024

$100,000

 Jönköping

8 participants

 

Complexity Gaming

 

Team Falcons

  FiReLEAGUE Global Final 2023

Jun 14 - 16, 2024

$150,000

 Buenos Aires

8 participants

 

9z Team

 

Fnatic

  ESL Impact League Season 5

May 31 - Jun 2, 2024

$123,000

 Dallas

8 participants

 

Imperial Female

 

Let Her Cook

  MESA Nomadic Masters Spring 2024

May 28 - Jun 2, 2024

$100,000

 Ulaanbaatar

8 participants

 

The MongolZ

 

BLEED Esports

  CCT Season 1 Global Finals

May 16 - 23, 2024

$500,000

 Europe

16 participants

 

Eternal Fire

 

Team Liquid

  ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2024

Apr 26 - 28, 2024

$100,000

 Melbourne

8 participants

 

MIBR

 

Aurora Gaming

  Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024

Apr 18 - 20, 2024

$200,000

 Rio de Janeiro

8 participants

 

paiN Gaming

 

Imperial Esports

  Skyesports Masters 2024

Apr 8 - 14, 2024

$350,000

 Europe

8 participants

 

Aurora Gaming

 

OG

  PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B

Feb 19 - 22, 2024

 

 Bucharest

16 participants

 

MOUZ

Cloud9

 

TBD

  PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A

Feb 14 - 17, 2024

 

 Bucharest

16 participants

 

G2 Esports

Virtus.pro

 

TBD