Esports match organiser ESL FACEIT Group has offered a glimpse into its Counter-Strike 2 occasion calendar for 2026.
In complete, six occasion dates have been revealed by ESL from January to November 2026. Particulars surrounding every occasion, equivalent to location, format and prize pool, haven’t been offered.
Asserting Counter-Strike occasions forward of time has change into widespread observe throughout the esports ecosystem, largely resulting from Valve’s new match rulebook. In an try to create a extra steady esports calendar, match organisers should announce occasions in 2026 by January 1st, 2025.
For occasions in 2027, bulletins should be made two years forward of the match.
ESL’s first occasion of 2026 will happen on January twenty seventh and final slightly below two weeks, concluding on February eighth. Apparently, the second ESL match of 2026 will happen shortly after on February twenty third.
The calendar additionally options three shorter week-long occasions that can happen in April, Might and November. In response to ESL, extra particulars surrounding all of its 2026 occasions will probably be offered within the close to future.
The 2026 ESL Counter-Strike 2 calendar:
ESL Occasion: January twenty seventh – February eighth, 2026ESL Occasion: February twenty third – March fifteenth, 2026ESL Occasion: April twelfth – nineteenth, 2026ESL Occasion: Might tenth – seventeenth, 2026ESL Occasion: September twenty first – October eleventh, 2026ESL Occasion: November 1st – eighth, 2026
The ESL Professional Tour in 2025 will characteristic two championship occasions — IEM Katowice and IEM Cologne — in addition to 5 ‘grasp’ class occasions. This contains ESL Professional League Seasons 21 and 22, IEM Dallas, IEM Chengdu and IEM Spring.
