The PGL Major Singapore 2026 is the second Counter-Strike Major of 2026 and the first held in Southeast Asia. Thirty-two teams play for $1,250,000 from late November, with the final four days at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. This guide covers what PGL and Valve have confirmed as of October 10, 2026, and marks what is still open.
Key facts
| Organiser | PGL |
| Dates | November 24 to December 13, 2026 (see below) |
| Playoff venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium, December 10 to 13 |
| Teams | 32, all invited from the Valve Regional Standings |
| Invite cut-off | VRS published November 2, 2026 |
| Prize pool | $1,250,000 |
| Grand final | Best of five |
| New for this Major | A third-place decider match |
PGL announced the event on December 8, 2025 as its fifth Major, after Kraków 2017, Stockholm 2021, Antwerp 2022 and Copenhagen 2024. It follows IEM Cologne 2026, won by Team Falcons.
Dates and venues
PGL's own pages disagree on the first day. The December 2025 announcement and the event page say November 25 to December 13. PGL's news posts of April 9 and August 25, 2026 say November 24, and HLTV lists the stages as follows:
| Stage | Dates (HLTV) |
|---|---|
| Stage 1 | November 24 to 27 |
| Stage 2 | November 28 to December 1 |
| Stage 3 | December 2 to 6 |
| Playoffs | December 10 to 13 |
PGL says the final four days move to the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, which it describes as holding more than 12,000 spectators. We could not find an announced venue for Stages 1 to 3.
Format
The structure follows Valve's Major rulebook. Stages 1, 2 and 3 are Swiss groups of 16 in which three wins advance and three losses eliminate. The rulebook makes matches best of one, except those deciding advancement or elimination, which are best of three. At Cologne, ESL made every Stage 3 match best of three. HLTV's Singapore page lists Stage 3 the same way, but we found no PGL statement confirming it.
The top eight play a single-elimination bracket. Quarter-finals and semi-finals are best of three, and the grand final is best of five.
On April 9, 2026 PGL added a third-place decider, the first at a Major. Until now both losing semi-finalists shared third place. The match is scheduled for Sunday, December 13, before the grand final. HLTV lists it as best of three; PGL has not stated the length.
Two more details are set:
- Map pool. Valve's rules use the Active Duty pool, which since July 2026 is Ancient, Anubis, Cache, Dust II, Inferno, Mirage and Nuke. Unless the pool changes again, Singapore will be the first Major with Cache since IEM Katowice 2019.
- Monitors. PGL named the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace as the official monitor, calling Singapore the first Major played on OLED.
How teams qualify
There are no regional qualifiers. All 32 teams come from the VRS that Valve publishes on November 2: 16 invited to Stage 1, eight to Stage 2 and eight to Stage 3.
Each region's share depends on the previous Major. Stage 1 has six places for Europe, six for the Americas and four for Asia. A region gets one Stage 3 place for each of its teams that reached the Cologne playoffs, and one Stage 2 place for each of its other teams that reached Stage 3. Liquipedia lists the result:
| Region | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| Americas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Asia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
FiReSPORTS' analysis gives the same figure for the Americas: two Stage 3 places thanks to FURIA and 9z reaching the Cologne playoffs, but nine places in total, one fewer than at Cologne.
Valve made two Singapore-specific changes to its rules in October 2026:
- October 6. A roster can only be assigned to a region if it did not appear in another region's VRS list in the previous three calendar months.
- October 7. BC.Game, with asap, Magisk, mzinho, s1mple and Senzu, was assigned to the Asia region and made eligible for an invitation.
PGL also set two deadlines for invited teams: November 6 to confirm their name, logo and substitute, and November 9 to complete Valve's tournament item submission.
Prize money
PGL has confirmed the $1,250,000 total. HLTV and Liquipedia list the same split for the top eight:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $500,000 |
| 2nd | $170,000 |
| 3rd–4th | $80,000 each |
| 5th–8th | $45,000 each |
Below eighth the two disagree. HLTV lists $20,000 for each team from 9th to 16th, as at Budapest and Cologne. Liquipedia lists $15,000 for 9th to 16th, $10,000 for 17th to 24th and $5,000 for 25th to 32nd, as at Austin. We found no PGL breakdown, and PGL has not said whether the third-place match changes the $80,000 shares.
Stickers and souvenirs
Valve had not announced Singapore's items by October 10. Its submission guidelines say team and player autograph items are made for every CS2 Major, so stickers of the teams and players are expected. What is not known is how they will be sold.
At Cologne, Valve replaced capsules and souvenir packages with a Major Shop, where fans bought any sticker for tokens at demand-based prices, and a Souvenir-O-Matic that turned an owned weapon into a Souvenir. Our guides to Major sticker capsules and Souvenir packages explain both systems. Whether Singapore keeps them is unannounced.
Before you buy
Until Valve releases them, no Singapore 2026 stickers or souvenirs exist in the game, so treat any offer of one as fake. Once they appear, read the event name at the end of the item name, and check the team, player and finish before paying.
For the Majors after Singapore, see upcoming CS2 Majors. For every past result, see our list of Major winners and hosts.
Sources
- PGL Announces the Singapore CS2 Major 2026 — PGL News
- PGL Major Singapore 2026 introduces 3rd place decider match; VRS ranking set for November 2 — PGL News
- PGL CS2 Major Singapore 2026 — PGL Esports
- PGL Major Singapore 2026 coverage hub — HLTV.org
- CS Major Supplemental Rulebook — Valve (GitHub)
- Tournament operation exceptions — Valve (GitHub)
- Cache replaces Overpass in Active Duty pool — HLTV.org
- PGL Major Singapore 2026 — Liquipedia
