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Counter-Strike Majors

Every Counter-Strike Major since 2013, CS:GO and CS2: winners, grand final scores, host cities, most titles and how teams qualify.

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  1. All Majors
  2. Grand finals
  3. Counter-Strike 2
  4. CS:GO
  5. Most Major titles
  6. How teams qualify
  7. All TalkEsport coverage of Counter-Strike Majors

The Counter-Strike Major Championships, usually called Majors, are the most important tournaments in Counter-Strike. Valve sponsors them and licenses a different organiser to run each one, usually two a year. The first Major was DreamHack Winter 2013 in CS:GO. Nineteen Majors were played in CS:GO up to the BLAST.tv Paris Major in 2023, and the first Counter-Strike 2 Major was PGL Major Copenhagen in March 2024. There were no Majors in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every Major now has 32 teams and a US$1,250,000 prize pool.

All Majors

MajorDateHost cityGameChampion
PGL Major Singapore 202625 Nov – 13 Dec 2026SingaporeCS2To be decided
IEM Cologne Major 2026June 2026Cologne, GermanyCS2Team Falcons
StarLadder Budapest Major 2025Nov – Dec 2025Budapest, HungaryCS2Team Vitality
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025June 2025Austin, United StatesCS2Team Vitality
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024Nov – Dec 2024Shanghai, ChinaCS2Team Spirit
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024March 2024Copenhagen, DenmarkCS2Natus Vincere
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023May 2023Paris, FranceCS:GOTeam Vitality
IEM Rio Major 2022Oct – Nov 2022Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCS:GOOutsiders
PGL Major Antwerp 2022May 2022Antwerp, BelgiumCS:GOFaZe Clan
PGL Major Stockholm 2021Oct – Nov 2021Stockholm, SwedenCS:GONatus Vincere
StarLadder Major Berlin 2019Aug – Sep 2019Berlin, GermanyCS:GOAstralis
IEM Katowice Major 2019Feb – Mar 2019Katowice, PolandCS:GOAstralis
FACEIT Major London 2018Sep 2018London, United KingdomCS:GOAstralis
ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018Jan 2018Boston, United StatesCS:GOCloud9
PGL Major Kraków 2017July 2017Kraków, PolandCS:GOGambit Esports
ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017Jan 2017Atlanta, United StatesCS:GOAstralis
ESL One Cologne 2016July 2016Cologne, GermanyCS:GOSK Gaming
MLG Major Columbus 2016March – April 2016Columbus, United StatesCS:GOLuminosity Gaming
DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015Oct – Nov 2015Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCS:GOTeam EnVyUs
ESL One Cologne 2015Aug 2015Cologne, GermanyCS:GOFnatic
ESL One Katowice 2015March 2015Katowice, PolandCS:GOFnatic
DreamHack Winter 2014Nov 2014Jönköping, SwedenCS:GOTeam LDLC.com
ESL One Cologne 2014Aug 2014Cologne, GermanyCS:GONinjas in Pyjamas
EMS One Katowice 2014March 2014Katowice, PolandCS:GOVirtus.pro
DreamHack Winter 2013Nov 2013Jönköping, SwedenCS:GOFnatic

Grand finals

Counter-Strike 2

MajorChampionScoreRunner-upMVP
IEM Cologne 2026Team Falcons3–0FURIAm0NESY
StarLadder Budapest 2025Team Vitality3–1FaZe ClanZywOo
BLAST.tv Austin 2025Team Vitality2–1The MongolZZywOo
Perfect World Shanghai 2024Team Spirit2–1FaZe Clandonk
PGL Copenhagen 2024Natus Vincere2–1FaZe ClanjL

CS:GO

MajorChampionScoreRunner-up
BLAST.tv Paris 2023Team Vitality2–0GamerLegion
IEM Rio 2022Outsiders2–0Heroic
PGL Antwerp 2022FaZe Clan2–0Natus Vincere
PGL Stockholm 2021Natus Vincere2–0G2 Esports
StarLadder Berlin 2019Astralis2–0AVANGAR
IEM Katowice 2019Astralis2–0ENCE
FACEIT London 2018Astralis2–0Natus Vincere
ELEAGUE Boston 2018Cloud92–1FaZe Clan
PGL Kraków 2017Gambit Esports2–1Immortals
ELEAGUE Atlanta 2017Astralis2–1Virtus.pro
ESL One Cologne 2016SK Gaming2–0Team Liquid
MLG Columbus 2016Luminosity Gaming2–0Natus Vincere
DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015Team EnVyUs2–0Natus Vincere
ESL One Cologne 2015Fnatic2–0Team EnVyUs
ESL One Katowice 2015Fnatic2–1Ninjas in Pyjamas
DreamHack Winter 2014Team LDLC.com2–1Ninjas in Pyjamas
ESL One Cologne 2014Ninjas in Pyjamas2–1Fnatic
EMS One Katowice 2014Virtus.pro2–0Ninjas in Pyjamas
DreamHack Winter 2013Fnatic2–1Ninjas in Pyjamas

Most Major titles

TeamTitlesMajors won
Astralis4Atlanta 2017, London 2018, Katowice 2019, Berlin 2019
Team Vitality3Paris 2023, Austin 2025, Budapest 2025
Fnatic3DreamHack Winter 2013, Katowice 2015, Cologne 2015
Natus Vincere2Stockholm 2021, Copenhagen 2024

Twelve more teams have won one Major each: Virtus.pro, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team LDLC.com, Team EnVyUs, Luminosity Gaming, SK Gaming, Gambit Esports, Cloud9, FaZe Clan, Outsiders, Team Spirit and Team Falcons. Luminosity Gaming and SK Gaming won with the same Brazilian core, which moved organisations between the two titles.

How teams qualify

Since 2025 there are no Regional Major Rankings (RMR) qualifiers. Valve invites teams from the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) on a cut-off date set for each Major (2 November 2026 for Singapore). Places are split between Europe, the Americas and Asia, and the highest-ranked teams start in later stages.

All TalkEsport coverage of Counter-Strike Majors

Sources (4)
  1. Every CS:GO and CS2 Major winner (Strafe) strafe.com
  2. Vitality vs FaZe: Budapest Major 2025 grand final (esports.gg) esports.gg
  3. Falcons win IEM Cologne 2026 (BLAST.tv) blast.tv
  4. PGL unveils CS2 Singapore Major in 2026 (Dot Esports) dotesports.com

Counter-Strike Majors news and coverage

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