The Professional Esports League has announced two online CS2 tournaments with a total prize pool of 4 million rubles

The Professional Esports League has officially announced two new VRS tournaments—Premier Cyber League: Open and Premier Cyber League: Season 1—for Counter-Strike 2, to be held in August and September 2026. The competitions will take place online.

The first event in the series, “Premier Cyber League: Open,” will feature a prize pool of 2 million rubles. The top two teams from each qualifying round will advance. The main stage is scheduled for August 26–30 and will include three days of group stage matches, as well as two days of playoffs.

The second tournament, “Premier Cyber League: Season 1,” will offer a similar prize pool. It will feature 16 invited teams, divided into groups of four. This stage is scheduled for September 16–20, and the finals will take place September 24–27.

Qualifiers for the Premier Cyber League: Open are scheduled for August 15–16 and 22–23, 2026. They will be organized online as four separate tournaments using a single-elimination best-of-one (bo1) format, while the decisive semifinal matches will be played in best-of-three (bo3) series.

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