Buenos Aires and Shanghai to Host Counter-Strike Majors in 2027

In 2027, the Counter-Strike Major series will travel to Argentina for the first time in history and will also return to China. According to HLTV, the first Major of the year will take place in Buenos Aires, where the tournament will be organized by the Argentine company FiReSPORTS.

The information was confirmed by FiReSPORTS CEO Rodrigo Figueroa Reyes. According to him, hosting a Major will be a historic event for the country and the entire region. Argentina will host a tournament of this scale under Valve’s banner for the first time, becoming the fourteenth country to host a Major in the history of the discipline.

“We are very happy to host the first Major in the history of our country. Fans will be delighted to visit a city like Buenos Aires, where they will be pleasantly surprised by the passion of Argentine Counter-Strike fans,” Reyes noted.

Majors will also come back to South America, with their last apperance dating back to 2022, in which the IEM Rio Major 2022 event occurred.

The second Major of 2027 will, according to HLTV, occur in Shanghai. This event will also be placed under the care of Perfect World organizers, who already successfully organized the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 and won "Event of the Year award" at the HLTV Awards.

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These events will be preceded by the IEM Cologne 2026 Major and the PGL Major Singapore, which will be the first-ever Major in the CS:GO world to take place in the region of Southeast Asia. In addition, it is already known that both Majors in 2028 will be held by ESL and BLAST, after winning the bids for the event.