Full Schedule of ESL Pro Tour 2026 Events: Tournaments & Dates

ESL has formally announced the calendar of the ESL Pro Tour Counter-Strike events for the year 2026 and it turns out the most important events have been scheduled. There are lots of events in this year’s calendar – traditional IEM events and ESL Pro League seasons, and of course, the biggest highlight of this year will be attendance at the Cologne Major.

The IEM Krakow, scheduled to take place in Poland from 28th January to 8th February, would be the first Major in 2026. While the ESL Pro League Season 23 is set to take place from 1st-15th March.

This spring, a combined total of two events of the series will be anticipated by the fans: IEM Rio will take place between the 13th and 19th of April, and next in line will be IEM Atlanta to happen between the 11th and 17th of May. Then, of course, the highlight of many fans that has been titled the event of the year is the IEM Cologne Major 2026. This will happen between the 2nd and 21st of June and will serve as the closing event of the season finale as world champions will be determined in the CS.

Autumn will bring ESL with the ESL Pro League Season 24, scheduled to happen from October 3 to 11. To end the year, it has IEM China, which will be held on November 2 to 8.

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The calendar shown above emphasizes ESL's dedication to spread the work evenly among the teams and to provide stiff competition throughout the season. It is going to be an interesting seasons as there will be many high-stakes matches that will shape the history of the pro-level CS play.