CSGO Major Championship tournaments made their debut in 2013 at DreamHack Winter. However, as it was not supported by Valve at that time, $250,000 cash prizes were distributed in Major Tournaments. After a while, it became a classic with Valve sponsoring Major tournaments, and the prize pool reached $1,000,000.
Since 2013, more than one Major tournament has been held every year. These tournaments are sometimes held by IEM, sometimes by PGL, and sometimes by ESL. In today’s article, we will give detailed information about CSGO Major tournaments.
If you are ready now, let’s get started and see which Major tournament awaits us in 2022. Finally, we will try to have information about the winning teams by examining the details of the Major tournaments in the past. Let’s start.
List of CS:GO Major Championships
As we mentioned at the beginning of our article, CSGO Major tournaments emerged with the 2013 DreamHack Winter. We have compiled a list of Major Tournaments held in CSGO since then.
| Tournament | Date | Prize Pool | Location | 1nd | 2nd |
| PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | May 9 – 22, 2022 | $1,000,000 | Antwerp | TBD | TBD |
| PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Oct 26 – Nov 7, 2021 | $2,000,000 | Stockholm | NaVi | G2 |
| ESL ONE: Rio 2020 | Nov 9 – 22, 2020 | $2,000,000 | Rio de Janeiro | Canceled | |
| StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 | Aug 23 – Sep 8, 2019 | $1,000,000 | Berlin | Astralis | AVG |
| IEM XIII – Katowice Major 2019 | Feb 13 – Mar 3, 2019 | $1,000,000 | Katowice | Astralis | ENCE |
| FACEIT Major: London 2018 | Sep 5 – 23, 2018 | $1,000,000 | London | Astralis | NaVi |
| ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 | Jan 12 – 28, 2018 | $1,000,000 | Atlanta – Boston | C9 | FaZe |
| PGL Major Kraków 2017 | Jul 16 – 23, 2017 | $1,000,000 | Kraków | Gambit | IMT |
| ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017 | Jan 22 – 29, 2017 | $1,000,000 | Atlanta | Astralis | VP |
| ESL One: Cologne 2016 | Jul 5 – 10, 2016 | $1,000,000 | Cologne | SK | Liquid |
| MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 | Mar 29 – Apr 3, 2016 | $1,000,000 | Columbus | LG | NaVi |
| DreamHack Open Cluj–Napoca 2015 | Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2015 | $250,000 | Cluj-Napoca | Envy | NaVi |
| ESL One: Cologne 2015 | Aug 20 – 23, 2015 | $250,000 | Cologne | Fnatic | Envy |
| ESL One: Katowice 2015 | Mar 12 – 15, 2015 | $250,000 | Katowice | Fnatic | NiP |
| DreamHack Winter 2014 | Nov 27 – 29, 2014 | $250,000 | Jönköping | LDLC | NiP |
| ESL One: Cologne 2014 | Aug 14 – 17, 2014 | $250,000 | Cologne | NiP | Fnatic |
| ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 | Mar 13 – 16, 2014 | $250,000 | Katowice | VP | NiP |
| DreamHack Winter 2013 | Nov 28 – 30, 2013 | $250,000 | Jönköping | Fnatic | NiP |
When Is The Next CS GO Major?
Many Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments in 2021 have been canceled due to covid 19. As a result, both the esports industry and the gambling industry have been severely affected by this situation. However, the PGL Major Stockholm reached the autumn of 2021, and the winner of the tournament was NaVi.
In addition, we can say that the PGL Major Stockholm was extremely productive in terms of CSGO bets. If you want to be a part of the next one, bet on major CSGO tournaments for PGL Antwerp 2022.
Now you may want to get detailed information about PGL Antwerp 2022. As you know, this year’s first major tournament for CSGO, PGL Antwerp, will take place between May 9th and May 22nd.
CSGO 2022 Tournaments
According to HLTV, Valve is considering holding not one but a total of two major Majors in 2022. This is good news, especially for CSGO fans who have been craving big tournaments for a long time. As a matter of fact, many major tournaments were postponed in 2021, and the tournaments organized were very dull.
According to Valve, the first of the two major tournaments for CSGO Esports will take place in the first half of 2022 and the other in the second half. In addition, RMR LAN events will be held in both major tournaments to determine the best teams in Europe, CIS, North America, South America, and Asia-Oceania. The victorious teams from the RMR event will then compete in a major international tournament. This entire tournament series will be streamed fully live, and by the end of May, we will see the winner of the first Major tournament.
The PGL Major Antwerp will be the first major tournament. And RMR Events are expected to start in April.
About the Second Major of 2022,
Valve did not reveal clear information about which organizer and were the second major tournament will be held. However, the tournament that ESL will hold in Rio in 2020 was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We can say that ESL will most likely manage the second major in 2022. Of course, in addition to this, PGL may want to run the tournament twice in the same year in a row. We will learn this over time.
We can expect that the RMR events for the Second Major tournament will probably be held in October and November 2022. We will have the opportunity to watch many young CSGO players at this year’s RMR events. If you want to become such a professional CSGO player, you can review our article 5 tips to become a CS:GO Pro.
The Future of CSGO
As you know, 2020 and 2021 were extremely bad for the Esports industry due to Covid-19. Therefore, it is obvious that CSGO has experienced fragility after the heavy blows it has received. The decrease in the player base and the decrease in popularity over time are among the bad news. However, Valve wants to spice up this year with tournaments like PGL Major, IEM, ESL Pro, and BLAST Premier.
We hope that 2022 will not be interrupted by travel restrictions and other reasons. In this way, both bettors and CSGO fans will have an incredible year.
Final Words
In today’s article, we have compiled the details of CSGO Major tournaments for you. We have examined in detail all CSGO major tournaments from the past to the present.
We also shared with you the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, which marked 2020 and 2021, on Esports. Especially the postponement of CSGO tournaments disrupted the industry a lot. That’s why we might want to take a look at our article on the future of Esports. Stay safe!