{"id":27317,"date":"2025-07-15T05:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T05:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=27317"},"modified":"2025-07-15T05:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T05:39:58","slug":"asian-champions-league-to-have-a-150000-cs2-tournament-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/asian-champions-league-to-have-a-150000-cs2-tournament-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Champions League to Have a $150,000 CS2 Tournament in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hero Esports<\/strong>, the tournament <strong>organizer <\/strong>behind the Asian Champions League, announced a <strong>special event in 2026<\/strong>. Asian CS2 fans will have the chance to watch some of the best teams compete for a<strong> $150,000 prize<\/strong>. Here\u2019s everything you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CS2 Asian Championship League 2026 &#8211; Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ACLxCS2 2026\uff1aSchedule, format &amp; prize pool revealed!<br><br>Open Qualifiers\uff1aJan-Mar 2026\uff08online: China \/ Pacific &amp; SEA \/ Asia)<br>Closed Qualifiers\uff1aApr 29 &#8211; May 3<br>Playoffs\uff1aMay 11 &#8211; 17with $150,000prize pool!<br><br>New journey to Asia&#39;s top begins. 2026 awaits!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACL2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ACL2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACLXCS2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ACLXCS2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/80NsoSL4tu\">pic.twitter.com\/80NsoSL4tu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; HERO ESPORTS Asian Champions League (@esportsacl_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esportsacl_\/status\/1944015571202228658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to our information, the <strong>ACL 2026 CS2 will start in May 2026<\/strong> and have a <strong>$150,000 prize pool<\/strong>. The tournament will have <strong>Open Qualifiers<\/strong>, but they won\u2019t focus on the European or NA CS2 scene. Instead, the qualifiers will only be open to teams from SEA, Oceania, and China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the quals, which will be <strong>between January and March,<\/strong> <strong>11 teams<\/strong> will advance to the Closed Qualifiers. The latter will take place in <strong>China <\/strong>and will be held between <strong>April 29 and May 3, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Closed Qualifiers are over, the teams that advance to the event and the<strong> top 16 from the Asian Valve Regional Standings<\/strong> will receive an invitation to the actual tournament. Speaking of the devil, the Asian Championship League 2026 will be a<strong> LAN competition<\/strong> taking place between <strong>May 11th and 17th<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Tournament So Far<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Counter-Strike 2 fans remember that the first edition of the Asian Champions League was <strong>held in May<\/strong> and attracted teams from around APAC. Following an epic battle,<strong> TYLOO won <\/strong>the event, securing <strong>$100,000<\/strong> and a <strong>slot for the Esports World Cup<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, the first ACL tournament was a bit different because it had a<strong> prize pool of $300,000<\/strong>. We do not know if the 2026 ACL will also <strong>grant an Esports World Cup spot<\/strong>, but considering this has been the case so far, we expect the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Tournament Dates&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though there are more than 10 months until the Asian Champions League 2026, some fans <strong>expressed their concerns regarding the schedule<\/strong>. Based on the dates we have, the <strong>PGL Astana<\/strong> will be held between<strong> May 9 to 17<\/strong>, whereas <strong>IEM <\/strong>will be between <strong>May 11 to 17<\/strong>. This is very challenging for some of the big teams, such as TYLOO and FlyQuest, because they take part in the Tier 1 events and will have to choose where to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If some of the big teams decide to focus on the more popular events, we may see l<strong>oads of lesser-known CS2 clubs at ACL<\/strong>. There is still time left, so we will have to wait and see what will happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hero Esports, the tournament organizer behind the Asian Champions League, announced a special event in 2026. Asian CS2 fans will have the chance to watch some of the best teams compete for a $150,000 prize. Here\u2019s everything you need to know. CS2 Asian Championship League 2026 &#8211; Overview According to our information, the ACL 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":27318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-27317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27320,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27317\/revisions\/27320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}