{"id":36115,"date":"2026-04-13T18:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=36115"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:52:28","slug":"cct-revealed-the-global-finals-team-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/cct-revealed-the-global-finals-team-list\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT Global Finals 2026: Full CS2 Team List, Dates, Location, and Prize Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CCT has confirmed the <strong>eight CS2 teams<\/strong> heading to the <strong>CCT Global Finals<\/strong>\u2014a <strong>$75,000<\/strong> tournament running <strong>April 23\u201326<\/strong> in <strong>Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal<\/strong>. The event features <strong>direct invites via VRS<\/strong> plus <strong>two wildcard spots<\/strong>, setting up a stacked LAN-style showdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you\u2019ll find the <strong>full team list<\/strong>, plus a quick breakdown of the <strong>format (double-elimination)<\/strong>, <strong>match rules (Bo3\/Bo5 final)<\/strong>, and the <strong>complete prize pool distribution<\/strong>\u2014so you can see exactly what\u2019s at stake before the first match starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CCT Global Finals 2026 CS2 Teams List<\/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\">CCT Global Finals 2026 Teams \ud83d\udce8\ud83d\udfe1<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIGCLANgg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BIGCLANgg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heroicgg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@heroicgg<\/a> <br>illwill<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NIPCS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NIPCS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Monte_Esports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Monte_Esports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharksesportsgg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@sharksesportsgg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetclicApogee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BetclicApogee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/100T_CS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@100T_CS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3S7w2NGumU\">pic.twitter.com\/3S7w2NGumU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Champion of Champions Tour CS2 (@CCT_CS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCT_CS\/status\/2043645379049033750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Counter-Strike 2 fans will find the following teams competing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HEROIC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Illwill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ninjas in Pajamas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sharks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Betclick (wildcard)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100 Thieves (wildcard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All of them received <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CCT_CS\/status\/2043645379049033750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2043645379049033750%7Ctwgr%5Ec6365344e7e1d2568854ed7908caefa82f56ff27%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fblix.gg%2Fblog%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D36115action%3Dedit\">direct invites<\/a><\/strong> because of their global standing on the VRS. Alongside them, CS2 players will also see <strong>two willdcards<\/strong> &#8211; Betclick and 100 Thieves. Betclic recently won the <strong>Parken Challenger Championship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally, we had to see <strong>GamerLegion<\/strong>, but <strong>the team had to decline the invitation<\/strong> because it would play at BLAST Rivals. The competition will start just three days after the CCT Global Finals come to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the tournament is shaping up to be a classic because we will see a lot of <strong>big names<\/strong>. There are several squads that players are looking forward to seeing in action, such as BIG and HEROIC. The two will be among the big favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CCT Global Finals 2026 in Portugal: Schedule, Venue City, and Key Event Info<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to the event itself, it will be <strong>between April 23 and 26<\/strong>. <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">The 8 teams will compete for a&nbsp;<strong>$75,000 prize pool,<\/strong>&nbsp;and we will see a double-elimination bracket.<\/span> All matches will be Bo3, except the Grand Final, which will be Bo5. In terms of the rise pool distribution, it will have the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st Place &#8211; $30,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd Place &#8211; $17,500<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd Place &#8211; $10,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4th Place &#8211; $7,500<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5th-6th Place &#8211; $3,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7th-8th Place &#8211; $2,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We will also have an<strong> interesting selection of analysts, commentators and desk hosts<\/strong>. We will see the likes of Trav, Andres, Vince, tedd, Trav, and much more. The offline tournament in Portugal is definitely something you don\u2019t want to miss out on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCT has confirmed the eight CS2 teams heading to the CCT Global Finals\u2014a $75,000 tournament running April 23\u201326 in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The event features direct invites via VRS plus two wildcard spots, setting up a stacked LAN-style showdown. Below you\u2019ll find the full team list, plus a quick breakdown of the format<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":36116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-36115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36115","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=36115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36125,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36115\/revisions\/36125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}