PGL reveal schedule for CS2 Major RMR qualifiers

The first set of open qualifiers will start in early January.

PGL has announced the schedule for the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen RMR qualifiers, which will take place in January 2024 with open qualifiers giving way to closed qualifiers in eight different regions. The closed qualifiers will then feed into the three RMRs in Europe, America and Asia.

The upcoming Major in Copenhagen will be the first Major in the latest iteration of Counter-Strike, CS2. The game is scheduled for a summer of 2023 release, although there is no specific information regarding a concrete release date so far. The scheduling of these qualifiers would, however, suggest the game will be released well before 2024 so that teams have time to practice in the new version ahead of the qualifying process.

The qualifiers being scheduled so early in January means it is also likely that teams will have to practice through the traditional winter player break in order to be fully prepared for the grueling gauntlets.

The schedule for the qualifiers is as follows:

Europe

Open qualifier 1 - January 8-9
Open qualifier 2 - January 10-11
Open qualifier 3 - January 12-13
Open qualifier 4 - January 14-15

Closed qualifiers - January 18-20

Decider - January 21

North America

Open qualifier 1 - January 8-9
Open qualifier 2 - January 10-11

Closed qualifiers - January 19-21

South America

Open qualifier 1 - January 8-9
Open qualifier 2 - January 10-11

Closed qualifiers - January 19-21

Middle East

South Africa qualifier - January 8-9
GCC qualifier - January 8-9
Rest of Middle East qualifier - January 8-9

Closed qualifiers - January 26-28

China

Open qualifier - January 10-11

Closed qualifier - January 19-21

Oceania

Open qualifier - January 12-13

Closed qualifier - January 19-21

East Asia

Open qualifier - January 14-15

Closed qualifier - January 19-21

Rest of Asia

Open qualifier - January 16-17

Closed qualifier - January 19-21