CCT reveals European CS2 roadmap for 2026 season

The Champion of Champions Tour (CCT) has revealed the roadmap for its European Counter-Strike 2 esports season.

The match organiser will host 34 occasions throughout its common, Challengers, and Contenders circuits for the first-person shooter title.

Revealed on February thirteenth, this yr’s CCT Europe season contains a development system that allows novice and semi-professional groups an opportunity to compete for the trophy. The Contenders circuit sees 16 groups from open qualifiers competing for a $2,500 (~£1,833) prize pool and two locations within the subsequent Challengers match.

The Challengers circuit additionally options 16 groups, with the highest two Contenders rosters becoming a member of 14 groups invited from the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) to battle for $5,000 (~£3,668) and two locations in CCT Europe’s primary occasion.

CCT Europe’s primary occasion is the biggest of the circuits, with 36 groups competing throughout the Play-Ins, Group Stage, and Playoffs to find out the eventual champion. The very best tier of competitors additionally options the biggest prize pool, $25,000 (~£18,341).

Contenders’ motion begins on February twenty first, with the primary spherical of matches. The primary matches run from March seventh to March fifteenth, with the final Contenders Collection taking place in late October. The principle circuit will get underway on April twenty seventh with the opening Play-In matches.

Since its launch in 2022, CCT has change into considered one of Counter-Strike’s largest Tier 2 circuits with groups throughout Europe and different continents competing for prize cash. This yr, the International Finals head to Portugal, the place eight groups will face off for a $75,000 (~£55,044) prize pool and an extra $75,000 by means of membership and participant revenue-sharing initiatives.

Elsewhere, CCT operator GRID joined forces with New Breed Company in a deal integrating the Parken Challenger Championship (PCC) LAN occasions into the CCT’s on-line match ecosystem.