Yalla Esports will hold three CS2 tournaments in 2026

YaLLa Esports, the tournament organiser behind the YaLLa Compass series, has announced three major upcoming LAN events for Counter-Strike 2, scheduled for 2026.

The first event will occur in Qatar in the year's first quarter, followed by a second event in the UAE in the fourth quarter. The third tournament is set for the second or third quarter of 2026, with its location to be announced later.

Additionally, YaLLa Esports provided more details on two YaLLa Compass tournaments for 2025. Both will start with open qualifiers, where winners will advance to the closed qualifier stage. Eight top teams from the closed qualifiers will move on to the LAN finals, joining eight invited teams based on Valve's ranking system.

Each tournament will feature a prize pool of $750,000, with $150,000 allocated to the qualifiers and $600,000 for the LAN finals. The winners will take home $300,000 per event.