> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.vdoesports.gg/news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # PGL moves its April 2027 CS2 event from China to Ulaanbaatar - URL: https://www.vdoesports.gg/news/pgl-moves-april-2027-cs2-event-china-ulaanbaatar/ - Published: 2026-11-10T12:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-10T12:30:02.000Z - Description: PGL has moved the fourth CS2 event of its 2027 calendar from China to Ulaanbaatar, with Valve approving the switch. The US$1,000,000 LAN keeps its 16-team field, VRS invites and two regional qualifiers. - Author: Voodoo Esports Newsroom - Tags: Esports, #src-a400c78da49b, #type-tournament, #seo-auto ## Key facts Event PGL Ulaanbaatar 2027 Organiser PGL Location Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (venue to be announced) Dates Second half of April 2027 Prize pool US$1,000,000 plus US$300,000 VRS invite bonus Teams 16 (14 VRS invites, 2 qualifier spots) PGL has confirmed that its April 2027 Counter-Strike 2 tournament will be played in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, instead of China, after Valve granted the organiser an exception to make the change. The renamed PGL Ulaanbaatar 2027 keeps the US$1,000,000 prize pool and 16-team field it was given when it was first announced in June. PGL first revealed the event in mid-June 2026 as a LAN in the China visa region, but never named a host city. Working with Valve, the organiser has now moved the event's visa region from China to Mongolia. PGL has not said publicly why the tournament is leaving China, and it has not yet named a venue in the Mongolian capital. This will be PGL's first Counter-Strike 2 tournament in Mongolia. ## Two tier-one events in Mongolia less than a month apart The move makes Ulaanbaatar one of the busiest Counter-Strike cities of spring 2027\. BLAST had already picked the capital for BLAST Open Ulaanbaatar 2027, which runs from 10 to 23 May with 16 teams and a US$1,250,000 prize pool. That event is part of a partnership with the Mongolian Esports Association. The BLAST event will be held at Steppe Arena, which opened in September 2021 as an Olympic-standard ice rink and was later converted into a multi-purpose venue. With PGL arriving first, the city will host two international tier-one events in under a month. PGL's event is set for the second half of April. Published schedules still differ by a day or two on exactly when the main event starts and ends, so fans thinking about travelling should wait for PGL's final schedule and ticket information. ## Prize pool and how teams qualify On top of the US$1,000,000 prize pool, PGL is paying a US$300,000 VRS invite bonus. Fourteen of the 16 places go to teams invited directly from the global Valve Regional Standings, based on the January 2027 update. Qualifiers in Europe and Asia decide the last two spots, and the event will be played entirely on LAN. - Europe: an online open qualifier on 27-30 January sends two teams to a closed qualifier, where they join six directly invited teams. One team from that closed qualifier goes to Ulaanbaatar. - Asia: an online open qualifier on 27-30 January sends two teams into each of three sub-regional qualifiers (Oceania, West Asia and East Asia). Each of those has four teams, two of them invited, and they are played online on 1-4 February. - Asia final: the three sub-regional winners play the Asia Closed Qualifier Final for the one remaining main-event place. ## How the prize money is split When it first announced the event, PGL published how the US$1,000,000 pool would be shared. The winners get US$280,000 and the runners-up US$155,000\. All 16 teams earn something, down to US$2,500 each for the teams in 15th and 16th place. ## Where Ulaanbaatar sits in PGL's 2027 season Ulaanbaatar is the fourth of six PGL events planned for 2027\. They come under the organiser's 2027-2028 roadmap, which commits US$22 million and promises at least six tier-one events a year. The season starts in Romania with PGL Bucharest on 17-24 January and PGL Cluj-Napoca on 13-21 February, followed by PGL Łódź in Poland on 20-28 March. After Mongolia, PGL's circuit takes a summer break until a fifth event in Europe on 4-12 September. A sixth event follows on 9-17 October. Exact locations for those two have not been confirmed. Teams outside the direct invite places should now focus on the late-January open qualifiers, while the January rankings will settle the rest of the field. PGL still has to announce the venue, ticketing and broadcast plans for its first visit to Mongolia. | Placing | Prize per team | | --------- | -------------- | | 1st | US$280,000 | | 2nd | US$155,000 | | 3rd | US$115,000 | | 4th | US$90,000 | | 5th-8th | US$64,000 | | 9th-11th | US$28,000 | | 12th-14th | US$5,000 | | 15th-16th | US$2,500 | PGL Ulaanbaatar 2027 prize distribution (as published when the event was announced) ## Frequently asked questions Why did PGL move the event from China to Mongolia? PGL has not given a public reason for the move. It has confirmed that Valve granted an exception and that the event's visa region was changed from China to Mongolia in coordination with Valve. When will PGL Ulaanbaatar 2027 take place? The main event is scheduled for the second half of April 2027, and published schedules still differ slightly on the exact days. The online open qualifiers run on 27-30 January, and the Asian sub-regional qualifiers follow on 1-4 February. How do teams qualify? Fourteen teams are invited directly from the global Valve Regional Standings, based on the January 2027 update. The other two spots go to the winners of a European qualifier and an Asian qualifier, both of which start with open stages in late January. Is there another big CS2 event in Ulaanbaatar in 2027? Yes. BLAST Open Ulaanbaatar 2027 runs from 10 to 23 May at Steppe Arena, with 16 teams and a US$1,250,000 prize pool, less than a month after the PGL event.