Twelve teams. One week. $100,000 on the line. Logitech G has officially announced Logitech G Connect, a Counter-Strike 2 LAN event landing in Warsaw this September, and registration for the open qualifiers is already live.
The event runs September 17 to 23 at EXPO XXI, Warsaw's convention centre, with Fantasyexpo and GAM3RS_X co-organising alongside Logitech G. The announcement dropped on July 1, the same day open qualifier registration opened at 11:00 AM.
What this means if you're a CS2 team right now
Here's the thing: most $100K LANs are locked behind tier-one invites before the brackets even get published. Logitech G Connect is deliberately positioned differently. Six of the 12 spots are filled through open and closed qualifiers, meaning teams outside the established circuit have a direct path to the prize pool.
Sebastiaan de Lange, Head of Gaming Europe at Logitech G, put it plainly: "With Logitech G Connect, we're committed to making the next breakthrough possible for every hardworking team, not just the established names."
The remaining six slots go to direct invites from the event partners. That split between earned spots and invited teams is fairly standard for mid-tier LANs, but the open qualifier format keeps the door genuinely open.
The qualifier road to Warsaw
The path to the main event runs through two qualifier stages before the arena playoffs begin.
- Open qualifiers: August 22 to 23, 2026
- Closed qualifiers: August 27 to September 5, 2026
- Main event: September 17 to 23, 2026 at EXPO XXI, Warsaw
Registration for the open qualifiers opened July 1. Specific match schedules and the full team list have not been released yet, so the bracket picture will fill in gradually as the closed qualifier wraps up in early September.
How the group stage and playoffs are structured
The 12 teams divide into two round-robin groups of six. Every group stage match is a best-of-one, which keeps the pace tight and punishes teams that drop a single game early.
The top 3 from each group advance to the playoffs, but not all on equal footing. Group winners skip straight to the semi-finals, while second and third-place finishers from each group meet in quarter-finals to earn the remaining semi-final spots. The exact playoff match format beyond the group stage has not been confirmed.
What most players miss with this format is how much pressure the best-of-one group stage puts on top seeds. One bad map read or a tactical surprise from a qualifier team and a group winner seed is gone. It keeps upsets in play all the way through.
Warsaw as a CS2 destination
Poland has become a genuine hub for Counter-Strike events over the past few years, with Warsaw in particular hosting major international CS2 broadcasts. Staging a $100K LAN there makes sense both logistically and for audience reach across Central and Eastern Europe, where the CS2 player base runs deep.
For teams in the region grinding ranked and looking for a structured path to prize money, this is exactly the kind of event the mid-tier circuit has needed more of. The combination of open qualifiers, VRS ranking integration, and a live arena finish gives the whole thing more weight than a purely online event could.
If you're tracking the broader CS2 competitive calendar or looking for events to follow heading into autumn, bookmark the open qualifier dates. The bracket should start taking shape after the closed qualifiers conclude on September 5. For more competitive gaming coverage and event guides, check out our gaming guides hub to stay across what's happening across the scene.
Logitech G Connect is shaping up as one of the more accessible $100K LANs on the CS2 calendar this year, and with qualifier registration already open, the race to Warsaw has already started.
