StarLadder reveals MRQ dates for Budapest Major

Event organiser StarLadder has revealed the dates for its Main Regional Qualifiers (MRQ) for November’s Budapest Main.

Alongside revealing dates for the qualifying matches, it has additionally revealed the dates for invitations to Counter-Strike 2’s (CS2) second Main of 2025.

The MRQs will happen from October 16th to 19th, 2025, whereas invitations to the qualifiers will likely be distributed on October eighth. Along with particulars on the MRQs, StarLadder has additionally revealed that direct Main invites will likely be despatched to groups on October eighth.

Alongside the dates, the organiser additionally confirmed the regional breakdown of the MRQs, which is able to function on-line matches for groups positioned in Europe, North America, South America, West Asia, East Asia, and China.

The StarLadder Budapest Main is the second CS2 Main happening in 2025. From November twenty fourth to December twelfth, 32 groups from the world over will compete for a share of a $1.25m (~£924,062) prize pool and can comply with the identical three-stage format getting used at the BLAST.tv Austin Major.

Just like different MRQs, matches will happen on-line, with the eventual winners incomes a spot within the opening stage.

Whereas StarLadder has offered groups with loads of discover forward of the MRQs, the announcement has resulted in clashes with four other CS2 tournaments happening in October.

The Thunderpick World Championship, CS Asia Championship, Roobet Cup, and the Fall version of the MESA Nomadic Masters happen between October thirteenth and twenty second.

Because of this, groups trying to qualify for the Main must select to compete within the qualifiers or the competitions which conflict with the MRQ.

This isn’t the primary time MRQs have conflicted with one other event. The Spring version of YaLLa Compass noticed a number of groups withdraw from the event regardless of a transfer to on-line competitors in a bid to ease the scheduling points.