The XSE Pro League just stacked one of the more competitive off-season CS2 fields of the year. Tournament organisers have officially added PARIVISION, B8 and Monte to the participant list for the upcoming China-based event — joining a field already including FaZe, Legacy and BetBoom inside a $1 million prize pool.
The confirmed participant list so far
- PARIVISION
- Monte
- FaZe
- Legacy
- BetBoom
- 3DMAX
- Alliance
- EYEBALLERS
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Nemesis
- B8
HLTV reported that four additional teams are still expected to be announced before the final lineup locks in.
Why teams are accepting the invites
The timing is the story. Most off-season events struggle to attract top-10/top-20 international rosters — teams traditionally use the post-Major window to rest, rebuild or skip lower-priority tournaments entirely. The $1M prize pool, combined with China’s expanding role in the CS2 LAN circuit, has flipped the calculus for organisations that would normally pass.
The Cologne overlap
XSE Pro League starts in July, which gives Cologne Major exits a smooth runway into the next significant prize-pool event. For teams that don’t make a deep run in Germany, XSE becomes the next chance to grab international results before the second-half-2026 calendar reshapes.
