2022 is well underway, and as we enter in February, we’ll be having plenty of tournaments taking place. Whether they are their games’ first LAN events in the year or continuation of an on-going circuit, February will be a busy month with plenty tournaments in esports.
However, it’s hard to keep with all events happening, dates, details and whatnot. For that reason, we’ve prepared this quick guide that will cover all major events kicking off in esports this month. Also, while there are some events already going on such as League of Legends’ regional circuits, we won’t be touching on these right now. For now, we’ll be only mentioning events that are starting this month!
So, without further ado, here are the biggest esports tournaments happening in February 2022!
APEX LEGENDS
APEX Legends fans are going to have to wait a bit until the game highest level of esports returns. However, the action starts warming up this weekend. First, we’ll be having the UMG Champions Invitational 4 starting on February 4th and ending one day later. Then, February 5th marks the start of the FFL Global Challenge. Featuring 20 teams from Japan and North America and a ¥2,000,000 prize pool, the FFL GC features a number of high tier teams, even!
At the end of the month, though, APEX Legends’ Global Series will finally return with the regional pro leagues. APAC North and South, EMEA, North America and South America will all have their pro leagues starting on the 27th, and the event will only end in late March.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
After a slow January, Counter-Strike fans will have plenty of action to follow in February. After BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2022 end on the 6th, two events will be kicking off right after it. First, the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6, which features 40 teams and goes until the 17th. Then, we’ll be having ESL Challenger 48 is set to take place during the weekend of the 11th.
However, CSGO’s biggest event in February will be taking place on the 15th. IEM Katowice 2022 is the first esports tournament for CSGO packing a $1.000.000 prize pool in 2022, and it’s going to be an incredible experience. Also, IEM Katowice 2022 will be the first CSGO tournament to have a live crowd, as the event’s playoffs stage will take place at the Spodek’s. IEM Katowice’s grand-finals will be taking place on the 27th.
DotA 2
Fans of DotA 2 will want to tune in at the various streams covering the final stage of the first batch of DotA Pro Circuit of the year. The DPC 2021/22 Tour 1 Regional Finals for the South American, Southeast Asian and West European circuits will kick off on February 11th and they will end on the 13th. One week later we’ll be then watching the Chinese, Eastern European and North American regional finals taking place.
Overall, this will be a quieter month for DotA 2 than usual, but nonetheless, there’ll be some spicy matches in these regional finals. The community for the game certainly has seen better days though, and we’ll be waiting for more news regarding Valve’s plans going forward after the cancellation of the first Major of the year.
Halo Infinite
Halo Infinite biggest esports tournament in February is going to be the USD $125.000 North American Regionals. The tournament will feature 16 squads, and it’ll be played in an offline environment without a live crowd.
Besides the North American Regional, the Halo circuit in all covered regions continues. The smaller Open and Pro Series events will continue across the month, too.
Rainbow Six: Siege
Ubisoft’s premier first-person shooter esports title returns in full force this month. The Six Invitational 2022 features 20 squads, and will be kicking off on February 8th. The Six Invitational will only end on February 20th. So, considering the calibre of the teams in this event, and the storylines, Siege fans will not want to miss this year’s Invitational.
Shortly after the SI 2022, Siege fans will be then following SCS Season 6 Pro-Am. Featuring teams like Astralis, Oxygen, Spacestation Gaming and XSET, the SCS Pro-Am will be a great way to close February in Rainbow Six: Siege.
ROCKET LEAGUE
The Rocket League Championship Series Winter circuit continues in February. Starting on February 4th, Rocket League will see another bunch of Regionals starting. This time, it’ll be the APAC North, European, South American and Sub-Saharan Africa kicking off.
Afterwards, in a couple weeks, it’ll be time for the last series of regionals for this season to kick off. First, on February 18th, the APAC South, Middle-east and North Africa, North America and Oceania regionals will take place. Then, on the 25th, it’ll be time for the remaining four regions to have their regionals. Each one of these tournaments last for three days, and they are all part of RLCS’ Winter circuit.
VALORANT
VALORANT is set to have an incredibly busy month this February. First, there’ll be various Stage 1 Tours happening, with Malaysia and Singapore, Philippines and Thailand events being the first to start. We’ll also be having various VALORANT Regional Leagues circuits kicking off this month. For Middle-east and North Africa, North Europe and Turkey, their circuits start on the 14th. The CIS, DACH, French and Spanish circuits kick off one day later. Finally, the East European circuits starts on the 16th.
February will also mark the return of the Challengers circuit to VALORANT. The Stage 1 events for EMEA and North America will be starting on the 11th, while the Brazilian VCT S1 Challengers is set to open one day later and the Korean one day after the Brazilian league starts. The VCT tournaments will last for over a month, so there’ll be plenty of content coming from these events.
LOTS MORE COMING!
2022 is shaping to be another incredible year for esports. Of course, we’ll be covering all major events and tournaments happening through the year. So, make sure to follow us in order to keep up with everything esports!
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