PGL Astana 2026 Asian Qualifier: Registrations open

PGL has announced the details and opened the registrations for PGL Astana 2026's open qualifiers. The Asia-Pacific region gets three qualifiers and registrations for the same can be accessed through the following links-

• Oceania Open Qualifier

• East Asia Open Qualifier

• West Asia Open Qualifier

Indian teams can sign up for the West Asian qualifier which starts on 22nd March 2026. The West Asian open qualifier will host a single-elimination bracket with initial matches running a best-of-one setting. The quarter-finals and semi-finals will switch to a best-of-three format and the top two teams will advance to the West Asian closed qualifier.

The West Asian closed qualifier will feature two qualified teams and two invited teams in a double-elimination best-of-three bracket with the winner advancing to the Asian closed qualifier which hosts a single-elimination best-of-three bracket with a best-of-five grand final. The winner of the Asian closed qualifier makes it to PGL Astana 2026, a $800,000 USD LAN in Kazakhstan.