XSE Pro League 2026 to take place in Guangzhou

Xinsai Esports has officially revealed the location for their upcoming $1,000,000 event, the XSE Pro League 2026, which is all set to take place in Guangzhou, China. Billed as a Tier-1 event by the organiser, the tournament is set to take place between July 1 - July 12, 2026.

A $1,000,000 tournament, the event will see a total of 16 teams fight it out the Group Stage, which will kick off the event. The tournament will follow a Swiss BO1 format to get things going while the advancement games will be BO3 and elimination games will be BO3 as well. The Playoffs will follow a single elimination BO3 format.

Xinsai Esports hosted various LAN in 2025 as well, including the XSE Pro League 2025, which was won by Rare Atom, although it was mainly attended by Chinese teams except JiJieHao. The other events hosted by the organiser were the domestic LANs XSE Pro League Shanghai 2025, which Kaleido won and the XSE Pro League Chengdu 2025 where TYLOO triumphed.

The teams attending the event will be getting invites based on May 4th, 2026's VRS' ranking and while the full team list hasn't been revealed yet, two Swedish teams Alliance and EYEBALLERS have been confirmed for the event along with Nemesis, with the teams confirming their invites.