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November 11, 2026 | Simon Damgaard

Singapore Major Stage 1 schedule pits Liquid against s1mple’s GOSH

PGL's Stage 1 schedule for the Singapore Major: eight Bo1s from 05:00 CET on 24 November, Liquid against GOSH at 07:00, and how the Swiss stage works.

European viewers need an early alarm for the first Major in Southeast Asia, where the headline match of the opening round, Liquid against GOSH, starts at .

If you want to watch the PGL Major Singapore 2026 from the first round, Stage 1 starts on , which is 12:00 local time. PGL published the opening round on Wednesday: eight Bo1s on two streams, two matches every hour, from HEROIC against Imperial and 9z against Lynn Vision up to FaZe against Wildcard and Eternal Fire against FlyQuest.

Opening round on 24 November

HEROICvsImperialBo1, , stream A
9zvsLynn VisionBo1, , stream B
NIPvsM80Bo1, , stream A
100 ThievesvsChinggis WarriorsBo1, , stream B
LiquidvsGOSHBo1, , stream A
PVISIONvsDENDELEBo1, , stream B
FaZevsWildcardBo1, , stream A
Eternal FirevsFlyQuestBo1, , stream B

The pairings follow the seeding from the 2 November Valve Regional Standings (VRS). Day one does not stop there: HLTV reports 16 Bo1s on 24 November, so the second round is played the same day once the first results are in.

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How Stage 1 works

  • 16 teams in a Swiss format from 24 to 27 November.
  • Bo1 matches, except when a team can qualify or be eliminated: those are Bo3.
  • Three wins send a team through, three losses send it home.
  • The top eight reach Stage 2 on 28 November, where the eight Stage 2 invites are waiting.

The biggest names are further down the bracket. MOUZ, Team Vitality with apEX back in the lineup and defending champions Team Falcons start in Stage 3 on 2 December.

Three openers to watch

Liquid against GOSH. PGL picked it as the headline match of the round. GOSH are BC.Game under the name they had to take for Singapore, where betting brands cannot be promoted. Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev leads a lineup with Magisk, Senzu, mzinho and asap, while Team Liquid bring EliGE, NAF, malbsMd, JT and Jorko.

100 Thieves against Chinggis Warriors. 100 Thieves took Europe’s last place in Singapore by winning FiRe Last Chance in Buenos Aires. device and rain now get a Major opener against the Mongolian side at .

FaZe against Wildcard. FaZe Clan close the first round on stream A with frozen and Twistzz in the lineup, against Wildcard, who line up with nEMANHA, reck and HexT.

Our Stage 1 Pick’em guide is on the way. The format, rosters and every stage of the event are on our PGL Major Singapore 2026 page.

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Simon Damgaard

Simon Damgaard writes analysis, tournament coverage and player profiles for Pley. A former semi-professional footballer, he brings an athlete's eye to competitive Counter-Strike, and he is never happier than when a story can be told through the numbers. He is also a keen fantasy manager.

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