Global majors are the events that consolidate the regional qualifier pipelines: EMEA, Americas and APAC qualifiers converge at the partner-bracketed finals. The desk tracks the calendar window, the host city and the partner-signed language feeds.
How the desk reads the Global majors pipeline, what the partner-signed sources cover and where the verification pill sits on every event row.
Common questions from readers about the Global majors section of the calendar. The desk answers each with the source behind the answer.
Each region's own page lists the qualifier pipeline that feeds into the global major — this page is the consolidated finals calendar only.
Because the partner only publishes the host city on the event's own domain. The desk will list the host city once the partner publishes it on their own domain.
The crossover invitational grand final is currently "Tentative" because the partner has signed the day-1 listing but not yet the grand final. The desk will move the pill to "Confirmed" once the partner publishes the grand final note.