Barcelona, April 1, 2026 — LORGAR is proud to become the Official Technical Partner of Stake Ranked Episode 1 — a brand new CS2 tournament series organized by StarLadder, one of the most storied names in esports. The event brings eight top-tier teams to Barcelona, Spain for an offline showdown with a $100,000 prize pool on the line, running April 1–4. Before the offline stage, the road to LAN ran through two online qualifiers — the Open Qualifier (February 21–22) and the Closed Qualifier (March 4–8) held under the LORGAR branding.
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Before the offline stage, the road to Barcelona kicked off online. The Open Qualifier ran February 21–22, with 163 teams competing for two spots in the Closed Qualifier. The Closed Qualifier followed March 4–8, narrowing the field down to the final two teams joining the main event roster.
Eight of Europe’s top CS2 rosters — including G2 Esports, HEROIC, BetBoom Team, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Gentle Mates, GamerLegion, 9INE, and Team Nemesis — are about to battle it out in a double-elimination bracket. LORGAR will provide PC setup for the event’s offline stage, making sure every round, every clutch, and every match-deciding moment runs on hardware built for exactly this kind of pressure.
Built for this moment
We don’t do half-measures. From mice and keyboards to full gaming rigs, we engineer the complete battlestation — and our LORGAR PLATFORM ties it all together, syncing devices and tracking performance across every setup. One ecosystem, one idea: get the most out of every session. Stake Ranked Episode 1 is exactly the stage where that gets put to the test.
The event
- 📅 Dates: April 1–4, 2026
- 📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
- 💰 Prize pool: $100,000 USD
- 🏆 Format: Double-elimination, all matches Bo3
- 🎮 Top two finishers qualify for Stake Ranked Episode 2
Matches kick off April 1 with Upper Bracket Quarterfinals:
- 🌍 G2 Esports vs. 🇷🇺 Team Nemesis
- 🇷🇺 BetBoom Team vs. 🇸🇪 HEROIC
- 🌍 GamerLegion vs. 🇵🇱 9INE
- 🇪🇸 Gentle Mates vs. 🌍 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Watch live
English broadcast featuring BDog, LucyLuce, Ne0kai, and Skriv — with STYKO handling sideline interviews. Follow the action on StarLadder’s official channels. Don’t miss a round.
About Stake Ranked
Stake, the global leading betting platform, and StarLadder have officially announced a strategic partnership to launch a new series of Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournaments: Stake Ranked. This circuit is designed to provide a true offline atmosphere for the global community, focusing on providing a stable environment for teams looking to bridge the gap between Tier 2 and Tier 1. The project has one clear purpose: ranking climbing under professional conditions with pure competition.
About Stake
Stake is the world’s most popular online casino and sportsbook. Founded in 2017, Stake attracts over 80 million monthly visits, more than any other iGaming platform, and sees more than 100 billion bets a year. Stake is renowned for its innovation in crypto wagering as well as its growing expansion into regulated local-currency gaming markets in Italy, Denmark, and Latin America. It also boasts a roster of global sponsorships, including Canadian superstar Drake, the Stake F1 Team, Everton Football Club, and the UFC.
About LORGAR
LORGAR is built for the moments when the match gets tense, and everything must feel right.
We create Ready to Play Solutions for the way people game and create: Streaming Solution, PC Gaming Solution, and Sim Racing Solution. From there, you can build your setup with LORGAR gear across monitors, mice, keyboards, headsets, controllers, mouse pads, chairs, desks, webcams, microphones, and accessories.
Discover our community via LORGAR PLATFORM – find teammates in your area on a real-time map, chat, play, and meet offline. LORGAR PLATFORM is statistically enhanced software that ties it all together. Sync lighting, fine-tune devices, create macros and presets, track stats in a localized interface with automatic game detection. Works exclusively with LORGAR™ devices.
Explore Ready To Play Solutions at lorgar.com.
