PGL has officially published the registered rosters for all 32 teams at the PGL Major Singapore 2026, the first CS2 Major in Southeast Asia, which opens on November 24 at the Kallang venue with the playoffs moving to Singapore Indoor Stadium. The reveal landed on November 9 via HLTV (news item /news/45950) and confirms the stand-ins each team will bring to the event.
Headline stand-ins
- Vitality (world No.3): Dan "apEX" Madesclaire is listed as the registered substitute. Justinas "jL" Lekavicius had played seven matches for the team at PGL Masters Bucharest before the invite cut-off.
- Astralis: Anton "Anlelele" Huynh replaces Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard.
- FUT Esports: Álvaro "SunPayus" García replaces Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov.
- 9z: Allan "history" Lawrenz replaces Ignacio "meyern" Meyer.
- Legacy: Italo "ksloks" Meinberg replaces Vinicius "n1ssim" Pereira.
- BC.Game (competing under the alias GOSH — see our separate story on the four Singapore name changes): Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand is a substitute; HLTV notes he hasn't played competitively since late August.
- 1win (competing as THE ONE): Aleksey "xeedo" Mikulich, loaned from K27, is the substitute.
Top-team registered lineups
HLTV's roster blocks list the following starters for the top-ranked teams at the event:
- FURIA (No.2): FalleN, yuurih, YEKINDAR, KSCERATO, molodoy. Sub: sidde (coach).
- Vitality (No.3): ZywOo, ropz, flameZ, mezii, apEX. Sub: XTQZZZ.
- Spirit (No.4): sh1ro, magixx, tN1R, zont1x, donk. Sub: hally.
- MOUZ (world No.1): torzsi, Spinx, xertioN, PR, xelex. Sub: sycrone.
- Aurora (No.5): XANTARES, woxic, Jimpphat, kyxsan, Wicadia. Sub: ash (coach).
- Natus Vincere: Aleksib, iM, b1t, w0nderful, makazze. Sub: B1ad3.
- The MongolZ: nin9, bLitz, Techno, 910, cobrazera. Sub: maaRaa (coach).
Coaches as the sixth men
A clear majority of teams named a coach as the registered substitute, including Xizt (NiP), Snappi (HEROIC), gla1ve (100 Thieves), flashie (Liquid), tacitus (Imperial), splawik (Wildcard), AZR (FlyQuest), Redka (Chinggis Warriors), GUM (Lynn Vision), boX (Nemiga), LETN1 (MIBR), maaRaa (MongolZ), ash (Aurora), and sidde (FURIA). A handful — G2, Eternal Fire, NAVI and MOUZ — instead listed academy prospects.
Why it matters for the bracket
With Astralis and FUT both using their restored starters, both squads avoid the VRS-eligibility scenario that had threatened their invites earlier in the qualification cycle. Vitality list apEX as the sub despite his primary-role duty at Bucharest — meaning the team is formally bringing a six-man unit to Singapore with the IGL question still open in practice, even if the registered five does not reflect that.
PGL Major Singapore 2026 runs from November 24 to December 13, with a $1.25 million prize pool and a third-place decider — the first in CS Major history.
Source: HLTV /news/45950, "PGL reveals Singapore Major rosters," 9 November 2026.
