The next Valve Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major will take place in January, according to a report from HLTV's Peter "T1gwri1s" Milonovavic.

HLTV reports that during Valve's tournament submission process to determine who will host the next Major, the organization stated that they are aiming for a January 2017 date. The report does not name any sources, but says Valve confirmed the information.

A January date would mean a seven-month gap between Majors, as the last Major was held at ESL One: Cologne in July. Prior to that was the MLG Major Championship Columbus in March, and before that was DreamHack Cluj-Napoca in October 2015.

If true, the seven-month gap between Majors would be the largest since Valve created the Majors. There have been several six-month gaps between Majors, for example the gap between ESL One: Katowice 2014 and ESL One: Cologne 2014, from March to November of 2014.

It will also mark the first time since 2013 where a year went by with less than three Majors. 2013's only Major was DreamHack Winter in November, and there were three Majors each in 2014 and 2015.

The Majors are the only Valve-affiliated CS:GO tournaments, and each features a $1,000,000 prize pool. HLTV also reports that DreamHack is likely to campaign fiercely for a Major in 2017, as they did not receive one this year after hosting a Major in 2013, 2014 and 2015. However, other tournament organizers, such as ESL, Starladder and MLG, are likely to make proposals as well.

Daniel Rosen is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.