CS2 Tournament Calendar 2025: Full Schedule & Must-Watch Events

The Blix team made a CS2 tournaments calendar for 2025 so you can easily find an event in your country or city or somewhere you can easily travel to take part in an exciting LAN tournament show.

You will find all the tournament names, dates, prize pools, and locations here.

February Events (Currently ongoing/Upcoming soon)

The biggest event in February will be PGL Cluj-Napoca, where most of the top teams will gather to fight for one of the biggest prize pools in CS2. You can find the schedule and list of participating teams here in our tournament overview.

CCT Season 2 Europe Series 18

• Dates: February 10 to February 23
• Prize Pool: $50,000
• Teams: 24
• Tournament Format: Online
• Additional: You can find the teams list here.

CCT Season 2 South America Series 7

• Dates: February 10 to February 22
• Prize Pool: $50,000
• Tournament Format: Online
• Teams: 24

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025

• Dates: February 14 to February 23
• Location: Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

March to May Events

Four S-tier events will be held in three months. PGL, with two events in Bucharest and Astana, tops the prize pool with $1,250,000, and ESL Pro League, with IEM Melbourne, will have a $1 million prize pool. All the top world teams will be there to show us the best level of CS2 and decide who will take the trophy and the money home.

ESL Pro League Season 21 Play-in & Main Event

• Dates: March 1 to March 16
• Location: Stockholm, Sweden
• Prize Pool: $1,000,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 32

BLAST Open Lisbon 2025

• Dates: March 19 to March 30
• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark and Lisbon, Portugalia
• Prize Pool: $400,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

PGL Bucharest 2025

• Dates: April 5 to April 13
• Location: Bucharest, Romania
• Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025

• Dates: April 15 to April 20
• Location: Doha, Qatar
• Prize Pool: $600,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 12

IEM Melbourne 2025

• Dates: April 21 to April 27
• Location: Melbourne, Australia
• Prize Pool: $1,000,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 1

• Dates: April 30 to May 4
• Location: Monterrey, Mexico
• Prize Pool: $350,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 8

PGL Astana 2025

• Dates: May 10 to May 18
• Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
• Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

IEM Dallas 2025

• Dates: May 19 to May 25
• Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
• Prize Pool: $1,000,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

ESL Impact League Season 7 Finals

• Dates: May 23 to May 25
• Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
• Prize Pool: $150,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 8

June to August Events

June will kick off hard with one of the two major tournaments for this year, and it will be the BLAST Austin Major in 2025. All the best teams once again to show what they’ve prepared for the year’s first half. Even though it doesn’t have the biggest prize pool out of all the events, the players still rate major tournaments more than just for money as it is usually the tournament where all the teams don’t hide strategies anymore and give their all to take the trophy.

BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

• Dates: June 3 to June 22
• Location: Austin, Texas, United States
• Prize Pool: $1,000,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: To Be Announced

FISSURE Event July 2025 Finals

• Dates: July 15 to July 20
• Location: Belgrade, Serbia
• Prize Pool: $1,000,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: To Be Announced

IEM Cologne 2025 Play-in & Main

• Dates: July 23 to August 3
• Location: Cologne, Germany
• Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 32

BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 2

• Dates: August 5 to August 10
• Prize Pool: LAN Final Spots
• Tournament Format: Online
• Teams: 32

BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 2 Finals

• Dates: August 14 to August 17
• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
• Prize Pool: $500,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 8

Esports World Cup 2025

• Dates: August 20 to August 24
• Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

BLAST Open London 2025

• Dates: August 27 to September 7
• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark and London, United Kingdom
• Prize Pool: $400,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

September to November Events

Fall will be the most stacked period for tournaments, with a total of 12 tournaments, two of them having a $1,250,000 prize pool, which will be a FISSURE event at the start of September and PGL Belgrade by the end of November. There will also be the ESL Impact, a female tournament with a prize pool of $150,000 that will be held right by the end of November and before December Major.

FISSURE Event September 2025 Finals

• Dates: September 9 to September 21
• Location: Belgrade, Serbia
• Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: To Be Announced

ESL Pro League Season 22

• Dates: September 27 to October 12
• Location: Stockholm, Swedenb
• Prize Pool: $400,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 24

StarLadder StarSeries Budapest 2025

• Dates: September 13 to September 21
• Location: Budapest, Hungary
• Prize Pool: $500,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

Thunderpick World Championship 2025 Finals

• Dates: October 15 to October 19
• Location: To Be Announced
• Prize Pool: $850,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 8

PGL Belgrade 2025

• Dates: October 25 to November 2
• Location: Belgrade, Serbia
• Prize Pool: $1,250,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

CS Asia Championships 2025

• Dates: October 1 to October 13
• Location: China
• Prize Pool: To Be Announced
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: To Be Announced

MESA Nomadic Masters Fall 2025

• Dates: October 15 to October 19
• Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
• Prize Pool: $250,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: To Be Announced

IEM Chengdu 2025

• Dates: November 3 to November 9
• Location: Chengdu, China
• Prize Pool: $300,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 16

BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 2

• Dates: November 12 to November 16
• Location: Eastern Asia
• Prize Pool: $350,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 8

Skyesports Masters 2025

• Dates: November 10 to November 16
• Location: To Be Announced
• Prize Pool: $350,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 8

YaLLa Compass UAE 2025

• Dates: November 18 to November 23
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Prize Pool: $600,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 12

ESL Impact League Season 8 Finals

• Dates: November 28 to November 30
• Location: Stockholm, Sweden
• Prize Pool: $150,000
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: 8

December Events

Towards the end of the year, there will be a second major tournament that might decide who will be awarded the title of the best team of the year and the best player of the year. There are no details yet for the location or prize pool and no details about teams, but as usual, it will be mostly top teams everyone knows, without a doubt.

Major December 2025

• Dates: December 1 to December 4
• Location: To Be Announced
• Prize Pool: To Be Announced
• Tournament Format: LAN
• Teams: To Be Announced

That’s the full schedule except for regular online tournaments like CCT. Some more online tournaments will be played throughout the year, but we mentioned all the big events that are coming this year. Some don’t have the details yet, but closer to each event, we will provide a tournament overview with everything you need to know, such as teams, tournament formats, and prize pools.

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