ESL has revealed the primary particulars of its CS2 Professional Tour all through 2025, detailing a circuit with a monetary contribution of over $22m over the following couple of years. With the CS2 professional scene changing into extra of an open circuit from 2025 as per Valve’s guidelines, match organizers should up their recreation going ahead to make sure the entire greatest groups select their occasions to attend, particularly with the likes of PGL and StarLadder returning all year long.
Credit score: ESL
ESL Professional Tour 2025 revealed
In a submit on its web site, ESL revealed its plans for the already-stacked 2025 circuit. It got here with only a few surprises; the 2 ESL Professional Tour Championships, IEM Katowice and IEM Cologne, will in fact be making a return. Regardless of current rumors on the contrary, ESL Professional League can even be again for Season 21 and 22 as will the Intel Grand Slam.
See beneath for the total ESL CS2 2025 calendar:
IEM Katowice 2025: January twenty ninth – February ninth
ESL Professional League Season 21 (Location TBD): February twenty fifth – March sixteenth
IEM Spring 2025 (Location TBD): April twenty first – twenty seventh
IEM Dallas 2025: Could nineteenth – twenty fifth
IEM Cologne 2025: July twenty third – August third
ESL Professional League Season 22 (Location TBD): September twenty third – October twelfth
IEM Chengdu 2025: November third – ninth
Credit score: ESL
Except for IEM Dallas 2025, the entire IEM occasions will completely use World Valve Rankings to find out invitations. IEM Dallas will as a substitute use 50% Valve Rankings invitations, and 50% on-line qualifiers worldwide.
Additionally of be aware is the absence of an ESL Main. December’s 2025 CS2 Main has but to be introduced, so it might technically occur, though it appears to be like unlikely at this level. If this occurs, this might imply that we’re occurring 4 years with out an ESL Main by the point 2026 rolls round (IEM Rio Main 2022).
ESL has additionally but to announce particulars of how the prize swimming pools for the occasion might be distributed throughout the 2025 Professional Tour, with extra particulars to return.
