All ESL Pro Tour 2025 tournaments and their dates
The ESL Pro Tour 2025 roadmap has been revealed through an official blog post. The upcoming year will feature seven tournaments including five Masters events and two Championships. The organizers have also promised US$ 11M+ contribution for the entire year to ensure that the events are successful.
This article will give a detailed overview of the ESL Pro Tour 2025 tournaments with their dates.
ESL Pro Tour 2025 roadmap
According to ESL’s official blog post, the year 2025 for CS2 will feature five Masters events and two Championships. Fans will get to see the return of their favorite locations and arenas around the world.
The ESL Pro Tour Counter-Strike Calendar for 2025 is as follows:
Among these seven tournaments, IEM Katowice 2025 and IEM Cologne 2025 will be Championship events.
ESL Pro Tour 2025 features
The ESL Pro Tour is bringing a few changes to the tournament formats in 2025, the most notable of which is that all finals will be Bo5 and there will be no more Bo1 opening matches.
Frankly speaking, the removal of the Bo1 openers is huge. Teams often do not get to showcase their full potential in a single map, therefore the change over to Bo3 matches is justified.
Moreover, all the Grand Final matches will now be Bo5s. This will make the games much more competitive and entertaining. Teams will now have to show their versatility and prepare for all the active duty maps in order to win events.
Additionally, ESL has also announced the amount of financial support that they would be providing for the years 2025 and 2026. They have promised a total of US$ 11M+ for each of the years making it a total of US$ 22M+ in two years.
This will be a huge contribution towards making their events a success. The breakdown of their contribution per event will be revealed closer to the event.
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