CS2 players will have a lot of competitive opportunities in the 2024 calendar.
CS2's 2025 calendar is busier than ever. There are still several months to go until next year, but dates are already being announced. It's not just BLAST and ESL doing competitive circuits; PGL and StarLadder have also revealed the dates for their 2025 events, too.
Unlike other competitive games, players and teams already have access to the 2025 CS2 calendar several months in advance.
Why the changes in the calendar?
CS2's competitive calendar for 2025 will mark some changes in the landscape of the scene. On Aug. 3, 2023, Valve announced that from 2025, circuits with franchised teams will not be allowed. The CS2 developer also laid out some rules starting at the beginning of next year:
- Invitations to all tournaments will use our rankings system or will be determined through open qualifiers.
- Any compensation to participating teams (such as total prize money) will be revealed to the public and funded based on objective criteria that can be verified by the community."
These rules aim to achieve greater equality between everyone in the CS2 competitive scenario and equal opportunities for everyone. The format or other details about the competitions for 2025 have not yet been revealed.
The next CS2 Major this year will be in Shanghai before the pinnacle event heads back to the U.S. in Austin, Texas. The last Major in North America was the ELEAGUE Boston Major and, after several in Europe with one in Brazil in between, we can expect some noise from the community for the Major to return to that region.
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CS2 2025 calendar
- BLAST Bounty: Jan. 13-26
- IEM Katowice 2025 (ESL): Jan. 29-Feb. 9
- PGL on FiRe Buenos Aires (PGL): Feb. 13-23
- ESL Pro League S21 (ESL): Feb. 25-March 16
- BLAST Open Lisbon: March 17-30
- PGL Bucharest 2025 (PGL): April 3-13
- IEM Spring (ESL): April 21-27
- BLAST Rivals - TBA location: April 28-May 4
- PGL Astana 2025 (PGL): May 8-May 18
- IEM Dallas 2025 (ESL): May 19-25
- StarLadder Season 19: May 26-June 1
BLAST Austin Major: June 9-22
- IEM Cologne 2025 (ESL): July 23-Aug. 3
- BLAST Bounty: Aug. 4-17
- BLAST Open London: Aug. 25-Sep. 7
- StarLadder Season 20: Sep. 12-21
- ESL Pro League S22 (ESL): Sep. 23-Oct. 12
- PW CAC 2025 (PGL): Oct. 1-23
- PGL Belgrade 2025 (PGL): Oct. 23-Nov. 2
- IEM Chengdu 2025 (ESL): Nov. 3-9
- BLAST Rivals - TBA location: Nov. 10-16
Second 2025 CS2 Major: Dec. 1-14
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