There are only a handful of major events left in the 2025 Counter-Strike 2 competitive calendar, with one of these being IEM Chengdu 2025. This tournament will begin on November 3 and run all the way until November 9, seeing 16 teams battling it out for a slice of a $300,000 pie.
With this almost here, now the ESL has confirmed how the groups have been arranged for IEM Chengdu, and even announced the opening match-ups. See all of this information below.
Group A:
- Tyloo vs. Team Falcons
- The MongolZ vs. Heroic
- Astralis vs. Natus Vincere
- PaiN Gaming vs. Team Spirit
Group B:
- Furia vs. Lynn Vision
- Mouz vs. FaZe Clan
- Team Vitality vs. Virtus.pro
- G2 Esports vs. 3DMax
The group stage for the event uses a double-elimination format where eventually only six teams will remain. This will then seed a playoffs bracket where the best two performing squads get a first round bye, in a bracket that is otherwise single-elimination.
