Everything you need to know about IEM Dallas 2025

Counter-Strike 2 ^[1] continues to rise to even greater heights as the simple but addictive gameplay attracts even more people. While the move from CS:GO to CS2 was definitely controversial, Valve has ensured the game stays in the spotlight through new seasons and an extremely bustling and ever-expanding competitive esports scene.

One of the biggest CS2 tournaments of the year is also slated to start soon as we’re here to go through everything to know about it. Of course, we’re talking about the IEM Dallas 2025 tournament. This includes going through an overview of the tournament in addition to highlighting the qualification process, listing every participating team, and telling you how to watch the tournament.

So, without anymore delay, here is everything you need to know about the upcoming IEM Dallas 2025 tournament.

An overview of IEM Dallas 2025

IEM Dallas 2025 will be one of the biggest Counter-Strike 2 tournaments this year, featuring 16 teams from around the globe. The event will take place from May 19th to May 25th at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The competition will provide players and fans with a week of CS2 action and has a $300,000 prize pool for the teams.

This competition will mark the third international IEM tournament of the 2025 CS2 competitive season, after IEM Katowice, which Team Vitality won, and IEM Melbourne, which starts in April. IEM Dallas 2025 will showcase a mixture of top-ranked teams and underdogs who’ve fought their way through regional qualifiers.

Qualification process for the IEM Dallas 2025 tournament 

The qualification process for IEM Dallas 2025 was a mixture of invitations based on Valve’s VRS (Valve Regional Standings) leaderboard and regional qualifiers. Eight teams earned a position through their VRS rankings as of February 3rd, where the remaining eight teams earned their places through open and closed qualifiers that were held across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia.

The European Qualifier was competitive, with 16 rosters fighting for five spots. HEROIC was the final team to qualify after defeating Astralis in the last closed qualifier match. There were qualifiers in North America, South America, and Asia, with four teams each, where only the winners advanced to IEM Dallas.

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Every participating team in IEM Dallas 2025

Here are the 16 teams competing at IEM Dallas 2025:

Invited via VRS rankings:

• G2 Esports (VRS Europe 2nd)
• Team Vitality (VRS Europe 3rd)
• FaZe Clan (VRS Europe 4th)
• Eternal Fire (VRS Europe 6th)
• MOUZ (VRS Europe 7th)
• Team Liquid (VRS Americas 1st)
• FURIA (VRS Americas 2nd)
• The MongolZ (VRS Asia 1st)

Qualified through regionals qualifiers:

• Team Falcons (European Qualifier 1st)
• BC.Game Esports (European Qualifier 2nd)
• 3DMAX (European Qualifier 3rd)
• GamerLegion (European Qualifier 4th)
• HEROIC (European Qualifier 5th)
• NRG (NA Qualifier 1st)
• Legacy (South American Qualifier 1st)
• Lynn Vision Gaming (Asian Qualifier 1st)

Two top-ranked teams, Team Spirit and NAVI, declined invitations to IEM Dallas 2025. 

IEM Dallas 2025 prize pool

The $300 prize pool creates an incentive for every competing team, but the stakes go beyond it. IEM Dallas 2025 is an essential event in the lead-up to the BLAST.tv Austin Major in June. Strong performance in this competition can provide momentum for teams going into the Major, while underperforming rosters can use the experience to work on their strategies.

IEM Dallas 2025 tournament format and schedule

Although the exact information regarding IEM Dallas 2025’s format is unknown, IEM tournaments usually have a group stage followed by a single-elimination playoff bracket. The group stage often uses a double-elimination format where the top teams advance to the playoffs.

The event will start on May 19th and end on May 25th, with the grand finals on the last day.

How to watch the IEM Dallas 2025 tournament?

Fans who want to watch matches can tune into official IEM streams on Twitch and YouTube. With top-tier teams and potential fun matchups, IEM Dallas 2025 might be a must-watch event for CS2 lovers.

FAQs

When will the IEM Dallas 2025 tournament start? 

The event will start on May 19th and end on May 25th. As expected, the finals of the IEM Dallas 2025 tournament will take place on the final day.

References

1. [1] "official CS2 page". www.counter-strike.net. Retrieved February 27, 2025