CS2: CS2 IEM Katowice 2025: Final results, schedule, and more

The IEM Katowice 2025 is set to be a landmark event in the Counter-Strike 2 esports calendar. Scheduled from January 29, 2025, to February 9, 2025, this tournament will feature 24 of the best teams from around the world competing for a total prize pool of $1,000,000. The event will be held at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland — a renowned venue for hosting esports competitions.

On that note, here's everything you need to know about the Counter-Strike 2 IEM Katowice 2025.

CS2 IEM Katowice 2025: Teams, schedule, and prize pool

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The IEM Katowice 2025 will commence with a Play-In stage, where 16 teams will fight for a spot in the Group Stage. The top eight teams from this stage will advance along with eight other directly invited teams — culminating in a total of 16 teams in the Group Stage. Finally, the six best teams in the world will fight for glory in the Playoffs. The $1 million prize pool distribution is as follows:

1st place: $400,000
2nd place: $180,000
3rd place: $100,000
4th place: $50,000
5th-6th place: $40,000 each
7th-8th place: $24,000 each
9th-12th place: $16,000 each
13th-12th place: $10,000 each
17th-20th place: $4,500 each
21st-24th place: $2,500 each

Participants

Here are all the teams directly qualified for the Group Stage:

G2 Esports: huNter-, m0NESY, malbsMd, Snax, HeavyGod
Team Spirit: chopper, magixx, zont1x, donk, sh1ro
The MongolZ: bLitz, Techno4K, 910, mzinho, Senzu
Team Vitality: apEX, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii, ropz
FaZe Clan: rain, broky, karrigan, frozen, EliGE
MOUZ: torzsi, xertioN, Jimpphat, Brollan, xelex
Natus Vincere: b1t, Aleksib, jL, iM, w0nderful
Team Falcons: Magisk, NiKo, TeSeS, kyxsan, degster

Here are all the teams who qualified for the Play-In Stage:

Team Liquid: NAF, Twistzz, ultimate, jks, NertZ
FURIA Esports: yuurih, KSCERATO, FalleN, chelo, skullz
paiN Gaming: biguzera, kauez, nqz, snow, dav1deuS
MIBR: exit, insani, drop, saffee, Lucaozy
3DMAX: Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcice, Maka, Graviti
Eternal Fire: XANTARES, MAJ3R, Wicadia, woxic, jottAAA
GamerLegion: sl3nd, ztr, Tauson, PR, REZ
Complexity: JT, Grim, hallzerk, cxzi, nicx
SAW: MUTiRiS, rmn, story, Ag1l, shr
BIG: tabseN, Krimbo, JDC, kyuubii, hyped
FlyQuest: INS, Liazz, Vexite, dexter, regali
Astralis: dev1ce, Staehr, stavn, jabbi, cadiaN
Wildcard: stanislaw, JBa, Sonic, susp, phzy
Virtus.pro: FL1T, fame, electroNic, FL4MUS, ICY
Imperial Female: ANa, twenty3, tory, Kat, zAAz
HEROIC: SunPayus, LNZ, yxngstxr, xfl0ud, tN1R

Also read: Valve reveals new Major format for CS2

Schedule and results

Play-In Stage

The matches of Play-In stage of IEM Katowice 2025 are as follows:

Upper Bracket Round 1

Team Liquid vs HEROIC (1-2): Anubis (13-9); Nuke (11-13); Dust II (8-13)
Complexity vs Eternal Fire (0-2): Anubis (6-13); Train (15-19)
3DMAX vs FlyQuest (2-0): Train (13-5); Inferno (13-7)
Astralis vs MIBR (0-2): Mirage (12-16); Ancient (11-13)
paiN Gaming vs Virtus.pro (2-0): Mirage (13-8); Dust II (13-2)
SAW vs GamerLegion (0-2): Nuke (11-13); Inferno (9-13)
Wildcard vs BIG (2-0): Ancient (13-4); Inferno (16-13)
Imperial Female vs FURIA Esports (0-2): Mirage (13-16); Dust II (1-13)

Upper Bracket Round 2

HEROIC vs Eternal Fire (0-2): Nuke (11-13); Anubis (14-16) [Eternal Fire qualifies]
3DMAX vs MIBR (2-0): Inferno (19-16); Nuke (13-5) [3DMAX qualifies]
paiN Gaming vs GamerLegion (0-2): Inferno (3-13); Mirage (5-13) [GamerLegion qualifies]
Wildcard vs FURIA Esports (1-2): Inferno (13-4); Dust II (5-13); Nuke (13-16) [FURIA Esports qualifies]

Lower Bracket Round 1

Team Liquid vs Complexity (2-0): Inferno (13-8); Ancient (13-11)
FlyQuest vs Astralis (1-2): Train (13-5); Ancient (7-13); Inferno (11-13)
Virtus.pro vs SAW (2-0): Dust II (13-4); Inferno (13-3)
BIG vs Imperial Female (2-0): Inferno (13-4); Ancient (13-5)

Lower Bracket Round 2

Wildcard vs Team Liquid (0-2): Inferno (12-16); Anubis (0-13) [Team Liquid qualifies]
paiN Gaming vs Astralis (0-2): Inferno (7-13); Dust II (9-13) [Astralis qualifies]
MIBR vs Virtus.pro (0-2): Anubis (4-13); Ancient (10-13) [Virtus.pro qualifies]
HEROIC vs BIG (0-2): Nuke (2-13); Ancient (4-13) [BIG qualifies]

Group Stage

The Group Stage of IEM Katowice 2025 will consist of 16 teams divided into two groups of eight. Each group will play a round-robin format. The matches for the Group Stage are scheduled as follows:

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals Group A

G2 Esports vs Virtus.pro (0-2): Inferno (9-13); Mirage (14-16)
Team Falcons vs Eternal Fire (0-2): Inferno (7-13); Train (5-13)
Team Vitality vs 3DMAX (2-0): Inferno (19-16); Nuke (13-9)
FaZe Clan vs BIG (2-1): Ancient (13-10); Mirage (9-13); Nuke (13-7)

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals Group B

Team Spirit vs Astralis (2-0): Nuke (13-5); Dust II (13-4)
Natus Vincere vs FURIA Esports (2-0): Dust II (13-5); Mirage (13-3)
MOUZ vs GamerLegion (0-2): Inferno (9-13); Mirage (11-13)
The MongolZ vs Team Liquid (2-1): Nuke (10-13); Mirage (13-8); Ancient (13-11)

Upper Bracket Semifinals Group A

Virtus.pro vs Eternal Fire (2-1): Anubis (9-13); Dust II (13-10); Train (16-13)
Team Vitality vs FaZe Clan (2-1): Nuke (13-3); Anubis (10-13); Dust II (19-16)

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals Group A

G2 Esports vs Team Falcons (2-1): Ancient (13-9); Dust II (7-13); Mirage (13-11)
3DMAX vs BIG (2-0): Ancient (13-11); Inferno (13-6)

Upper Bracket Semifinals Group B

Team Spirit vs Natus Vincere (1-2): Mirage (8-13); Dust II (13-11); Nuke (14-16)
GamerLegion vs The MongolZ (0-2): Nuke (10-13); Mirgae (5-13)

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals Group B

Astralis vs FURIA Esports (2-1): Inferno (13-10); Dust II (8-13); Nuke (13-11)
MOUZ vs Team Liquid (0-2): Nuke (7-13); Ancient (7-13)

Upper Bracket Final Group A

Virtus.pro vs Team Vitality (0-2): Anubis (8-13); Inferno (5-13) [Virtus.pro and Team Vitality qualifies]

Lower Bracket Semifinal Group A

FaZe Clan vs G2 Esports (2-1): Ancient (16-13); Inferno (10-13); Nuke (13-8)
Eternal Fire vs 3DMAX (2-1): Inferno (4-13); Anubis (16-13); Dust II (13-10)

Lower Bracket Final Group A

FaZe Clan vs Eternal Fire (0-2): Anubis (4-13); Nuke (22-25) [Eternal Fire qualifies]

Upper Bracket Final Group B

Natus Vincere vs The MongolZ (2-0): Mirage (13-3); Ancient (13-9) [Natus Vincere and The MongolZ qualifies]

Lower Bracket Semifinal Group B

GamerLegion vs Astralis (2-0): Nuke (13-7); Mirage (13-7)
Team Spirit vs Team Liquid (2-0): Nuke (13-10); Dust II (13-8)

Lower Bracket Final Group B

GamerLegion vs Team Spirit (1-2): Anubis (13-11); Ancient (6-13); Nuke (4-13) [Team Spirit qualifies]

Playoffs

The Playoffs will feature the top six Group Stage teams competing in a single-elimination bracket. The IEM Katowice 2025 will conclude on February 9, 2025. Below is the match schedule for playoffs:

Quarterfinals

The MongolZ vs Eternal Fire (2-0): Anubis (13-7); Mirage (22-18)
Virtus.pro vs Team Spirit (0-2): Train (2-13); Ancient (9-13)

Semifinals

Team Vitality vs The MongolZ (2-0): Mirage (13-7); Nuke (13-9)
Natus Vincere vs Team Spirit (0-2): Mirage (8-13); Dust II (14-16)

Grand Final

Team Vitality vs Team Spirit (3-0): Dust II (13-6); Nuke (13-5); Mirage (13-11)

Note: Team Vitality wins CS2 IEM Katowice 2025 along with a prize of $400,000.

Where to watch IEM Katowice 2025

If you are interested, you can watch the CS2 IEM Katowice 2025 on the following platforms:

There will also be many unofficial watch parties in different languages on both Twitch and YouTube.

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About the author

Harshit Singh is a gaming journalist at Sportskeeda, with Fortnite, Counter-Strike 2, and Marvel Rivals being his areas of specialization. A final-year B.Des (Visual Communication) student at Delhi Technological University, he is always eager to pursue creative endeavors. Harshit aims to deliver news and up-to-date content promptly to players around the globe. To that end, he acquires information from reliable forums and social media pages and religiously tracks the latest coverage of Fortnite — a game he has been playing since 2018. He is often found testing the new meta in-game or spectating competitive tournaments.

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Harshit is an ardent fan of esports titles like CS, Rocket League, and Valorant, with Fnatic, EDG, G2, and Astralis being a few of his favorite orgs. Counter-Strike pro Xantares and Benjifishy, an esports athlete who has mastered both Fortnite and Valorant, are inspirational figures for him.

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