CS2 at Esports World Cup 2025 Kicks Off Today: Format, Teams, Schedule, Prize Pool, and More
- Danyal Arabi
- Aug 20
- 2 min read
The Esports World Cup in Riyadh is all set to host one of the biggest CS2 tournaments of the year. From August 20 to August 24, sixteen of the top teams in the world will battle it out at Boulevard Riyadh City for a shot at the $1,250,000 prize pool. With teams like Vitality looking fallible after two consecutive semi-final exits, this could be one of the most open CS2 events of the year so far.
Esports World Cup 2025 CS2 to Feature Ruthless Single-Elimination Bracket
The last week of competition at the Esports World Cup will kick off today in a single-elimination bracket. Here are the 16 teams participating:
Team Vitality
Team Liquid
TYLOO
Astralis
Natus Vincere
3DMAX
GamerLegion
The MongolZ
MOUZ
Virtus.pro
G2 Esports
Team Falcons
FaZe Clan
Aurora Gaming
HEROIC
Team Spirit
Every match will be a best-of-three, except for the Grand Final, which is a best-of-five affair. Here are the fixtures for the opening round of Esports World Cup 2025 CS2:
Natus Vincere vs. 3DMAX (11:00 GMT, Aug 20)
GamerLegion vs. The MongolZ (11:00 GMT, Aug 20)
Team Vitality vs. Team Liquid (14:15 GMT, Aug 20)
TYLOO vs. Astralis (14:15 GMT, Aug 20)
FaZe vs. Aurora (17:30 GMT, Aug 20)
Team Spirit vs. HEROIC (17:30 GMT, Aug 20)
MOUZ vs. Virtus.pro (11:00 GMT, Aug 21)
G2 vs. Team Falcons (11:00 GMT, Aug 21)
With a $1,250,000 prize pool and ultimate bragging rights on the line, every team will be fighting tooth and nail for the lion's share. Here's the split:
1st - $500,000
2nd - $230,000
3rd - $130,000
4th - $70,000
5-8th - $40,000
9-16th - $20,000
The action will be streamed live over at EWC's YouTube, DAZN, and Faceit Watch. With Team Spirit winning IEM Cologne and Blast Bounty Season 2 in consecutive fashion, they seem to be the favourites ahead of EWC 2025.
