For the past few years, the Counter-Strike tournament calendar has been dominated by BLAST and ESL.
There are other TOs that crop up, such as CCT and Thunderpick, but tier-one CS has mostly been played at an event hosted by one of those first two names.
However, that is all about to change in the 2025 CS schedule.
The Counter-Strike tournament schedule used to feature a host of other names during CS:GO. Tournament organisers such as PGL and StarLadder would both frequently hold events throughout the year.
As announced during the first CS2 Major, the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, those two tournament organisers will be returning to Counter-Strike in 2025, and the CS2 tournament schedule for 2025 is now looking stacked as a result.
Before we look at the dates set by these tournament organisers, let's first take a quick look at the organisers themselves.
Starting with yours truly, BLAST has been at the forefront of the Counter-Strike scene ever since its first event at BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2017.
Later evolving to BLAST Premier, the BLAST calendar now spans the entire year, features 16 member teams, and culminates in an incredible display of Counter-Strike at BLAST Premier World Final.
We also have ESL, who is best known for hosting IEM Katowice and IEM Cologne, two of the premium events in the Counter-Strike tournament calendar. They will soon host their 100th IEM event, IEM Dallas, in May 2024.
Joining them is PGL, the hosts of the recent PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. The Copenhagen was the fourth Major PGL hosted in Counter-Strike, with the previous three being PGL Krakow 2017, PGL Stockholm 2021, and PGL Antwerp 2022.
Finally, there is StarLadder, which also hosted a Major at StarLadder Berlin 2019, which was won by Astralis.
So, where better to start with CS2 2025 tournament schedules than with BLAST?
In 2025 BLAST will host six tournaments, which are set to be played on the following dates:
With the recent announcements made by PGL and StarLadder, a number of events have been added to the 2025 CS2 tournament calendar.
StarLadder announced four events, although only two will be played in 2025. PGL announced five events for 2025.
The dates are as follows:
StarLadder 2025 CS2 events:
PGL 2025 CS2 events:
Here is a look at the complete tournament schedule for CS2 in 2025:
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