ESL launches Grand Slam Season 6

Tournament operator ESL has officially announced the launch of the sixth season of Grand Slam, starting with IEM Dallas 2025 later this month. The list of upcoming tournaments from ESL also includes IEM Cologne 2025 (July 23 – August 3), ESL Pro League Season 22 (September 27 – October 1), and IEM Chengdu 2025 (November 3-9).

The rules remain the same: to win, contenders need to secure trophies at four ESL Pro Tour events in ten consecutive competitions, including at least one big tournament of the elite Championship category (IEM Katowice, IEM Cologne, or an ESL Major). The prize is one million US dollars in gold bars.

Note that the title at IEM Melbourne 2025 was Vitality's fourth in the ESL Grand Slam standings, which allowed the team to win the fifth season of the prestigious award.

The winners of the first four seasons of the ESL Grand Slam are Astralis, Liquid, NAVI and FaZe, which secured their awards in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023, respectively. The award was previously known as Intel Grand Slam.

Origin: x.com