ESL and BLAST announce dates for their tournaments in 2025

Largest tournament operators of the Counter-Strike pro scene in ESL and BLAST, have formed a tournament schedule for 2025. In total, playdays within the announced events take 160 days.

ESL has eight tournaments planned, two of which will last 20 days and likely imply ESL Pro League seasons. In turn, BLAST will hold six tournaments, one of which will be the opening one in 2025.

Notably, next year ESL and BLAST will have to adjust the format of some of their events due to Valve's requirements. In particular, companies will have to abandon partnerships with teams.

The current Counter-Strike competitive calendar for 2025 is:

  • January 13-26 - BLAST tournament
  • January 29-February 9 - ESL tournament
  • February 25-March 16 - ESL tournament
  • March 17-30 - BLAST tournament
  • April 21-27 - ESL tournament
  • April 28-May 4 - BLAST tournament
  • May 19-25 - ESL tournament
  • June 9-22 - First Major
  • July 23-August 3 - ESL tournament
  • August 4-17 - BLAST tournament
  • August 20-24 - ESL tournament
  • August 25-September 7 - BLAST tournament
  • September 23-October 12 - ESL tournament
  • November 3-9 - ESL tournament
  • November 10-16 - BLAST tournament
  • December 1-14 - Second Major

Origin: twitter.com