Vitality – first finalist of IEM Katowice 2025

Vitality became the first finalist of the IEM Katowice 2025 Counter-Strike 2 tournament. In the semi-finals of the competition bracket, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire's squad bested The MongolZ with a scoreline of 2:0 (13:7 on Mirage, 13:9 on Nuke).

The Byambasuren "bLitz" Garidmargnai-led team finished the event in 3rd-4th place and earned $80,000 in prize money. Vitality, in turn, will tomorrow face the winner of the NAVI – Team Spirit matchup, which will take place today.

Note that IEM Katowice 2025 is held from January 29 to February 9 in Katowice, Poland. The prize pool of the tournament is one million US dollars – it will be divided among 24 rosters.

Current playoffs bracket looks as follows:

The full schedule and live broadcast of IEM Katowice 2025 can be found on the tournament page via this link.