IEM Chengdu 2025 viewer's guide

From November 3rd to 9th, Chengdu, China, will host another big LAN tournament, IEM Chengdu 2025. Sixteen teams will compete for a $300,000 prize pool.

The event's group stage will play out in a GSL format (two groups of eight squads). The three strongest teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, which will take place in a Single Elimination format. The group winners will advance directly to the semi-finals.

All matches, except the final, will be BO3, while the final – BO5.

The group stage seeding looks as follows:

Group A

 The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno, controlez, mzinho, 910)
 HEROIC (xfl0ud, nilo, LNZ, hades, yxngstxr)
 Astralis (device, HooXi, Magisk, jabbi, Staehr)
 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, makazze, w0nderful)
 Falcons (NiKo, kyousuke, TeSeS, m0NESY, kyxsan)
 TYLOO (Attacker, JamYoung, Jee, Mercury, Moseyuh)
 paiN (dgt, biguzera, dav1deuS, nqz, snow)
 Team Spirit (chopper, sh1ro, zweih, tN1R, donk)

Group A bracket

Group B

 FURIA (FalleN, YEKINDAR, yuurih, KSCERATO, molodoy)
 Lynn Vision (Westmelon, z4kr, Starry, EmiliaQAQ, C4LLM3SU3)
 3DMAX (Nivera, Lucky, bodyy, Ex3rcice, Graviti)
 G2 (SunPayus, huNter-, malbsMd, MATYS, HeavyGod)
 MOUZ (Brollan, Spinx, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN)
 FaZe (karrigan, Twistzz, jcobbb, frozen, broky)
 Virtus.pro (tO0RO, FL1T, fame, Perfecto, b1st)
 Vitality (apEX, ropz, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii)

Group B bracket

The prize pool distribution is:

1. $125,000
2. $50,000
3. $30,000
4. $20,000
5-6. $12,500
7-8. $7,000
9-12. $5,000
13-16. $4,000

The full schedule and live broadcasts of IEM Chengdu 2025 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.