With PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 almost over, there’s no time to waste as IEM Chengdu 2025 kicks off on the 3rd of November. This will be the first tournament where The MongolZ play without Senzu and both Vitality and Spirits first matches in almost a month.
Dates and location
️ November 3rd – November 9th, 2025
Chengdu, China
Prize pool: $1,000,000
Format
Group stage: Double elimination Bo3, group winner goes to semi-finals, 2nd and 3rd place goes to quarterfinals
Playoffs: Single elimination Bo3
Grand Final: Bo5
3rd place decider: Bo3
Teams attending
- Vitality
- FURIA
- MOUZ
- The MongolZ
- Falcons
- Spirit
- NAVI
- G2
- 3DMAX
- FaZe
- Astralis
- paiN
- HEROIC
- TYLOO
- Virtus.pro
- Lynn Vision
Broadcast talent
Presenters
- Tres “stunna” Saranthus
- Jacob “Pimp” Winneche
Stage/Sideline
- Freya “Freya” Spiers
- Yu “DXMaster” Hao
Analysts
- Janko “YNk” Paunović
- Joshua “steel” Nissan
Commentators
- Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill
- Alex “Machine” Richardson
- Harry “JustHarry” Russell
- Hugo “Hugo” Byron
- Jordan “Elfishguy” Mays
- Mitchell “pilski” Pilipowski
- Dion “Komodo” Pirotta
- James “jimNeso” Cowan
How to watch
ESL on Twitch
ESL on YouTube
