ESL and BLAST reveal 2025 schedule

Tournament operators ESL and BLAST have publicly revealed the dates for Counter-Strike 2 events in 2025. The packed schedule does not reveal the locations or the type of event the dates have been blocked off for, but fans are already assuming that we will see the return of several special tournaments like Cologne and Katowice.

By the end of the year ESL and BLAST will need to restructure their tournament circuit following Valve's declaration that organizers need to terminate the so-called franchised leagues. This will see an end to ESL's partner invites for Pro League, IEM Dallas, IEM Spring, and IEM Fall events. Also, the current BLAST Premier circuit will have to change as the partner teams will no longer earn direct invites to group play.

ESL announced eight tournaments for 90 event days, and BLAST announced five events for 70 days. The two organizers will have 160 days of competition, while Majors will account for a total of 28 days in the year, making it nearly 190 days of events so far.

The full schedule is below:

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