HLTV Awards 2025 details announced

The ceremony of the HLTV Awards 2025 by 1xBet will take place on January 10th, 2026, HLTV announced today.

The ultimate award show for Counter-Strike esports will return to Belgrade, Serbia, but this time around, it will be hosted at Sava Centar's Blue Hall and will welcome 1,000 guests. As a parameter, HLTV Awards 2024 had 600 attendees.

Just as in the previous editions, HLTV Awards is restricted to those who work in the industry. If you meet the criteria and wish to attend, you can sign up for HLTV Awards 2025 here.

New conference

This time around, on top of the ceremony, HLTV will organize a conference on January 9th that will see the participants discuss how to improve the CS ecosystem. On the same day, there'll also be mingle activities and a pre-mixer.

"With so many different stakeholders already present at one place, a Counter-Strike conference is a natural evolution for the HLTV Awards," the announcement reads.

"The one-day industry gathering will take place on January 9th, with the goal of setting up discussions that can improve the state of the Counter-Strike ecosystem and keep it thriving for years to come."

Hall of Fame

The 2024 edition inaugurated the Hall of Fame, which celebrates the legends that paved the way for CS esports to thrive and are no longer competing.

Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg, Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund, Emil "⁠HeatoN⁠" Christensen, and Tommy "⁠Potti⁠" Ingemarsson were inducted into the Hall of Fame during the HLTV Awards 2024, and three more legends will be inducted in the 2025 edition. This is what these players will receive:

• Induction ceremony during HLTV Awards

• Rolex watch with Hall of Fame inscription

• Special HLTV player profile

• Commemoration on the new Hall of Fame page

• Article and video about their career

Categories

The Awards themselves won't differ much from the 2024 edition. These are all the categories that will be celebrated:

HLTV Awards

• Player of the year presented by 1xBet

• Women's Player of the year presented by 1xBet

• Team of the year presented by 1xBet

• Women's team of the year presented by 1xBet

• Rookie of the year presented by TBD

Panel Awards

• IGL of the year presented by 1xBet

• AWPer of the year presented by 1xBet

• Anchor of the year presented by 1xBet

• Closer of the year presented by 1xBet

• Opener of the year presented by 1xBet

• Coach of the year presented by 1xBet

• Highlight of the year presented by 1xBet

Community Awards

• Talent of the year presented by 1xBet

• Streamer of the year presented by 1xBet

• Creator of the year presented by 1xBet

• Event of the year presented by 1xBet

• Skin of the year presented by Skin.Club