Skyesports has unveiled its 2025 CS2 tournament roadmap, confirming four upcoming events with a total prize pool of $1.75 million across the circuit. After a turbulent start to the Skyesprots Championship 2024, the TO managed to turn things around for its premier event this year, and looks forward to a stronger 2025 ahead.
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Skyesports 2025 CS2 tournaments
With Valve’s new rulebook requiring tournament organizers to unveil their planned Tier 1 events much earlier going forward, Skyesports has given a glimpse at the CS2 tournaments we can expect to see from it throughout 2025. These are:
Skyesports Souvenir 2025: Feb 17th to 23rd, 2025 ($250,000 – Tier 2)
Skyesports Masters 2025: May 26th to June 1st, 2025 ($500,000 – Tier 1)
Skyesports Championship 2025: Sept 15th to 21st, 2025 ($500,000 – Tier 1)
Skyesports World Tour 2025: Nov 10th to 16th, 2025 ($500,000 – Tier 1)
According to Skyesports, its Tier 2 event will not feature an open qualifier, although all of its Tier 1 events will. This will allow up to 256 teams the chance to qualify and compete for the hefty prize pools on offer.
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Skyesports also revealed the prize pool tiers for each of its 2025 events, which is sure to be of interest to any teams considering which tournaments to attend over the next 18 months.
Tier 1
1st place: $200,000
2nd place: $100,000
3rd-4th place: $60,000 each
5th-8th place: $20,000 each
Tier 2
1st place: $100,000
2nd place: $50,000
3rd place: $35,000
4th place: $25,000
5th-6th place: $12,500 each
7th-8th place: $7,500 each
With such an open circuit in Counter-Strike esports starting in 2025, it’ll be interesting to see which teams will attend what events. It’s sure to be a massive shake-up from the current system, and it’s cool to see organizers like Skyesports get a chance to show it can put on a true Tier 1 event.