IEM Chengdu 2025 groups and opening matches announced

ESL revealed on October 23rd the groups and first matchups for the upcoming IEM Chengdu 2025, which will run from November 3rd to 9th.

The Chinese tournament will see the best CS2 teams in the world, including Vitality, The MongolZ, FURIA, Team Spirit, and Falcons, fight for their share of the $1 million prize pool. This means that both groups are stacked with title contenders.

The group stage will utilize a traditional double-elimination format, in which the group winners will advance straight to the semifinals. The runners-up and third-placed teams of each group advance to the playoffs.

Speaking of playoffs, the teams will play through a single-elimination bracket. All matches of the tournament are best-of-threes, minus the grand finals, which is a best-of-five.

IEM Chengdu will be the first one for The MongolZ after they benched Azbayar “Senzu” Munkhbold, their best player this season. The Mongolian team will play with the veteran Unudelger “⁠controlez⁠” Baasanjargal as a substitute.

Without further ado, here are the full groups and opening matches for IEM Chengdu.

IEM Chengdu 2025 groups

Group A

• The MongolZ
• Spirit
• Falcons
• Natus Vincere
• Astralis
• TYLOO
• HEROIC
• paiN Gaming

Group B

• Vitality
• FURIA
• MOUZ
• FaZe Clan
• G2
• 3DMAX
• Lynn Vision
• Virtus.pro

IEM Chengdu 2025 opening matches and predictions

Vitality are one of the favorites to win IEM Chengdu after lifting the ESL Pro League Season 22 trophy in October. Credit: Lee Aik Soon | © ESL

If you’re into CS2 betting, stayed tuned for our IEM Chengdu preview here at Jaxon.gg. Here are the opening matches for IEM Chengdu along with our predictions.

Group A

• Falcons vs. TYLOO — Monday, November 3rd, at 3 a.m. CET
  Favorite to win: Falcons 
• The MongolZ vs. HEROIC — Monday, November 3rd, at 8 a.m. CET
  Favorite to win: The MongolZ
• Spirit vs. paiN — Monday, November 3rd, at 10:30 a.m. CET
  Favorite to win: Spirit
• Astralis vs. NAVI — Monday, November 3rd, at 10:30 a.m. CET
  Favorite to win: NAVI

Group B

• FURIA vs. Lynn Vision — Monday, November 3rd, at 3 a.m. CET
  Favorite to win: FURIA
• MOUZ vs. FaZe Clan — Monday, November 3rd, at 5:30 a.m. CET
  Favorite to win: MOUZ
• Vitality vs. Virtus.pro — Monday, November 3rd, at 5:30 a.m. CET
  Favorite to win: Vitality
• G2 vs. 3DMAX — Monday, November 3rd, at 8 a.m. CET
  Favorite to win: G2

Feature image credit: © ESL