2025 in esports

Years in esports
2025 in sports

This topic lists the esports events for the 2025 year.

If tournaments are held entirely online, it is denoted in the list below. For those tournaments that are held either partially or entirely offline, the host city that hosts the Grand Final is indicated last, if there are multiple host cities.

Apex Legends

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
ALGS: 2024 Championship Sapporo January 29 – February 2 GoNext Esports Alliance [1]
ALGS: 2025 Open New Orleans May 1–4 Team Falcons Alliance [2]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh July 10–13 TBD TBD [3]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
CDL 2025 Stage 1 Major Madrid January 30 – February 2 Atlanta FaZe Los Angeles Thieves [4][5]
CDL 2025 Stage 2 Major Allen March 20–23 Atlanta FaZe Vancouver Surge [6][7]
CDL 2025 Stage 3 Major Boca Raton April 24–27 Los Angeles Thieves Vancouver Surge [8][9]
CDL 2025 Stage 4 Major Dallas May 23–25 Los Angeles Thieves Atlanta Faze [10][11]
CDL 2025 Championship Kitchener June 26–29 OpTic Texas Vancouver Surge [12][13]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh July 24–27 TBD TBD [3]

Chess

Further information: 2025 in chess and Champions Chess Tour 2025
Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Chessable Masters Online February 16–21 Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura [14]
Chess.com Classic Online May 18–23 Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave [15]
Road to EWC DreamHack Dallas May 23–25 Olexandr Bortnyk Alexey Sarana [16]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh July 29 – August 1 TBD TBD [17]

Counter-Strike 2

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 Copenhagen January 23–26 Team Spirit Eternal Fire [18]
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025 Katowice January 29 – February 9 Team Vitality Team Spirit [19][20]
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Cluj-Napoca February 14–23 Mouz Team Falcons [21][22]
ESL Pro League Season 21 Stockholm March 1–16 Team Vitality Mouz [23][24]
BLAST Open Spring 2025 Lisbon

Copenhagen

March 19–30 Team Vitality Mouz [25][26]
PGL Bucharest 2025 Bucharest April 6–13 Team Falcons G2 Esports [27]
Intel Extreme Masters Melbourne 2025 Melbourne April 21–27 Team Vitality Team Falcons [28]
PGL Astana 2025 Astana May 10–18 Team Spirit Astralis [29]
Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2025 Dallas May 19–25 Team Vitality Mouz [30][31]
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Austin June 3–22 Team Vitality The MongolZ [32][33]
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2025 Cologne July 23 – August 3 TBD TBD [34]
BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 2 Malta August 14–17 TBD TBD [35]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh August 20–25 TBD TBD [3]
Thunderpick World Championship 2025 Malta October 15–19 TBD TBD [36]
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 Bucharest October 25 – November 2 TBD TBD [37][38]
StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 Budapest November 24 – December 14 TBD TBD [39]

Dota 2

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Fissure Playground 1 Belgrade January 24 – February 2 Tundra Esports Team Falcons [40][41]
BLAST Slam II Copenhagen February 4–9 Tundra Esports Gaimin Gladiators [42]
PGL Wallachia Season 3 Bucharest March 8–16 Team Liquid Tundra Esports [43]
ESL One Raleigh 2025 Raleigh April 7–13 PARIVISION Team Spirit [44][45]
PGL Wallachia Season 4 Bucharest April 19–27 Team Liquid PARIVISION [46]
BLAST Slam III Copenhagen May 6–11 Tundra Esports Team Falcons [47]
PGL Wallachia Season 5 Bucharest June 18–29 BetBoom Team Gaimin Gladiators [48][49]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh July 8–19 TBD TBD [3]
The International 2025 Hamburg September 4–14 TBD TBD [50]
BLAST Slam IV Singapore November 4–9 TBD TBD [51]
PGL Wallachia Season 6 Bucharest November 13–23 TBD TBD [48]

The Finals

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
The Major 2025 Stockholm November 28-29 TBD TBD [52]

Fortnite

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
FNCS 2025 Pro-Am Los Angeles May 10 AussieAntics

Peterbot

Cooper

Zemie

[53]
FNCS 2025 Global Championship Lyon September 6–7 TBD TBD [54]

Halo Infinite

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
HCS 2025: Arlington Major Arlington April 18–20 OpTic Gaming Shopify Rebellion [55]
HCS 2025: Dallas Open Dallas May 23–25 OpTic Gaming FaZe Clan [56][57]
HCS 2025: Salt Lake City Major Salt Lake City August 1–3 TBD TBD [58]
HCS 2025: Charlotte Major Charlotte October 3–5 TBD TBD [59]
Halo World Championship 2025 Seattle October 24–26 TBD TBD [58]

League of Legends

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
2025 First Stand Tournament Seoul March 10–16 Hanwha Life Esports Karmine Corp [60]
2025 Mid-Season Invitational Vancouver June 27 – July 12 TBD TBD [61]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh July 16–20 TBD TBD [3]
2025 LoL World Championship TBD TBD TBD [62]

Marvel Rivals

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Ignite 2025 Mid-Season Finals Guangzhou August TBD TBD [63]

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
MLBB Women's Invitational 2025 Riyadh July 15–19 TBD TBD [3]
MLBB Mid-Season Cup 2025 Riyadh July 10 – August 2 TBD TBD [3]

Overwatch 2

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Overwatch Champions Series 2025 Champions Clash Hangzhou April 18–20 Crazy Raccoon Team Falcons [64]
Overwatch Champions Series 2025 Midseason Championship Riyadh July 31 – August 3 TBD TBD [3]

PUBG: Battlegrounds

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
PUBG Global Series 7 2025 Shanghai April 28 – May 4 17Gaming Freecs [65]
PUBG Global Series 8 2025 Shanghai May 12–18 BB Team Freecs [65][66]
PUBG Nations Cup 2025 Seoul July 23–27 TBD TBD [67]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh August 12–16 TBD TBD [3]

PUBG Mobile

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
PUBG Mobile Global Open 2025 Tashkent April 12–13 Regnum Carya Esports Nigma Galaxy [68]
Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2025 Jinan February 20 – May 18 ThunderTalk Gaming Tianba [69]
PUBG Mobile World Cup 2025 Riyadh July 25 – August 3 TBD TBD [3]

Rocket League

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
RLCS 2025 Birmingham Major Birmingham March 27–30 Karmine Corp The Ultimates [70]
RLCS 2025 Raleigh Major Raleigh June 26–29 Team Falcons Dignitas [71][72]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh August 14–17 TBD TBD [3]
RLCS 2025 World Championship Lyon-Décines September 9–14 TBD TBD [73]

Teamfight Tactics

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Into the Arcane Tactician's Crown online March 14–16 Dishsoap Jedusor [74]
Cyber City Tactician's Crown online July 11–13 TBD TBD [75]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh August 11–15 TBD TBD [3]
2025 TFT Open Paris TBD TBD TBD [76]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Six Invitational 2025 Boston February 3–16 FaZe Clan Team BDS [77]
RE:L0:AD 2025 Rio de Janeiro May 8–18 FURIA CAG Osaka [78][79]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh August 5–9 TBD TBD [3]
Blast R6 Fall Major 2025 Munich November 8–16 TBD TBD [80]

Valorant

Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Valorant Masters Bangkok 2025 Bangkok February 20 – March 2 T1 G2 Esports [81]
Valorant Masters Toronto 2025 Toronto June 7–22 Paper Rex Fnatic [82][83]
Esports World Cup 2025 Riyadh July 8–13 TBD TBD [3]
Valorant Champions 2025 Paris TBD TBD TBD [84]

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