SKYESPORTS CS2 Tournament 2025 Roadmap: Dates, Prize Pool, and More

The most exciting Skyesports has announced some huge proposals for CS2 esports in 2025. They will be hosting some four big tournaments that feature a big prize pool of $1.75 million. 

Three of these tournaments will be tier 1 events and only one for tier 2 events, and these tournaments will be held in India. So, here are the details of the Skyesports 2025 CS2 tournaments including their dates, prize pool and more. 

Dates

The big tier tournament will have open qualifiers in four different parts of the world such as Indi, Europe, America and the rest of Asia. This team will try their luck and maybe even make it to the big leagues. It’s a cool way to give everyone a fair shot at competing on the global stage, just like Valve wants. 

Here’s the calendar of Skyesports 2025 Counter-Strike 2, featuring with the four events together with their respective tier and prize pool: 

• Skyesports Souvenir 2025 – February 17-23, 2025 – Tier 2 – $250,000
• Skyesports Masters 2025 – May 26-June 1, 2025 – Tier 1 – $500,000
• Skyesports Championship 2025 – September 15-21, 2025 – Tier 1 – $500,000
• Skyesports World Tour 2025 – November 10-16, 2025 – Tier 1 – $500,000

Prize Pool

For this main event, Skyesports has also announced the prize pool for each event. The split prize pool is divided into tiers with their respective amount of prize pool.  Here’s an overview:

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

Tier 1 Tournament

The three big tier 1 events are the Masters, Championship and World Tour. They all follow the same form that starts with an open qualifier in different parts of the world. Hundreds of teams from every region have to battle for a single elimination format, and only the winners will proceed onto the closed qualifier. 

The top 16 in a closed qualifier, only the best four will automatically qualify for the main event. Other 12 teams will have to face off against the four winners from the open qualifiers to secure their spot in the main event. 

There are two parts that will happen for the main event: a stage where teams will play against each other and playoffs. For the final round, a best of five battle that will determine the ultimate champion.

Here’s the schedule of the closed qualifiers in the Skyesports CS2 2025 tier 1 tournament: 

• Skyesports Masters CQ: April 14-20 
• Skyesports Championship CQ: August 11-17 
• Skyesports World Tour CQ: October 13-19

Tier 2 Tournament

Starting this year is the opening of Skyesports Souvenir 2025 tier 2 event and in this tournament, it won’t have any open qualifiers. Instead it will have 12 teams, with the top four from Valve’s regional rankings getting a direct pass to the main event. So, it’s a chance for some of the best teams from different regions to show off their competence. 

The remaining eight teams will have to fight their way into the main event through an online closed qualifier starting from January 20-26. This will take place on a European server, but Skyesports will cover some travel and accommodation costs for each team not already in Europe, so everyone is playing on a level field. 

The eight teams in the closed qualifier will be split into two groups of four. They will compete in a GSL style format, which means that they will play a series of matches to determine who’s the best. Only the top two teams from each group will make it to the main event, so expect more intense competition.

Conclusion

The Skyesports CS2 2025 is gearing up for a massive year with four major CS2 tournaments that each player will battle for a prize pool. This is a big deal for esports fans and players around the world. 

With so many intense tournaments, we can expect that these matches will be epic for CS2 players. So, get ready to dive and brace yourself for this exciting year for Skyesports CS2 Tournament 2025.