IEM Chengdu 2025: The two eight-team groups have been confirmed

There are only a handful of major events left in the 2025 Counter-Strike 2 competitive calendar, with one of these being IEM Chengdu 2025. This tournament will begin on November 3 and run all the way until November 9, seeing 16 teams battling it out for a slice of a $300,000 pie.

With this almost here, now the ESL has confirmed how the groups have been arranged for IEM Chengdu, and even announced the opening match-ups. See all of this information below.

Group A:

• Tyloo vs. Team Falcons


• The MongolZ vs. Heroic


• Astralis vs. Natus Vincere


• PaiN Gaming vs. Team Spirit

Group B:

• Furia vs. Lynn Vision


• Mouz vs. FaZe Clan


• Team Vitality vs. Virtus.pro


• G2 Esports vs. 3DMax

The group stage for the event uses a double-elimination format where eventually only six teams will remain. This will then seed a playoffs bracket where the best two performing squads get a first round bye, in a bracket that is otherwise single-elimination.