IEM Dallas 2025 CS2: Lineup, Timetable, Outcomes, and Additional Information

The anticipation for the first CS2 Major of this year is building as the IEM Dallas 2025 is set to showcase some of the top global teams from May 19 to 25.

Fresh off their win at the Intel Extreme Masters Grand Slam, Team Vitality is striving to continue their dominance in a competitive lineup of 16 teams. Meanwhile, Team Falcons, led by Niko and m0NESY, are looking for redemption after narrowly losing to Vitality in tense finals at IEM Melbourne and Blast Rivals Spring.

This event also signifies a significant moment in CS2 history, as s1mple, often regarded as the greatest of all time in Counter-Strike, will be making his debut with FaZe Clan.

IEM Dallas 2025 is considered the ultimate testing ground before the BLAST.tv Austin Major, promising thrilling matches, especially as the playoffs unfold at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.

IEM Dallas 2025 Teams and Format

The competition will feature 16 teams:

Team Vitality
Team Falcons
FaZe Clan
MOUZ
G2 Esports
Team Liquid
The MongolZ
FURIA
Aurora Gaming
NRG
HEROIC
GamerLegion
3DMAX
BC.Game Esports
Legacy
Lynn Vision Gaming

Teams will compete in two GSL groups, engaging in best-of-three matches utilizing a double elimination format. The top three teams from each group will move on to the playoffs, while the remaining teams will be eliminated. Below is the grouping:

Group A	Group B
Team Vitality The MongolZ G2 Esports FURIA GamerLegion 3DMAX Legacy Lynn Vision Gaming	Team Falcons FaZe Clan MOUZ Team Liquid Aurora Gaming HEROIC NRG BC.Game Esports

Winners of the group stages will automatically qualify for the semifinals. Second-place teams will enter the quarterfinals as high seeds, while third-place teams will be low seeds.

All playoff matches will be played as best-of-three, with the final showdown being a best-of-five series between the last two remaining teams.

IEM Dallas 2025 Schedule and Results

Group Stage

May 19 (Monday)

Group A Round 1

11:30am CT | 6:30pm CEST: 3DMAX 1-2 GamerLegion
- 13-4 Anubis
- 9-13 Ancient
- 11-13 Nuke
2pm CT | 9pm CEST: Vitality 2-0 Legacy
- 13-5 Inferno
- 13-11 Dust 2
4:30pm CT | 11:30pm CEST: LVG 0-2 G2
7pm CT | 2am, May 20 CEST: MongolZ 2-0 FURIA

Group B Round 1

11:30am CT | 6:30pm CEST: Liquid 2-0 FaZe
- 13-10 Ancient
- 13-10 Inferno
2pm CT | 9pm CEST: MOUZ 2-0 BC.Game
4:30pm CT | 11:30pm CEST: NRG 0-2 Falcons
7pm CT | 2am, May 20 CEST: Aurora 1-2 HEROIC
- 13-9 Dust 2
- 10-13 Anubis
- 6-13 Mirage

May 20 (Tuesday)

Group A Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

10:30am CT | 5:30pm CEST: Legacy 1-2 3DMAX
- 17-19 Inferno
- 13-5 Dust 2
- 11-13 Anubis
6pm CT | 1am, May 21 CEST: FURIA 2-0 LVG

Legacy and Lynn Vision Gaming are out.

Group A Upper Bracket Semifinals

1pm CT | 8pm CEST: Vitality 2-0 GamerLegion
6pm CT | 1am, May 21 CEST: MongolZ 2-0 G2

Team Vitality and The MongolZ qualify for the playoffs.

Group B Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

10:30am CT | 5:30pm CEST: BC.Game 0-2 FaZe
3:30pm CT | 10:30pm CEST: Aurora 2-0 NRG

BC.Game and NRG are eliminated.

Group B Upper Bracket Semifinals

1pm CT | 8pm CEST: MOUZ 2-0 Liquid
3:30pm CT | 10:30pm CEST: HEROIC 1-2 Falcons
- 9-13 Ancient
- 16-13 Nuke
- 3-13 Dust 2

MOUZ and Team Falcons reach the playoffs.

May 21 (Wednesday)

Group B Lower Bracket Semifinals

10:30am CT | 5:30pm CEST: HEROIC 2-1 FaZe
- 9-13 Ancient
- 13-7 Anubis
- 16-14 Mirage
10:30am CT | 5:30pm CEST: Liquid 0-2 Aurora

FaZe Clan and Team Liquid are eliminated.

Group A Lower Bracket Semifinals

1pm CT | 8pm CEST: G2 2-1 3DMAX
- 13-3 Inferno
- 10-13 Dust 2
- 13-9 Nuke
1pm CT | 8pm CEST: GamerLegion 2-1 FURIA
- 13-9 Train
- 6-13 Mirage
- 13-8 Nuke

3DMAX and FURIA are out.

Group B Upper Bracket Final

3:30pm CT | 10:30pm CEST: MOUZ 2-0 Falcons

MOUZ reaches the semifinals, and Team Falcons gets a quarterfinal high seed.

Group B Lower Bracket Final

3:30pm CT | 10:30pm CEST: HEROIC 1-2 Aurora
- 13-3 Train
- 8-13 Dust 2
- 9-13 Mirage

Aurora Gaming advances as a quarterfinal low seed. HEROIC is eliminated.

Group A Upper Bracket Final

6pm CT | 1am CEST, May 22: Vitality 2-1 MongolZ
- 13-10 Inferno
- 7-13 Nuke
- 13-11 Mirage

Team Vitality secures a semifinal spot, while The MongolZ receives a quarterfinal high seed.

Group A Lower Bracket Final

6pm CT | 1am CEST, May 22: G2 1-2 GamerLegion
- 11-13 Ancient
- 13-10 Mirage
- 10-13 Nuke

GamerLegion advances as the quarterfinal low seed, while G2 Esports is out.

IEM Dallas 2025 Final Rankings

Team	Placement	Prize
TBD	Champion	$125,000
TBD	2nd	$50,000
TBD TBD	3rd-4th	$25,000
TBD TBD	5th-6th	$12,500
G2 Esports HEROIC	7th-8th	$7,000
3DMAX FURIA FaZe Clan Team Liquid	9th-12th	$5,000
Legacy Lynn Vision Gaming BC.Game Esports NRG	13th-16th	$4,000