Organizer
Tournament edition
Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025 was a 16-team Counter-Strike 2 EPT Masters event held November 3–9 at Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center. FURIA defeated Team Vitality 3–0 in the final.

Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center, Chengdu, China · Playoffs Nov 7–9; event Nov 3–9, 2025
Champion
Combined prize pool
USD 1m
ESL reports USD 1 million in total winnings across player prize money and club rewards.[3]
Games
Participant scale
16 teams
Category
Organizer
Partner
ESL FACEIT GroupCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2025 edition.[1]
Category
Presenting Partner
Partner
IntelCommercial note
IEM presenting partner · Recorded in the 2025 edition.[4]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
Acer PredatorCommercial note
EFG Counter-Strike OEM partner in 2025 · Recorded in the 2025 edition.[6]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
DHLCommercial note
Official logistics partner; event MVP award partner · Recorded in the 2025 edition.[7]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
ZOWIECommercial note
Official IEM monitor partner for China events · Recorded in the 2025 edition.[8]
PTG Database Analysis
IEM Chengdu 2025 was an EPT Masters event in the Intel Extreme Masters series, operated by ESL FACEIT Group. The 16-team tournament ran November 3–9 at Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center in Chengdu, China. Its group stage began November 3 and its six-team playoffs took place November 7–9.[1][2][3]
FURIA defeated Team Vitality 3–0 in the best-of-five final. ESL reported USD 1 million in total winnings and more than 35,000 attendees at the sold-out venue.[1][3]
Intel was the IEM presenting partner. Acer was the 2025 EFG Counter-Strike OEM partner, ZOWIE supplied the official monitors for IEM events in China, and DHL’s logistics partnership was reflected in the DHL MVP award.[4][5][6][7][8]
The cover shows the host venue exterior under a CC BY 3.0 license. It is a contextual location image and does not depict the tournament.[11]
References12
- [1]Chengdu Crowd Roars in Celebration: FURIA Crowned First-Time Intel Extreme Masters Champions — ESL FACEIT Group
- [2]Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2025: Team Invites — ESL Pro Tour
- [3]IEM Chengdu 2025 — Results — ESL Pro Tour
- [4]Sponsors — Intel Extreme Masters — Intel Extreme Masters
- [5]ESL FACEIT Group and Intel Announce Multi-Year Renewal of Long-Term Esports Partnership — ESL FACEIT Group
- [6]ESL FACEIT Group Names Acer Official OEM Partner Across Counter-Strike Portfolio Through Its Predator Gaming Brand — ESL FACEIT Group
- [7]DHL Doubles Down on Esports with Extended ESL FACEIT Group Partnership — ESL FACEIT Group
- [8]EFG Partners with ZOWIE as Official Monitor Partner for Intel Extreme Masters — ESL FACEIT Group
- [9]Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2025 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
- [10]S-Tier Tournaments — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
- [11]Chengdu Financial City Performing Arts Center — venue photograph — Wikimedia Commons; original image from G2 Esports video
- [12]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons
Commercial opportunities
Presenting partner
Intel is the presenting partner of the Intel Extreme Masters series.[4][5]
Tournament technology
Acer’s Predator brand was EFG’s 2025 Counter-Strike OEM partner; ZOWIE was the official monitor partner for IEM events in China.[6][8]
Official logistics partner
DHL is EFG’s official logistics partner and lent its name to the tournament’s DHL MVP award.[7][1]
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