All 16 qualified teams for Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Dallas 2025 have been confirmed following the final European Qualifier match between HEROIC and Astralis.
HEROIC has become the last roster to qualify for the $300,000 (~£237,000) Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) competition taking place from May 19th-25th.
IEM Dallas marks the third international IEM tournament in the 2025 CS2 competitive season. Held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, the Dallas event follows IEM Katowice, won by Team Vitality and IEM Melbourne in April.
The full list of teams invited to IEM Melbourne was already confirmed earlier this month.
Teams could secure a spot at IEM Dallas through Valve’s new VRS leaderboard system and regional qualifiers.
Eight rosters qualified based on their regional VRS scores as of February 3rd. However, VRS leader Team Spirit, as well as top performer NAVI, will not attend IEM Dallas. The full list of teams includes:
- G2 Esports (VRS Europe 2nd)
- Team Vitality (VRS Europe 3rd)
- FaZe Clan (VRS Europe 4th)
- Eternal Fire (VRS Europe 6th)
- MOUZ (VRS Europe 7th)
- Team Liquid (VRS Americas 1st)
- FURIA (VRS Americas 2nd)
- The MongolZ (VRS Asia 1st)
- Team Falcons (European Qualifier 1st)
- BC.Game Esports (European Qualifier 2nd)
- 3DMAX (European Qualifier 3rd)
- GamerLegion (European Qualifier 4th)
- HEROIC (European Qualifier 5th)
- NRG (NA Qualifier 1st)
- Legacy (South American Qualifier 1st)
- Lynn Vision Gaming (Asian Qualifier 1st)
IEM Dallas Qualifiers
Outside of the invited teams, organisations had to first fight through regional qualifiers based on their VRS ranking. Additionally, Open Qualifiers gave smaller organisations a chance to compete in IEM Qualifiers against higher-ranking rosters within their region.
The European Qualifier saw the top five out of 16 total rosters advance to IEM Dallas. Meanwhile, qualifiers in North America, South America and Asia featured four teams each, only offering qualification to their respective winners.
In addition to the regional VRS ranking, Valve also ranks CS2 teams on a global VRS leaderboard. As of February 3rd, Team Spirit, G2 Esports, TheMongolZ, Vitality and FaZe form the top 5 across all the game’s regions.
The highest-ranked esports organisation in the global leaderboard is G2 Esports in second. Meanwhile, the lowest-ranked team is BC.Game in 99th. BC.Game remarkably qualified for IEM Dallas by winning ESL’s Open Qualifier and finishing second in the European Qualifier.
