Spirits’ pickup of Zweih pays off as they sweep the IEM Cologne 2025 Grand-Final.
HLTV Picture of Torzsi after defeating Vitality and advancing to face Team Spirit in the Grand Final
Tournament Storylines
Donk Supremacy?
Better than Hellraiser Simple frfr
Chopper: "I'm ready to carry donk's deliveries, do some housework, and give him a massage"
With Team Spirit coming off what they consider a lack-luster performance at the Blast Premiere Austin Major, they quickly looked to cement themselves at this tournament only dropping 2 matches after their qualifying rounds. With Donks’ lowest performance of 1.18 rating in their 2x OT loss versus Mouz.
13 Game 1+ rating Streak
(16-13 Ancient, 19-22 Mirage, and lastly 13-6 Overpass) versus Mouz
(13-11 Mirage, 9-13 Nuke, and lastly 13-6 Ancient) versus Navi
IEM Cologne 2025 MVP via HLTV
Just Another Average Tournament for Donk…
13-7 W on Mirage (1.47 HLTV, 1.7 KD)
13-11 on Ancient (1.50 HLTV, 1.52 KD)
13-6 on Nuke (1.64 HLTV, 1.35 KD)
This isn’t even his final form as his yearly average has already broken Zywoo’s and Niko’s breakneck pace as the young Russian looks to usurp the title of the best player in the world.
Mouz gets over the hump!
Even if Ropz had something to say about it.
Vitality actively had a 9 Match winning streak versus Mouz.
Vitality is currently 24-9 in the head-to-head category versus Mouz.
Mouz handedly won in 2 games on VIT’s train pick which has been overpowering teams that aren’t as disciplined as Mouz.
Xertion won the MVP voting with 61% of the votes.
Blast Bounty Season 2
As the top 17th-32nd placements happen today in the Round of 32 Best of Three matches. Catch the matches here.
Match-ups | Score | Placement |
|---|---|---|
Virtus Pro vs MIBR | 2-0 | Virtus Pro Advances |
TL vs ECSTATIC | 2-0 | TL Advances |
B8 vs FUT | 2-0 | B8 Advances |
Navi vs TNL | 2-1 | Navi Advances |
Astralis vs Rare Atom | 2-0 | Astralis Advances |
Team Spirit vs Passion UA | 2-1 | Spirit Advances |
G2 vs Nemiga | 2-0 | G2 Advances |
Fnatic vs Legacy | 8/7/2025 | Predicting Legacy |
OG vs Mouz | 8/7/2025 | Predicting Mouz |
BIG vs Furia | 8/7/2025 | Predicting Furia |
NIP vs Pain | 8/7/2025 | Predicting Pain |
Complexity vs Heroic | 8/8/2025 | Predicting Complexity |
Flyquest vs Aurora | 8/8/2025 | Predicting Flyquest |
ENCE vs Mongolz | 8/8/2025 | Predicting Mongolz |
NRG vs Vitality | 8/8/2025 | Predicting VIT |
The Riyadh Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Aug 20th to Aug 24th, 16 teams will compete for 1,250,000$
This tournament is a VRS invite only with only Tyloo qualifying out of the Asian Champions League ‘25. As 15 out of the 16 teams were selected via their global VRS standings. This tournament is a SINGLE-ELIMINATION bracket bo3 format.
Outside of the CS2 esports scene, some competitors from different titles are boycotting this tournament. Other titles report that this tournament takes away from the game-studios credibility as the tournament is days after their Mid-season-invitational. (LoL)
These boycotts stem from people voicing their concerns for player rights as well as calling out huge investment to obtain market share in the esports industry.