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This topic lists the esports events for the 2025 year.

If tournaments are held entirely online, it is denoted in the list below. For those tournaments that are held either partially or entirely offline, the host city that hosts the Grand Final is indicated last, if there are multiple host cities.

Apex Legends

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
ALGS: 2024 Championship Japan Sapporo January 29 – February 2 GoNext Esports Alliance [1]
ALGS: 2025 Open United States New Orleans May 1–4 Team Falcons Alliance [2]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh July 10–13 TBD TBD [3]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
CDL 2025 Stage 1 Major Spain Madrid January 30 – February 2 Atlanta FaZe Los Angeles Thieves [4][5]
CDL 2025 Stage 2 Major United States Allen March 20–23 Atlanta FaZe Vancouver Surge [6][7]
CDL 2025 Stage 3 Major United States Boca Raton April 24–27 Los Angeles Thieves Vancouver Surge [8][9]
CDL 2025 Stage 4 Major United States Dallas May 23–25 TBD TBD [10]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh July 24–27 TBD TBD [3]

Counter-Strike 2

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025 Poland Katowice January 29 – February 9 Team Vitality Team Spirit [11][12]
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Romania Cluj-Napoca February 14–23 Mouz Team Falcons [13][14]
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 United States Austin June 3–22 TBD TBD [15]
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2025 Germany Cologne July 23 – August 3 TBD TBD [16]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh August 20–25 TBD TBD [3]
StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 Hungary Budapest November 24 – December 14 TBD TBD [17]

Dota 2

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Fissure Playground 1 Serbia Belgrade January 24 – February 2 Tundra Esports Team Falcons [18][19]
BLAST Slam II Denmark Copenhagen February 4–9 Tundra Esports Gaimin Gladiators [20][21]
PGL Wallachia Season 3 Romania Bucharest March 8–16 Team Liquid Tundra Esports [22]
ESL One Raleigh 2025 United States Raleigh April 7–13 PARIVISION Team Spirit [23][24]
PGL Wallachia Season 4 Romania Bucharest April 19–27 Team Liquid PARIVISION [25]
BLAST Slam III Denmark Copenhagen May 6–11 Tundra Esports Team Falcons [26]
PGL Wallachia Season 5 Romania Bucharest June 18–29 TBD TBD [27]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh July 8–19 TBD TBD [3]
The International 2025 Germany Hamburg September 4–14 TBD TBD [28]
BLAST Slam IV Singapore Singapore November 4–9 TBD TBD [29]
PGL Wallachia Season 6 Romania Bucharest November 13–23 TBD TBD [27]

Fortnite

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
FNCS 2025 Pro-Am United States Los Angeles May 10 Australia AussieAntics

United States Peterbot

United States Cooper

United States Zemie

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FNCS 2025 Global Championship France Lyon September 6–7 TBD TBD [31]

League of Legends

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
2025 First Stand Tournament South Korea Seoul March 10–16 Hanwha Life Esports Karmine Corp [32]
2025 Mid-Season Invitational Canada Vancouver June 27 – July 12 TBD TBD [33]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh July 16–20 TBD TBD [3]
2025 LoL World Championship China TBD TBD TBD [34]

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
MLBB Women's Invitational 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh July 15–19 TBD TBD [3]
MLBB Mid Season Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh July 10 – August 2 TBD TBD [3]

Overwatch 2

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Overwatch Champions Series 2025 Champions Clash China Hangzhou April 18–20 Crazy Raccoon Team Falcons [35]
Overwatch Champions Series 2025 Midseason Championship Saudi Arabia Riyadh July 31 – August 3 TBD TBD [3]

PUBG: Battlegrounds

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
PUBG Global Series 7 2025 China Shanghai April 28 – May 4 17Gaming Freecs [36]
PUBG Global Series 8 2025 China Shanghai May 12 – 18 TBD TBD [36]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh August 12–16 TBD TBD [3]

Rocket League

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
RLCS 2025 Birmingham Major England Birmingham March 27–30 Karmine Corp The Ultimates [37]
RLCS 2025 Raleigh Major United States Raleigh June 26–29 TBD TBD [38]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh August 14–17 TBD TBD [3]
RLCS 2025 World Championship France Lyon-Décines September 9–14 TBD TBD [39]

Teamfight Tactics

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Into the Arcane Tactician's Crown online March 14–16 United States Dishsoap France Jedusor [40]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh August 11–15 TBD TBD [3]
2025 TFT Open France Paris TBD TBD TBD [41]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Six Invitational 2025 United States Boston February 3–16 FaZe Clan Team BDS [42]
RE:L0:AD 2025 Brazil Rio de Janeiro May 8–18 TBD TBD [43]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh August 5–9 TBD TBD [3]

Valorant

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Tournament Host City Duration Champion Runner-up Ref.
Valorant Masters Bangkok 2025 Thailand Bangkok February 20 – March 2 T1 G2 Esports [44]
Valorant Masters Toronto 2025 Canada Toronto June 7–22 TBD TBD [45]
Esports World Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia Riyadh July 8–13 TBD TBD [3]
Valorant Champions 2025 France Paris TBD TBD TBD [46]

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