For the prize contest fund, 16 teams compete with 300 thousand dollars. In addition, the ESL Grand Slam prize is played at $ 1 million.
In Australian Melbourne, Intel Extreme Masters E-Sports Tournament began on Counter-Strike 2.
The contest group phase will be held in two groups of 8 teams in a double grid removal, all matches will be held up to two successes. The best team from each group enters the semifinal of the playoff, and the second and third places will meet in the quarter-finals.
In total, 16 teams out of 11 countries compete in the contest for a prize pool of $ 300 thousand. Among the participants there were also Ukrainian Natus Vincere.
Intel Extreme Masters Melbourne 2025 will be held from April 21 to 27. The playoff phase will perform in the arena and starts on April 25th.
The contest is also part of the ESL Grand Slam Award, where the winner of any 4 of the 10 consecutive contests of the Intel Extreme Masters Series Tournament, ESL Pro League or Major Turnier is organizing ESL. The winner will receive $ 1 million per team. All other teams approaching the award will receive $ 100 thousand. Currently, French team Vitaly, closest to the award, has won 3 out of 10 tournaments. Ukrainian Natus Vincere is the second team closest to the award with two success.
Intel Extreme Masters is a significant contest that German’s ESL will regularly hold. It is well known by its duration – the series of counter -strike disciplines has been held since 2007.
Counter -Strike 2 is a computer game from the Valve to the genre Tactical Shooter released in 2023. The essence of the game is to destroy enemies or explode a bomb for one of the teams and neutralize a bomb or enemies for others. The first team won to win 13 rounds. Usually, teams participating in contests consist of five players and one coach.
We reminded, earlier reported that Zinchenko announced the ambitions of his E -Sports team.
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