IEM Fall betting guide

Intel Extreme Masters Fall betting is now open, with esports betting sites having live markets, with the 2025 Counter-Strike season now in full swing. The Counter-Strike IEM Fall event will be played in Chengdu, China, from November 3-9, with the world’s best teams congregating for the week-long event with US$250,000 in prize money on offer and a huge viewing attendance expected, both in person and online. IEM Fall betting sites offer odds on everything from the outright winner to the highest kill percentage on certain maps, right through to the player of the tournament. IEM Fall CS2 betting sites will also have head-to-head odds on matches as they draw closer. You can bet on IEM Fall with the following esports betting sites, or read on for the latest IEM Fall betting information and news.

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IEM Fall betting news

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IEM Fall 2025 betting

The Intel Extreme Masters will return to China for the second straight year after hosting IEM Spring in 2023. IEM Fall will be the fourth and final IEM event of the year, as well as one of the last events that teams will be able to qualify for IEM Katowice before the turn of the year.

Given the excitement around this event and the array of talent expected to participate at IEM Fall, it will be one event that you will not want to miss.

In this CS2 IEM Fall betting guide you will find tournament details, team details and odds from the best esports betting sites.

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Betting on IEM Fall is quite an easy task. After you’ve settled on a particular sportsbook that fits your requirements (faster payout, better odds, or competitive betting markets), you’re expected to set up an account and make an initial deposit, with this standard practice at esports betting sites.

The IEM Fall betting sites will have markets available well in advance of the tournament kicking off, which means you can wager on things like the outright winner and who will get the MVP of the event. The IEM Fall event will have more markets surrounding it closer to the start, and we will update this page accordingly when it happens.

Accessing IEM Fall betting sites is possible via several different means, including via their downloadable esports betting apps, which generally come on Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.

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IEM Fall 2025 Odds

IEM Fall odds are not available. ESB will update this page when the odds are released.

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IEM Fall 2025 Teams

Of the 16 teams taking their place at the IEM Fall event, six ESL partner teams will be invited, four teams will be invited due to their ESL world ranking, one local hero will be invited, and five other teams will have to qualify through European, North American, Asian and South American qualifiers.

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IEM Fall Format

• • Group Stage

    • Two double-elimination format groups
    • Each group has eight teams
    • Opening matches are best-of-one series
    • All following matches are best-of-three series
    • The top three teams from each group advance to the Playoffs
    • Group stage winners advance to the semi-finals
    • Group stage runners-up advance to the quarter-finals as the “high seeds”
    • Group stage third place teams advance to the quarter-finals as the “low seeds”

  • Playoffs

    • Single-elimination bracket
    • All matches are best-of-three series

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IEM Fall prize pool distribution

The US$250,000 IEM Fall prize pool will be distributed as the table shows below.

Placing	Prize Money $USD
1st	$100,000
2nd	$42,000
3rd-4th	$20,000
5th-6th	$10,000
7th-8th	$6,000
9th-12th	$5,000
13th-16th	$4,000

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IEM Fall past winners

• • • 2017 (Oakland): Ninjas in Pyjamas
    • 2018 (Chicago): Astralis
    • 2019 (Beijing): Astralis
    • 2020: Cancelled
    • 2021: Cancelled
    • 2022: Cancelled
    • 2023 (Sydney): FaZe Clan
    • 2024 (Rio): Natus Vincere

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Where to watch the IEM Fall event?

Every match of the IEM Fall event will be broadcast live by the ESL CS2 twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/eslcs), with all of the highlights and full day VOD’s uploaded to their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ESLCS) after every day of the event.