Intel Extreme Masters Spring betting is now open, with esports betting sites having markets live on another of the highly anticipated events, with the 2025 Counter-Strike season now in full swing. The 2025 IEM Spring event was played in Melbourne, Australia, from April 21-27, with the world’s best teams congregating for the week-long event with US$1,000,000 in prize money on offer and a huge viewing attendance expected, both in-person and online. IEM Spring 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 Spring CS2 betting sites will also have head-to-head odds on matches as they draw closer. You can bet on IEM Spring with the following esports betting sites, or read on for the latest IEM Spring betting information and news.
IEM Spring Betting News
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IEM Spring Betting 2025
The Intel Extreme Masters is one of a few tournaments that has run for over a decade now on the esports professional scene, with their first collaboration with ESL coming in 2006 when they organised an IEM for Counter-Strike 1.6 and Warcraft III.
The Intel Extreme Masters returned to Australia for the first time since 2023, when Sydney hosted IEM Fall. IEM Melbourne will be the first IEM event to be held in the city. Following the success of DreamHack Melbourne in recent years, ESL made the decision to bring the event to the “sporting capital of Australia”.
In this CS2 IEM Spring betting guide you will find tournament details, team details and odds from the best esports betting sites.
IEM Spring 2025 Odds
IEM Spring betting odds are not available. ESB will update this page when the odds are released.
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IEM Spring 2025 teams
Of the 16 teams that will take their place at IEM Spring, six of those are ESL Partner Teams, five are invited by the organiser based on their ESL World Ranking, while two come from the European Qualifier and one team will come from each of the Asian, North American and South American qualifiers.
IEM Spring Format
Group Stage
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) groups
- Each group has eight teams
- All matches are best-of-three
- The top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs
- Group winners advance to the semifinals
- Group runners-up advance to the quarterfinals as High Seeds
- Group third placegetters advance to the quarterfinals as Low Seeds
Playoffs
- Single-elimination bracket
- All matches are best-of-three
- Grand Final will be a best-of-five series
IEM Spring Prize Pool Distribution
The US$1,000,000 IEM Spring prize pool will be distributed as the table shows below. Teams and players will earn their own share of the prize pool.
| Place | Player Prizemoney ($USD) | Club Prizemoney ($USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $125,000 | $160,000 |
| 2nd | $50,000 | $100,000 |
| 3rd-4th | $25,000 | $80,000 |
| 5th-6th | $12,500 | $60,000 |
| 7th-8th | $7,000 | $40,000 |
| 9th-12th | $5,000 | $20,000 |
| 13th-16th | $4,000 | – |
CS2 IEM Spring previous winners
- 2017 (Sydney): SK Gaming
- 2018 (Sydney): FaZe Clan
- 2019 (Sydney): Team Liquid
- 2020: Cancelled
- 2021: Cancelled
- 2022: Cancelled
- 2023 (Rio): Team Vitality
- 2024 (Chengdu): FaZe Clan
- 2025 (Melbourne): Team Vitality
Where to watch the IEM Spring event?
Every match of the IEM Spring 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.
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