The Thunderpick World Championship 2025 brings some of the best Counter-Strike 2 teams to compete in front of a global audience, through the closed qualifiers first, and then the LAN stage later this year.
While some teams have been directly invited to compete in the playoffs, others have to make their way through the closed qualifiers in September. Established CS2 teams including The MongolZ, FURIA, NAVI, and Aurora Gaming are part of this tournament, as a total of 20 teams fight for the big prize pool on the line.
Here’s everything you need to know about the CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2025, including its schedule, all participating teams, prize pool distribution, and more.
CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2025 schedule
The Thunderpick World Championship 2025 starts with the closed qualifiers first, from Sept. 9 to 11, to determine the final teams punching their ticket to the TWC Finals, which is set on LAN from Oct. 15 to 19 in Malta.
Here’s the full schedule of the closed qualifiers:
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025
- Ecstatic 1 – 2 Parivision
- 10-13 Dust 2
- 13-9 Train
- 6-13 Ancient
- SAW 1 – 2 BIG
- 13-11 Nuke
- 7-13 Train
- 11-13 Inferno
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Legacy 2 – 0 JiJieHao
- 13-5 Inferno
- 1-0 (JiJieHao forfeit 2nd map)
- BetBoom 1 – 2 9z
- 13-8 Nuke
- 10-13 Train
- 11-13 Dust 2
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025
- ENCE vs Nemiga
- OG vs M80
- Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Venom
- TNL vs Imperial
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025
- Quarter Final 1
- Quarter Final 2
- Quarter Final 3
- Quarter Final 4
All teams in CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2025
Here are all the teams that are a part of the CS2 TWC 2025:
- The MongolZ (Mongolia)
- NAVI (Ukraine)
- FURIA (Brazil)
- Aurora (Russia)
- Ninjas in Pyjamas (Sweden)
- SAW (Portugal)
- BetBoom Team (Russia)
- ECSTATIC (Denmark)
- TNL (South Korea)
- Nemiga (Belarus)
- BIG (Germany)
- ENCE (Finland)
- PARIVISION
- KOLESIE (Poland)
- OG (Europe)
- JiJieHao (China)
- Team Legacy (Brazil)
- M80 (North America)
- Imperial Esports (Brazil)
- 9z (South America)
Defending champions The Mongolz, NAVI, FURIA, and Aurora are directly invited to the LAN phase. The remaining 16 teams battle it out in the closed qualifiers, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs.
TWC 2025 prize pool distribution
The TWC 2025 features an $850,000 prize pool, out of which, player share is $340,000 and club share is $510,000. Here’s the full distribution of the prize:
| Position | Prize in USD (Player share | Club share) |
Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $200,000 | $300,000 | TBD |
| 2nd | $60,000 | $90,000 | TBD |
| 3rd | $28,000 | $42,000 | TBD |
| 4th | $20,000 | $30,000 | TBD |
| 5th and 6th | $8,000 | $12,000 (each) | TBD |
| 7th and 8th | $8,000 | $12,000 (each) | TBD |
How to watch Thunderpick World Championship 2025
Catch all the TWC 2025 action from ThunderpickTV’s official Twitch channel.
