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. After a grueling battle among 20 teams, the top eight 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.
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All teams in CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2025
Here are all the CS2 teams competing at 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.
CS2 Thunderpick World Championship 2025 schedule
The Thunderpick World Championship 2025 started with the closed qualifiers first, from Sept. 9 to 11, which determined 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 and results 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
- 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
Ecstatic, SAW, JiJieHao, and BetBoom are eliminated
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025
- ENCE 1 – 2 Nemiga
- 10-13 Train
- 13-9 Dust2
- 14-16 Train
- OG 2 – 0 M80
- 13-10 Ancient
- 13-10 Overpass
- Ninjas in Pyjamas 0 – 2 Venom
- 7-13 Dust2
- 14-16 Nuke
- TNL 0 – 2 Imperial
- 9-13 Mirage
- 9-13 Overpass
ENCE, M80, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and TNL are eliminated
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025
- Venom 2 – 0 Nemiga (Quarter Final 1)
- 13-5 Overpass
- 13-7 Ancient
- 9z 2 – 0 Parivision (Quarter Final 2)
- 13-4 Ancient
- 13-9 Train
- BIG 1 – 2 OG (Quarter Final 3)
- 4-13 Nuke
- 13-5 Train
- 2-13 Inferno
- Legacy 0 – 2 Imperial (Quarter Final 4)
- 14-16 Inferno
- 11-13 Mirage
Nemiga, Parivision, BIG, and Legacy are eliminated.
Venom, 9z, OG, and Imperial advance to the playoffs.
TWC 2025 prize pool distribution
The TWC 2025 features a $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 $8,000 | $12,000 | TBD |
| 7th and 8th | $8,000 | $12,000 $8,000 | $12,000 | TBD |
How to watch Thunderpick World Championship 2025
Catch all the TWC 2025 action from ThunderpickTV’s official Twitch channel.
Published: Sep 11, 2025 10:38 pm