Upcoming CS2 Tournaments in August 2024

The month of August brings many exciting upcoming CS2 tournaments, from premier tournaments featuring the best teams gathered in competition to players in tier-two competition hoping to make it to the big stage. With four big CS2 tournaments planned, August will provide no shortage of professional Counter-Strike. This article will cover information on both S-Tier and A-Tier tournaments, providing information on the date, location, teams attending, prize pool, tournament format, and additional information. To learn more about ongoing events, check out more articles published here on the SkinLords blog!

S Tier Tournaments

The main highlight of August’s professional CS2 tournaments is IEM Cologne 2024, which features a play-in stage where teams will be battling for a spot in the main tournament, which already has eight teams confirmed. Join millions of other fans in watching these events, and may your favorite team win!

IEM Cologne 2024 Play-in

Date: Aug 7th – Aug 9th 2024

Location: Cologne, Germany

Number of Teams: 16

Teams Attending: Complexity, HEROIC, 9z, The MongolZ, Eternal Fire, Falcons, Liquid, BetBoom, FURIA, Flyquest, BIG, MIBR, paiN, Imperial, Saw, ALTERNATE aTTaX

Prize Pool: IEM Cologne ’24 spots

Prize Pool Split:

#1-8. IEM Cologne 2024 Spot

#9-12. $4,500

#13-16. $2,500

Tournament Format: This tournament features teams competing in a double elimination best-of-three bracket, with the opening matches being a best-of-one. Losing teams proceed to the lower bracket, where they can still earn a spot by winning two more games. To secure a spot in the main tournament, teams must win two of three games.

IEM Cologne 2024

Date: Aug 10th – Aug 18th 2024

Location: Cologne, Germany

Number of Teams: 16

Teams Attending: Spirit, Vitality, MOUZ, FaZe, Natus Vincere, G2, Virtus.pro, Astralis, 8 spots TBD

Prize Pool: $1,000,000

Prize Pool Split: TBD

Tournament Format: IEM Cologne 2024 will feature a double elimination best of three in the group stage, where the group winners advance to the semi-finals, and the runner-up and third-place teams advance to the quarter-finals. The playoffs feature three stages: quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the grand finals. The grand finals will be a best of five.

BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 #2

Date: Aug 25th – Sep 1st 2024

Location: Belgrade, Serbia

Number of Teams: 12

Teams Attending: Spirit, MOUZ, Virtus.pro, FURIA, Aurora, BetBoom, one spot saved for the Europe Closed Qualifier winner, one spot saved for the South America Closed Qualifier, two playoff invites TBD, and two invites TBD.

Prize Pool: $500,000

Prize Pool Split:

#1. $250,000

#2. $125,000

#3. $50,000

#4. $25,000

#5-6. $10,000

#7-8. $5,000

$9-12. $0

Tournament Format: The group stage features two groups, with teams in each group battling it out in a double elimination best of three bracket, with the winner of each bracket winning $10,000. The playoff stage features a double elimination best of three, with the grand final being a best of five.

A Tier Tournaments

August forecasts just one tournament, that being BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2024.

BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2024

Date: Aug 21st – Aug 25th 2024

Location: Europe (Online)

Number of Teams: 16

Teams Attending: Virtus.pro, paiN, M80, Zero Tenacity, GamerLegion, AMKAL, OG, Rare Atom, Cloud 9, 7 spots TBD

Prize Pool: $135,000

Prize Pool Split:

#1-2. $20,000 and BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024 Spot

#3-4. $12,500

#5-8. $7,500

#9-16. $5,000

Tournament Format: The entire tournament consists of just one bracket in a single elimination, which is the best of three formats.

Wrapping Up!

This month features some exciting Counter-Strike, and, of course, the much-awaited Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 is on the horizon. The RMRs for all regions start in November, so make sure to check out our next article covering the upcoming CS2 Tournaments, released monthly! In the meantime, to learn more about everything from game customization to the two new maps, check out more articles here on the SkinLords blog page!