CS2 legends collide at EPL Season 22 Playoffs

Eugene Bozhenko

Eugene Bozhenko

Some absolutely great teams advanced to the final brackets from the Swiss stage. These battles for the $400,000 are the top Counter-Strike imaginable! The winners add a point to their ESL Grand Slam score, and it’s a step towards $1,000,000.

The ESL Pro League (EPL) Season 22 Playoffs go on from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12. These three days are filled with high-stakes Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports matches.

Every win takes teams closer to the trophy. Every loss is a failure with no recovery: it’s unlikely that the 3rd place match can satisfy these guys.

Everything about the CS2 EPL Season 22 Playoffs is here.

EPL Playoffs stream

The official YouTube and Twitch channels of ESL Counter-Strike broadcast all the Playoffs matches at ESL Pro League Season 22. You can watch the stream here as well.

Schedule

Check out the detailed schedule of the EPL S22 Playoffs in the table below.

Date
Start time
Tournament stage
Matches
Oct. 1010:30 a.m. CEST / 4:30 a.m. ETQuarterfinal3DMAX vs Falcons
Oct. 101 p.m. CEST / 7 a.m. ETQuarterfinalMOUZ vs NAVI
Oct. 103:30 p.m. CEST / 9:30 a.m. ETQuarterfinalSpirit vs FaZe
Oct. 106 p.m. CEST / 12 p.m. ETQuarterfinalFURIA vs Vitality
Oct. 11TBDSemifinalTBD vs TBD
Oct. 11TBDSemifinalTBD vs TBD
Oct. 12TBDThird place matchTBD vs TBD
Oct. 12TBDGrand finalTBD vs TBD

Results at ESL Pro League S22 Playoffs

In this section, you’ll find the tournament results and brief recaps of Playoffs matches at CS2 EPL Season 22.

Final standings

Placement
Team
Prize Money
1stTBD$100,000
2ndTBD$50,000
3rdTBD$28,000
4thTBD$22,000
5th–8thTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
$18,000

Matchups and brackets

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third Place Match
Grand Final
Spirit vs FaZeTBD vs TBDTBD vs TBD
FURIA vs VitalityTBD vs TBDTBD vs TBD
MOUZ vs NAVI
3DMAX vs Falcons

Legends collide: Tournament preview

All the currently greatest CS2 teams are here. They carry different backgrounds of the recent achievements, but most of them are easy tournament favorites: by expert logic and by betting odds during ESL Pro League S22. Let’s highlight a few participants.

  • Despite having no tournament wins in the second half of 2025, Team Vitality is still an exceptional power. We expect them to recover and bring the Vitality era back — and this can happen with this EPL.
Vitality | flameZ (Photo via ESL)
Vitality | flameZ (Photo via ESL)
  • MOUZ players are obviously tired of being the second team. They certainly are able to hit hard this time and finally lift a big trophy.
MOUZ | torzsi (Photo via ESL)
MOUZ | torzsi (Photo via ESL)
  • Spirit declined into a struggle period after two big wins: at IEM Cologne 2025 and BLAST Bounty Fall 2025. During the Stage 2 of EPL Season 22, the team showed signs of recovery. Still, we need to check this assumption in matches versus really strong opponents.
Spirit | donk (Photo via ESL)
Spirit | donk (Photo via ESL)
  • Team Falcons won all their matches in Stage 2, and those were clashes against other top teams: NAVI and MOUZ. There is a good chance this star roster has a synergy boost for EPL Season 22.
Falcons | kyousuke (Photo via ESL)
Falcons | kyousuke (Photo via ESL)

However big a tournament ESL Pro League Season 22 is, the main excitement of the season happens in November — it’s the StarLadder Budapest Major. All the teams from the EPL Playoffs were already invited to the Major.

In October, we can see some of them playing at IEM Chengdu 2025.