Germany's BIG wins inaugural Chennai Esports Global Championship 2025 CS2

Germany’s BIG lifted the trophy at the inaugural Chennai Esports Global Championship (CEGC) 2025, defeating France’s Mousquetaires 3 - 1 in an electrifying Grand Final of Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. The team bagged $30,000 prize pool, and JDC from BIG was named MVP of the tournament. 

Germany's BIG wins inaugural Chennai Esports Global Championship 2025 CS2

Germany's CS2 team, BIG, featuring players like tabseN, JDC, prosus, FreeZe, and JBOEN, defeated the Frans' Mousquetaires in the final by 3-1. BIG delivered a commanding performance across four maps, Dust II, Overpass, Inferno, and Train, to secure victory over Mousquetaires and claim the inaugural CEGC title.

• Champion: BIG (Germany)
• Runners-up: Mousquetaires (France)
• Third place: Deep Cross Gaming (Philippines)
• Fourth place: Team Nemesis Asia (Thailand)
• 5th–6th place: Team Arise (India) and Wicked Gaming (India)

The CEGC brought together elite teams from 31 countries across Europe, Southeast Asia, and India, representing the wide reach of this new tournament. Over several weeks of open qualifiers, top rosters earned their way to Chennai, showcasing the tournament’s global reach and professional standards.

CEGC 2025 Counter Strike 2 Prize pool distribution

Following the CS2 tournament, the CEGC Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) championship will take place from November 14 to 16 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. India’s top mobile esports teams will compete for a ₹50,00,000 prize pool.

Teams

• Team Tamilas
• Team Soul
• Autobotz Esports
• FS Esports
• Infinix True Rippers
• K9 Esports
• Team Versatile
• Victores Sumus
• Gods Reign
• Vasista Esports
• WELT
• Cincinnati Kids
• Revenant XSpark
• Blitz Esports
• Team 8Bit
• NoNx Esports

A total of 18 matches will be played across Erangel, Rondo, and Miramar in the Grand Finals.