FISSURE Playground 2: Preview

FISSURE Playground is back for a second iteration and it begins this weekend on Friday, 12th September 2025 at Belgrade, Serbia. Alongside the Asian powerhouse, The MongolZ two other Asian teams are in the mix- defending champions TYLOO and their Chinese counterpart Lynn Vision. The tournament starts with a Swiss system iteration, matching up round winners with winners and losers with losers until teams win or concede three matches.

Teams with three wins head into the playoffs. An eight-team single-elimination bo3 bracket, concluding with a bo5 grand-final crowns the winner. The tournament organizer revealed the opening matchups a couple of days back. The MongolZ will make their first Tier-1 appearance after winning the Esports World Cup at FISSURE Playground 2 and will kick off their campaign against 3DMAX. The MongolZ have bested the Frenchmen in four out of their previous five head to head encounters. Chinese side Lynn Vision lock horns with G2 who trumped Vitality to win BLAST Open London last week.

The defending champions TYLOO will take on GamerLegion in their opening match and the last time these two teams faced off, the Chinese side eliminated GamerLegion from the tournament at ESL Pro League Season 21. At FISSURE Playground 1, TYLOO took down 3DMAX, SAW and Astralis in the playoffs to mark Chinese Counter-Strike's first big event win. The star-studded Falcons take on VP and Aurora face Astralis to conclude the first day's play. HEROIC's match against Legacy kicks off proceedings on day 2. G2 take on Lynn Vision, FaZe clash against paIN and a FURIA-Liquid grudge matchup will close the opening round of play.

FISSURE Playground 2 carries a prize pool of $1,250,000 USD but teams are eyeing to rack up crucial VRS points to stay on track for a Major invite at StarLadder Budapest.

The opening matches at FISSURE Playground 2 are as follows:

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