Spirit and Natus Vincere refused to invite the IEM event.

M0nesy and G2 will return to the US to protect the title

ESL announced the first 8 teams to attend IEM Dallas 2025, including 6 of the top 8 teams under the Valve ranking updated on February 3.

Spirit and Natus Vincere rejected invitations, creating conditions for Eternal Fire and Mouz to win the last two invitations for Europe.

In addition, Furia represented South America, Liquid representing North America, and The Mongolz representing Asia.

The event took place from May 19-25, marking the last major tournament before the Austin Major in June in Texas, and will be held immediately after PGL Astana (10-18/May).

The remaining 8 teams will be decided through the qualifying round, starting from an open qualifying round with 2048 teams, before entering the closed qualifying round according to each area.

10 teams, from Falcons to Nemiga, have been invited to attend the European qualifier with a total of 18 teams, while the two regions of the Americas and Asia will have a qualifying tournament of four teams to choose a place to attend.

List of teams that have confirmed to attend IEM Dallas 2025 up to the present time: