FISSURE Playground 2 opens with a must-watch CS2 grudge match as Staff Liquid face FURIA, headlining a stacked Swiss Stage with important VRS implications.
The Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports calendar is overflowing, and followers are spoiled with consecutive S-Tier occasions, as groups battle tooth and nail to extend their VRS rating forward of the October 6 invitations for StarLadder Budapest Main.
Though some groups, reminiscent of MOUZ, Staff Vitality, and Staff Spirit, are absent, many of the high 10 groups on this planet are nonetheless competing. FISSURE Playground 2 boasts an enormous prize pool of $1,250,000, and the trophy is large open for the taking.
An superior trophy awaits. Picture Credit score: FISSURE
We count on some absolute bangers on the Belgrade Enviornment in Serbia, however to get to the world, groups should first survive the Swiss Stage, and the opening matches already look primed for some upsets.
Bangers Aplenty To Begin FISSURE Playground 2
FISSURE Playground 2’s Swiss Stage runs from September 12 to 17, and the Playoffs Stage from September 19 to 21. Whereas all matches happen on LAN, solely the Playoffs Stage matches are performed on the Belgrade Enviornment in entrance of a crowd.
All matches within the Swiss Stage are best-of-three, with the highest eight advancing to the Playoffs Stage. The primary spherical of matchups was drawn randomly, with subsequent matches primarily based on efficiency on the occasion to date.
TYLOO will probably be seeking to defend its title. Picture Credit score: FISSURE
You’ll discover the eight opening matches unfold throughout the primary two days of competitors outlined beneath. All occasions are in CEST.
Friday, September 12 matchups:
GamerLegion vs. TYLOO (10:00)
The MongolZ vs. 3DMAX (13:30)
Staff Falcons vs. Virtus.professional (17:00)
Aurora Gaming vs. Astralis (20:30)
Saturday, September 12 matchups:
HEROIC vs. Legacy (10:00)
G2 Esports vs. Lynn Imaginative and prescient Gaming (13:30)
FaZe Clan vs. paiN Gaming (17:00)
FURIA Esports vs. Staff Liquid (20:30)
Defending champions from FISSURE Playground 1, TYLOO, open up the occasion in opposition to GamerLegion, and each groups are carefully matched. Nevertheless, essentially the most thrilling opening matchup on the primary day of competitors is The MongolZ vs. 3DMAX.
Whereas The MongolZ is the favourite because the #3 crew on the VRS, the French aspect 3DMAX (#9 on VRS) is on fireplace proper now, beating TYLOO with a clear 2-0 within the Grand Ultimate of the Good World CS Problem Sequence 1 on the finish of August.
3DMAX is searching for revenge in opposition to The MongolZ, having made a deep run on the EWC 2025 earlier than narrowly shedding a 2-1 slugfest in opposition to the Mongolian aspect within the Quarterfinals.
Not too long ago, The MongolZ turned the EWC 2025 champions, beating Aurora Gaming 3-0 within the Grand Ultimate.
🔥 FISSURE PLAYGROUND 2 – CS kicks off subsequent week! 🔥
Time to drop the schedule 👇First stage: Swiss system (BO3) — solely 8 groups will make it to the world!
🗓 Swiss Stage: Sept 12–17🗓 Playoffs: Sept 19–21
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— FISSURE_ENG (@fissure_eng) September 7, 2025
Ending off the opening spherical in type, there’s a grudge match to stay up for, as Staff Liquid face off in opposition to FURIA Esports.
Staff Liquid wants a powerful event to extend their probabilities of receiving a StarLadder Budapest Main invite, because the group is at the moment beneath the factors threshold required for a Stage 1 invite within the European area.
On the similar time, FURIA is assured an invitation, sitting on high of the Americas area.
Including extra gas to the hearth is the truth that two gamers on FURIA Esports are ex-Staff Liquid members: in-game chief Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, and star rifler Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis.
The cherry on the cake is that Staff Liquid not too long ago denied FURIA Esports a spot within the BLAST Bounty Season 2 LAN Finals, dispatching the Brazilian aspect with a 2-1 reverse sweep comeback. Now that’s a spicy storyline ready to unfold.
FISSURE Playground 2 affords 9 days of top-tier CS2 esports motion that followers shouldn’t miss. Catch all of the motion stay through the official Twitch and YouTube channels.
