IEM Dallas 2025 Asia Open Qualifier: Day 1 recap

The opening day at the IEM Dallas 2025 Asia Open Qualifier saw a total of 99 teams battle it out to take their first steps towards making it to IEM Dallas 2025. There were three Indian teams in the mix, as Gods Reign, Orgless5 and VICTORES SUMUS took part but after the opening four rounds on Day 1, all Indian teams had been sent home after a disappointing outing for the Indian teams.

Here's a look at the IEM Dallas 2025 Asia Open Qualifier Day 1 results:

Round 1 (BO1)

The opening round saw a host of Bye games and most of the expected teams sail through, including the Indian representatives of Gods Reign, Orgless5 and VICTORES SUMUS. Other teams like TYLOO, Rare Atom and Chinggis Warriors also breezed into the second round.

Here's a quick look at the results from Round 1:

• The Huns (Bye)

• TeamNoName 13-5 dakogotin69 Nuke

• zalagalo (Bye)

• UltimateUU (Bye)

• taimyr (Bye)

• gangstarr 13-10 TSYMQ Gaming Ancient

• Orgless5 (Bye)

• Yin Xing Gaming 5-13 2kd Ancient

• -72c (Bye)

• FengDa Gaming 8-13 VIZORA Esports Ancient

• CONTINENTAL (Bye)

• BaloonBoysClub 13-2 TeamNineZ Mirage

• Gods Reign (Bye)

• Bromo 9-13 Kindling Gaming Anubis

• 2SPACE (Bye)

• CS2PROACADEMY vs NiuMa Esports Nuke

• Chinggis Warriors (Bye)

• SUBUTAI 13-10 THCKNCKDMARINES Dust2

• dreamScape (Bye)

• LFO vs jamyong Mirage

• NomadS (Bye)

• Premium esport- vs TP ESports Anubis

• VICTORES SUMUS (Bye)

• Pigland 11-13 The Main F Anubis

• Unsettled Resen (Bye)

• Full tilt 13-5 Team Dyloo Ancient

• MALAYINDO6UNITE (Bye)

• aircoal 13-0Team EVO Ancient

• TALON (Bye)

• IHC Esports 13-0 SuperKillers Nuke

• JONAS4U (Bye)

• RedViperZ vs Cyber Vortex Ancient

• TYLOO (Bye)

• JESUSPWE vs Team Endeavor Mirage

• MiraclePlay (Bye)

• Eruption (Bye)

• The QUBE (Bye)

• Free Elo 13-0 skote Mirage

• ONi CLAN (Bye)

• Cronus Legends 13-4 CAT33333 Mirage

• just swing (Bye)

• Wolf Pack 2-13 BORING PLAYER Anubis

• LOOKING4SPONSOR (Bye)

• Old Gods vs CH Gaming Anubis

• harizma (Bye)

• annonymous5G 11-13 E9esports Ancient

• tsegtaslal (Bye)

• TMA Esports 13-0 SCEnT_4k Mirage

• RARE ATOM (Bye)

• MGL POWER 13-11 MON ESPORTS Inferno

• ShamanKings (Bye)

• BrainDeadBoys (Bye)

• THE (Bye)

• Ysh__ vs Ch1toge_ Ancient

• BRATVA (Bye)

• TEAM GDT 13-4 kraken Ancient

• HOTU (Bye)

• FATED RISE 13-5 Never Say Never Ancient

• ego accendent (Bye)

• DeepCrossGaming 13-0 The ChonoZ Mirage

• JiJieHao (Bye)

• NoEgo Clan 13-10 ZAVAANUUD Mirage

• w1nstoN (Bye)

• YESBASE GATERON 13-4 paesports cn Anubis

Round 2 (BO1)

The second round saw Indian heavyweights Gods Reign go down to Kindling Gaming on Train in a scrappy double overtime affair while the other two Indian teams, VICTORES SUMUS and Orgless5 picked up important wins to keep themselves afloat. The usual suspects like TYLOO, Rare Atom, IHC Esports, Chinggis Warriors also sailed through.

Here's the scores from Round 2:

• The Huns 13-1 TeamNoName Ancient

• UltimateUU 13-2 zalagalo Mirage

• taimyr 13-4 gagstar__ Ancient

• Orgless5 13-4 2kd Dust2

• VIZORA Esports 13 - 8 -72c Ancient

• BalloonBoysClub 5 - 13 CONTINENTAL Anubis

• Gods Reign 17-19 Kindling Gaming Train

• 2SPACE 13 - 11 CS2PROACADEMY Ancient

• Chinggis Warriors 13 - 7 SUBUTAI Anubis

• dreamScape 1 - 13 LFO Ancient

• NomadS 13 - 1 Premium esport- Dust2

• VICTORES SUMUS 13 - 10 The Main F Anubis

• Unsettled Resen 13 - 1 Full Tilt Mirage

• aircoal 13 - 3 MALAYINDO6UNITE Train

• TALON 2 - 13 IHC Esports Nuke

• Red ViperZ 13 - 11 JONAS4U Inferno

• TYLOO 13 - 0 JESUSPWE Mirage

• Eruption 13 - 3 MiraclePlay Ancient

• The QUBE 13 - 2 Free Elo Mirage

• ONi CLAN 13 - 3 Cronus Legends Ancient

• BORING PLAYER 13 - 2 just swing Inferno

• LOOKING4SPONSOR 13 - 6 Old Gods Mirage

• harizma 13 - 11 E9esports Mirage

• tsegtaslal 13 - 10 TMA Esports Ancient

• Rare Atom 13 - 3 MGL Power Ancient

• BrainDeadBoys 13 - 11 ShamanKings Train

• THE 13 - 0 Ysh__ Anubis

• TEAM GDT 13 - 10 BRATVA Mirage

• FATED RISE 13 - 9 HOTU Anubis

• DeepCrossGaming 13 - 5 ego accendent Ancient

• JiJieHao 13 - 3 NoEgo Clan Anubis

• YESBASE GATERON 13-3 w1nstoN Anubis

Round 3 (BO1)

Round 3 saw VICTORES SUMUS sent packing while Orgless5 still fought on and it was TYLOO surviving an overtime scare to stay alive.

Here's a look at the Round 3 results:

• The Huns 13 - 3 UltimateUU Dust2

• Orgless5 16 - 13 taimyr Anubis

• VIZORA Esports 13 - 8 CONTINENTAL Anubis

• 2SPACE 13 - 8 Kingling Gaming Ancient

• Chinggis Warriors 13 - 3 LFO Nuke

• VICTORES SUMUS 5 - 13 NomadS Ancient

• Unsettled Resen 13 - 9 aircoal Ancient

• IHC Esports 13 - 3 Red ViperZ Ancient

• TYLOO 16 - 13 Eruption Mirage

• The QUBE 13 - 6 ONi CLAN Ancient

• BORING PLAYER 13 - 7 LOOKING4SPONSOR Anubis

• harizma 13 - 8 tsegtaslal Mirage

• Rare Atom 13 - 1 BrainDeadBoys Ancient

• THE 13 - 5 TEAM GDT Anubis

• FATED RISE 13 - 3 DeepCrossGaming Ancient

• JiJieHao 13 - 3 YESBASE GATERON Nuke

Round 4 (BO1)

The fourth round marked the end of the road for the Indian teams in the IEM Dallas 2025 Asia Open Qualifier as Orgless5 were eliminated and it also threw up quite a few of surprising results as the likes of Chinggis Warriors, JiJieHao and Rare Atom were eliminated.

Here's a look at the Round 4 results:

• Orgless5 10 - 13 The Huns Inferno

• VIZORA Esports 13 - 5 2SPACE Ancient

• NomadS 13 - 9 Chinggis Warriors Mirage

• IHC Esports 13 - 5 Unsettled Resen Ancient

• TYLOO 13-6 The QUBE Mirage

• harizma 13 - 7 BORING PLAYER Inferno

• Rare Atom 13 - 16 THE Anubis

• FATED RISE 13 - 10 JiJieHao 10 Ancient

Tomorrow, February 8, 2025, will be the final day of the IEM Dallas 2025 Asia Open Qualifier as the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final takes place. The top two teams will move to the Closed Qualifiers, meaning a Grand Final spot will secure a Closed Qualifier spot.

The quarter-finals will be a BO1 encounter before switching to BO3s for the semi-finals and Grand Final. The action will kick off at 15:30 IST.