Team Spirit rises to second place in August 2025 Valve Regional Standings (VRS) after improving from third place in the rankings following a great performance during IEM Cologne 2025. August VRS Sees Major Changes.
The revamped August VRS will help in choosing the teams for IEM Chengdu and Thunderpick World Championship amongst other CS:GO tournaments. The Team Spirit roster moved up the table after their victory at IEM Cologne, where it defeated MOUZ in the Grand Final. Team Vitality stayed at the top despite losing to MOUZ in the semi-finals, showing its CS2 competition dominance.
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Shifts Across the Top Ten
Several teams have seen significant changes in the top ten. NAVI moved up three spots and took fifth place after making it to the IEM Cologne Playoffs. FURIA’s strong form has earned them a rise from 9th to 6th place. The Chinese group TYLOO saw the biggest jump, going from 20th to tenth after winning the FISSURE Playground 1. But not all teams moved in a positive direction. Due to continuous loss, Team Liquid has dropped nine places to 26th. Moreover, this drop may endanger Team Liquid’s place in the top 32. Aurora Gaming has fallen out of the top ten and dropped to eleventh, whereas HEROIC has fallen six slots to eighteenth.
Implications for Upcoming Tournaments
The August VRS rankings are needed for invitations to tournaments later in the year like IEM Chengdu and the Thunderpick World Championship. Organizers have yet to declare the teams that accepted their invites. For IEM Chengdu, there are two spots for each of Europe, the Americas and Asia and there will also be 10 teams from the world rankings after the regional invites are confirmed. Four teams from the global standings will be at the Thunderpick World Championship.
Top 20 Teams in the August 2025 VRS
Here is the new top 20 for August 2025 and some of the movements from last month.
1. Team Vitality.
2. Team Spirit (up 1).
3. MOUZ (down 1).
4. The MongolZ.
5. NAVI (up 3).
6. FURIA (up 3).
7. Team Falcons (down 2).
8. FaZe Clan (down 1).
9. Astralis (up 6).
10. TYLOO (up 10).
11. Aurora Gaming (down 5).
12. G2 Esports (down 2).
13. 3DMAX.
14. GamerLegion (down 3).
15. Lynn Vision (up 3).
16. PaiN Gaming.
17. Virtus.pro (down 3).
18. HEROIC (down 6).
19. Ninjas in Pyjamas (up 4).
20. Complexity (up 4).
The global scene in CS2 is very competitive and volatile, as indicated by changes from the August VRS update. Teams are looking with anticipation to the remaining tournaments of the season, and the invitations and rankings will change the landscape.