Vitality Triumph at IEM Melbourne 2025 After Epic 5-Map Final

The Intel Extreme Masters Melbourne 2025 matches concluded on Sunday. Team Vitality and Team Falcons faced off in the grand final for the championship title.

The decisive best-of-5 series began with a confident victory for Team Vitality on their pick, Inferno (13:2). On the following map, Dust2, Team Falcons equalized the score after winning in overtime (16:2), but Vitality took their next pick, Train (13:9).

With a match point in hand, apEX's team failed to secure Mirage (10:13), and the championship was decided on the final map, Nuke. Team Falcons took the early lead, reaching a 12:6 scoreline, but failed to close out the game. Vitality pushed the match into overtime and, after a tense and hard-fought battle, secured the victory — 22:20 on Nuke and 3:2 in the series.

Notably, this marks Vitality's 21st LAN match victory in a row.

For winning IEM Melbourne 2025, the team earned $125,000 and also clinched the ESL Grand Slam 5 title, bringing an additional $1 million to the club.