French esports organisation Group Vitality has earned over $700,000 (~£525,117) by ESL‘s and BLAST‘s revenue-sharing initiatives.
The programmes operated by the event organisers supplied groups that recurrently compete of their Counter-Strike 2 tournaments an opportunity to earn further income along with prize cash.
Each initiatives from ESL and BLAST reward groups for frequent appearances at their respective tournaments. ESL considers common concurrent viewership to find out the share for groups competing in ESL Professional Tour occasions. BLAST awards ‘Tokens’ for groups attending at the very least 4 of its occasions, together with occasion placement.
ESL Annual Membership Incentive 2025 Defined
Launched in late 2024, the ESL Annual Membership Incentive rewards organisations competing throughout ESL Professional Tour occasions all year long, along with viewership contributions and promotional actions. A complete of 16 groups this 12 months obtained a share of $2.95m (~£2.2m) based mostly on the scale of the organisation’s contribution.
The dimensions of the contribution is set by the variety of viewership factors earned throughout ESL Professional Tour tournaments and the variety of tournaments a crew competed in.
Saudi Arabian esports organisation Group Falcons topped this 12 months’s Annual Membership Incentive, attending seven occasions, incomes 74.5 viewership factors and totalling 521.5 factors. In consequence, the organisation secured $407,422 (~£305,521), the most important share (13.8%) of the $2.95m on supply.
Group Vitality claimed fifth place within the standings with 336 viewership factors earned throughout the seven occasions it attended. By ending the ESL Professional Tour in fifth, the organisation took house $262,500 (~£196,903).
- 1st: Group Falcons – $407,422
- 2nd: The MongolZ – $295,313
- third: FURIA – $281,250
- 4th: NAVI – $278,906
- fifth: Group Vitality – $262,500
- sixth: MOUZ – $240,625
- seventh: G2 Esports – $215,625
- eighth: Group Spirit – $205,078
- ninth: FaZe Clan – $203,906
- tenth: Group Liquid – $150,391
- eleventh: 3DMAX – $109,375
- twelfth: HEROIC – $103,125
- thirteenth: paiN Gaming – $62,500
- 14th: Astralis – $59,375
- fifteenth: Virtus.professional – $40,625
- sixteenth: Aurora Gaming – $33,984
Following the conclusion of IEM Chengdu 2025, ESL says the Annual Membership Incentive can be paid to the highest 16 organisations within the first quarter of 2026. For 2026, the standings are reset, with the initiative resuming at IEM Kraków 2026, happening from January twenty eighth to February eighth.
BLAST Frequent Flyers Programme Defined
The BLAST Frequent Flyers Programme makes use of a token system to find out which groups are eligible to earn a share of a $2m (~£1.5m) annual pot.
Tokens are distributed to groups competing in a number of BLAST occasions throughout the 12 months, along with profitable or reaching the latter phases of a event.
Throughout 2025, Group Vitality earned 12 Frequent Flyer tokens, securing $461,538 (~£346,441) in income. Mixed with income earned from ESL’s Annual Membership Incentive, the organisation earned $724,038 (~£523,519) throughout the 2 initiatives.
Group Spirit ended this 12 months’s programme in second place with 11 tokens to its identify. In consequence, the organisation took house $423,077 (~£317,561).
Notably, Group Falcons and The MongolZ didn’t earn a share of the income because of not assembly the Frequent Flyer Programme standards.
- Group Vitality – 12 Tokens – $461,538
- Group Spirit – 11 Tokens – $423,077
- G2 Esports – 6 Tokens – $230,769
- MOUZ – 5 Tokens – $192,308
- FURIA – 5 Tokens – $192,308
- NAVI – 3 Tokens – $115,385
- FaZe Clan – 3 Tokens – $115,385
- Group Liquid – 2 Tokens – $76,923
- paiN Gaming – 2 Tokens – $76,923
- Virtus.professional – 2 Tokens – $76,923
- FlyQuest – 1 Token – $38,462
