French esports powerhouse Team Vitality has achieved a significant financial boost, surpassing $700,000 in earnings through strategic involvement in ESL and BLAST’s revenue-sharing programs. These initiatives are designed to offer additional monetary rewards to teams that frequently compete in their Counter-Strike 2 events, supplementing the traditional prize money.
ESL Annual Club Incentive 2025 Explained
Launched towards the end of 2024, the ESL Annual Club Incentive aims to reward organisations participating in ESL Pro Tour events. Teams’ contributions, viewership, and promotional efforts determine their share of the $2.95 million pool. This year, Team Falcons emerged as the top performer, collecting the most substantial share, while Team Vitality secured fifth place, taking home $262,500. The allocation is heavily influenced by the number of events attended and the viewership points garnered.
As the 2025 season wraps up with IEM Chengdu, ESL has confirmed that payments from the Annual Club Incentive will be distributed to the top 16 teams in the first quarter of 2026, with the initiative continuing at IEM Kraków 2026 from January 28th to February 8th.
BLAST Frequent Flyers Programme Explained
The BLAST Frequent Flyers Programme employs a token system to allocate a share of a $2 million pot among teams participating in multiple BLAST events. Performance in these events determines the number of tokens earned, which in turn decides the financial reward. Team Vitality excelled in this program as well, claiming 12 tokens and an additional $461,538 in revenue. Together with the ESL earnings, the organisation’s total for the year reached $724,038. Notably, teams like Team Spirit and G2 Esports also performed well, securing significant payouts from their token accumulations.
French esports organisation Team Vitality has earned over $700,000 (~£525,117) through ESL‘s and BLAST‘s revenue-sharing initiatives.