BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 viewer's guide

Upcoming prestigious Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament, BLAST Open Lisbon 2025, will take place from March 19 to 30 with participants competing for $400,000 in prizes.

The event will kick off with the group stage, which will take place in a Double Elimination format (GSL, two groups of eight squads) with BO3 matches. Three teams from each group will advance to the playoffs: the winners will go straight to the semi-finals, while the rosters that take second and third places will get to the quarter-finals.

The competition playoffs will play out in a Single Elimination BO3 format. The final will be a BO5 series.

The group stage matches will be held at the BLAST studio in Copenhagen, Denmark, while the final stage of the tournament will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, at the MEO Arena.

Group stage participants are:

Group A

 Team Spirit (chopper, sh1ro, magixx, zont1x, donk)
 The Huns (nin9, yAmi, Bart4k, Veccil, cobra)
 Falcons (NiKo, Magisk, TeSeS, degster, kyxsan)
 MOUZ (Brollan, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN)
 FaZe (karrigan, rain, EliGE, frozen, broky)
 Virtus.pro (electroNic, FL1T, fame, FL4MUS, ICY)
 Astralis (device, cadiaN, stavn, jabbi, Staehr)
 Vitality (apEX, ropz, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii)

Group A bracket looks as follows:

Group B

 G2 (Snax, huNter-, malbsMd, m0NESY, HeavyGod)
 Imperial (VINI, try, chayJESUS, decenty, noway)
 Liquid (jks, NAF, NertZ, Twistzz, ultimate)
 Eternal Fire (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Wicadia, jottAAA)
 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, jL, w0nderful)
 FURIA (FalleN, chelo, yuurih, KSCERATO, skullz)
 M80 (slaxz-, Swisher, reck, s1n, Lake)
 The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno, Senzu, mzinho, 910)

Group B bracket looks as follows:

The prize pool distribution is:

1. $150,000
2. $60,000
3-4. $40,000
5-6. $20,000
7-8. $10,000
9-12. $7,500
13-16. $5,000

The full schedule and live broadcast of BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 can be found on the tournament page via this link.