BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 invites announced

Tournament operator BLAST has announced the list of participants for the upcoming Counter-Strike 2 event BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1. Invites to the competition were issued based on Valve's official ranking. Direct invites were given to 32 teams.

The online stage of BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1 will be held from January 13-18, 2026, in a Single Elimination format. The top eight squads will travel to Malta, where the LAN finals will play out from January 22 to 25. The prize pool for the event has not yet been unveiled (previously, rosters competed for $500,000 at BLAST Bounty tournaments).

Notably, the LAN finals of BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 2 took place from August 14-17 in Malta. In the final, Team Spirit defeated The MongolZ with a scoreline of 3-0. Danil "donk" Kryshkovets was crowned the MVP of the tournament.

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