FaZe and Astralis advance to BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 semi-finals

Next playday at the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 LAN tournament in Malta has concluded, with two more teams ending their journey in the competition.

In the first round of the bracket, The MongolZ lost to FaZe (12:16 on Nuke, 13:7 on Mirage, 8:13 on Ancient), while paiN got defeated by Astralis (13:10 on Nuke, 17:19 on Inferno, 14:16 on Mirage).

The losing squads were eliminated from the tournament, sharing 5th-8th place with Liquid and 3DMAX, while the winners advanced to the next round of the bracket, where they will compete for a spot in the final.

Notably, the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 LAN finals are taking place from July 30 to August 2 in Malta. The competition's prize pool is $740,000. The final will be BO5, all other matches will be BO3.

The current tournament bracket looks as follows:

The full schedule and live broadcasts of the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 matches can be found on the tournament page on our website via the link.