Team Spirit secure BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 title

Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov's squad won the first tournament of the new Counter-Strike 2 season – BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1. In the final of the event, Team Spirit bested Eternal Fire with a scoreline of 3:1 – 14:16 on Anubis, 13:6 on Nuke, 13:3 on Dust2, 13:8 on Mirage.

Note that the distinctive feature of BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 was the "bounty" for each team, which was assigned by the organizers according to the seeding in the bracket. The winner of the match secured half of the bounty of the defeated opponent; the remaining 50% was carried over to the next match.

As a result, Team Spirit earned $288,125 in prize money at the event. Eternal Fire's winnings amounted to $85,625. 3rd-4th places at the competition were shared by G2 and NAVI – they received $17,500 and $22,500, respectively.

The BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 LAN final played out from January 23 to 26 at the BLAST studio in Copenhagen, Denmark. The total prize pool of the tournament was half a million US dollars. The results of the online stage of the event can be found via the link.

The final tournament bracket looks as follows:

Prize pool distribution looks as follows:

1.  Team Spirit – $288,125
2.  Eternal Fire – $85,625
3-4.  G2 – $17,500
3-4.  NAVI – $22,500
5-8.  BetBoom Team – $25,000
5-8.  paiN – $15,000
5-8.  Vitality – $3,750
5-8.  HEROIC – $25,000