BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 1 viewer's guide

From April 30 to May 4, next Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament, BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 1, will be held at the BLAST studio in Copenhagen, Denmark. Eight teams will participate in the tournament, competing for $350,000 in prizes.

The group stage of the event will play out in a GSL format (two groups of four squads). The three strongest rosters from each quartet will advance to the playoffs, which will take place in a Single Elimination format. The group winners will go straight to the semi-finals.

All BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 1 matches, except for the final, will be BO3; the final – BO5.

The seeding of teams in the group stage looks as follows:

Group A

 Vitality (apEX, ropz, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii)
 MOUZ (Brollan, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN)
 paiN (dav1deuS, nqz, deemO, snow, rikz)
 Wildcard (stanislaw, Sonic, phzy, susp, JBa)

Group B

 Team Spirit (chopper, sh1ro, magixx, zont1x, donk)
 FaZe (karrigan, rain, EliGE, frozen, broky)
 Falcons (NiKo, Magisk, TeSeS, m0NESY, kyxsan)
 FlyQuest (nettik, Liazz, INS, Vexite, regali)

The prize pool distribution looks as follows:

1. $125,000
2. $75,000
3-4. $40,000
5-6. $25,000
7-8. $10,000

The full schedule and live broadcasts of the BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 1 matches can be found on the tournament page on our website via the link.