BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1 viewer's guide

BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1, a Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament, will be held from April 29 to May 3 in Fort Worth, USA. Eight teams will compete for a total prize pool of $350,000.

The group stage will be played in a GSL format, featuring two groups of four teams. The top three squads from each group will advance to the playoffs, which will be held a Single Elimination format. Group winners will start directly in the semi-finals.

All matches at BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1, except for the final, will be best-of-three (BO3), while the grand final will be a best-of-five matchup (BO5).

Team seeding in the group stage looks as follows:

Group A

 Vitality (apEX, ropz, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii)
 Astralis (ryu, HooXi, phzy, jabbi, Staehr)
 G2 (SunPayus, huNter-, NertZ, MATYS, HeavyGod)
 FUT (dem0n, coolio, Krabeni, cmtry, dziugss)

Group A bracket

Group B

 FURIA (FalleN, YEKINDAR, yuurih, KSCERATO, molodoy)
 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, makazze, w0nderful)
 FaZe (Neityu, Twistzz, jcobbb, frozen, broky)
 GamerLegion (Snax, REZ, Tauson, PR, hypex)

Group B bracket

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 2026 Season 1 matches can be found on the tournament page on our website via the link.