BLAST Open Porto 2026 groups announced

Organizers of BLAST Open Porto 2026 have released the seeding, revealing the opponents for the first round of the group stage of the upcoming event.

The competition's group stage will play out in a Double Elimination (GSL) format; the top three squads from each group will advance to the playoffs (Single Elimination), with the winners of each group going directly to the semi-finals. The final will be a best-of-five series, with all remaining matches being best-of-three.

BLAST Open Porto 2026 will run from August 26 to September 6. The group stage will take place at the BLAST studio in Copenhagen, Denmark, while the playoffs will be held in Porto, Portugal. The event's prize pool will amount to $400,000, divided among 16 rosters.