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Everything You Need To Know About BLAST Open Lisbon 2025

Muhammad Shahrayar Sheikh is a news writer at cyber-sport.io who covers the latest news in the Counter-Strike 2 sphere. Amongst the many games he grew up playing, Counter-Strike 1.6 was...
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BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 kicks off on March 19, bringing more top-tier Counter-Strike 2 action just as fans are still buzzing from ESL Pro League Season 21. With a $400,000 prize pool on the line, the tournament will begin in BLAST’s Copenhagen studio before moving to the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal for the playoffs.
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All top 12 teams from HLTV’s world rankings are competing after receiving direct invitations, while FURIA and regional underdogs M80, Imperial, and The Huns secured their spots through the BLAST Rising qualifiers. Astralis also made it through the same route. Due to seeding based on an older version of Valve’s rankings, Spirit and back-to-back champions Vitality find themselves in a particularly tough Group A.

 

The format of the tournament mirrors IEM Katowice and Cologne, featuring two groups of eight teams in a double-elimination bracket. Three teams from each group will move on to the playoffs, with upper bracket winners going straight to the semi-finals, while two more from each group will qualify through the lower bracket. All matches will be best-of-three, except for the grand final, which will be a best-of-five. 

Everything You Need To Know About BLAST Open Lisbon 2025

The group stage follows a rolling schedule with four matches per day, starting at 16:00 CET. Playoffs will take place from March 28-30, with the grand final set for Sunday at 20:30 CET. Here are the opening matches:

 

  • Spirit vs. The Huns
  • MOUZ vs. Falcons
  • Vitality vs. Astralis
  • FaZe vs. Virtus.pro
  • G2 vs. Imperial
  • Eternal Fire vs. Liquid
  • The MongolZ vs. M80
  • Natus Vincere vs. FURIA

 

The tournament offers a total prize pool of $400,000, with the winner taking home $150,000 and three Frequent Flyer tokens, while the runner-up secures $60,000 and one token. Prize money decreases from there, with 13th-16th place earning $5,000 each. Unlike ESL and PGL, which use a club-share model to boost their prize pools to $1 million, BLAST sticks to a traditional distribution method. However, teams will still receive participation fees and benefit from the $2.5 million annual Frequent Flyers program.

 

The broadcast lineup features top-tier talent, including Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt as the desk’s ex-pro alongside Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche, Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg, and returning YouTuber Donald "voo" Parkhurst. Commentators Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson and Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill will also be on board, bringing their signature energy.

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