BLAST Open Spring 2025 - Tournament Preview & Guide

By Tit Krajnik

17 Mar 2025

Tit Krajnik 17 Mar 2025

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BLAST Open Spring 2025 kicks off on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
16 Counter-Strike 2 teams
$400,000 on the line

BLAST Open Spring 2025

As the dust settles on ESL Pro League Season 21, the Counter-Strike 2 esports scene continues with the fourth S-Tier tournament of the year, BLAST Open Spring 2025.

When Does BLAST Open Spring 2025 Start?
BLAST Open Spring 2025 Format
Group Stage (March 19-24)
Playoffs (March 28-30)
BLAST Open Spring 2025 Teams
Group A
Group B
BLAST Open Spring 2025 Prize Pool
BLAST Open Spring 2025 Betting Odds
Where To Bet on BLAST Open Spring 2025?

Hosted in Lisbon, Portugal, the BLAST Open will feature the world’s best 16 CS2 teams, who will vie for the lion’s share of the $400,000 prize pool and BLAST Frequent Flyer Tokens.

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When Does BLAST Open Spring 2025 Start?

The BLAST Open Spring 2025 is scheduled to start on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. The tournament will run for just under two weeks and conclude on Sunday, March 30, with the grand finals.

BLAST Open Spring 2025 Format

The tournament is divided into two stages, the group stage and playoffs, with all 16 teams starting their journey in the group stage.

Sixteen CS2 teams are seeded into two double-elimination format (GSL) groups, with eight teams per group. All group stage games are played as best-of-three (BO3), and only the top three teams per group will receive invites to the playoffs.

Group stage winners advance to the semifinals. Runners-up proceed to the quarterfinals as high seeds, while the third-placed teams will be seeded into the quarterfinals as low seeds.

Playoffs are single-elimination, with all matches, except for the final, played as best-of-three (BO3). The grand final will be a best-of-five (BO5).

Group Stage (March 19-24)

16 Counter-Strike 2 teams
Two double-elimination groups
All games are BO3
Group stage winners receive a direct bye to the semifinals
Runners-up advance to the quarterfinals as high seeds
Third-placed teams proceed to the quarterfinals as low seeds

Playoffs (March 28-30)

Six Counter-Strike 2 teams
Single-elimination bracket
The quarterfinals and semifinals are BO3
The grand final is BO5

BLAST Open Spring 2025 Teams

BLAST Open Spring 2025 will feature some of the world’s best Counter-Strike 2 teams, including 12 squads who received invites based on their position on the Valve Regional Standing (VRS) and four teams who qualified for the event through BLAST Rising (Astralis, The Huns Esports, M80, and Imperial Esports)

The BLAST Rising Asia Spring 2025 champions ATOX Esports were disqualified from the event pending a suspension by ESIC. They were replaced by the BLAST Rising Asia Spring 2025 runners-up, The Huns Esports.

The have been seeded into the two groups.

Group A

Team Spirit
The Huns Esports
Team Falcons
MOUZ
FaZe Clan
Virtus.pro
Astralis
Team Vitality

Group B

G2 Esports
Imperial Esports
Team Liquid
Eternal Fire
Natus Vincere
FURIA Esports
M80
The MongolZ

BLAST Open Spring 2025 Prize Pool

The Portuguese Counter-Strike 2 tournament will offer a $400,000 prize pool, divided among the 16 participating teams. Nearly half ($160,000) will be awarded to the champions.

On top of the monetary reward, the top six teams will also receive BLAST Frequent Flyer Tokens.

Champions - $150,000 + 3 BLAST Frequent Flyer Tokens
Runners-up - $60,000 + 2 BLAST Frequent Flyer Tokens
3rd-4th-place - $40,000 + 1 BLAST Frequent Flyer Token
5th-6th-place - $20,000 + 1 BLAST Frequent Flyer Token
7th-8th - $10,000
9th-12th - $7,500
13th-16th - $5,000

BLAST Open Spring 2025 Betting Odds

Outright betting odds for BLAST Open Spring 2025 can be found on all of the best betting sites, and according to the recent prices, there are just two teams who have a realistic chance to go all the way.

The recently crowned ESL Pro League Season 21 champions, Team Vitality, are billed as the team to beat at 3.50, ahead of Team Spirit, who have a firm hold of the no.2 favourites at 4.50.

Natus Vincere are third-favourites at 7.00, ahead of a trio of teams tied at 9.00 – FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, and Eternal Fire rounding up a very stacked list of serious candidates to win BLAST Open Spring 2025.

While the rest of the squads are priced at double digits or more, there are some strong names left, including the ESL Pro League Season 21 finalists, MOUZ (11.00), The MongolZ (13.00), and Team Falcons (17.00).

Team Liquid, who made the final eight in Sweden, are 21.00 underdogs, ahead of Virtus.pro (26.00) and Astralis (34.00). The list of complete outsiders includes FURIA (51.00), Imperial Esports (101.00), M80 (101.00), and The Huns Esports (351.00).

Team	Odds
Team Vitality	3.50
Team Spirit	4.50
Natus Vincere	7.00
FaZe Clan	9.00
G2 Esports	9.00
Eternal Fire	9.00
MOUZ	11.00
The MongolZ	13.00
Team Falcons	17.00
Team Liquid	26.00
Virtus.pro	26.00
Astralis	34.00
FURIA	51.00
Imperial Esports	51.00
M80	101.00
The Huns Esports	351.00

Team Vitality have been one of the most dominant teams of the season, so it comes as no surprise that they’re expected to do well at BLAST Open Spring 2025. The Bees travel to Portugal with two Big Event titles to their name, including Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025 and ESL Pro League Season 21 – having proven they’re a class above everyone else in both events.

BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 champions, IEM Katowice 2025 finalists, and ESL Pro League Season 21 semi-finalists, Team Spirit, are also not to be underestimated, having proven they belong in the group of elite few squads.

And while there are cases to be made for other teams, namely NaVi, FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, and MOUZ, which are four teams with enough experience and talent to make it far, neither have yet to prove they’re at the level of Spirit or Vitality.

Where To Bet on BLAST Open Spring 2025?

BLAST Open Spring 2025 is one of the biggest and most significant Counter-Strike 2 tournaments of the season so far and one of the more popular events among esports bettors. So, it is no surprise that you do not have to look far to find a platform to place your BLAST Open Spring 2025 bets.

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