BLAST Rivals Fall 2025 Kicks Off in Hong Kong with $350K Prize Pool
The $350,000 BLAST Rivals Fall 2025 Counter Strike 2 tournament’s group stage got underway Wednesday in Hong Kong, as eight top teams compete for the $125,000 grand prize.
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🏆PLAYOFFS IN MUNICH TODAY🇩🇪
🏆PLAYOFFS IN MUNICH TODAY🇩🇪
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The event is a double elimination tournament in two groups, with the top three teams from each group advancing to single elimination playoffs. Group winners advance directly to the semifinals, while second and third place teams go to the quarterfinals as high or low seeds.
All matches are best of three until the semifinals, the semifinals will be a best of five grand final on Sunday.
There were some seriously early blowouts in Group A. Team Falcons won 16-13 on Dust II and 13-8 on Nuke to beat Team Spiri 2-0. Passion UA took down the MongolZ 2-1, losing on Overpass 16-14 and winning Inferno and Nuke with close scorelines of 13-11.
FURIA completed a comeback to take Group B with a 2-1 win over paiN Gaming after rallying from down 13-7 on Nuke with wins of 13-6 on Overpass and 13-11 on Mirage. Team Vitality made the score line another one against TYLOO, taking a 13-4 defeat on Nuke after a 13-2 beating on Overpass and a 13-11 loss on Inferno.
Action resumes Thursday with these key clashes:
- The MongolZ vs. Team Spirit (Group A elimination)
- Passion UA vs. Team Falcons (Group A winners)
- paiN Gaming vs. TYLOO (Group B elimination)
- FURIA vs. Team Vitality (Group B winners)
Prize Pool Breakdown1st:
- $125,000 + two BLAST Frequent Flyer tokens
- 2nd: $75,000
- 3rd-4th: $40,000
- 5th-6th: $25,000
- 7th-8th: $10,000