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Counter Strike 2 BLAST Open Spring 2025: All confirmed teams and roster, prize pool, and more

Counter Strike 2 BLAST Open Spring 2025: All confirmed teams and roster, prize pool, and more

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Mar 8, 2025, 23:57 IST

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BLAST Premier announced the 16 teams for the Counter Strike 2 BLAST Open Spring 2025 tournament, selected from top global rankings and regional qualifiers. Starting March 19 at Lisbon's MEO Arena, teams will compete in a double-elimination format for a $400,000 prize pool. Follow the event for team rosters, schedule and more details.

Counter Strike 2 BLAST Open Spring 2025: All confirmed teams and roster, prize pool, and more

BLAST Open Spring 2025: All confirmed teams, prize pool, and more (Image via BLAST.tv)

BLAST Premier has officially announced the 16 teams participating in the upcoming Counter Strike 2 BLAST Open Spring 2025 tournament. Twelve of these teams were picked based on the 12 highest-ranked teams in the Valve Global Ranking, while the remaining 4 teams came from the four regional qualifiers of BLAST Rising Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. This gives the underdogs from other regions an opportunity to compete against the best teams in the world.
BLAST Open Spring 2025 is scheduled to commence on March 19, 2025 with the playoffs to be hosted at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Besides an attractive prize pool, the tournament will also give out Frequent Flyers Tokens, which are essential for future BLAST Tournaments.
The final list of participating teams and their roster was announced on the official X account of BLAST Premier. This article will break down all the 16 teams participating in BLAST Open Spring 2025 and the prize pool they will be competing for.

List of all teams in BLAST Open Spring 2025

The 16 participating teams in BLAST Open Spring 2025 have been divided into two groups of eight, where they will play in a Best of 3, double elimination bracket. For a better understanding of the tournament format, read Counter Strike 2 Blast Open Spring 2025: Tournament format, schedule, where to watch and more.
Here are the 16 teams and their roster categorized into the two groups they have been assigned to.
Group A

Team Spirit

chopper

magixx

zont1x

donk

sh1ro

hally (Coach)

The Huns Esports

nin9

Bart4k

cobrazera

xerolte

Veccil

ncl (Coach)

Team Falcons

Magisk

NiKo

TeSeS

kyxsan

degster

zonic (Coach)

MOUZ

torzsi

xertioN

Jimpphat

Brollan

Spinx

sycrone (Coach)

FaZe Clan

rain

broky

karrigan

frozen

EliGE

NEO (Coach)

Virtus.pro

FL1T

fame

electroNic

FL4MUS

ICY

PASHANOJ (Coach)

Astralis

dev1ce

Staehr

stavn

jabbi

cadiaN

ruggah (Coach)

Team Vitality

apEX

ZywOo

flameZ

mezii

ropz

XTQZZZ (Coach)

Group B

G2 Esports

huNter-

m0NESY

malbsMd

Snax

HeavyGod

TaZ (Coach)

Imperial Esports

VINI

noway

decenty

try

chayJESUS

zakk (Coach)

Team Liquid

NAF

Twistzz

ultimate

jks

NertZ

mithR (Coach)

Eternal Fire

XANTARES

MAJ3R

Wicadia

woxic

jottAAA

Fabre (Coach)

Natus Vincere

b1t

Aleksib

w0nderful

B1ad3 (Coach)

FURIA

yuurih

KSCERATO

FalleN

chelo

skullz

sidde (Coach)

M80

Swisher

reck

slaxz-

s1n

Lake

dephh (Coach)

The MongolZ

bLitz

Techno4K

910

mzinho

Senzu

maaRaa (Coach)

What is the prize pool of BLAST Open Spring 2025?

Counter Strike 2 BLAST Open Spring 2025 features a prize pool of $400,000 which will be distributed to the winning teams in the following manner:

Placement	Prize Money
1st Place	$150,000
2nd Place	$60,000
3rd-4th Place	$40,000 each
5th-6th Place	$20,000 each
7th-8th Place	$10,000 each
9th-12th Place	$7,500 each
13th-16th Place	$5,000 each

For more information about the tournament, read Counter Strike 2 Blast Open Spring 2025: Tournament format, schedule, where to watch and more.

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