The BLAST Premier Open Season 2 has revealed the 12 invited teams out of 16 that will compete in its online closed qualifier from August 27th to September 1st, 2025.
The participating Counter-Strike 2 teams will go head to head, with the bottom 10 teams sharing a $70,000 (~£53,900) prize pool and the top six organisations qualifying for the LAN Finals at the OVO Arena in Wembley.
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These are all the teams set to compete at the upcoming BLAST Premier Open closed qualifier tournament, which have been invited based on the Valve Global Rankings (VGR) in July:
- Team Vitality (Europe)
- MOUZ (Europe)
- Team Spirit (CIS)
- The Mongolz (Asia)
- Aurora (Europe)
- FaZe Clan (Europe)
- Natus Vincere (CIS)
- FURIA (Brazil)
- G2 Esports (Europe)
- GamerLegion (Europe)
- HEROIC (Europe)
- Virtus.pro (CIS)
In addition to the invitations, there are four qualification spots available for the tournament. These spots will be filled by the winning team from each BLAST Rising open qualifiers, covering EU, Asia, North America and South America. The qualifiers will run from August 1st to 3rd, 2025.
There are six qualifying spots available at Wembley, with the BLAST Open Fall 2025 tournament taking place from September 5th to 7th, 2025. The tournament has a prize pool of $330,000 (~£254,100) on offer and BLAST Frequent Flyers Tokens up for grabs. These tokens can then be redeemed after November 16th for a share of $2m (~£1,540,000)corresponding to the number of tokens earned.
Wembley itself has hosted a variety of Counter-Strike events in the past few years, including Tier 1 tournaments dating back to 2016. It also held the BLAST Premier Spring Final, where 18,000 fans saw Team Spirit emerge victorious.
Tickets are currently available to purchase for the BLAST Premier Open tournament in September. According to the official OVO Arena Wembley ticket partner, AXS, the Counter-Strike tournament will take place at 15:15 PM BST on both September 5th and 6th, and 14:00 PM BST on the 7th.
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Out of the top 12 teams invited, Teams Falcons (ranked sixth) and 3DMAX (ranked 13th) have refused the invitation. However, fans can watch Team Falcons in action at the Esports World Cup in August, and the ESL Pro League Season 22 in September.
Team Vitality enters the tournament as one of the favourites to not only qualify, but potentially win the BLAST Premier Open. This is based on its impressive performance in 2025 so far, winning past Counter-Strike events such as the BLAST.tv Austin Major and topping Valve’s Global Rankings since April.
Team Spirit are entering the BLAST Premier Open as the team to beat after winning the BLAST Premier Spring Final in 2024. The organisation has showcased a strong performance this year, winning PGL Astana 2025 and coming second in the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice. However, only time will tell if the team can retain its crown or be overthrown.
Source: https://esportsinsider.com/
