BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

BLAST.tv AUSTIN MAJOR 2025 DISCUSSION THREAD

The peak of Counter Strike's E-SPORT scene is coming to the United States! With a prize pool of $1,250,000 USD the teams will compete for the third CS2 major trophy and 22nd Major overall.

Held in Austin, Texas in the Moody Center it is the first and currently only Major to use the new 32 team format. It features all sixteen teams who qualified from the MRQs entered Stage 1, with Stages 2 and 3 featuring eight directly invited teams based on their Valve Regional Standings.

FORMAT

• Stage 1: June 3rd – 6th, 2025




• 16 Team Swiss System Format


• Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3


• All other matches are Bo1


• Top 8 Teams proceed to Stage 2


• Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated

• Stage 2: June 7th – 10th, 2025
  
  
  
  • 16 Team Swiss System Format
    
  • Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
  
  
  • All other matches are Bo1
  
  
  • Top 8 Teams proceed to Stage 3
  
  
  • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
  
  
  
  

• Stage 3: June 12th – 15th, 2025




• 16 Team Swiss System Format


• Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3


• All other matches are Bo1


• Top 8 Teams proceed to the Playoffs


• Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated

• Playoffs: June 19th – 22nd, 2025




• All matches are Bo3


• Single-Elimination bracket
  

Participating Teams

• Stage 1




• OG Esports


• HEROIC


• Metizport


• Nemiga Gaming


• BetBoom Team


• B8 Esports


• Complexity Gaming


• Wildcard


• NRG Esports


• Imperial Esports


• Fluxo


• BESTIA (Replaced by Legacy due to VISA issues)


• Lynn Vision Gaming


• TYLOO


• Chinggis Warriors


• FlyQuest





• Stage 2




• Team Falcons


• FaZe Clan


• 3DMAX


• Virtus.pro


• paiN Gaming


• FURIA Esports


• MIBR


• M80





• Stage 3




• Team Vitality


• Team Spirit


• MOUZ


• Natus Vincere


• Aurora Gaming


• G2 Esports


• The MongolZ


• Team Liquid

Streams

Find more under the links section!

Links

HLTV.org - Website for general CS e-sport news. Contains Streams, match overviews, and information on teams/players

Liquipedia entry - Encyclopedia for Counter-Strike

BLAST.tv website - The official BLAST.tv Website