Reactions from teams qualifying for the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

Regional qualifiers for the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 have concluded, revealing all participants for the upcoming major. The qualifiers were highly emotional for everyone in various ways. In this article, we've compiled a collection of reactions from different teams upon their qualification for the major.

This major will be the first for 9 organizations: aurora , Falcons , M80 , Nemiga, Metizport , BetBoom, Chinggis Warriors, B8 , Bestia . Additionally, 47 players will debut at a Valve tournament for the first time.

OG 's Qualification
OG surprised many in this qualifier, managing to secure a spot in the major with a 3-0 record in the Swiss system. The team underwent many roster changes that couldn't help them break into the top, causing them to miss two majors in a row. The organization released the team's teamspeak from the final round, where emotions were running high.

Heroic 's Qualification
Heroic is one of the unique teams, particularly in terms of management. They became the fifth organization to qualify for a major with completely different rosters for two consecutive majors. Previously, FlipSid3 , G2, Renegades , and ENCE achieved this.

Metizport 's Qualification
Metizport is also a special team, managing to qualify for the major with a fully Swedish lineup. The last time this happened was 6 years ago with NIP at the StarLadder Major 2019. They shared the moment of the team's reaction after the match, where emotions were incredible.

B8 's Qualification
The qualifier was tough for B8 , as they lost their first two matches, starting the qualifier with a 0-2 record in the Swiss system. To qualify for the major, they needed to win 5 BO3 matches in a row, which sounds like a nightmare, especially since Europe only has 6 slots for the tournament. But the team managed an incredible comeback, winning the final map against Astralis while trailing 11-6 during the game. Later, npl shared the team's teamspeak from the last round, where ALEX666 clutched 1v3.

Imperial 's Qualification
The Brazilians from Imperial also confidently qualified for the major. The organization published part of the team's vlog from two days of the qualifier on Twitter, and it turned out really cool, giving the feeling of being immersed in the situation.

Fluxo 's Qualification
Another Brazilian team has qualified for the major. For Fluxo , this will be the second major in history, and for Piriajr , kye & mlhzin , it will be their debut. Additionally, arT will finally play in a major after a year, with his last being at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 with FURIA.

Bestia 's Qualification
Bestia 's qualification is a unique case—they became the first lineup from Argentina to play in a major. It will also be a debut for all five players at the majors. The team's reaction to qualifying is incredible, very cool.

Lynn Vision 's Qualification
Lynn Vision confidently passed the qualification, taking first place by defeating TyLoo . The team's reaction to qualifying is great; they simply couldn't believe what was happening.

TyLoo 's Qualification
TyLoo returns to the major for the first time in 4 years—the last time they played was at PGL Stockholm 2021. Since then, TyLoo has made 27 roster changes, trying almost every active player in the region, but eventually assembled a lineup that made it to the major. The reaction of the team and management to this event was simply incredible, and they were overjoyed.

BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 will take place from June 2 to 22 in Austin , USA. Teams will compete for a prize pool of $1,250,000. You can follow the tournament's progress in more detail via this link.