BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Groups Announced

The organizers of BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 have introduced the participants and divided the teams into groups for the starting stage of the tournament, which will take place from April 30 to May 4 in Copenhagen. Eight teams will take part in the competition, including the tops of the Valve Leaderboard and representatives of four regional qualifying systems.

Format and participants
The tournament will be held in the BLAST studio format in the Danish capital. In the group stage, teams are divided into two groups of four. All group stage matches are Bo3, double elimination format (GSL). Three teams from each group advance to the playoffs: the group winners go straight to the semifinals, and the second and third places go to the quarterfinals.

Tournament participants:

Spirit (Valve Leaderboard #1)
Vitality (Valve Leaderboard #2)
Mouz (Valve Leaderboard #3)
FaZe (Valve Leaderboard #4)
Team Falcons (EU Invite)
Wildcard (NA Invite)
pain (SA Invite)
FlyQuest (Asia Invite)

Groups and opening matches
Group A

Vitality vs Wildcard
Mouz vs pain

Group B

Spirit vs FlyQuest
FaZe vs Falcons

The opening matches will take place on April 30, and the final matches of the group stage - on May 1. The playoffs will start on May 2 and end with the grand final on May 4 in Bo5 format.

Prize pool
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 has a prize pool of $350,000, which is distributed as follows:

1st place - $125,000
2nd place - $75,000
3-4 places - $40,000
5-6 places - $25,000
7-8 places - $10,000

The tournament promises to be a bright arena of confrontation for the teams that have recently competed in the qualifiers for the Major. The meeting between Spirit and FlyQuest will be the debut of BLAST Rivals for the Asian region, while Wildcard, Falcons and pain will have a chance to surprise the world's top.