Team Team Yandex defeat Team Spirit to win BLAST Slam VIII championship

Team Team Yandex defeat Team Spirit to win BLAST Slam VIII championship

Team Team Yandex 3:1 Team Spirit

Team Team Yandex are the BLAST Slam VIII champions after recovering from an opening-game defeat to beat Team Spirit 3–1 in the grand final in Malta .

The victory secured Team Yandex their second consecutive BLAST Slam title, following their triumph at BLAST Slam VII, and continued the team's strong start to the 2026–27 competitive season.

Spirit dominate opening game

Team Spirit entered the final looking to avenge their 0–2 upper-bracket defeat against Team Yandex .

Spirit opened the best-of-five with an impressive performance, winning Game 1 with a 48–19 kill score in 40 minutes and 41 seconds.

However, Team Yandex recovered in Game 2.

They recorded 43 kills to Spirit's 27 in a 52:49 victory, leveling the series at 1–1.

Team Yandex take control

The third game saw Team Yandex secure a 33–17 victory in 48:24, putting them one game away from the championship.

Spirit attempted to extend the series in Game 4, which became the longest map of the final.

Both teams remained competitive throughout the 72-minute contest, but Team Yandex eventually prevailed 51–37 in kills to close the map in 1:12:37.

The victory completed the 3–1 comeback and delivered the championship to Team Yandex .

watson leads title-winning performance

Alimzhan "watson" Islamkhanov recorded the strongest average KDA within the Team Yandex lineup, finishing the series with 7.5 kills, 1.6 deaths and 9.1 assists.

Team Team Yandex finished first, while Team Spirit claimed second place. PARIVISION completed the podium in third, followed by Aurora Gaming in fourth.

The championship added to Team Yandex 's victory at PGL Wallachia Season 9 in September, giving the roster titles at the first two major events of the new competitive season.