BLAST Bounty Season 1: Format, Fixtures and More
BLAST Bounty Season 1 introduces an exciting chapter in the BLAST CS2 circuit, replacing the familiar Spring, Fall, and World Finals. With the innovative Bounty, Rising, and Open tournaments. This opening event, running from January 14th to 26th, boasts a $500,000 prize pool and promises a unique mix of rivalries, and high-stakes matches.
How does the bounty system work?
BLAST Bounty 2025 introduces an intriguing twist to competitive Counter-Strike with its bounty-based prize system. The tournament will feature 32 teams, comprising the top 28 teams from the Valve Global Rankings and four wildcard entries handpicked by BLAST.
Wildcard Teams and their bounties
The wildcard teams bring an added layer of excitement to the event. A bounty will be placed on them, and defeating these teams will allow the victors to claim 50% of their bounty, with the remaining 50% rolling over into the next match. This mechanic ensures that every game carries high stakes, even for underdog teams.
Bounties Based on Seeding
Each team enters the tournament with a bounty determined by their seeding. The higher a team is ranked, the larger the bounty placed upon their heads. This system incentivizes both lower-seeded teams to go for big upsets and top teams to defend their ranking with everything they’ve got.
Official Bounty Distribution System
Image source: BLASTHere’s how bounties will be allocated according to the BLAST Bounty 2025 official rules:
- Seed 1-4, $60.000: G2 Esports - Natus Vincere - Team Vitality - Team Spirit
- Seed 5-8: $30.000: MOUZ - FaZe Clan - Team Falcons - Team Liquid
- Seed 9-12: $20.000: FURIA Esports - Eternal Fire - SAW - 3DMAX
- Seed 13-16: $15.000: paiN Gaming - Complexity - Astralis - FlyQuest
- Seed 17-32: $0: BIG - Virtus.pro - HEROIC - GamerLegion - MIBR - Nemiga - Wildcard - B8 - ENCE - Imperial Fe - Fluxo - 9 Pandas - M80 - BetBoom - fnatic - Metizport
BLAST Bounty Season 1 Format
The tournament will feature a BO3 single-elimination bracket. With the first two rounds played online during the first week from European servers.
The top eight teams advancing to the quarter-finals will compete in week two at a LAN setting hosted at the BLAST Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. These matches will include single-elimination BO3 quarter-finals and semi-finals, culminating in a BO5 Grand Final to crown the BLAST Bounty champion.
Opening Matches and Schedule
Tuesday, January 14th
- 12PM - Flyquest (16) v MIBR (21)
- 14:30PM - 3DMAX (12) v HEROIC (19)
- 17:00PM - Team Liquid (8) v 9 Pandas (28)
- 19:30PM - Spirit (4) v Fnatic (31)
Wednesday, January 15th
- 12PM - Astralis (15) v Wildcard (23)
- 14:30PM - SAW (11) v BIG (17)
- 17:00PM - Falcons (7) v ENCE (25)
- 19:30PM - Vitality (3) v Metizport (32)
Thursday, January 16th
- 12PM - Complexity (14) v Virtus.pro (18)
- 14:30PM - Eternal Fire (10) v Fluxo (27)
- 17:00PM - FaZe (6) v M80 (29)
- 19:30PM - NaVi (2) v Imperial Fe (26)
Friday, January 17th
- 12PM - paiN (13) v GamerLegion (20)
- 14:30PM - FURIA (9) v Nemiga (22)
- 17:00PM - MOUZ (5) v BetBoom (30)
- 19:30PM - G2 Esports (1) v B8 (24)
Where to watch BLAST Premier World Final 2024
You catch the live broadcast on BLAST’s Twitch & YouTube channels, with the first series starting at 12:00 AM CET. So be sure to catch all the action.
In addition to the official stream, several popular streamers, including fl0m and Gaules will also be co-streaming the event on their Twitch channels so that you can enjoy both the games and live reactions from the streamers.
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