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BLAST Open Spring Lisbon 2025 Playoffs: Teams, Schedule, Predictions and More
The Group stage of BLAST Open Spring 2025 concluded with only six out of the 16 teams surviving the heat of the competition. These remaining teams will test their mettle in the Playoffs to crown the champion at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.
Format and Teams
The six remaining teams will take on each other in the usual BLAST Playoffs format:
- Single Elimination bracket
- Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo3
- Winner of each group is seeded into Semifinals
- The bottom two teams from both groups take each other on in the Quarterfinals
- Bo5 Grand Finals
These teams as per their seedings are as follows:
- Group A
- #1 Team Vitality
- #2 MOUZ
- #3 Team Spirit
- Group B
- #1 Eternal Fire
- #2 Natus Vincere
- #3 G2 Esports
The bracket for the Playoffs is as follows:
Schedule
The MEO Arena in Lisbon will host the teams starting March 28th. The complete schedule for the Playoffs will look as follows:
- March 28th 04:30 p.m.: MOUZ vs. G2 Esports (QF1)
- March 28th 07:30 p.m.: Natus Vincere vs. Team Spirit (QF2)
- March 29th 04:30 p.m.: Eternal Fire vs. Winner of QF1 (SF1)
- March 29th 07:30 p.m.: Team Vitality vs. Winner of QF2 (SF2)
- March 30th 03:30 p.m.: Bo5 Grand Finals - TBD vs. TBD
Check out the schedule for the tournament with localised timings on Strafe.
Another win for Vitality?
With BLAST Open Spring Lisbon 2025, we play another Playoffs with the usual suspects. In the past four S-tier tournaments of the year, these six teams have the maximum appearances.
The biggest surprise, however, has to be Eternal Fire winning group B, as well as The MongolZ missing the Playoffs. It’d be interesting to see how the young Mongolian side bounces back after a crushing setback.
Now moving on to the winners, the obvious choice to win it all is Team Vitality. The team led by apEX and featuring Zywoo and ropz easily clears the current level of the competition. They have yet to drop a map in the event, and if the other teams don’t step up their game, Vitality will walk away with yet another trophy.
The teams that have the biggest chance at upsetting are Team Spirit and MOUZ, two teams that have contested with the French side in the past and are closer to them than their peers. That said, both these teams still have a lot of work to do before they can compete with the current best team of Counter-Strike.
Eternal Fire has shown some amazing Counter-Strike this event, even completely demolishing Natus Vincere to secure the Group B #1 spot. They are also the only team to register a win over Team Vitality in 2025.
Lastly, G2 Esports and Natus Vincere are likely the farthest from the title, G2 Esports currently lack a central leader figure. While Snax is their IGL on paper, the confusion on the calling is hurting their chances.
Natus Vincere isn’t in the best of forms either, the team struggles to convert rounds and has fallen of in recent months. Both these teams took down The MongolZ, but both also have to look much better than they already have to stand a chance to win over their Quarterfinal opponents.
Where to watch?
The BLAST Open Spring 2025 action resumes March 28th. BLAST will broadcast the tournament on multiple platforms in multiple languages. Links for the English broadcasts are as follows:
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