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BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 - Tournament Preview & Guide

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 is set to begin on Wednesday, April 30
Eight Counter-Strike 2 teams battle it out for the lion’s share of the $350,000 prize pool
Team Vitality are the leading favourites to win the tournament

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The Intel Extreme Masters Melbourne 2025 has only just finished, but there is no time to rest for the world’s best Counter-Strike 2 teams, who will head over to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the eighth S-Tier tournament of the season.

When Does BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Start?
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Format
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Teams
What is the BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Prize Pool?
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Betting Odds
Where to Watch BLAST Rivals Spring 2025?
Where To Bet on BLAST Rivals Spring 2025?

Scheduled to begin on Wednesday, April 30, the BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 is the third BLAST Premier-organised tournament of the season and one of the few remaining competitions before BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025.

Featuring eight Counter-Strike 2 teams, BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 will play out over five days, culminating with a best-of-five (BO5) grand final on Sunday, May 4, producing a total of 13 best-of series no esports fan should miss.

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When Does BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Start?

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 will begin with the first round of the group stage on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The event will run for five days and culminate on Sunday, May 4, with a best-of-five grand final.

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Format

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 will play out in two stages, starting with the group stage, which will welcome all eight participating teams, divided into two double-elimination format groups.

All group stage fixtures will be played as best-of-three (BO3), with the top three teams from each group advancing to the playoffs.

The playoffs are double-elimination with best-of-five (BO5) grand finals and best-of-three (BO3) semifinals and quarterfinals.

Group Stage (April 30 – May 1)

Eight Counter-Strike 2 teams
Double-elimination groups
Best-of-three (BO3) games
Group stage winners advance to the semifinals
Runners-up proceed to the quarterfinals as high seeds
Third-placed teams proceed to the quarterfinals as low seeds

Playoffs (May 2-4)

Six Counter-Strike 2 teams
Best-of-three (BO3) quarterfinals and semifinals
Best-of-five (BO5) grand finals

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Teams

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 will welcome eight Counter-Strike 2 teams, including four squads who received invites based on their Valve Regional Standings (VRS) on March 25 and four wildcard invites.

Team Spirit
Team Vitality
MOUZ
FaZe Clan
Team Falcons
Wildcard
paiN Gaming
FlyQuest

What is the BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Prize Pool?

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 will have a $350,000 prize pool, which will be divided among all eight participating teams. The Champions will take home $125,000 in addition to two Frequent Flyer Tokens.

Champions - $125,000 + 2 Frequent Flyer Tokens
Runners-up - $75,000
3rd-4th-place - $40,000
5th-6th-place - $25,000
7th-8th-place - $10,000

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 Betting Odds

Team Vitality recently won their fourth consecutive S-Tier tournament (IEM Melbourne 2025) and claimed the ESL Grand Slam Season 5 title. This is only a further testament to Vitality’s dominance this season, having not lost a single game since January.

Unsurprisingly, Vitality are the main favourites to win BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 with the best Counter-Strike 2 betting sites, as there is not one team in the world that has managed to take them down over the last three months.

Team	Odds
Team Vitality	1.90
MOUZ	4.75
Team Spirit	4.75
Team Falcons	5.50
FaZe Clan	19.00
paiN Gaming	101.00
Wildcard	151.00
FlyQuest	251.00

However, a few teams have come close, including MOUZ (3-2 in the BLAST Open Spring 2025 finals) and Team Falcons (3-2 in the IEM Melbourne 2025 finals).

MOUZ (4.75) enter BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 as the second-favourites on the outright betting markets, having shown incredible form this season. They placed second at ESL Pro League Season 21 and BLAST Open Spring 2025, and they have a title from PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025.

Evidently, they’re in great form and with the raw talent on this roster, MOUZ are never to be underestimated.

The same can be said for Team Spirit (4.75), who won BLAST Bounty Spring 2025, placed second in Katowice, and made the semifinals of ESL Pro League Season 21 and BLAST Open Spring 2025 – nearly beating Vitality in the latter.

Both MOUZ and Team Spirit have proven they can take a bite out of Team Vitality and will remain a serious threat to win BLAST Rivals Spring 2025. The same can be said for Team Falcons, who have recently undergone a huge resurgence.

Behind the leading four, we have FaZe Clan (19.00), who have looked very shaky of late and should not pose a threat to win BLAST Rivals Spring 2025. The bottom three teams – paiN Gaming (101.00), Wildcard (151.00), and FlyQuest (251.00) – meanwhile, do not have the quality to compete with the top dogs.

Where to Watch BLAST Rivals Spring 2025?

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 live streams are available on the official BLAST Premier YouTube and Twitch channels as well as through live streaming services on the best betting sites – including Stake, PickleBet, and 1xBet.

Where To Bet on BLAST Rivals Spring 2025?

Esports punters can find BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 betting markets on all bookmakers that cover esports. As one of the most significant events of the 2025 CS2 season, BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 is well covered by both traditional and crypto betting sites, including Stake, where esports fans can find competitive betting odds and great bonuses.

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Verdict

BLAST Rivals Spring 2025

The outright betting odds for BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 make it very clear which four teams have a realistic chance to win the tournament, and there are not major surprises in the rankings.

Team Falcons nearly defeated Vitality at IEM Melbourne 2025, but they’ve not been as consistent as Spirit and MOUZ this season – granted, Falcons have only recently made a roster change. So while the Falcons will be a threat, Team Spirit come off as the most dangerous of the bunch.

Spirit have been highly consistent this season, and they are one of the few teams who really pushed Vitality to their limits. While Vitality remain the team to beat, Spirit are due to a tournament title, and BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 is a perfect opportunity for them to win one, especially if donk returns to his old form.