The BLAST Open Spring 2025 Group Stage is formally over, with the event now shifting from Copenhagen’s BLAST Studios to the large stage in Lisbon, Portugal. As we speak’s matches had large implications for the ultimate Playoffs bracket, that includes each higher and decrease bracket matches within the Teams. Higher bracket matches decided who would skip straight to the Semi-Finals, whereas decrease bracket matches had been set to resolve the ultimate two groups who would attain the Playoffs. Let’s have a look at the way it went, we could?
Spirit and G2 full decrease bracket runs
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The primary match of the ultimate day of the BLAST Open Spring 2025 Teams was Spirit vs. Virtus.professional, a battle of the CIS groups. In fact, this was about as simple a sequence as you’ll ever see. Virtus.professional, nonetheless exhausted from their marathon match towards Falcons yesterday, provided little or no as donk dominated to take Spirit to the Lisbon Playoffs in 2:0 vogue. Spirit had been at all times the favorites on this decrease bracket, so there’s little shock right here.
Over in Group B, we received a barely extra surprising outcome within the match between G2 and The MongolZ. Of late, G2 have massively struggled for type, whereas The MongolZ have been on the up-and-up, impressing with just a few sturdy Playoff runs. Right here, G2 gained out 2:0, profitable what wasn’t even a very aggressive sequence. The distinction between a ordinary day for G2 was Snax arising large for the staff. It’s unimaginable how excessive the ground for G2 lifts when their low-fragging IGL manages to shoot again for as soon as.
Vitality and Everlasting Hearth undergo to the Semis
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The stakes within the higher brackets weren’t fairly so drastic, with all groups concerned having already secured their place within the Lisbon BLAST Open Spring 2025 Playoffs just a few days in the past. Nonetheless, with a spot within the Semi-Finals on the road, it was price it for all these groups to present their all and lock in a top-four end earlier than they even set foot onto a stage.
The primary match between MOUZ and Vitality was thrilling, ending 2:0 however with each maps going the space at 13:11. The winner? Vitality, in fact. They’re the very best CS2 staff on the earth proper now; there’s no argument about that. Nevertheless, they weren’t at their finest right here, so it says loads that they had been nonetheless in a position to recover from a MOUZ staff that frankly performed fairly properly. I anticipate Vitality to go on and win the occasion now, however I’d assume that even when that they had misplaced right here and needed to face the Quarter-Finals.
Later within the day, it was Everlasting Hearth and NAVI‘s flip to duke it out for a spot within the Semi-Finals. It proved to be a record-breaking match, with Everlasting Hearth beating NAVI for the primary time of their historical past. It was 2:0, too, in a sequence that NAVI by no means as soon as seemed aggressive in. It’s a Playoff spot for NAVI regardless, positive, however there stay some alarm bells round this staff.
