BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Viewer Guide

Ready for the summer's biggest CS2 brawl? The BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 viewer guide has everything you need to stay on top of the action. With 32 teams from every region, a stacked schedule across three intense weeks, and a $1.25M prize pool on the line, this Major is set to shake the scene like never before. From format breakdowns to where the teams came from, this guide keeps it simple, fast, and fully updated. Let’s get into it.

Prize pool and format

The BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 runs from June 3 to June 22, hosted at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. It features 32 teams in total and boasts a $1,250,000 USD prize pool. The tournament follows a four-stage structure.

The 2025 BLAST.tv Paris Major uses a three-stage Swiss format before heading into a single-elimination playoff. Each Swiss stage features 16 teams playing Bo1 opening matches and Bo3s for elimination and advancement. The top 8 from each Swiss stage move on, while the bottom 8 are knocked out.

Once the final 8 teams emerge from Stage 3, they enter the playoff bracket. This final round runs from June 19 to 22 and features only Bo3 matches, with no second chances—one loss and you're out. The last team standing lifts the trophy and walks away with half a million dollars.

Match Schedule

The Austin Major schedule follows a clear rule: each stage runs on its block of days, and teams play up to three matches per stage, depending on their wins or losses. The Swiss system means that teams with the same win/loss record are paired each round, with elimination and advancement matches being best-of-three, while others are best-of-one.

Matches are spaced out daily across multiple streams, and you'll be able to catch all the action live on BLAST.tv and Twitch. Keep an eye on regional times—Austin local time (CDT) is your baseline.

Teams – Participants

Here’s a full breakdown of all 32 Austin Major teams, sorted by how they qualified. Some made it through the harsh gauntlet of regional qualifiers, others earned direct invites via BLAST's performance-based system.

32 participants is a large number, encompassing both known favourites and dark horses, some so dark that it seems like they will simply be trampled, but this is the CS Major, anything is possible here, except for a victory over Vitality, of course. Just kidding, but what about Austin Major predictions?

Austin Major Prediction & Analysis

I recently heard a joke from an analyst that this Major will be a battle for second place behind Vitality—and honestly, it might not even be a joke. At this point, the team looks so confident and dominant: ropz has slotted in perfectly, ZyWOo just grabbed his 26th MVP, apEX is leading with energy and drive, and the flameZ + mezii combo is hitting with almost zero mistakes. Everyone quickly forgot Spirit’s meta domination and now only mentions them because they have last year’s #1 player.

So, you can absolutely expect Vitality, MOUZ, Falcons, and Spirit to make the semifinals. MongolZ should reach the quarterfinals, and if luck is on their side, maybe go even further—their cold nerves and lack of experience might just be balanced out by a lucky streak, even though we’re talking Tier 1 CS here. As for Aurora, they’re a strong team that, unfortunately, lost momentum right before the Major. Liquid and NAVI are among the weaker teams in the “strong team” category.

Stage 1 should go well for HEROIC, BB, TyLoo, Complexity, and maybe OG or B8. Analysts call it the most unpredictable stage due to the variety of teams involved, but everyone unanimously picked HEROIC as the favourite to go 3-0 in this stage’s series.