BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 Teams, Format, Matchups & Schedule

Everything CS2 esports fans need to know about the first portion of BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1.

First Published January 13, 2025, 06:28

BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 Teams, Format, Matchups & Schedule — BLAST

Top-tier Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports action returns with the BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 kicks off on 14 January. Many CS2 fans might be wondering exactly how the new format works and which teams will be competing so they can watch all the action live from the comfort of their homes.

That's where our viewer's guide to BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 (the first part) comes in. We provide teams and matchups, schedule details, instructions for watching the streams, and more.

BLAST Bounty 2025 S1 Format & Teams

BLAST Bounty Season 1 is the first big CS2 event of 2025, with significant changes from the previous BLAST event formats. This time, teams earn bounties for beating other teams, with bounty size based on their current ranking.

BLAST Bounty 2025 season 1 guide viewer schedule format prize pool teams matchups rosters — Eliminating a top team is worth quite a lot! (Picture: BLAST.tv)

The first part of BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 is all about getting to the finals, with 32 teams competing for only eight spots in a single-elimination format where all matches are best-of-three. There are no second chances! Check out the teams competing below.

G2 Esports
Natus Vincere
Team Vitality
Team Spirit
MOUZ
FaZe Clan
HEROIC
Team Liquid
FURIA
Eternal Fire
SAW
3DMAX
paiN
Complexity
Astralis
FlyQuest
BIG
Virtus.pro
Sangal
Gamerlegion
MIBR
Nemiga
Wildcard
B8
ENCE
Imperial fe
Fluxo
9 Pandas
M80
BetBoom Team
Fnatic
Metizport

As you might have noticed, BLAST Bounty Season 1 includes the all-female team Imperial Fe, and I personally cannot wait to see them compete. For fans of Asian CS, it is with some regret that we also have to note that The MongolZ withdrew from the event.

BLAST Bounty S1 Schedule & Matchups

BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 runs from 14 to 19 January 2025. This is the regular season event, where teams compete for spots in the final. Check out the opening matches Round of 32 schedule in CET time below.

Tuesday 14th:

12PM Flyquest (16) v MIBR (21)
14:30PM 3DMAX (12) v HEROIC (19)
17:00PM Liquid (8) v 9 Pandas (28)
19:30PM Spirit (4) v Fnatic (31)

Wednesday 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 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 17th:

12PM paiN (13) v GamerLegion (20)
14:30PM FURIA (9) v Nemiga (22)
17:00PM MOUZ (5) v BetBoom (30)
19:30PM G2 (1) v B8 (24)

Following the opening matches, the 16 remaining teams will compete in one more round of BO3s on January 18th and 19th, 2025, to determine who advances to the BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 Final, which is a LAN event taking place at the BLAST Studios in Copenhagen from 23 to 26 January.

How To Watch BLAST Bounty Season 1

CS2 esports fans can watch the BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 matches live via the tournament organizer's Twitch and YouTube channels. We've embedded the Twitch channel below for your convenience.