{"id":26540,"date":"2025-06-11T19:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=26540"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:18:39","slug":"blast-tv-austin-major-2025-main-stage-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/blast-tv-austin-major-2025-main-stage-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Main Stage Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blast.tv\/cs\/austin-major-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BLAST.tv Austin Major Stage 3<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>kicks off tomorrow. As <strong>Stage 1<\/strong> and <strong>Stage 2<\/strong> came to an end, we have the complete list of participants who will have to fight for the playoff stage now to prove that they&#8217;re the best team in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vitality&#8217;s <\/strong>win in this tournament would undoubtedly make them the best team of the year. Although they have already won five tournaments in a row, this one will be the most important as it is a major-level tournament.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, you will find a main stage format, teams list,<a href=\"http:\/\/blix.gg\"> Blix.gg<\/a> team opinion on favorites and underdogs of this stage, and everything else you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">To find the full information about the tournament, check out our complete<a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/blast-austin-major-overview-format-teams-schedule-favorites-and-underdogs\/\"> Austin Major Overview<\/a>.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stage 3 Format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>16 Team Swiss System Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All other matches are Bo1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top 8 Teams proceed to the Playoffs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stage 3 Teams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Vitality<\/td><td>MOUZ<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spirit<\/td><td>Natus Vincere<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TheMongolZ<\/td><td>Aurora<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FaZe<\/td><td>Liquid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Virtus.pro<\/td><td>G2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3DMAX<\/td><td>Lynn Vision<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Legacy<\/td><td>Nemiga<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>paiN<\/td><td>FURIA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BLAST.tv Austin Major &#8211; Stage 3 Teams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorites and Underdogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vitality, <\/strong>with its five tournament wins in a row and 30-match win streak remains the main favorite to win this championship and take another title.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other than them, it was<strong> Falcons<\/strong>, <strong>MOUZ, <\/strong>and <strong>Spirit <\/strong>who we called favorites before. However, <strong>Falcons <\/strong>couldn&#8217;t even make it through<strong> stage 2<\/strong>, so there are only two teams left who were as close as possible to beating <strong>Vitality <\/strong>throughout their win streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams like <strong>Liquid<\/strong>, <strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong>, <strong>G2<\/strong>, <strong>FaZe <\/strong>with the recent addition of &#8216;s1mple&#8217;<strong>, <\/strong>who barely made it through <strong>Stage 2, <\/strong>and <strong>Natus Vincere <\/strong>&#8211; all of them have enough experience from the past playing against the best teams and being the best team at some point, but they&#8217;re yet to prove that they&#8217;re still belong to that level, as recently they didn&#8217;t have that much of a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dark horses<\/strong>\u2014there are two such teams, <strong>TheMongolZ <\/strong>and <strong>Aurora<\/strong>, that have had success against the best teams and could beat anyone on a good day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main <strong>underdogs<\/strong> of this stage are <strong>Lynn Vision<\/strong>, <strong>Nemiga, 3DMAX, paiN, Legacy, <\/strong>and<strong> FURIA <\/strong>who made it through<strong> Stage 2<\/strong>, but they didn&#8217;t have to fight elite-level world teams there and they&#8217;re yet to prove themselves against the best.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Matches Stage 3 Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastschedule3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BLAST.tv Austin Major &#8211; Stage 3 &#8211; Schedule<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 12-13:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vitality <\/strong>vs. <strong>Legacy <\/strong>and <strong>MOUZ <\/strong>vs. <strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong> starting at <strong>17:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spirit <\/strong>vs. <strong>paiN <\/strong>and <strong>G2 <\/strong>vs. <strong>3DMAX <\/strong>starting at <strong>18:15 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TheMongolZ <\/strong>vs. <strong>FURIA <\/strong>and <strong>Aurora <\/strong>vs. <strong>FaZe <\/strong>starting at <strong>19:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Natus Vincere <\/strong>vs. <strong>Nemiga <\/strong>and <strong>Liquid <\/strong>vs. <strong>Lynn Vision <\/strong>starting at<strong> 20:45 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swiss Round 2 #1 <\/strong>and <strong>#2<\/strong> starting at <strong>22:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swiss Round 2 #3 <\/strong>and <strong>#4 <\/strong>starting at <strong>23:45 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swiss Round 2 #5 <\/strong>and <strong>#6 <\/strong>starting at <strong>01:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swiss Round 2 #7 <\/strong>and <strong>#8 <\/strong>starting at <strong>02:15 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>BLAST Austin Major <\/strong>will be shown live for people worldwide to enjoy. You can watch all the action from your home, office, or even out and about. The official website, <a href=\"http:\/\/blast.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLAST.tv<\/a>, offers live updates, detailed stats, and fun features to improve your viewing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There also will be official <strong>Twitch <\/strong>and <strong>YouTube <\/strong>streams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/BLASTPremier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLAST Twitch Official Primary Stream<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/BLASTPremier\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLAST YouTube Official Stream<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/blast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLAST Twitch Official Secondary Stream<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLAST.tv Austin Major Stage 3 kicks off tomorrow. 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