{"id":26638,"date":"2025-06-16T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=26638"},"modified":"2025-06-17T12:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:29:41","slug":"blast-tv-austin-major-2025-playoff-stage-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/blast-tv-austin-major-2025-playoff-stage-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Playoff Stage: Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/blast.tv\/cs\/austin-major-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> BLAST.tv Austin Major<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>playoff stage kicks off on <strong>June 19<\/strong>, with the <strong>Grand Final<\/strong> set for <strong>June 22<\/strong>. Eight teams qualified for the playoff through the previous stages, and now they will have to fight in a single-elimination bracket for the prize pool of<strong> $1,25 million<\/strong>. <strong>Team Spirit <\/strong>is here to protect its major champion title and <strong>Vitality,<\/strong> the best team in the world, will be looking to take it off them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playoff Stage Format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Single-Elimination bracket<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All matches are Bo3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playoff Teams &amp; Bracket<\/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\/blastbracket-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastbracket-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastbracket-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastbracket-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastbracket-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastbracket-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastbracket-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastbracket-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blastbracket.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BLAST.tv Austin Major &#8211; Playoff Stage Brackets<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Vitality<\/td><td>Spirit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Natus Vincere<\/td><td>MOUZ<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FaZe<\/td><td>TheMongolZ<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FURIA<\/td><td>paiN<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BLAST.tv Austin Major &#8211; Playoff Stage Teams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorites and Underdogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though <strong>Vitality <\/strong>lost their 30-match win streak in their <strong>Stage 3<\/strong> opening match against <strong>Legacy<\/strong>, they still remain the main favorite to win this tournament. After the loss, they showed that it wasn\u2019t that much for them, and they won three games in a row after that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spirit <\/strong>is the second main favorite to win the whole event, but with such brackets and team distribution, they will have to fight <strong>MOUZ <\/strong>first, who has been an uncomfortable opponent for <strong>Spirit <\/strong>lately. If both Spirit and <strong>Vitality <\/strong>make it through their first matches, they will face each other in the semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> was the best team of 2024, but this year, they aren\u2019t doing that great, and they\u2019re yet to prove that they can reach that level again. Unfortunately for them, they will start their <strong>Playoff Stage<\/strong> with a match against the best team in the world, Vitality. If they manage to win against them, it will make them the favorites together with <strong>Team Spirit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FaZe <\/strong>had some ups and downs throughout a few stages that they\u2019ve played. Still, they got a good chance to make it to the Grand Final with their place in the bracket, playing against <strong>TheMongolZ<\/strong> in their opening match. They already won against them at <strong>Stage 3<\/strong>, and then playing against either <strong>FURIA <\/strong>or <strong>paiN<\/strong>, who we would call underdogs of this <strong>Playoff Stage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playoff Stage Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 19-20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spirit <\/strong>vs. <strong>MOUZ <\/strong>starting at <strong>21:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FURIA <\/strong>vs. <strong>paiN<\/strong> starting at<strong> 01:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 20-21<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Natus Vincere <\/strong>vs. <strong>Vitality <\/strong>starting at <strong><strong>20:00 CET<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FaZe <\/strong>vs. <strong>TheMongolZ<\/strong> starting at <strong>00:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 21-22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Semi-final #1<\/strong> starting at <strong>20:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Semi-final #2<\/strong> starting at<strong> 00:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Grand Final <\/strong>starting at<strong> 21:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 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<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>As usual, we will be back with our<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/blix.gg\"><em> <\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/category\/cs2-predictions\/\"><strong>Blix.gg<\/strong> <\/a><\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/category\/cs2-predictions\/\"><em>CS2<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/category\/cs2-predictions\/\"> <\/a><\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/category\/cs2-predictions\/\"><em>predictions<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>, making our first ones one day before the playoff stage kicks off, so stay tuned!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BLAST.tv Austin Major playoff stage kicks off on June 19, with the Grand Final set for June 22. Eight teams qualified for the playoff through the previous stages, and now they will have to fight in a single-elimination bracket for the prize pool of $1,25 million. Team Spirit is here to protect its major<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":26642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-26638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-tournaments"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26666,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26638\/revisions\/26666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}