BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 teams, format, schedule, prizes, talent, fantasy
The new season begins with a massive 32-team tournament.
Teams and format
BLAST Bounty will mark the start of a new era of Counter-Strike, one where Valve's Regional Standings will determine most of the tournament invites in the circuit.
Thirty-two teams from all over the world will compete in this tournament, which will feature a unique format with a few twists. The top 16 teams per the VRS were assigned a bounty from $15,000 to $60,000, and the lower-ranked teams selected their opponents for the opening round.
If teams beat a higher-seed, they will claim 50 percent of the bounty as a payout (the rest carries through to the next round) and secure their seed for the second round, where the same process of the lower seeds picking their opponents will be held.
BLAST Bounty will be the first chance to see some of the new teams in action after a busy off-season. The opening day of the tournament will see Guy "NertZ" Iluz debut for Liquid and Álvaro "SunPayus" García play his first game with HEROIC.
The following 32 teams were invited to the event based on their position in the VRS. The MongolZ were set to compete in the tournament but withdrew citing "concerns regarding the health and well-being of our players."
All matches will be played in a best-of-three format with the exception of the grand final, which will be a best-of-five affair.
Schedule and venues
The first two rounds of BLAST Bounty will be played online, while the latter portions will be held at BLAST's studio in Copenhagen.
You can see the schedule for the online stage below:
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| BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 | ||
| 14/01/2025 |
12:00
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Match |
| 14/01/2025 |
14:20
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Match |
| 14/01/2025 |
17:50
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Match |
| 14/01/2025 |
20:00
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Match |
| 15/01/2025 |
12:00
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Match |
| 15/01/2025 |
14:20
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Match |
| 15/01/2025 |
16:45
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Match |
| 15/01/2025 |
19:40
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Match |
| 16/01/2025 |
12:00
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Match |
| 16/01/2025 |
14:25
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Match |
| 16/01/2025 |
16:40
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Match |
| 16/01/2025 |
19:45
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Match |
| 17/01/2025 |
12:00
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Match |
| 17/01/2025 |
15:30
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Match |
| 17/01/2025 |
19:00
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Match |
| 17/01/2025 |
23:00
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Match |
| 18/01/2025 |
12:00
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Match |
| 18/01/2025 |
15:25
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Match |
| 18/01/2025 |
18:20
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Match |
| 18/01/2025 |
20:10
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Match |
| 19/01/2025 |
12:00
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Match |
| 19/01/2025 |
14:40
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Match |
| 19/01/2025 |
18:30
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Match |
| 19/01/2025 |
20:35
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Match |
Prizes
BLAST Bounty will have $500,000 on the line, in addition to $650,000 in participation fees. Because of the tournament's unique format, the amount of money won by the teams will depend on the bounties claimed throughout the tournament.
To make things easier, BLAST created a bounty simulator for fans to keep track of how much money each team has claimed throughout the event.
Talent
Several BLAST regulars will feature on the on-air broadcast team for the first event of the season, with one notable newcomer in Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen.
The five-time Major champion, who was recently benched by Falcons, will make his analyst debut alongside Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg, Donald "voo" Parkhurst and Jacob "Pimp" Winneche.
Desk Host
Analysts
Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche
Donald "voo" Parkhurst Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
Casters
Mohan "launders" Govindasamy Conner "Scrawny" Girvan
Harry "JustHarry" Russell Hugo "Hugo" Byron
Desk Host and Interviewer
Fantasy
You can play the HLTV Fantasy game for BLAST Bounty Season 1 here. Skin prizes for the top three finishers are up for grabs in the official HLTV x Chicken.GG league, and you can also play against your friends or in community money or live draft leagues.
On-site HLTV coverage
HLTV will have Harry "NER0" Richards and Josip "brcho" Brtan on site during the LAN portion of the event to provide full coverage of BLAST Bounty, including interviews, photos, videos, and the latest updates live on the ground.
Kaisar 'ICY' Faiznurov
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan
Aliaksandr '1eeR' Nahorny
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
David 'dav1deuS' Tapia Maldonado
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie
Ana 'ANa' Dumbravă
Katarína 'Kat' Vašková
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov
Alexander 'kakafu' Szymanczyk
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy
Oldřich 'PR' Nový
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