Team Vitality secures BLAST Rivals championship title
After securing four Counter-Strike 2 esports titles this year, Team Vitality brings home another one as they are crowned the champions of the recently concluded BLAST Rivals Spring 2025 by defeating Team Falcons.
The winning team earned $125,000 (£94,516) in prize money and secured two Tokens from the BLAST-created Frequent Flyers Program (FFP), a revenue-sharing scheme featuring an extra $2 million (£1,506,704) prize pool that is divided among the teams.
According to Esports Charts, the Grand Final drew over one million viewers, making it the second most-watched BLAST event to date. The BLAST Paris Major is still on top.
How the final fight went down
The faceoff started with Team Falcons’ victory as they took the map Inferno and scored 13-9. This ended Team Vitality’s 16-game win streak on the map. However, Vitality retaliated and took the win on two maps: Dust2 and Train.
The champions almost had Mirage due to their 12-3 lead, but Team Falcons’ m0NESY clutched a one versus two after the overtime.
After a series of decisive battles, two players came out on top: Robin ‘ropz’ Kool and Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut. The duo racked 44 total kills on Nuke, leading to ZywOo becoming the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and their team winning.
