G2 edges Team Vitality 3-2 to win BLAST Open Fall title

Field Level Media|published: Sun 7th September, 17:03 2025

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G2 Esports rallied to a 3-2 victory over Team Vitality in the grand final of the BLAST Open Fall 2025 event on Sunday in London.

G2 won the fourth and fifth maps of the best-of-five showdown in order to claim the $150,000 grand prize. Vitality had to settle for $60,000 in second place.

Both teams swept their semifinal opponents Saturday to advance to the grand final. G2 got off to a hot start by demolishing Vitality 13-3 on Dust II.

Vitality answered, however, with consecutive 13-6 victories on Mirage and Overpass.

G2 stayed alive, knotting up the match with a 16-12 victory on Inferno. The final map was Train, where G2 pulled away 13-6 to clinch the title.

Matus "MATYS" Simko of Slovakia paced G2 with 77 kills and a plus-10 kills-to-deaths differential. France's Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut starred for Vitality, leading all players with 87 kills and a plus-20.

The six-team, $330,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament featured a single-elimination bracket. Team Vitality and FURIA were seeded directly into the semifinals, while the remaining teams played in the quarterfinals on Friday.

BLAST Open Fall prize pool

1. $150,000 -- G2 Esports

2. $60,000 -- Team Vitality

3-4. $40,000 -- MOUZ, FURIA

5-6. $20,000 -- M80, FaZe Clan

--Field Level Media

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