Team Spirit, MOUZ meet for BLAST Open Fall title

Field Level Media|published: Sun 6th September, 04:32 2026

YMCA member Austin Manengu works the keyboard as he plays a game of Fortnite during the unveiling of the new gaming lab at the Maplewood Family YMCA in Rochester Thursday, June 20, 2024. YMCA of Greater Rochester in partnership with Metro Sports & Entertainment Group will open two gaming labs for youth and teens this year.

Team Spirit and MOUZ advanced to the grand final with semifinal victories on Saturday at the BLAST Open Fall 2026 in Porto, Portugal.

MOUZ, the Group B winner, ended Team Vitality's run of four consecutive wins in elimination matches with a 2-0 sweep. Team Spirit swept Team Falcons in their best-of-three match.

The grand final on Sunday will be best-of-five.

The $1.1 million Counter-Strike 2 event began with 16 teams divided into two groups for the double-elimination opening stage. The group winners advanced to the playoff semifinals, the group runners-up moved on to the quarterfinals as high seeds and the two third-place teams headed to the playoff quarterfinals as low seeds. The remaining teams were eliminated.

The single-elimination playoffs in Porto included best-of-three matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals.

The championship team will receive $250,000 ($150,000 for the players, $100,000 for the club) plus three BLAST Frequent Flyer Tokens.

Team Spirit opened with a 13-8 win on Nuke, followed by a 13-11 decision on Ancient to eliminate Team Falcons.

Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov paced Team Spirt with 33 kills to 23 deaths, while fellow Russian Danil "donk" Kryshkovets had a team-high 34 kills to 30 deaths. Team Falcons' Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov of Russia had a match-high 39 kills along with 29 deaths.

MOUZ downed Vitality 13-11 on Dust II and 13-7 on Mirage. Lotan "Spinx" Giladi of Israel led MOUZ with 40 kills to 28 deaths, while Hungarian teammate Adrian "xelex" Vincze had a 39-29 K-D ratio. Frenchman Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut posted a match-high 41 kills to 27 deaths for Vitality.

BLAST Open Fall prize pool, with money winnings (player prize, team share) and BLAST Frequent Flyer Tokens

1. $250,000 ($150,000, $100,000), 3 BFFT

2. $160,000 ($60,000, $100,000), 1 BFFT

3-4. $115,000 ($40,000, $75,000), 1 BFFT -- Team Falcons, Team Vitality

5-6. $75,000 ($20,000, $55,000), 1 BFFT -- G2 Esports, FURIA

7-8. $50,000 ($10,000, $40,000) -- Aurora Gaming, FUT Esports

9-12. $32,500 ($7,500, $25,000) -- M80, Natus Vincere, IC Esports, Legacy

13-16. $20,000 ($5,000, $15,000) -- DENDELE CS, paiN Gaming, Lynn Vision Gaming, 9z Team

--Field Level Media

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