Vitality, paiN Gaming advance at BLAST Rivals Fall
Competitors at the Esports World Cup on July 19, 2025 Team Vitality and paiN Gaming won their quarterfinal clashes Friday to reach the final four at the $350,000 BLAST Rivals Fall 2025 event in Hong Kong.
Vitality rallied for a 2-1 win over Team Spirit and will face Team Falcons in the semifinals on Saturday. paiN Gaming swept Passion UA and will meet FURIA in the other semifinal.
Spirit opened a highly competitive match with a 13-11 win on Dust II. Vitality answered with a 19-16 victory on Nuke and a 16-13 win on Mirage to eliminate Spirit.
paiN Gaming had much less trouble eliminating Passion UA, winning 13-4 on Nuke and 13-7 on Inferno.
All matches in the eight-team Counter-Strike 2 tournament are best-of-three until Sunday's best-of-five grand final, where the winner will take home a top prize of $125,000.
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025 prize pool
1. $125,000, plus two BLAST frequent flyer tokens
2. $75,000
3-4. $40,000
5-6. $25,000 -- Passion UA, Team Spirit
7-8. $10,000 -- The MongolZ, TYLOO
--Field Level Media
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