Which groups have certified for BLAST Bounty Season 1 2026?

After 5 days of on-line qualifiers packed filled with surprises, the sphere for BLAST Bounty Season 1 2026 is about.

Of the 32 groups competing within the first Tier 1 Counter-Strike 2 occasion of 2026, eight will head to BLAST’s Malta studios to battle it out for a trophy in 2026 and a possibility to start the season on the entrance foot.

The eight remaining groups efficiently navigated a single-elimination bracket to safe a spot on the LAN finals. Not like different high-profile CS2 occasions, the 4 groups with the best seed have the choice to pick the opponent for the ultimate single-elimination bracket.

Winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals, the place one other draw takes place to find out the order of the ultimate 4.

After easing its approach via the web qualifiers, Workforce Falcons has an uphill job in Malta following some last-minute roster strikes. As a consequence of visa points, Maksim ‘kyousuke‘ Lukin is unable to attend the LAN finals, leading to Matej ‘NucleonZ’ Trajkoski receiving a call-up from the organisation’s academy roster.

Alongside the Tier 1 debut of NucleonZ, the group might be with out Danny ‘zonic‘ Sørensen, who has returned dwelling following the passing of his brother.

With no coach and an inexperienced participant becoming a member of, the expertise of different members of Workforce Falcons will show important whether it is to make a deep run.

Defending Main champions Workforce Vitality continued to show its spectacular type within the on-line qualifiers with convincing victories over Virtus.professional and EYEBALLERS in the course of the on-line qualifiers.

Through the 2-0 sweep of EYEBALLERS, Mathieu ‘ZywOo‘ Herbaut scored his a centesimal profession ace, including one other spectacular milestone to his storied profession. The AWPer continues to ship high-impact moments and continues to play a pivotal function in one among Counter-Strike’s powerhouse rosters.

After profitable 9 Tier 1 occasions in 2025, the French organisation goals to maintain the momentum rolling with the addition of one other notable trophy to its ever-expanding cupboard.

Regardless of lacking out on the Budapest Main Grand Remaining, FURIA stays on the prime of the Valve Regional Standings (VRS). Victory over 9INE and a defiant FUT Esports, which garnered a 2-1 scoreline, secured its place in Malta.

Danil ‘molodoy‘ Golubev continues to excel with the AWP in hand, often dealing loads of injury that swings a spherical into his group’s favour.

A powerful finish to 2025 retains FURIA in competition so as to add one other title to its rising record. It will likely be fascinating to see how the group bounces again from an sudden exit from the Main.

An low season roster change has reinvigorated Workforce Spirit after its top-four end on the Budapest Main. The return of Myroslav ‘zont1x‘ Plakhotia and Boris ‘magixx‘ Vorobyev has already yielded a playoff look after defeating SINNERS Esports and Internal Circle Esports within the qualifiers.

Danil ‘donk‘ Kryshkovets stays a drive to be reckoned with and hopes to dethrone Workforce Vitality from the head of Counter-Strike with a profitable defence of the BLAST Bounty title received in August 2025.

After a season of turbulence, Workforce Liquid seems to be to have rediscovered some type in Tier 1 occasions after incomes its place within the BLAST Bounty playoffs. 2-1 wins over Ninjas in Pyjamas and Light Mates noticed glimmers of potential from a roster that has struggled in Counter-Strike 2’s largest occasions.

Jonathan ‘EliGE‘ Jablonowski excelled in the course of the on-line qualifiers, scoring an ace towards Ninjas in Pyjamas with a UMP45 and 34 eliminations to his identify.

With Workforce Liquid displaying it may well compete towards established rosters, the roster may discover itself springing surprises towards the world’s greatest.

Regardless of the absence of Älımjan ‘Alkaren‘ Bıtımbai as a consequence of visa points, HEROIC finds itself in its first playoffs since PGL Masters Bucharest 2025. The Norwegian organisation swept apart the last-minute stand-in of Pleasant Campers within the spherical of 32, earlier than defeating paiN Gaming within the spherical of 16.

With Simon ‘yxngstxr‘ Boije performing as a brief stand-in for Alkaren, HEROIC has a possibility to cement its place inside the prime 20 of the worldwide standings with a robust playoff efficiency.

GamerLegion‘s struggles within the second half of 2025 noticed the European roster tumble down the standings, however the current addition of Janusz ‘snax‘ Pogorzelski has resulted in an upward tick in type.

A 2-1 victory over Ardour UA was adopted by a 2-1 win towards Aurora Gaming, persevering with a robust begin to 2026 for a group that spent most of final 12 months altering its lineup with little success.

Presently ranked twenty fourth in the worldwide VRS, a top-four end at BLAST Bounty would give GamerLegion loads of factors as consideration begins turning to the Cologne Main.

Parivision‘s late run of type in the direction of the tip of 2025 noticed it cement its place within the prime 20, together with securing invitations for a number of Tier 1 tournaments. Its BLAST Bounty marketing campaign kicked off with a hotly contested 2-0 win over ENCE, earlier than persevering with its momentum towards Astralis, selecting up a dominant 2-0 sweep.

The arrival of Ivan ‘zweih‘ Gogin has confirmed to be a sensible transfer. His prowess with a rifle in hand usually opens A website for the remainder of his group, giving Parivision a wealth of management on attacking rounds.

Because of BLAST’s draft format, there’s a chance of zweih going through off towards his former Workforce Spirit teammates within the quarter-finals in what might be a tantalising prospect between two of Europe’s prime groups.

On January twenty first, BLAST will host a draft present the place FURIA, Workforce Vitality, Workforce Spirit, and Workforce Falcons will choose their quarter-final opponents.

Followers can tune into the draft present from 7 PM GMT throughout BLAST’s Twitch and YouTube channels to see the playoff bracket taking form earlier than the motion will get underway on January twenty second.