{"id":31043,"date":"2025-11-12T03:19:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31043"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:55:36","slug":"counter-strike-2-tournament-blast-rivals-fall-2025-kicks-off-in-hong-kong-today","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-11-12\/counter-strike-2-tournament-blast-rivals-fall-2025-kicks-off-in-hong-kong-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Counter-Strike 2 tournament Blast Rivals Fall 2025 kicks off in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Counter-Strike 2 tournament Blast Rivals Fall 2025 kicks off in Hong Kong<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" 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The group stage will be a double elimination best-of-three. The top team in the group stage will advance to the semifinals in the playoffs, the runners-up will advance to the quarterfinals as high seeds, and the third-place finishers will advance to the quarterfinals as low seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day 1 of the BLAST Rivals Hong Kong is almost here! \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf0  <br><br>Live from 9:40 AM HKT \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kGicP4HQOe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/kGicP4HQOe<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTPremier?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#BLASTPremier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MMarkEvents?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#MMarkEvents<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CppaSgWdNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/CppaSgWdNg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BLAST Premier \ud83d\udca5 (@BLASTPremier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLASTPremier\/status\/1988412272713363731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The playoffs will be a single-elimination bracket. The quarterfinals and semifinals are going to be best-of-three, with the grand final being a best-of-five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the eight teams participating in the tournament:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The MongolZ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Furia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Vitality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Spirit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Falcons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Passion UA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paiN Gaming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyloo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will last until Nov. 16, 2025. Liquipedia ranks this event as an S-Tier, while Valve ranks it as a Wildcard tournament. 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