BLAST Open Fall 2025 odds: Format, schedule and predictions

Luke Warr Published September 2, 2025

The BLAST Open Fall 2025 qualifiers are done and the actual tournament is about to kick off, but looking at the odds it might seem difficult to pick out a favorite for the tournament and which teams are safe to bet on. After a year dominated by Team Vitality, the European squad looks very beatable for elite competitors. Meanwhile, there were upsets aplenty in the qualifiers. So what’s the betting outlook for this latest tournament?

Event overview

BLAST Open Fall 2025 format

• The six competitors were determined  in the BLAST Open Fall 2025 qualifiers, which wrapped on September 1
• The two undefeated teams from the qualifiers earned a first-round bye and will start in the semifinals
• The other four surviving teams start in the quarterfinals
• BLAST Open Fall 2025 main event takes place in a single-elimination bracket
• Teams earn both prize pool money and BLAST Frequent Flyer tokens, which are part of a revenue-sharing system in BLAST’s circuit

The BLAST Open Fall 2025 tournament effectively uses the same format as various ESL tournaments, just broken up into multiple parts. The “qualifiers” were effectively a group stage, with 16 teams divided up into two double-elimination brackets. The top three teams in either bracket advanced to the “playoffs,” which here is referred to separately as BLAST Open Fall 2025.

The top teams from either bracket have earned a direct berth in the semifinals. The other four teams were paired up with teams from the opposing bracket. The BLAST Open Fall 2025 tournament is a straightforward, single-elimination bracket event.

BLAST Open Fall 2025 dates and schedule

• The BLAST Open Fall 2025 closed qualifiers ran from August 27 to September 1
• BLAST Open Fall 2025 tournament kicks off on September 5 with matches beginning at 8:30 AM CDT / 3:30 PM CET
• The event ends with the grand finals on September 7

Will there be a live audience?

The closed qualifiers were played online. The BLAST Open Fall 2025 playoffs will be played in front of a crowd at the OVO Arena Wembley in London, England.

BLAST Open Fall outright odds: Who are the favorites?

Odds as of September 2 via BC.GAME.

Event favorites and teams to watch

Vitality has now been eliminated in the semifinals of three straight tournaments, putting its amazing winning streak far in the rearview mirror. Still, fans know not to completely brush off what had been the dominant CS2 team of 2025.

• Team Vitality is still the favorite to win BLAST Open Fall 2025, but only by a hair over MOUZ.
• CS2 betting sites effectively have Vitality and MOUZ even, but the record between these two teams is markedly in Vitality’s favor at 7-1.

The Counter-Strike 2 esports scene has been shaken up thoroughly since the BLAST Austin Major, but this tournament could see some things get ironed out.

Vitality

Team Vitality remains the favorite here despite not winning any of the last three tournaments it competed in. The squad still has a very good record despite this and has notched a top-four finish in each of those tournaments. While many are questioning the roster’s form, Vitality is a victim of its own success right now. Those questions likely wouldn’t be so loud if Vitality hadn’t been completely dominant earlier in the year.

MOUZ

MOUZ has been good throughout 2025 but was consistently beaten by Team Vitality at the end of tournaments. It broke that streak in the IEM Cologne semifinals, but then lost to Team Spirit to fall short of lifting a long-awaited trophy. MOUZ is on the same side of the bracket as Team Vitality, so these squads may seem destined to face off yet again.

Teams to watch

G2 Esports and Furia are interesting dark horses in this tournament that could wind up surprising fans.

• G2 added Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia from Heroic and Matúš “matys” Šimko from Fnatic this summer.
• G2 Esports pulled off a big upset over Team Spirit in the group stage, showing that its new roster could be gelling at the right time.
• Furia topped its group in the BLAST Fall Open qualifiers by beating MOUZ, and it has a clear path to taking the championship here.

The only other teams competing in this tournament are FaZe Clan and M80. M80 pulled off a few big upsets by beating Virtus.pro, NAVI, and Fnatic, but it’s hard to bet on them at this point when so little is proven. FaZe Clan cleared the qualifiers by beating ECSTATIC and NAVI, but that seems like more of an indictment of NAVI than an indication that FaZe is any better after dropping Jonathan “⁠EliGE⁠” Jablonowski.

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Jaxon’s pick for BLAST Open Fall 2025 winner

Team Vitality is the best bet for winning BLAST Open Fall 2025.

Only three teams have beaten Vitality since the Austin Major: The MongolZ, MOUZ, and Team Falcons. MOUZ is the only one of those teams that is competing in BLAST Open Fall, with The MongolZ and Falcons both opting out of the event.

While MOUZ is good and has proven itself capable of beating Vitality at this point, don’t forget that this is an extremely lopsided rivalry with Vitality holding a 7-1 advantage over MOUZ. Vitality should still be looked at as the favorite in any match against MOUZ for the foreseeable future.