Teams and format
A total of 32 teams will participate in BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2, of which 28 came from the Global VRS as of June 2 and four as Wildcard invites.
Some notable teams missing from the list are Natus Vincere, 9z, BetBoom, Legacy and PARIVISION.
- Falcons
- Vitality
- Spirit
- FURIA
- Aurora
- G2
- MOUZ
- FUT
- GamerLegion
- The MongolZ
- FaZe
- Astralis
- paiN
- magic
- Alliance
- M80
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Liquid
- Sharks
- Nemesis
- 3DMAX
- EYEBALLERS
- Wildcard
- HEROIC
- Gentle Mates
- Nuclear TigeRES
- HOTU
- SINNERS
- FOKUS
- 100 Thieves
- OG
- Nemiga
The event will start online with the first two rounds of the single-elimination playoffs, each of which begins with a draft phase where the teams seeded in the bottom half pick from the top half.
You can see how the key parts of the first draft unfolded in our live post below:
Schedule and opening matchups
The online part of BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 will run from July 21-26. Four matches will be played each day, and you can see the opening round schedule below:
The top-eight teams will then have three days to travel to Malta to prepare for the LAN portion of the tournament taking place from July 30-August 2.
Prizes
BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 boasts a $1.15 million prize pool, split between prize money ($500,000) and club share ($650,000).
Instead of traditional prize money, each team in attendance will be assigned a "bounty" corresponding to their seeding in the event. The winning team secures 50% of their opponent's bounty as a cash prize, while the remaining 50% is carried over to the next match and gets added to the winning team's total bounty.
The club share will be split the following way among all the participants:
1-8. $40,000
9-16. $26,500
17-32. $7,500
Talent
Some BLAST regulars will be joined by the returning duo of James "BARDOLPH" Bardolph and Daniel "ddk" Kapadia on an eight-member on-air team list for the upcoming Bounty tournament:
Hosts & interviewers
James "BanKs" Banks Natalie "NatTea" Mahoney
Analysts
Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg Donald "voo" Parkhurst
Casters
Conner "Scrawny" Girvan Mohan "launders" Govindasamy James "BARDOLPH" Bardolph Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
Fantasy
The official HLTV Fantasy game for BLAST Bounty Season 2 will be split into two fixtures, a non-seasonal one for the online portion and a seasonal game once play hits the LAN phase in Malta from the quarter-finals.
BetBoom
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko
Pavel 'S1ren' Ogloblin
Daniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov
Kirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov
Artem 'Fierce' Ivanov
paiN
Vinicius 'vsm' Moreira
Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt
Guilherme 'piriajr' Barbosa
Rafael 'saffee' Costa
João 'snow' Vinicius
Astralis
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Love 'phzy' Smidebrant
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard
Victor 'Staehr' Staehr
Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
Natus Vincere
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Drin 'makazze' Shaqiri
Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy
The MongolZ
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch
Zolbayar 'tikuak' Chimedtseren
Dugarsuren 'DarkMeister' Ireedui
GamerLegion
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev
Milan 'hypex' Polowiec
Spirit
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev
Andrey 'tN1R' Tatarinovich
Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
OG
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Olle 'spooke' Grundström
Adam 'adamb' Ångström
Luca 'pr1metapz' Voigt
M80
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich
Michael 'Swisher' Schmid
Elias 's1n' Stein
Josh 'JBa' Barutt
Mason 'Lake' Sanderson
FOKUS
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Matias 'Banjo' Kivistö
Paavo 'podi' Heiskanen
Jacob 'jocab' Nerheden
Mateo 'Matheos' Prišlin
Gentle Mates
Alejandro 'alex' Masanet
Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano
Pere 'sausol' Solsona Saumell
David 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo
EYEBALLERS
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson
Max 'maxster' Jansson
Kalle 'Ro1f' Johansson
Sebastian 'dex' Samuelsson
Liquid
Keith 'NAF' Markovic
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Georgi 'Jorko' Mitev
Aurora
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Ali 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın
Nemesis
Ivan 'SELLTER' Miroshnikov
Evgeny 'r3salt' Frolov
Alemkhan 'mag1k3Y' Moldakamalov
Philipp 'tex1y' Moskvitin
Daniil 'Sdaim' Tupov
Vitality
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan
William 'mezii' Merriman
HOTU
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan
Aidos 'kade0' Khairzhan
Dmitry 'mizu' Kondratev
Aleksandr 'dwushka' Pakhnevich
Kim 'frontales' Argunov
Alliance
Simon 'twist' Eliasson
Sean 'eraa' Knutsson
Jonatan 'bobeksde' Persson
Markus 'upE' Johansson
Arvid 'avid' Åberg
Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg
James 'BARDOLPH' Bardolph
Daniel 'ddk' Kapadia
Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy
Nemiga
Aleksandr 'KaiR0N-' Anashkin
Maksim 'sowalio' Beketov
Nikita 'robo' Dushin
Beksultan 'khaN' Ospan
Daniel 'syph0' Ageyev
James 'BanKs' Banks
Nuclear TigeRES
Arseniy 'senka' Kozlovsky
Denis 'm1QUSE' Karpovich
Timur 'z1k4' Askhadulin
Ilya 'flouzer' Selifonov
Egor 'ayuki' Ershov
100 Thieves
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Jack 'Gizmy' von Spreckelsen
William 'sirah' Kjærsgaard
Alex 'poiii' Nyholm Sundgren
HEROIC
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
G2
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
FaZe
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Jakub 'jcobbb' Pietruszewski
Jason 'JBOEN' Boe Nielsen
FUT
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Dmytro 'dem0n' Myroshnychenko
Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija
Nikita 'cmtry' Samolotov
Džiugas 'dziugss' Steponavičius
Sharks
Victor 'gafolo' Andrade
João 'koala' Pfeffer
Máximo 'maxxkor' Cortina
Daniel 'rdnzao' Monteiro
Danilo 'doc' Barros
3DMAX
Bryan 'Maka' Canda
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier
Jeremy 'Kursy' Gast
Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic
Falcons
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
René 'TeSeS' Madsen
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Maksim 'kyousuke' Lukin
Donald 'voo' Parkhurst
MOUZ
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
Oldřich 'PR' Nový
Adrian 'xelex' Vincze
Conner 'Scrawny' Girvan
magic
Svyatoslav 'MaSvAl' Masko
Vitaliy 'sFade8' Marushka
Andrey 'AW' Anisimov
Abdurakhim 'mo0N' Issa
Nikita 'tenzy' Kochenyuk
9z
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Franco 'dgt' Garcia
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer
Luciano 'luchov' Herrera
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez
Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima
PARIVISION
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali
Vladislav 'xiELO' Lysov
Ivan 'zweih' Gogin
Vyacheslav 'slaxejezzz' Vinokurov
Dastan 'dastan' Akbayev
Legacy
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer
Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto
Vinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira
Santino 'try' Rigal
Alan 'adrrr' Riveros
SINNERS
Sebastian 'beastik' Daňo
Max 'SHOCK' Kvapil
Mădălin-Andrei 'MoDo' Mirea
Kamil 'kisserek' Banak
Jordan 'stressarN' Manevski
Wildcard
Nemanja 'nEMANHA' Đukić
Miłosz 'mhL' Knasiak
Danny 'Cxzi' Strzelczyk
Ethan 'reck' Serrano
Jadan 'HexT' Postma
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Martin 'stavn' Lund
Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck
Roman 'n0te' Hamze
Kacper 'xKacpersky' Gabara
FURIA
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Danil 'molodoy' Golubenko