Counter Strike: Global Offensive has become one of the world’s most popular team-based video games for professional eSports competitions. Blast Rising is a 16-team European tournament with a 30,000-euro prize pool. We’ve advanced through group play and the first two rounds of the playoffs — now all that remains is the final. As you plan your Counter Strike betting, take a look at how matches have progressed thus far and our thoughts on the championship.
eSports: Counter Strike Global Offensive – Blast Rising Finals
Group Format: Each group has four teams. Each team plays every other team in their group twice, and the top two teams advance to the playoffs. The playoffs are a best-of-three series, with a single-elimination bracket.
- Team Matches +/- Team Matches +/-
- Endpoint* 5-1 +25 Nordavind* 5-1 +13
- ALTERNATE aTTaX* 5-1 +20 HAVU Gaming* 4-2 +18
- Salamander Gaming 2-4 -14 Giants Gaming 2-4 -8
- Tricked Esport 0-6 -31 AGO 1-5 -23
- Team Matches +/- Team Matches +/-
- Japaleno 4-2 +27 Team Heretics 6-0 +28
- FATE Esports 4-2 +5 AVEZ 3-3 +8
- Movistar Riders 4-2 +1 Team Secret 2-4 -15
- Apeks 0-6 -33 sAw 1-5 -21
Blast Rising Playoff Results
Quarterfinals
- Endpoint d. AVEZ, 2-0
- Nordavind d. FATE Esports, 2-0
- HAVU Gaming d. Japaleno, 2-0
- ALTERNATE aTTaX d. Team Heretics, 2-1
Semifinals
- Endpoint d. Nordavind, 2-0
- HAVU Gaming d. ALTERNATE aTTaX, 2-0
Blast Rising Final Match
Endpoint (2.87) vs. HAVU Gaming (1.385) (May 22, 12:00 pm ET)
These two teams will meet for the fourth time overall. HAVU Gaming won two of the first three meetings. However, Endpoint won their last encounter, back on January 9, 2019, as part of ESEA MDL Season 29 Europe Relegation play. Endpoint rides in on a five-match winning streak across all competitions, sweeping three matches in Hellcase Cup 8 on Tuesday and Wednesday in between moving to the finals of this tournament. HAVU Gaming barely made it to the playoffs at all, going 1-2 in group play but figured things out just in time, sweeping Japaleno and ALTERNATE aTTaX in their playoff matches. Can HAVU Gaming pull off what would be a terrific story by going from a 1-2 group play record to a clean sweep of three playoff rounds? I don’t see it, and I’m going with the higher value.
Prediction: Endpoint wins
