The BLAST Open Spring 2025 has become the second most viewed Counter-Strike 2 event in 2025 so far, recording over 850,00 peak viewers.
The event saw Team Vitality defeat MOUZ in the grand finals, extending its win streak to 16 matches.
According to Esports Charts, the Team Vitality versus MOUZ was the event’s most-viewed match-up. The closest in viewership was the semi-finals between Team Vitality and Team Spirit, which saw over 780,000 peak viewers.
Overall, Blast Open Spring 2025 saw an average viewership of 300,000 across over 90 hours of airtime, drawing close to 30m hours in watch time. It attracted over 80m views in total.
The top three most watched teams throughout the tournament were MOUZ (8.2m hours watched), Team Spirit (7.3m) and Team Vitality (7.2m).
Perhaps the event’s biggest viewership achievement is its high ranking among other events organised by BLAST. According to the esports data platform, BLAST Open Spring 2025 is the tournament organiser’s fourth-highest event. Only the BLAST Premier Fall 2021 finals (863,000), BLAST Premier Fall 2024 finals (900,000) and BLAST.tv Paris Major (1.5m) recorded a higher peak viewership.
Team Vitality Crowned Winners of BLAST Open Spring 2025
Team Vitality won 3-2 against MOUZ in the grand finals of BLAST OPEN Spring 2025, marking the organisation’s second big tournament win in CS2 this year.
The line-up that saw Team Vitality bring home the win include:
- Dan ‘apEX’ Madesclaire
- Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut (MVP)
- Robin ‘ropz’ Kool
- Shahar ‘flameZ’ Shushan
- William ‘mezii’ Merriman
The team took an early lead with a 13-0 win on Inferno. However, this was then followed with two consecutive losses, scoring 11-13 on both Mirage and Dust II. Team Vitality evened the score in map four, winning 13-7 on Nuke. In the end, Team Vitality won 13-7 on Train, winning a close best-of-five series.
Fabien ‘Neo’ Devide, Chairman and co-Founder of Team Vitality, said: “Congratulations to this exceptional team that continues its rise to new heights. Since the arrival of ropz, we have crossed a crucial threshold, and the team has grown even stronger.
“Today, our focus is firmly set on Melbourne and the Austin Major. These two international competitions will be key milestones in our pursuit of establishing ourselves as the leading force in the global Counter-Strike scene.”