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2026 CS:GO BLAST Premier Preview
The 2026 CS:GO BLAST Premier season will start in late January and end in December.
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Rivals Fall 2026 | 2026-11-09 to 2026-11-15 |
| Open Fall 2026 | 2026-08-24 to 2026-09-06 |
| Bounty Summer 2026 | 2026-07-31 to 2026-08-02 |
| Rivals Spring 2026 | 2026-04-29 to 2026-05-03 |
| Open Spring 2026 | 2026-03-16 to 2026-03-29 |
| Bounty Spring 2026 | 2026-01-23 to 2026-01-25 |
Where can I watch the CS:GO BLAST Premier?
Head over to the official BLAST Premier YouTube channel for all of the latest news, watch the matches live and replay past games. You can also catch the action live on the official BLAST Premier Twitch channel.
Where can I find the BLAST Premier Schedule and Standings?
First of all, there is the official BLAST Premier website, which is packed full of information on upcoming events and the latest news on the tournament. Alternatively, head over to the BLAST Premier Liquipedia page for schedules and results.
2026 CS:GO BLAST Premier Format
The first half of the season will see Spring events called Bounty, Open and Rivals, and then the second half, which will be Summer/Fall, will have the same three events.
BOUNTY: 8 teams will compete to raise the bounty on their heads.
OPEN: 16 teams compete with a chance for underdogs to compete against the best in the world.
RIVALS: The top eight teams in the world go head-to-head.
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Who are the Previous CS:GO BLAST Premier Winners?
The format of the tournament has changed over the years. We had Global/World Finals for the first five seasons, but that has changed since 2025, where we now have two seasons in one year, with the 'Rivals' tournament deciding on the winner.
There have been dual winners of this tournament; Natus Vincere won back-to-back tournaments when it was first launched, and both G2 Esports and Team Vitality are also dual winners.
Past CS:GO BLAST Premier Champions
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (Fall) | FURIA | 3-1 | Team Falcons |
| 2025 (Spring) | Team Vitality | 3-2 | Team Falcons |
| 2024 | G2 Esports | 3-0 | Team Spirit |
| 2023 | Team Vitality | 2-0 | FaZe Clan |
| 2022 | G2 Esports | 2-0 | Team Liquid |
| 2021 | Natus Vincere | 2-1 | Gambit Esports |
| 2020 | Natus Vincere | 2-0 | Astralis |
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What is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)?
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which is more often than not known simply by the abbreviation CS:GO is a multiplayer first-person shooter which was released in 2012, with a Linux version being released in 2014. The game is the fourth in the Counter-Strike series and the most popular by far. The original, known simply as Counter-Strike, was released in 2003, the sequel, Condition Zero, was released in 2004, and then the third in the series, Source, was also released in 2004.
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The game consists of two teams, one team will play as the terrorists, the other as the counter-terrorist, the main game modes include one team securing a location to plant a bomb whilst it's the other team's job to defuse the bomb, another game mode involves hostages, one team is in charge of guarding hostages whilst the other team is looking to rescue those hostages.
Depending on the player's own personal performance during the round, they are rewarded at the end of each round with currency to upgrade their equipment, buying more powerful weapons to use in future rounds, putting in a winning team performance results in being rewarded more currency than the losing team and killing the opposition brings in more money, but be careful, get reckless and you could receive penalties, especially by accidentally killing your own teammates!
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