Team Spirit rallied for a 3-1 victory over Eternal Fire to win the grand final of the BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 event Sunday in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Team Spirit will take home $288,125 of the $500,000 prize pool. Eternal Fire settled for a second prize of $85,625.
The first S-Tier Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event of the new year featured eight teams in a single-elimination bracket. The quarterfinals and semifinals were best-of-three before Sunday’s best-of-five grand final.
Eternal Fire got out to an early lead by winning 16-14 in overtime on Anubis. It was all Spirit the rest of the way, as they prevailed 13-6 on Nuke, 13-3 on Dust II and 13-8 on Mirage.
Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov of Russia starred for Spirit with twice as many kills as deaths (78 kills, plus-39 K-D differential). Teammate and countryman Danil “donk” Kryshkovets also had 78 kills on a plus-15 K-D and Ukraine’s Myroslav “zont1x” Plakhotia contributed 65 kills with a plus-6.
The all-Turkish Eternal Fire squad was led by Ozgur “woxic” Eker (62 kills, plus-6).
Team Spirit also earned three BLAST Premier “Frequent Flyer Tokens” while the other seven participating teams received one.
BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 prize pool 1. Team Spirit, $288,1254 2. Eternal Fire, $85,625 3-4. G2 Esports, $17,500; Natus Vincere, $22,500 5-8. BetBoom Team, $25,000; paiN Gaming, $15,000; Team Vitality, $3,750; HEROIC, $25,000
–Field Level Media
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