BLAST Open favorites set
NAVI and Team Vitality punched their tickets to the BLAST Open Rotterdam semifinals after upper‑bracket wins at BLAST Open Spring (fieldlevelmedia.com) (hotspawn.com). Vitality’s win over PARIVISION guaranteed a Rotterdam semifinal berth while PARIVISION dropped to the quarterfinals (dotesports.com).
Vitality closed their Group B upper‑bracket final on March 23, 2026 with a 2–0 series win, taking Mirage 13–9 and edging Inferno 16–12 in overtime. (dotesports.com)) Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut posted a 45–26 series K‑D and produced a 1v5 ace on Inferno, while William “mezii” Merriman pulled a 1v3 to seal Mirage for Vitality. (hltv.org)) Natus Vincere beat Aurora 2–0, winning Anubis 13–8 and Nuke 13–10, with Mihai “iM” Ivan leading the charge (23 kills on Anubis) and Drin “makazze” Shaqiri providing key support. (dotesports.com)) PARIVISION and Aurora dropped to the quarterfinal bracket; BLAST’s published playoff slate lists PARIVISION vs. Team Falcons and Aurora vs. The MongolZ in quarterfinal play on March 27–28. (blast.tv)) The BLAST Open Spring event runs March 18–29, 2026, features 16 teams competing for a $400,000 prize pool, and stages its playoff matches at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena. (liquipedia.net))
