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FURIA, Vitality, Spirit and G2 Reach BLAST Rivals Hong Kong Playoffs After Wild Opening Day

REPORTED Written by GPN · Nov 11, 2026, 12:20 PM ET · Counter-Strike 2 · Gaming

Four of the six playoff spots at BLAST Rivals Hong Kong 2026 are decided after a wild opening day. FURIA, Vitality, Spirit and G2 all won their opening series, and the final two playoff places will be settled in Thursday's elimination matches.

FURIA were first through, beating Legacy 13-10, 13-7 in an all-Brazilian contest where Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato made the difference. Vitality followed by beating Falcons 13-10, 13-10 on Anubis and Dust 2, with Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire back in the side after the birth of his child.

The day's shock came in Group B, where FUT — playing with coach Andras 'coolio' Fercsak as a stand-in after in-game leader Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija missed the event over visa issues — beat Spirit 13-0 on Nuke. Spirit laughed it off and took the series 2-1, closing it out 13-5 on Ancient.

G2 closed the day by upsetting IEM Beijing 2026 champions MOUZ 2-1, recovering from a map down to win Ancient and Inferno. MOUZ won the opener on Nuke 13-7, G2 levelled with a 16-14 overtime win on Ancient after trailing 8-12, then took Inferno 13-7.

The upper finals will decide who goes straight to the semi-finals: FURIA face Vitality and Spirit face G2. The elimination matches — Falcons against Legacy and FUT against MOUZ — decide the last two playoff teams, with only two of the eight teams missing the playoffs.

BLAST Rivals Hong Kong runs November 11-15 at AsiaWorld-Arena, with eight teams playing for a $1,000,000 prize pool and a best-of-five grand final on Sunday. It is the final Tier 1 tournament before the PGL Singapore Major 2026, which starts on November 24.

Facts gathered from

• Insider Gaming

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