Aurora Gaming defeated Team Spirit in the group stage of BLAST Slam VII in Dota 2. The Bo1 match ended 1:0: Aurora closed the map in 53 minutes with a final kill score of 40:39.
For Egor Nightfall Grigorenko’s lineup, it was their second win at the tournament alongside four losses. Team Spirit also remained at a 2-4 record after six matches. As we predicted, Aurora were expected to put up a fight against Team Spirit and managed to claim important points in a direct matchup against a team from the lower part of the standings.
After that, Aurora Gaming will face Team Liquid in the group on May 28 at 12:20 CEST, while Team Spirit will play against Team Falcons at 11:10 CEST. Under the group-stage format, teams continue the Bo1 round-robin stage, where the top teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs, the middle teams move to Last Chance, and the bottom two teams are eliminated from the tournament.
BLAST Slam VII runs from May 26 to June 7 online and on the LAN stage in Denmark, where 12 teams are competing for $1,000,000. You can follow predictions for upcoming BLAST Slam VII matches and other tournaments on Winio!
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The organizers of XSE Pro League 2026 in Counter-Strike 2 have announced the first eight invited teams. BetBoom Team, FaZe Clan, Legacy, 9z Team, EYEBALLERS, Alliance, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Team Nemesis have received invites to the tournament.
ESL has announced a new tier-one Counter-Strike 2 tournament in China. The event will be called IEM Beijing 2026 and is scheduled to take place in Beijing from November 2 to 8, 2026.
Legacy defeated Team Falcons in the playoff grand final of CS Asia Championships 2026 in CS2. The match ended with a 3:1 score: the Brazilian team lost Nuke 11:13, but won Ancient 13:9, Mirage 13:6 and Dust2 13:6.
Team Falcons defeated MOUZ in the semifinal of CS Asia Championships 2026 in CS2. The match ended 2:1.
Team Falcons defeated Legacy in the Group A upper bracket final at CS Asia Championships 2026 in CS2. The match ended 2:0.
MOUZ defeated M80 in the lower bracket of CS Asia Championships 2026 in CS2. The match ended with a 2:1 score: Justinas jL Lekavicius’ team won Overpass 13:3, lost Inferno 10:13, but closed the series with a dominant 13:2 win on Mirage.
A CS2 digest: CS Asia Championships opened with key group matches, Cobblestone may return to the game, donk topped a firepower ranking, and Passion UA may put its roster up for sale.
