G2 Esports beats Team Vitality to win BLAST Open London 2025

G2 Esports has recorded an surprising run at BLAST Open London 2025, taking down Crew Vitality to carry its first trophy of 2025.

Going down on the OVO Enviornment Wembley, G2 defied odds by making a comeback within the Grand Ultimate after shedding two of the primary three maps, bringing residence $150,000 (~£110,933) in consequence.

For Crew Vitality, its seek for one other trophy continues because the workforce hasn’t gained a tier-one occasion for the reason that BLAST Austin Main in June 2025.

Earlier than this weekend’s victory, G2 Esports had recorded a reasonably inconsequential 2025 marketing campaign, typically ending someplace near the highest eight at worldwide tournaments. The one closing the workforce took half in earlier than BLAST Open London was PGL Bucharest, the place it misplaced 3-0 to Crew Falcons.

What makes the win so candy for G2, apart from being their first trophy of the season, is the way in which the roster was in a position to defeat Crew Vitality. The workforce recovered when it was one spherical away from dropping the sequence on map 4, forcing extra time earlier than taking a convincing map decider on Prepare with a 13-6 file.

Outdoors of Counter-Strike, G2 Esports additionally secured the Worlds qualification in League of Legends, making it an ideal weekend for the organisation.

In keeping with knowledge from Esports Charts, this yr’s BLAST Open Fall noticed a significant lower in peak viewership in comparison with final yr’s event, stopping the rely at 701,545. As compared, final yr’s BLAST Premier Fall grand final between G2 and NAVI recorded over 900,000 viewers, and even the typical viewership was increased by practically 100,000 folks.

That being mentioned, the event had extra hours watched attributable to its longer event format, and the extra 40 hours of airtime in comparison with the earlier yr had a major influence on the diminished common viewership.

BLAST Open London may have main repercussions for the VRS. Placed 15th as of September, G2 is anticipated to realize just a few locations within the subsequent month’s rankings if performances proceed. It’ll even be fascinating to see if Crew Vitality can achieve again first place in October’s rankings, contemplating Crew Spirit’s failed qualification to the offline LAN occasion.

The following BLAST event would be the BLAST Rivals Fall, going down in Hong Kong on the AsiaWorld-Expo in November. The offline occasion will function 4 invited groups from the VRS International Rankings in October, in addition to 4 wildcard groups from Europe, North and South America and Asia.