G2 Esports surprise victors at BLAST Open London 2025

10 September 2025

“Germany-based G2 Esports were the sixth and last team to qualify for the BLAST London Open 2025. They did so by reaching the lower bracket final, in which they overcame Team Spirit 1-2 after going behind initially.”

That’s what we wrote last week about G2 Esports, in our overview of the teams that had qualified for the BLAST London Open 2025. At one of the biggest events in esports in the UK of the year, the Germans were not amongst the favourites to take home the title, with the likes of FaZe Clan and Team Vitality coming into the tournament in better form. What followed though, was a surprising and impressive run by G2, eliminating FaZe in the quarterfinals, Brazilian side FURIA in the semifinals and Team Vitality in the Grand Final, which resulted in their first trophy of 2025 and $ 150.000 in prize money (around £ 110.759).

G2 Esports flawless

While G2 Esports did not start the BLAST Open London 2025 as outright favourites, they immediately made a statement in their first match. In the quarterfinals, the German organisation faced United States-based FaZe Clan and did not give them a chance. The first map (Inferno) was easy prey for G2 (5 – 13), while the second map (Dust II) was a bit more of a contest. Still, a 15 – 19 victory for G2 Esports meant that the Germans progressed to the semifinals without losing a map.

FURIA were waiting in the semifinals and while many viewers expected the Brazilians to put up more of a fight, the opposite was true. The quarterfinal success clearly was not a one-off for G2 Esports, as the Germany-based team crushed FURIA in record time: 5 – 13 on Inferno and 5 – 13 on Mirage. Suddenly, G2 were just one victory away from the title and a $ 150.000 cash, but the last obstacle was a major one…

Incredible comeback in Grand Final

The surprising finalists got off to a blistering start against Team Vitality in the Grand Final, taking the first map (Dust II) 3 – 13. The final encounter, as usual, had a best-of-five format (instead of the best-of-three format in the quarterfinals and semifinals), so there was still a way to go for the Germans. And even more so when Team Vitality suddenly found their inspiration and took maps 2 (Mirage, 13 – 6) and 3 (Overpass, 13 – 6), putting them on the brink of victory.

G2 Esports dug deep though, and managed to take map 4 (Inferno, 12 – 16) to force the Grand Final into overtime. The deciding map was Train and it was G2 Esports who dominated the fifth and final encounter from start to end. The Germans eventually took Train 13 – 6, clinching their first major trophy since winning the BLAST Premier: World Final 2024 back in November of last year.

Their victory in London will surely see G2 Esports gain at least a few spots in the Valve Regional Standings (VRS). The next BLAST event on the international Counter-Strike calendar is the BLAST Rivals Fall in Hong Kong, during the AsiaWorld-Expo.