BLAST Premier is one of the biggest circuits in Counter-Strike 2, and the 2026 season once again gives punters a packed calendar to work with. The year is split into two halves, with each season featuring a Bounty, Open and Rivals event, which means there is always another major BLAST stop just around the corner.
If you are looking to bet on BLAST Premier in 2026, this guide runs through the full tournament schedule, the prize money on offer, the different betting angles and the best places to watch the action once the matches go live.
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BLAST Premier history
BLAST Premier took over from BLAST Pro Series in 2020 and has grown into one of the most recognisable tournament brands in Counter-Strike. Over the last few years, it has become a regular home for top-tier teams, big arena finals and some of the most polished broadcasts in the scene.
The structure has changed a little in the open-era of Counter-Strike 2, but the goal has stayed the same. BLAST still builds its season around premium international events, and in 2026 the circuit continues with two Bounty events, two Open events and two Rivals tournaments spread across the year.
The 2026 season also carries serious money. Across the year, BLAST is putting millions into prize money, team payments and its Frequent Flyers programme, which keeps the series firmly in the top bracket of the global CS2 calendar.
BLAST Premier Tournaments in 2026
Throughout the year, there are six BLAST tournaments that will take place, with the season beginning in early January and finishing in mid-November. Below you will find every tournament with the date, prize money and location.
BLAST Bounty Winter
- Where: Attard, Matla
- Prize Money: US$452,500
- Type: Offline
- Dates: January 22-25
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 opens the year with the biggest field on the BLAST calendar. The Bounty format brings 32 teams into the mix, combining online rounds with a LAN finish in Malta, which makes it a very different event to the smaller Open and Rivals tournaments later in the year.
BLAST Open Spring
- Venue: Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Prize money: US$400,0000
- Type: Offline
- Dates: March 18-29
BLAST Open Spring 2026 is the first full Open event of the year and one of the deeper tournaments on the schedule. With a larger field and a longer run than Rivals, it gives punters more room to work through outright betting, match markets and playoff angles as the bracket develops.
BLAST Rivals Spring
- Where: Fort Worth, United States
- Prize Money: US$350,000
- Type: Offline
- Dates: April 29-May 3
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 closes out the first half of the season. This is the most compact event type on the BLAST calendar, with only eight teams involved, which usually makes it one of the cleaner tournaments for match betting once the opening round is out of the way.
BLAST Bounty Summer
- Venue: Attard, Malta
- Prize Money: TBD
- Type: Offline
- Dates: July 30- Aug 02
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026 kicks off the second half of the season and sends the circuit back to Malta for another 32-team event. Like the winter edition, it mixes online play with a LAN finish, giving the back half of the year a busy start.
BLAST Open Fall
- Where: Porto, Portugal
- Prize money: $400,0000
- Type: Offline
- Dates: August 26-September 6
BLAST Open Fall 2026 takes the Open format to Portugal, with Porto hosting the arena leg in September. The event follows the same larger-scale Open structure, which makes it one of the more appealing BLAST stops for both outright betting and day-to-day match wagering.
BLAST Rivals Fall
- Where: Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
- Prize Money: US$350,000
- Type: Offline
- Dates: November 11-15
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026 is the final BLAST event of the year. As the second Rivals stop of the season, it once again uses the smaller eight-team setup, which should make it an important late-year event for teams looking to finish strong on the Counter-Strike 2 calendar.
BLAST Rivals Spring betting odds
Below you will find the odds for any team “To Win Outright” at BLAST Rivals Spring;
Currently there are no odds for Blast Rivals Spring 2026.
How to bet on BLAST Premier events
Bookmark esportbet.com to keep track of the latest international BLAST Premier events, as well as the best esports betting sites to place your bets. We have extensive reviews on each bookie site so you can find the one that best suits your personal preferences and accepts users from your country. We highly recommend reading our how to bet on esports guide before signing up anywhere.
The top esports betting sites will have extensive markets on BLAST Premier Series events in the lead-up to tournaments. This includes things like the outright winner of tournaments, which player or team will get the most kills and even who will host certain events. Basically what betting markets are available on BLAST Premier events will largely be determined by the betting sites you are looking at. It is also true that more BLAST Premier betting odds will be available as the tournament begins, with this including moneyline bets, handicap bets, maps betting and much more.
The following BLAST Premier betting sites are the best for June, 2026:
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How to watch BLAST Premier tournaments
All BLAST Premier CS2 tournaments are broadcast in several languages on multiple channels, as well as on their own BLAST.tv website and app.
You will be able to catch all of the BLAST Premier tournaments on the BLAST twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/BLASTPremier), YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/BLASTPremier) and on the BLAST.tv website and app.
You can learn more about live streaming CS2 events in our extensive guide.
Ciaran Jackman
Senior Esports Editor
Ciaran Jackman spent six years as a senior editor at EsportBet.com, publishing nearly 1,000 articles across CS2, VALORANT and League of Legends. A mad esports fan and one of the hardest working people in the organisation, Ciaran was a defining voice on the site from 2019 to 2025.