We take a look at the week ahead in esports and the highlight events for March 17-23, with Counter-Strike 2 taking centre stage.
What’s on in esports for week beginning March 17, 2025
Another week of esports kicks off on March 17, 2025, with Counter-Strike 2 taking the spotlight.
The next event on the CS2 esports calendar will be BLAST Open Spring, which is scheduled to run from March 19-30 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Lisbon, Portugal.
The second Major of the 2025 Call of Duty season will be held across the weekend in Dallas, Texas.
Meanwhile, two more VALORANT Champions Tour leagues will kick off during the week.
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BLAST Open Spring
Following a successful start to the new era of the BLAST Premier Series at BLAST Bounty Spring in Copenhagen, 16 of the world’s best CS2 squads will compete in the US$400,000 BLAST Open Spring event.
The group stage will be held at the BLAST Studios in Denmark before the six teams that qualify for the playoffs head to Lisbon, Portugal, to compete in the single-elimination bracket.
After claiming their second trophy of 2025 at ESL Pro League Season 21, Team Vitality will enter the tournament as the +250 favourite with BetOnline. Vitality are closely followed by Team Spirit (+333) and Natus Vincere (+600).
Check out our extensive BLAST Premier Series betting guide to get the latest odds and tournament information.
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Call of Duty League Major 2
The OpTic Texas Major is scheduled to kick off on Thursday, March 20 and run through Sunday, March 23 at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center.
Each of the 12 partnered Call of Duty teams will compete in the four-day event, with the seeding being decided by the finishing positions from the Major 2 Qualifiers.
Atlanta FaZe will be seeking to continue their dominance throughout the season after claiming the CDL Minor 1, CDL Major 1, and CDL Minor 2 titles.
Check out our extensive Call of Duty League betting guide to get the latest odds and tournament information.
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VALORANT Champions Tour
Stage 1 of the VALORANT Champions Tour is set to begin in two of the four regions this week, with VCT Pacific and VCT Americas scheduled to kick off on March 21.
With VCT China already underway, the Pacific and Americas leagues will join them later in the week before VCT EMEA starts on March 26.
Esports betting sites have marked T1 as the +225 favourite to take out the VCT Pacific Stage 1 title, while G2 Esports (+137) is the overwhelming favourite to win the VCT Americas tournament.
Check out our extensive VALORANT Champions Tour betting guide to get the latest odds and tournament information.
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Ciaran Jackman
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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.
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