BLAST Slam V Survival Guide; Teams, format, schedule, prize pool

BLAST Slam Circuit returns tomorrow, Tuesday, November 25th, for its fifth edition, bringing 12 teams into the race for the largest cut of the $1,000,000 prize pool. The event begins online in Europe for the Group Stage, Last Chance Playoffs, and Play-In phase—an ideal setup considering several teams, including newly crowned PGL Wallachia Season 6 champions MOUZ, are still in Europe after last night’s grand finals wrapped up.

Only four teams will then fly to Chengdu, China, where the playoffs will take place at the Wuliangye Culture & Sports Center from December 5–7th.

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The opening day starts slightly later than usual, with Falcons vs Yakult Brothers and Team Yandex vs Natus Vincere kicking off at 15:00 CET. Fans can expect a packed schedule: 14 series per day until November 28th, before the load slightly eases to 12 per day for the remainder of the group stage.

BLAST Slam V Hotest Contenders

With a million dollars and a BLAST title on the line, the field is stacked with teams hungry to start the new season strong—but a few squads stand out as the clear front-runners.

BetBoom already have one BLAST trophy on their shelf after winning the inaugural event in Denmark last December.But so far Tundra has gobbled up the majority (read almost all) of the championship titles, claiming Slam II in February, Slam III in May, and Slam IV earlier this month.

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Meanwhile, after their blazing-hot run at PGL Wallachia Season 6, MOUZ enter BLAST Slam V as one of the most dangerous threats to Tundra’s reign.

BLAST Slam V Teams

• Xtreme Gaming (Host Region)
• Team Falcons (Invited)
• Tundra Esports (Invited)
• Team Yandex (Invited)
• OG (Invited)
• Team Tidebound (Invited)
• Yakult Brothers (Invited)
• HEROIC (Americas)
• MOUZ (Europe)
• Natus Vincere (Europe)
• Tearlaments (China)
• Execration (Southeast Asia)

BLAST Slam V Format

Group Stage

• November 25th - November 29th, 2025
• Online
• 12 teams
• Bo1 round-robin
• Top 2 teams advance to Semifinals
• 3rd to 8th place teams proceed to Play-In
• 9th to 12th place teams proceed to Last Chance Playoff

Last Chance Playoffs

• November 30th
• All matches are Bo3
• Winner advances to Play-In
• Remaining teams are eliminated

Play-In

• November 30th
• All matches are Bo3
• Winner advance to Quarterfinals
• Remaining teams are eliminated

Playoffs

• December 5th - December 7th
• Offline
• Single-elimination bracket
• All matches are Bo3
• Grand Final is Bo5
• Four teams qualify to BLAST Slam VI

BLAST Slam V Prize Pool

The $1,000,000 prize pool will be split as below. Note $750,000 is awarded as Prize Money while $250,000 is awarded as Team Earnings.

• 1st Place $300,000/$100,000 plus qualifies to BLAST Slam VI
• 2nd place $150,000/$50,000 plus qualifies to BLAST Slam VI
• 3rd-4th place $60,000/$20,000 plus qualifies to BLAST Slam VI
• 5-6th place $35,000/$15,000
• 7-10th place $25,000/$5,000
• 11-12th place $10,000/$2,500

BLAST Slam V Broadcasts

Primary

• English Twitch, Youtube, Kick
• Russian Twitch, Youtube, Kick, vkvideo
• Chinese Douyu, huya

Secondary

• English Twitch, Youtube, Kick
• Russian Twitch, Youtube, Kick, vkvideo
• Chinese Douyu,, huya