Dastan explained the departure of top teams from BLAST Bounty Summer 2026

PARIVISION coach Dastan dastan Akbaev named the reasons for the departure of top CS2 teams from BLAST Bounty Summer 2026. He believes that the format of the tournament and the start of the season are to blame for this.

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[Question: “Why did Team Falcons, Team Vitality and other giants get eliminated from BLAST”?] There are three factors here. What matters most is that in a single-elimination tournament there is no room for error. The second factor is that this is the first tournament after the off-season, people have not yet fully gotten into shape. And the third is that it’s online. Lower level teams have more time to prepare. Plus, there is less stress online, so it’s easier for them. On LAN everything is different.

Previously, Team Falcons, Team Vitality and FURIA Esports were unable to overcome the qualifiers for BLAST Bounty Summer 2026. The teams in the top 6 of the Valve table lost to lower-rated opponents. Of the top 10, only Team Spirit made it to the LAN.