Pimp is confident that Team Spirit will start winning tier-1 tournaments in the second half of 2026

Counter-Strike 2 analyst Jacob Pimp Winneche speculated about the possibility of Team Spirit winning BLAST Bounty Summer 2026. Vinneche shared his thoughts in the Counter-Points podcast published on YouTube.

Considering how Team Spirit developed, how they played at the IEM Cologne Major 2026 and how donk looks now, it feels like he’s back in better shape. I think this is the season in which Spirit will start to take trophies. We, of course, praised Spirit for having perhaps the worst start of the season, and then accelerating towards the Major. But she still needs to win tier-1 tournaments. This is a team that has donk on its roster, and whether you like it or not, winning the BLAST Bounty Summer 2026 is a pretty big trophy. I think Spirit will be extremely focused on taking him.

Team Spirit advanced to the main stage of BLAST Bounty Summer 2026, defeating 100 Thieves in the exit match. The final score of the confrontation is 2:1 (13:11 on Anubis, 4:13 on Mirage and 13:0 on Dust2). At the time of publication of the material, the first opponent of the Danil donk Kryshkovets team is unknown. You can see the results of the qualifying rounds in the report.