Tournament overview
BLAST Premier Rivals Fort Worth 2026 brought eight elite Counter-Strike 2 teams to Dickies Arena from April 29 to May 3. The event combined $350,000 in player prize money with $650,000 in club shares, creating a total package of $1 million. Vitality, NAVI, FURIA, FUT, Astralis, G2, FaZe and GamerLegion made up the compact field.
Vitality won its group and then swept GamerLegion 2-0 in the semifinal. NAVI reached the other side of the title match without dropping a map, beating FaZe twice and GamerLegion in the group. The Grand Final looked ready to swing toward NAVI when the team built an 11-0 lead on Nuke, but Vitality produced one of the year's most memorable comebacks and forced overtime.
Vitality completed the Nuke comeback 16-14, edged Anubis 13-11 and then dominated Dust2 13-3 to win the final 3-0. Ropz was the star of the title series with 60 kills, 38 deaths and a string of crucial clutches. ZywOo earned the tournament MVP medal, the 32nd of his career, after a huge 2.18 rating on the final map helped separate him in a close award race.
Results
Final standings
Champion: Team Vitality, $125,000 player prize and $125,000 club share
Runner-up: Natus Vincere, $75,000 player prize and $125,000 club share
Third to fourth place: FaZe Clan and GamerLegion, $40,000 player prize and $90,000 club share each
Grand Final: Team Vitality 3-0 Natus Vincere
Nuke: Vitality 16-14 NAVI after overtime and a comeback from 0-11
Anubis: Vitality 13-11 NAVI
Dust2: Vitality 13-3 NAVI
Tournament MVP: Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
Grand Final standout: Robin "ropz" Kool, 60 kills and 38 deaths
Key result: Vitality recovered from 0-11 on the opening map and never dropped a map in the final.
