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BLAST Premier Open Rotterdam 2026
BLAST Premier Open Rotterdam 2026 was a 16-team Counter-Strike 2 event played across Copenhagen and Rotterdam from March 18–29. Team Vitality won the tournament.
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Host and dates
BLAST Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark; Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam, Netherlands · Mar 18–29, 2026[2]
Champion
Combined prize pool
USD 1.1 million[2]
BLAST-reported combined amount: USD 400,000 prize money and USD 700,000 in team payments.
Games
Participant scale
16 teams[1]
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BLASTCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[1]
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Friendly FireCommercial note
Local event promotion partner · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[2]
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EFM GlobalCommercial note
Official Global Logistics Partner · 2026 season · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[4]
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ROGCommercial note
Official hardware partner · 2026 season · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[5]
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PolymarketCommercial note
Official prediction partner · 2026 season · Recorded in the 2026 edition.[6]
PTG Database Analysis
BLAST Premier Open Rotterdam 2026 was the first Open event of BLAST’s 2026 season. The 16-team Counter-Strike 2 tournament ran from March 18 to 29, with group play at BLAST Studios in Copenhagen and six-team arena playoffs at Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on March 27–29. Team Vitality defeated Natus Vincere 3–0 in the final.[1]
BLAST reported a combined USD 1.1 million purse, made up of USD 400,000 in prize money and USD 700,000 in team payments. The organizer named Dutch live-event promoter Friendly Fire as a local promotion collaborator. EFM Global, ROG and Polymarket held circuit-wide BLAST partnership roles during the 2026 season; these are recorded as season-level relationships rather than Rotterdam-exclusive activations.[2][4][5][6]
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- [1]BLAST Premier Open Rotterdam 2026 — BLAST
- [2]BLAST Open to head to Rotterdam in March 2026 — BLAST
- [3]Stacked event: BLAST Open Rotterdam team list revealed — BLAST
- [4]EFM and BLAST Partner to Power a Global Esports Touring Circuit — EFM Global
- [5]ASUS Republic of Gamers supercharges BLAST Premier for 2026 season — BLAST
- [6]BLAST names Polymarket Official Prediction Partner for BLAST Premier and BLAST SLAM in 2026 — BLAST
- [7]BLAST Open 2026 Spring — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
Commercial opportunities
Local promotion
Friendly Fire supported local promotion in the Netherlands.[2]
Global event logistics
EFM Global served as BLAST's Official Global Logistics Partner for 2026.[4]
Hardware
Republic of Gamers was the official hardware partner across the 2026 BLAST Premier season.[5]
Prediction markets
Polymarket was the official prediction partner across the 2026 BLAST Premier season.[6]
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