The four lower-seeded teams, including Astralis and Liquid, look for bounties to claim from the top dogs.
The four top teams in the world, according to the HLTV and Valve ranking, remain in the running to take home the second season of the BLAST Bounty.
Of the four top teams, Team Vitality were the only ones not to be chosen, and will be facing Team Liquid in the quarter-final.
Aurora Gaming opted to play against TheMongolZ, who have played in three series this year, winning once.
Virtus.pro selected Team Spirit out of the remaining teams, a team with a reported roster move happening after the Esports World Cup this month.
Astralis opted to play MOUZ instead of Vitality, leaving Liquid with no choice but to face the latter. Astralis vs MOUZ occurred only in 2025 in the PGL Cluj-Napoca semi-finals, when Astralis still had Casper ‘cadiaN’ Moller on the roster, and nearly came out with the win, but fell short in the end.
The clashes tomorrow will be Aurora vs TheMongolZ and Astralis vs MOUZ, while Spirit and Vitality await Virtus.pro and Liquid.
