This win may be a nice basis for the next impressive tournament streak. Still, Team Spirit is yet to face the current beasts of Counter-Strike.
The Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) tournament BLAST Bounty Fall 2025 consisted of two stages: an online closed qualifier and LAN finals. Team Spirit joined as a high seed, so they faced mainly lower-seeded opponents. Only in the final two matches was it Spirit’s turn to select who they wanted to play against. donk named MOUZ, and Team Spirit defeated them in the semifinal.
The unusual system of picking opponents by lower-seeded teams did not affect the standards of the grand final. Team Spirit faced The MongolZ — and they achieved a pretty confident victory in this match and the entire CS2 BLAST Bounty Fall 2025.
It’s the second consecutive tournament win for Team Spirit. Only around two weeks ago, they won IEM Cologne 2025!
The Bounty Fall tournament run is remarkable specifically by the final two opponents.
- MOUZ are extremely strong, and only Vitality stopped them from winning events in the first half of 2025. In Cologne, MOUZ defeated Vitality — but they couldn’t do much against Spirit. At BLAST Bounty Fall 2025, this rivalry repeated itself, and Spirit proved to be stronger.
- The MongolZ were in the grand final of the Austin Major, and Vitality defeated them back then. At this event, The MongolZ had their sweet revenge over Team Vitality — but then Spirit smashed them mercilessly.
With these matchups, the BLAST Bounty Fall 2025 tournament win feels especially meaningful for CS2 Team Spirit!
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Roster changes
Only one replacement happened for Team Spirit compared to the Austin Major.
- Ivan “zweih” Gogin plays instead of the currently inactive Boris “magixx” Vorobyev.
Considering the tournament wins, the change brought a positive boost for the team.
There are active rumors in the CS2 community that the replacement fate is expected for Myroslav “zont1x” Plakhotia as well.
In general, it feels like Spirit are moving in the right direction: from being a squad around Danil “donk” Kryshkovets to becoming a proper team.
donk’s skills still make a huge difference! Here are his stats from the grand final versus The MongolZ at BLAST Bounty Fall 2025.
To face Vitality
We still couldn’t see the match between Vitality and Spirit at IEM Cologne 2025 and BLAST Bounty Fall 2025. Not only would this be an epic CS2 esports battle, but such a match would show the real state of both teams.
- Vitality dropped their phenomenal win streak. Is this a recovery period after the success at Austin Major or the start of a deeper crisis?
- Spirit achieved two back-to-back wins. Are we witnessing their era of dominating the CS2 esports scene?
The CS2 tournament at the Esports World Cup 2025 may treat us to the Spirit vs Vitality match. If not, we can still enjoy lots of shooting battles! The Counter-Strike 2 EWC 2025 is from Aug. 20 to Aug. 24.
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