BLAST SLAM IV: format, schedule, results, and tournament bracket
BLAST SLAM IV is a Dota 2 championship that will take place from 14.10.2025 to 09.11.2025. Twelve teams will compete for a prize pool of $1,000,000.
The tournament will begin with a group stage, which will take place from 14.10.2025 to 19.10.2025 online. Teams will compete in a Round Robin system in Bo1 matches. The top two teams will advance to the playoff semifinals. Teams ranked 3rd to 8th will advance to the play-in stage, where they will compete for a spot in the main stage. The rest will advance to the last chance playoff, where a decisive match for a spot in the play-in stage will take place.
The BLAST SLAM IV playoffs will be held from 07.11.2025 to 09.11.2025 in Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The playoff bracket is single-elimination with Bo3 matches, except for Bo5 in the grand final.
Game day 9 results (08.11.2025):
The final day of the playoffs took place today, determining the champion of the tournament. In the grand final, Tundra Esports faced Team Falcons.
After an intense five-map series, despite analysts and bookmakers predicting a more likely victory for the Falcons, the championship title went to the European squad. The key moment came during the decisive teamfight on the fifth map, where Tundra Esports managed to seize the initiative and close the series 3-2 in their favor.
Prize pool distribution:
- Tundra Esports — $300,000
- Team Falcons — $150,000
- MOUZ — $60,000
- Heroic — $60,000
- Team Spirit — $35,000
- Aurora Gaming — $35,000
- Team Aureus — $30,000
- Natus Vincere — $30,000
- Team Liquid — $25,000
- BetBoom Team — $25,000
- Yakult Brothers — $10,000
- Execration — $10,000
Results from previous days:
Day 1
Team Falcons became the group leader, winning all three of today's matches. Recall that the team played with a stand-in due to the injury of Oliver skiter Lepko. Tundra Esports is in second place with a score of 2-0, while Natus Vincere managed to win two out of three series.
Heroic, Yakutou Brothers, Team Aureus, Team Spirit, and BetBoom Team finished the first day with a score of 1-1. MOUZ and Execration took one map each but lost the other two, while Aurora Gaming and Team Liquid finished last with a score of 0-2.
Day 2
Team Falcons remains the leading team in the group, but today Tundra Esports caught up with them in terms of points. Team Spirit won today's matches and moved up to third place.
Natus Vincere, MOUZ, and Aureus finished the second day with a score of 3-2, while Aurora Gaming and Heroic finished with a score of 2-3. Yakutou Brothers, BetBoom Team, Team Liquid, and Execration are closest to getting into the last chance playoff.
Day 3
Team Falcons and Tundra Esports continue to hold the leading positions in the group, while Team Spirit suffered two series defeats and is now tied with Aurora Gaming, Heroic, and Natus Vincere.
MOUZ and Team Aureus also lost their matches today, while BetBoom Team improved their position with two wins. Team Liquid, Execration, and Yakutou Brothers remain at the bottom of the standings.
Day 4
Team Falcons and Tundra Esports continue to occupy the top spots in the group. Heroic managed to even the score with Team Spirit, and MOUZ with Natus Vincere. At the same time, Aurora Gaming and Team Aureus finished the fourth day with the same score — 4-5, while Team Liquid and BetBoom Team — 3-6. Execration and Yakult Brothers are in the worst position.
Day 5
The first stage of the group phase has come to an end, and we can now sum up the results.
Tundra Esports and Team Falcons finished first and second respectively, securing direct spots in the tournament semifinals. Both teams showed excellent performance with 9 wins and only 2 losses. The remaining teams will compete tomorrow in elimination matches.
Team Liquid, Yakult Brothers, BetBoom Team, and Execration will begin in the last-chance bracket, where the winners will have the opportunity to play one more series for a place in the playoff stage.. Yakult Brothers struggled the most during the group stage, managing to win only one match.
Following tomorrow’s matches, we’ll know all the participants of the playoff stage.
Day 6
Today marked the end of the group stage, determining all the playoff participants. In the decisive Last-Chance matches, Yakult Brothers and Execration fell to Team Liquid and BetBoom Team respectively, leaving the tournament. However, in the Play-In stage, both winners were also eliminated: Liquid, BetBoom, along with Team Aureus and Natus Vincere, couldn’t overcome their opponents. MOUZ, Aurora Gaming, Heroic, and Team Spirit advanced to the playoffs.
Day 7
At the end of the first day of the playoffs, Team Spirit and Aurora Gaming were eliminated from the tournament. Heroic and MOUZ earned a spot in the semifinals, where they will compete for a place in the grand final against Team Falcons and Tundra Esports.
Day 8
The penultimate game day of BLAST SLAM IV has concluded, determining the tournament’s finalists. Two playoff series took place today, each deciding who would advance to the grand final.
In the first match, Tundra Esports faced MOUZ. After a hard-fought battle, Tundra secured a 2:1 victory and booked their place in the final match of the tournament.
In the second series, Team Falcons confidently defeated Heroic with a 2:0 score. Both maps lasted over 40 minutes, with Falcons maintaining more than a 40,000 gold lead.
All four teams - Tundra Esports, Team Falcons, MOUZ and Heroic have received direct invitations to BLAST SLAM VI, which will take place in February 2026.
Latest news on the topic BLAST Slam IV:
- BLAST has updated the schedule for BLAST Slam IV
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