G2 Stun World No. 1 MOUZ as Spirit Survive 13-0 Shock at BLAST Rivals Hong Kong

The opening day of BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 2 in Hong Kong produced the result of the Counter-Strike season so far. G2, a team that arrived on a six series losing streak, beat world No. 1 MOUZ 2-1. Team Spirit lost a map 13-0 and still went through. By the end of Tuesday, November 11, FURIA, Team Vitality, Team Spirit and G2 had all won their opening series and secured places in the six team playoff of the $1,000,000 event at the AsiaWorld-Expo.

The tournament is the final top tier Counter-Strike 2 event before the PGL Singapore Major, which begins on November 24.

G2 end the run against the champions

MOUZ arrived in Hong Kong four days after winning IEM Beijing without dropping a map, and the start followed the script. MOUZ took the first map, Nuke, 13-7. G2 then trailed 8-12 on Ancient and watched MOUZ reach four match points. G2 saved all four, forced overtime and won the map 16-14. On the deciding map, Inferno, G2 closed the series out 13-7.

The win is G2's first series victory after six straight losses, and it sends MOUZ into an elimination match on Thursday with their place in the playoffs at stake.

Spirit survive a whitewash

Team Spirit's 2-1 win over FUT Esports carried the day's strangest scoreline. Spirit took the first map, Cache, 13-9. FUT then won the second map, Nuke, 13-0, a clean sweep at the highest level of the game. FUT were playing without their in-game leader Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija, who missed the event with visa issues, and their coach Andras 'coolio' Fercsak stood in. Spirit recovered on the third map, Ancient, and won it 13-5 to take the series.

FURIA and Vitality go through in straight maps

FURIA were the first team into the playoffs, beating fellow Brazilian side Legacy 13-10 and 13-7, with Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato the standout player of the series. Vitality beat Falcons by the same map pattern, 13-10 and 13-10, on Anubis and Dust 2. Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire returned to the Vitality line-up after the birth of his child, and Vitality gave up leads on both maps before closing each one out.

What Thursday decides

The four opening winners are already in the playoffs. On Thursday, November 12, FURIA play Vitality and Spirit play G2 in the upper finals, which decide who starts the playoffs in the semi-finals and who starts in the quarter-finals. The four losing teams get one last chance in the elimination matches: Falcons play Legacy and FUT play MOUZ, and the losers go home. The playoffs run from November 13 to 15, and the best of five grand final is scheduled for Sunday, November 15, with $250,000 to the winners.