Spirit Beat G2 2-1 to Reach BLAST Rivals Semi-Finals in Hong Kong

Team Spirit beat G2 Esports 2-1 in the Group B winners match at BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 2 in Hong Kong on November 12. Spirit lost the first map and won the next two. The win put Spirit top of Group B at 2-0 and sent them straight to the semi-finals. G2 go to the quarter-finals. HLTV reported the result and the set playoff bracket.

G2 take Mirage first

G2 won the opening map, Mirage, 13-9. Spirit had carved out a narrow 7-5 lead on the CT side in the first half. G2 won the second half and closed the map. G2 came into the series with momentum from their upset win over MOUZ on Wednesday, and the first map ran with them.

Spirit answer on Nuke and Ancient

Spirit levelled the series on Nuke, 13-6. Danil "donk" Kryshkovets powered Spirit to an 8-2 lead, and G2 never recovered the map. The decider, Ancient, was the most one-sided map of the series. Spirit won it 13-5. Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov and tN1R combined for 26 frags in the first half as Spirit took a dominant CT half, and Spirit closed the series 2-1.

The numbers

sh1ro posted the highest rating in the series at 1.29, with 53 kills, 35 deaths and 82.0 ADR. donk finished close behind with 56 kills, 39 deaths, a 1.26 rating and 93.4 ADR. Guy "NertZ" Iluz was the highest rated G2 player at 1.13, with 47 kills and 40 deaths. The map scores were Mirage 13-9 to G2, Nuke 13-6 to Spirit and Ancient 13-5 to Spirit.

Group B is settled

Spirit finished top of Group B with a 2-0 record. G2 finished second at 1-1 and MOUZ third at 1-1. FUT Esports were eliminated at 0-2. FURIA topped the other group, so FURIA and Spirit both start the playoffs in the semi-finals.

What comes next

The quarter-finals are on Friday, November 13: Vitality play MOUZ, and G2 play Falcons in a rematch of the BLAST Open Porto quarter-finals. Spirit play the winner of Vitality against MOUZ in the semi-finals on Saturday, November 14. The winner of G2 against Falcons plays FURIA in the other semi-final.

BLAST Rivals Fall 2026 runs from November 11 to 15 in Hong Kong with eight invited teams, a prize pool of 1,000,000 dollars and 250,000 dollars to the winners. The playoffs run from November 13 to 15 at AsiaWorld-Expo Arena and end with a best of five grand final. The event is the last one before the PGL Singapore Major later this month.