BLAST Open Porto 2026 team list revealed as top-eight sides confirm attendance

<p>BLAST have published the full 16-team list for BLAST Open Porto 2026, headed by every side inside the July 6 VRS top eight. The announcement lands mid-July after a wave of invite confirmations from tier-one organizations.</p><h3>The full team list</h3><p>The 16 confirmed teams are: Falcons, Vitality, Spirit, FURIA, Natus Vincere, 9z, Aurora, G2, BetBoom, MOUZ, Legacy, FUT, M80, Inner Circle, Lynn Vision and Sharks (playing under the DENDELE banner following their July 20 partnership announcement).</p><h3>Regional qualifier winners</h3><p>Four of the 16 slots came through regional qualifiers, with Lynn Vision, M80, Sharks and Inner Circle securing spots by winning their respective qualifier events. Inner Circle's route came via the RES Showdown 4 Europe: BLAST Premier Rising Event for CS2, a Ukrainian success story.</p><h3>Format and prize pool</h3><p>The tournament runs a $1.1 million prize pool with 16 teams competing. The group stage starts August 24 in BLAST's Copenhagen studio, before the top six teams travel to the Super Bock Arena in Porto for the LAN playoffs from September 4-6.</p><h3>Why it matters</h3><p>BLAST Open Porto is a meaningful VRS event ahead of PGL Major Singapore qualification, which cuts off on November 2. Teams below the automatic invite line — particularly Inner Circle, Lynn Vision, M80 and DENDELE — treat Porto as one of the few remaining runways to add meaningful points before the Major seeding is set.</p><h3>Ancillary storylines</h3><p>Inner Circle will make their first BLAST-tier main-stage appearance under the Ukrainian flag. DENDELE will be watched to see how the identity rebrand affects results after just weeks of adjustment. FUT and BetBoom, meanwhile, both approach Porto looking to convert consistent qualifier form into deeper LAN runs.</p>

Sources

• https://www.hltv.org/news/45128/blast-open-porto-teams-announced...
• https://www.hltv.org/events/8249/blast-open-porto-2026...