BLAST Spring Finals QF Day 2 delivered two winner-side favourite results. Spirit closed Falcons 2-1 in the 18:00 CEST session. Vitality closed GamerLegion 2-0 in the 21:00 CEST session. Both winners advance to Friday's Semifinal 2 (SF2 Spirit vs Vitality, 18:00 CEST July 17).
QF3 recap — Spirit 2-1 Falcons
- Anubis 13-11 Spirit — Spirit's post-patch Anubis identity held. donk elite AWP mid-hold anchored the CT-side. Falcons T-side aggressive default reads landed occasionally (7-5 first half) but Spirit CT-side second half closed strong. The 12-11 clutch round went to donk 1v2 vs NiKo + m0nesy in the final round.
- Mirage 13-9 Falcons — Falcons' Mirage identity is documented tier-1. NiKo delivered 24 kills — his personal 1.28 rating on the map was his career-target 1.25+ met. m0nesy 6 opening picks. Spirit couldn't establish CT-side identity against Falcons' aggressive T-side.
- Nuke 13-10 Spirit — Bo3 decider. Cooper's mid-round adjustment cadence outpaced snappi's on Round 15-19 sequence. Spirit T-side outside-yard reads broke Falcons' CT-side rotation stack. Close-out at 13-10 with a chopper quad-kill sequence on Round 23.
donk masterpiece
donk's individual performance:
- Series rating: 1.38 (his personal target 1.30+ met)
- Total kills: 68 across 3 maps
- Opening picks: 14
- Multi-kill rounds: 12
- The Anubis 12-11 1v2 clutch vs NiKo + m0nesy specifically cited as "the moment that separates Spring Finals contenders from tier-2 attendees"
donk's post-match: "Cooper prepared us. tarko and I prepared the Falcons specific tactical read. NiKo's post-Cologne rebuild was strong — 1.28 rating on Mirage confirms his personal target. But the Bo3 decider is where the tier-1 carry position separates. I owned that. Spirit reach SF for the second Major in a row."
Falcons QF3 exit context
Falcons' QF3 exit — Falcons' second consecutive tier-1 tournament without SF reach. NiKo post-match: "1.03 series rating at Cologne. Tonight I hit 1.28 on Mirage — I met my personal target. Team lost anyway. That's the honest read. The tactical layer needs continued rebuild. Rio Major cycle bootcamp starts Monday. Falcons rebuild continues."
QF4 recap — Vitality 2-0 GamerLegion
- Mirage 13-8 Vitality — ZywOo established mid AWP dominance early. GamerLegion T-side struggled against the ZywOo-apEX cross. First half 8-4 Vitality, second half 5-4 Vitality. Close-out 13-8.
- Ancient 13-10 Vitality — Closer map. GamerLegion opened T-side well (6-6 at half). REZ delivered 22 kills — his personal 1.26 rating on the map met his personal target 1.25+. But Vitality's structural map-pool advantage held in the second half — ropz A-site retake sequence closed 13-10.
ZywOo elite form continues
ZywOo's series rating: 1.42. His Spring Finals target: 1.30+ tournament rating — pace-of-play converts to 1.30+ if he sustains the QF4 performance level.
The GamerLegion "moment delivered"
REZ post-match: "1.26 personal rating on Ancient. Personal target met. Team lost 0-2 — but the moment we said we'd deliver, we delivered on Ancient. Reaching 10 rounds against Vitality is what siuhy said we would target: 3+ rounds on their T-side default execute reads. We reached that. We lost. But the underdog identity was defended."
siuhy: "The moment was delivered on Ancient. GamerLegion Spring Finals debut was above the underdog frame. Rio Major RMR qualification is the next target — Americas RMR August 28."
SF2 setup — Spirit vs Vitality Friday
SF2 Friday (July 17, 18:00 CEST): Spirit vs Vitality. Cologne 2026 SF1 rematch — Vitality won that 2-0 (Mirage 13-9, Inferno 13-8). Spirit's post-patch Anubis boost + donk elite form flips the dynamic. Betting markets: Vitality -130 favourites (57% implied), Spirit +115 underdogs (46% implied).
