Wildcard head into the qualifier as NA"s highest-ranked team

Wildcard, M80, Liquid claim invites to BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 Online Stage

Three NA teams will compete in the 32-team online qualifier.

BLAST have announced the invites for the online stage of BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2, with Wildcard, M80, and Liquid claiming spots in the 32-team qualifier. The three NA teams will fight to claim one of eight spots in the LAN portion of the event which is set to take place in Attard, Malta from July 30th to August 2nd.

The qualifier features the majority of the world's top teams, with NAVI, Legacy BetBoom, and B8 being the most notable teams to decline an invite. Wildcard will be the highest-ranked NA team in attendance and our only team in the top 30 after making strides in recent months including their win at the BC.Game Masters Championship #2 in late May.

Liquid, meanwhile, are one of four teams to receive a wildcard invite to the event, with the team qualifying for an invite due to having been in the top 12 on the Global VRS within the past six months.

The full team list for BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 consists of:

Vitality
Spirit
Falcons
MOUZ
The MongolZ
Aurora
GamerLegion
Denmark Astralis
Brazil FURIA
FUT
G2
9z
magic
Brazil paiN
FaZe
Denmark NIP

Wildcard
3DMAX
Sweden HEROIC
Sweden Alliance
Gentle Mates
HOTU
United States M80
SINNERS
Nemesis
FOKUS
Brazil Sharks
Nuclear TigeRES
Sweden EYEBALLERS (Wildcard)
Liquid (Wildcard)
100 Thieves (Wildcard)
OG (Wildcard)

The qualifier will kick off on July 21st.

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