regain upset Marsborne, M80 advance in BLAST Open Fall 2026 Closed Qualifier opening round
The closed qualifier for BLAST Open Fall 2026 started yesterday, with eight teams fighting for one spot at the European tournament.
The big names, like M80 and Voca, advanced to the semifinal round, where they will be joined by LAG and regain.
regain 2-1 Marsborne
Marsborne began the series by owning regain on the latter's pick of Ancient 13-1. Marsborne couldn't hold serve on Cache, losing 13-5 and bringing the series to a third and decisive map. regain won an overtime thriller on Mirage to secure a spot in the semifinals.
Marsborneregain| Marsborne |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick 'nicx' Lee |
50 - 40 | +10 | 88.6 | 79.0% | 1.23 |
| Chance 'WUMBO' Boyer |
51 - 42 | +9 | 83.2 | 74.2% | 1.19 |
| Adam 'Grizz' Golden |
48 - 41 | +7 | 84.4 | 72.6% | 1.15 |
| Bogdan 'ogwizard' Savula |
42 - 31 | +11 | 64.4 | 79.0% | 1.06 |
 Adam 'freshie' Paterson |
37 - 42 | -5 | 74.1 | 69.4% | 0.94 |
| regain |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric 'Zucar' Zuccaro |
56 - 46 | +10 | 88.8 | 74.2% | 1.40 |
| Andrew 'dvrk' Brunken |
38 - 43 | -5 | 72.5 | 69.4% | 1.10 |
 Nazar 'H0NeST' Stefinko |
46 - 47 | -1 | 73.5 | 59.7% | 1.01 |
| Brennan 'grape' Greer |
27 - 44 | -17 | 58.7 | 64.5% | 0.81 |
| Alexander 'sasha' Burke |
26 - 49 | -23 | 48.4 | 67.7% | 0.73 |
M80 2-0 WINNERS
M80 came up against a WINNERS side featuring notable names like Austin "Cooper" Abadir, Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir, and Cooper "Trucklover86" Phelps. The streamer team was no match for the professionals, losing 2-0 to M80. Michael "Swisher" Schmid was in top form, going 42-24 in the sweep.
M80| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
42 - 24 | +18 | 99.8 | 87.8% | 1.67 |
| Mason 'Lake' Sanderson |
37 - 23 | +14 | 107.0 | 82.9% | 1.46 |
| Josh 'JBa' Barutt |
28 - 27 | +1 | 77.3 | 75.6% | 1.20 |
 Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
32 - 17 | +15 | 72.6 | 78.0% | 1.15 |
| Elias 's1n' Stein |
15 - 20 | -5 | 42.6 | 73.2% | 0.78 |
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin 'Cooper' Abadir |
26 - 29 | -3 | 71.2 | 58.5% | 1.16 |
| Cooper 'Trucklover86' Phelps |
28 - 30 | -2 | 73.5 | 58.5% | 1.05 |
| Jason 'jasonR' Ruchelski |
26 - 29 | -3 | 66.2 | 68.3% | 0.92 |
| Marco 'Pol0' Hernandez |
18 - 30 | -12 | 52.6 | 56.1% | 0.66 |
| Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir |
12 - 37 | -25 | 36.4 | 43.9% | 0.36 |
Voca 2-0 NuTorious
Voca had little trouble with NuTorious, as Wyatt "snav" Phillippi, Edgar "MarKE" Maldonado, and Kamron "kmrn" Manii combined to eliminate NuT 2-0. Voca will face regain in the semifinal round.
VocaNuTorious| Voca |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi |
36 - 24 | +12 | 100.2 | 90.2% | 1.42 |
| Kamron 'kmrn' Manii |
33 - 25 | +8 | 89.5 | 92.7% | 1.35 |
 Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado |
37 - 22 | +15 | 85.0 | 80.5% | 1.35 |
| Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly |
28 - 23 | +5 | 77.6 | 78.0% | 1.17 |
| Paytyn 'junior' Johnson |
31 - 20 | +11 | 76.6 | 80.5% | 1.02 |
| NuTorious |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mikkel 'Maze' Sparvath |
32 - 33 | -1 | 71.7 | 58.5% | 0.96 |
| Cameron 'cmrn' Longman |
22 - 33 | -11 | 68.6 | 56.1% | 0.84 |
| Nathaniel 'neight' Bell |
20 - 33 | -13 | 60.6 | 68.3% | 0.82 |
| Andrew 'Kermi' Cretella |
20 - 35 | -15 | 58.5 | 56.1% | 0.75 |
| Thomas 'bones' Degenhardt |
18 - 32 | -14 | 55.0 | 61.0% | 0.71 |
LAG 2-0 Overtake Sector
LAG might have emerged 2-0 victors against Overtake Sector, but it wasn't without a good fight from the latter. LAG managed to squeak out wins on Mirage and Inferno by scores of 13-11 and 13-9 to set up a semifinal showdown with M80.
LAGOvertake Sector| LAG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan 'djay' Dallal |
40 - 28 | +12 | 91.9 | 82.6% | 1.47 |
| Justin 'Sandman' Saulle |
41 - 29 | +12 | 85.2 | 76.1% | 1.40 |
| Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore |
38 - 30 | +8 | 85.3 | 73.9% | 1.21 |
| Keller 'SLIGHT' Nilan |
23 - 30 | -7 | 52.5 | 69.6% | 0.87 |
| Brendan 'Bwills' Williams |
21 - 34 | -13 | 70.1 | 73.9% | 0.86 |
| Overtake Sector |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diego 'sacrifice' Camacho |
36 - 25 | +11 | 77.0 | 82.6% | 1.27 |
| Umar 'Umar' Qaiser |
40 - 32 | +8 | 84.2 | 76.1% | 1.24 |
| Jason 'jason' Garcia |
28 - 37 | -9 | 80.8 | 76.1% | 0.93 |
| Fern 'intra' Hak |
28 - 35 | -7 | 64.6 | 71.7% | 0.84 |
 Israel 'LEARSI' Vargas |
19 - 35 | -16 | 63.1 | 65.2% | 0.64 |
Here are the semifinal matchups, which are slated for tonight:
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Marsborne v. LAG at 06:30PM
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Voca v. regain at 08:30PM
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