M80 and Voca to clash for BLAST Open Porto spot
M80 and Voca have both advanced 2-0 to the grand final of BLAST Open Fall 2026 Closed Qualifier. Only one of them will qualify to the Portuguese event.
LAG 0-2 M80
After taking down Austin "Cooper" Abadir and Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir’s WINNERS, M80 would defeat LAG 13-6 on both Ancient and Inferno. Fritz "slaxz-'" Dietrich led the lobby with just one more frag and a slightly higher rating than Josh "JBa" Barutt. Now, the IEM Cologne attendees will aim to start the second half of 2026 with an important LAN appearance.
M80LAG| M80 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich |
37 - 14 | +23 | 87.6 | 84.2% | 1.58 |
| Josh 'JBa' Barutt |
36 - 21 | +15 | 103.0 | 86.8% | 1.57 |
| Michael 'Swisher' Schmid |
26 - 26 | +0 | 92.0 | 71.1% | 1.13 |
| Mason 'Lake' Sanderson |
24 - 24 | +0 | 62.7 | 71.1% | 0.99 |
| Elias 's1n' Stein |
19 - 22 | -3 | 52.6 | 78.9% | 0.84 |
| LAG |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore |
25 - 29 | -4 | 80.6 | 68.4% | 1.10 |
| Justin 'Sandman' Saulle |
25 - 27 | -2 | 65.6 | 73.7% | 1.07 |
| Brendan 'Bwills' Williams |
24 - 27 | -3 | 87.8 | 65.8% | 0.98 |
 Jonathan 'djay' Dallal |
19 - 29 | -10 | 61.5 | 55.3% | 0.69 |
| Keller 'SLIGHT' Nilan |
13 - 30 | -17 | 41.6 | 63.2% | 0.58 |
Voca 2-0 regain
Voca vs regain would see Paytyn "junior" Johnson's squad steal their opponents' map pick 13-11 before taking their own 13-5. Their AWPer would lead the way with 38 frags and a 1.49 rating. junior's Ukrainian counterpart put up a valiant 1.20-rated performance, but that just wasn't enough to save regain.
Vocaregain| Voca |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paytyn 'junior' Johnson |
38 - 21 | +17 | 92.2 | 85.7% | 1.49 |
 Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado |
32 - 24 | +8 | 83.8 | 78.6% | 1.35 |
| Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi |
32 - 28 | +4 | 88.0 | 76.2% | 1.13 |
| Kamron 'kmrn' Manii |
35 - 26 | +9 | 79.0 | 73.8% | 1.13 |
| Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly |
23 - 29 | -6 | 68.8 | 78.6% | 0.94 |
| regain |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nazar 'H0NeST' Stefinko |
33 - 31 | +2 | 82.5 | 69.0% | 1.20 |
| Volodymyr 'bezymecc' Slobodian |
34 - 33 | +1 | 92.7 | 76.2% | 1.08 |
| Brennan 'grape' Greer |
22 - 33 | -11 | 71.2 | 61.9% | 0.87 |
| Alexander 'sasha' Burke |
18 - 30 | -12 | 55.5 | 50.0% | 0.78 |
| Eric 'Zucar' Zuccaro |
21 - 33 | -12 | 56.3 | 50.0% | 0.70 |
The grand final between M80 and Voca will begin 07:30PM
