BLAST names the 16 invited teams for the Austin Major

One of the next big Counter-Strike 2 tournaments will take the action to Austin, Texas, for a BLAST-operated Major happening in June. The main event will run from June 2 until June 22, with a whopping $1.25 million on the line for the 32 teams to battle it out over. Ahead of this taking place, there will be a bunch of qualifiers happening around the world to fill 16 slots at the massive event, and yes this does mean that the other 16 slots are being handed to invited teams. We now know who these are.

BLAST has affirmed that the eight teams that have received direct invitation to the second stage of the tournament (the one that follows the qualifiers) are the following:

• FaZe Clan


• 3DMax


• Team Falcons


• Virtus.pro


• PaiN Gaming


• M80 Esports


• Furia


• MiBR

As for the other eight, these have direct qualification to the third stage, meaning they avoid a round of elimination. These teams are:

• Team Vitality


• Mouz


• Team Spirit


• Aurora


• G2 Esports


• Natus Vincere


• The MongolZ


• Team Liquid

With these teams locked in, do you think any are already favourites to go the distance?