The organizers of the BLAST Bounty Season 2 tournament have announced the list of teams that received direct invitations. The announcement was published on July 17 on the official BLAST website. Invitations were distributed according to the VRS ranking as of July 4. Falcons , GamerLegion , 3DMAX , and Lynn Vision declined the invitations.

A total of 32 teams will participate in the tournament. According to the unique BLAST Bounty format, the lower 16 teams in the ranking choose their opponents in the first round, allowing for potential upsets. In the first season, Team Spirit won the tournament, going undefeated and confidently defeating Eternal Fire in the final with a score of 3:1.

List of invited teams:

Vitality
Mouz
Spirit
FaZe
G2
NAVI
Heroic
Virtus.pro
Astralis
FURIA Esports
pain
Liquid
Complexity
Fnatic
aurora
The MongolZ
Legacy
B8
MIBR
Ninjas in Pyjamas
TyLoo
FlyQuest
ECSTATIC
ENCE
BIG
BetBoom
NRG
Passion UA
ex-NAVI Junior
Rare Atom
Nemiga
TNL

BLAST Bounty Season 2 will take place in two stages: The group stage from August 5 to 10 online, and the playoffs from August 14 to 17 in Malta . The tournament's prize pool will be $500,000. You can follow the progress, results, and schedule of the tournament via the link.