BLAST Slam VII hits 202,000 peak viewers as playoffs start

BLAST Slam VII in Copenhagen reached roughly 202,000 peak viewers during a group-stage match between Team Yandex and LGD Gaming. The tournament moved into its playoff phase on June 4, with the final matches scheduled through June 7.

The playoff field consists of six teams that advanced from the group stage into a double-elimination bracket. All matches before the grand final are best-of-three series; the championship will be a best-of-five. The event features 12 teams that qualified either by direct invite or regional qualifying events. The total prize pool is $1 million, with $300,000 awarded to the champion and $150,000 to the runner-up.

In opening playoff action on June 4, Team Yandex defeated Aurora Gaming 2-0 in an upper-bracket quarterfinal. Team Falcons were scheduled to face Team Liquid later that day. LGD Gaming was set to play Team Yandex in an upper-bracket semifinal the same evening. BB Team awaits the winner of the Falcons–Liquid match in an upper-bracket match on June 5. Additional lower-bracket matches run through June 7, and the grand final is set for June 7.

Matches are being broadcast on BLAST’s official channels across major streaming platforms, with regional studio coverage and community co-streams available in multiple languages. Notable community streamers carrying the event include KuyaNic (Tagalog), Aleksandr Nix Levin (Russian), Janne Gorgc Stefanovski (English) and Benjamin benjaz Lanao (Spanish).

The group-stage peak of about 202,000 viewers sits below the series record for BLAST Slam events, which reached more than 324,700 peak viewers at a prior event. A previous group-stage peak for the series was around 232,000 viewers. No further viewership figures have been released for the playoff window to date.