Xtreme Gaming, NaVi, and Rekonix qualify for BLAST Slam VI

Darragh Harbinson, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 06/01/2026

The International 2025 runners-up, Xtreme Gaming, have qualified for BLAST Slam VI following victory in the China Qualifier for the tournament.

NaVi also qualified through the EU route, with Indonesian outsiders, Rekonix, making it through the Southeast Asia qualifier.

BLAST Slam VI Team list

Following a 2025 that saw BLAST Slam complete its first full calendar year, the tournament organiser now has a history from which to pull invites.

As such, the TO have pulled five invites from Top 4 placements at BLAST Slam IV and V.

As those top four places overlap, BLAST is left with three teams to invite at their discretion, in addition to the Americas invite, which is yet to be decided.

As such, the full team list for BLAST Slam VI is:

• Tundra
• Falcons
• Mouz
• Heroic
• Tandex
• TBA – Invite
• TBA – Invite
• TBA – Invite
• TBA – Americas Invite
• Natus Vincere
• Xtreme Gaming
• Rekonix

Following four BLAST Slam victories in a row, Tundra will be hoping to continue their form in the format.

Yet, the organisation managed only a 7th-8th placed finish at PGL Wallachia in November, with Mouz claiming the title after a nailbiting 3-2 victory over Spirit.

For Xtreme Gaming, their relationship with the event is antithetical to Tundra’s.

Despite their famous runners-up run at TI, the org has made the Top 4 only once at the event, meaning they had to go through the qualifiers for this event.

NaVi will be hoping to leave a mark on the tournament after an impressive victory over Parivision in the qualifier.

Rekonix have already left their mark in bringing the Indonesian scene back into the fray after defeating Filipino representatives, Execration and Nemesis, to make BLAST Slam VI.

BLAST Slam Schedule, Prize Pool & Format

Location: BLAST Studio, Malta

Prize Pool: $1,000,000 ($750,000 Prize Money + $250,000 Team Earnings)
First Place: $400,000 ($300,000 Prize Money + $100,000 Team Earnings)

The tournament will feature a Bo1 Round-Robin group stage, where the top two teams will qualify straight to the Semi-Finals.

Third-Eighth place teams will qualify for the Bo3 Play-in, with 9th-12th placed teams facing the Last Chance playoff to join the Play-in.

The Play-in will decide the remaining four teams for the playoffs, with the winners starting in the quarter-finals.

The playoffs will be a full Best of 5 single-elimination format, marking the first time BLAST have run a full Bo5 bracket for their Slam events.

Darragh Harbinson, Senior Editor

Darragh Harbinson is an esports writer specialising in Counter-Strike. He has written for Esports News UK, Esports Insider, UKCSGO, Dexerto, and Rush B Media.

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