BLAST Rising Asia Spring 2025 Closed Qualifier Day 3: Recap

The third day at the BLAST Asia Spring 2025 Closed Qualifier saw the Group finalists confirmed while the lower bracket also began to take shape with elimination on the line ahead of the final day's play.

Here's a look at the results from day 3 of BLAST Rising Asia Spring 2025 Closed Qualifier

The opening game of the day was the Group C lower bracket final between Chinese team Shika and mixed Asian squad The Art of War. Shika got things going on their pick of Mirage with a massive 13-2 win and it was a flawless T side to close out Ancient at 13-5 which saw Shika secure a comfortable 2-0.

The Group D lower bracket final was an OCE derby as Rooster faced DXA with Rooster stealing DXA's pick of Anubis 13-8 before stomping DXA 13-4 on their pick on Nuke.

Mongolian squad Chinggis Warriors took on Australian team Mindfreak in the Group B lower bracket final which saw the Mongolian start Mindfreak's pick of Mirage with a strong T side to lock in a 13-8 win. Mindfreak answered back with a solid CT half on Ancient to go 13-7 before Efire laid down the law on Nuke for Chinggis Warriors to ease to a 13-5 win in the decider.

Chinese team Fated Rise took on another Aussie squad, Housebet, in the Group A lower bracket final with the Chinese team's 10 round start on Mirage helping them go 13-6 before Housebets hit back on Dust2 with a 13-9 win. The decider on Inferno started with a tied score line before Fated Rise ran away on their T side, picking up a 13-7 win to close out the series 2-1.

The Group B upper bracket final saw Mongolian squad Eruption run through China's Believe as a flawless T side on Ancient saw Eruption close out their map pick at 13-5 before seeing off resistance from the Chinese team on Mirage to secure a 13-9 win.

Just Swing took on SemperFi in the Group D upper bracket final with the Chinese team's strong T side on Mirage helping them to a 13-10 win. The Australia squad hung on for a 13-11 win on the Chinese team's pick of Inferno and managed to complete the reverse sweep on Nuke, closing out the series with a 13-6 win.

Gods Reign faced China's UR in the Group C upper bracket final with the Indian team being blown away on the opening map of Mirage. Bhavi led Gods Reign's comeback on Inferno as they went 13-9 before the Rossi show helped the Indian team close out the series on Ancient with a 13-4 win.

The Group A upper bracket final was the big blockbuster clash between Rare Atom and JiJieHao with the latter's pick of Ancient getting things going. A barnburner of a map which saw neither team give each other an inch ended with JiJieHao taking a 28-24 win in fifth overtime. Rare Atom hit back on their pick of Anubis with a comfortable 13-7. An incredible kaze 1v3 on the A site saw Rare Atom start the decider on Inferno with a two-round lead before a strong CT half saw them run away to a 13-7 win to take the series 2-1.