PARIVISION's Counter-Strike 2 player was the sole EVP at BLAST Bounty Winter.

PARIVISION Counter-Strike 2 Player Becomes the Sole EVP at BLAST Bounty Winter

Emil "nota" Moskvitin from PARIVISION in Counter-Strike 2 became the only player to receive the EVP (Exceptionally Valuable Player) title at the BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 tournament. Previously, organizers traditionally selected five EVPs, but this time they awarded only nota, even though the best statistics belonged to Fredrik "REZ" Sterner from GamerLegion.

The five esports athletes with the best tournament statistics:

• Fredrik "REZ" Sterner (GamerLegion) — 1.26
• Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç (HEROIC) — 1.23
• Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (Falcons) — 1.20
• Danil "molodoy" Golubenko (FURIA) — 1.18
• Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (Falcons) — 1.17

The MVP title was awarded to Nikola "NiKo" Kovač. HLTV noted that the award went to the player due to Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov's failure in the tournament final.

The BLAST Bounty Winter All-Legends Team:

• Emil "nota" Moskvitin
• Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
• Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (AWPer, 1.17)
• Dzhami "Jame" Ali (Captain, 1.10)
• Ivan "zweih" Gogin (Support, 1.07)

Recall that the tournament concluded with Serbian PARIVISION defeating Team Falcons with a score of 3:0. For PARI, this is the first tier-1 event they have won. Previously, the team only played at the StarLadder Budapest Major, finishing 15th-16th.

Later, host and analyst James "BanKs" Banks criticized the organizers in a recent podcast for the tournament format, which, in his opinion, is not suitable for teams of the level of FaZe Clan, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Aurora Gaming.

The event took place from January 22nd to 25th as a LAN in Malta. The teams competed for a prize pool of $452.5 thousand.