Match action starts tomorrow for the Blast Premier Spring Groups
CS:GO Blast Premier: Spring Groups organised by BLAST is all set to commence from 19th January 2023. A total of 12 teams will be seen in action in this tournament which falls under Blast Series. These teams are the partner teams who all will be competing for a share of the $177,498 prize pool. The tournament will go on till the 29th of January with the top 6 teams making it to the Spring Finals while the remaining teams will go to Spring Showdown. The tournament contains a total of 5100 Blast Premier Points which will also get split among the 12 teams. Sponsors for the tournament are Betway, CS.Money, EPOS and L33T Gaming. It will be an offline event which will take place in Copenhagen.
Know the teams for Blast Premier Spring Groups 2023
12 partner teams will be seen in action as revealed on 3rd January by Blast Premier on their official Twitter account.
- Astralis
- BIG
- Complexity Gaming
- Evil Geniuses
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
- Heroic
- Natus Vincere
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- OG
- Team Liquid
- Team Vitality
These are the best European teams and all teams will compete across a span of 10 days.
Format of the tournament
The tournament follows a two-stage format mainly the Group Stage and Play-In Stage.
- Group Stage – This stage will follow Three double-elimination groups which will contain 4 teams each and the Best of 3 games will be played. The winner from each group will head for the Spring Final while the remaining teams will move to the seeded Play-In Stage.
- Play-In Stage – This stage will follow Three single-elimination gauntlets with all matches of best of 3 games. The winner of these gauntlets will advance to the Spring Final while the remaining teams will go to the EU and Am Spring Showdowns.
Group division
- Group A – Heroic, Evil Geniuses, Vitality and Astralis
- Group B – FaZe Clan, Complexity Gaming, Team Liquid and OG
- Group C – G2 Esports, BIG, NAVI and Ninjas in Pyjamas
Maps that will be followed –
- Ancient
- Anubis
- Inferno
- Mirage
- Nuke
- Overpass
- Vertigo
About Spring Final
The Blast Premier Spring Final will be the concluding event of the Blast Premier Spring season. Where a total of 8 teams will be seen in action. These teams will fight to make their way to the Blast Premier: World Final, which will be the Final competition of the Blast Series.
The matches will begin tomorrow and fans will see which teams will make it to the Spring Finals.