BLAST Premier
Formerly | BLAST Pro Series |
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Game | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Founded | January 2020 |
Owner(s) | BLAST ApS |
No. of teams | 12 |
Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Continents | Worldwide |
Most recent champion(s) | Natus Vincere (World Final) |
TV partner(s) | |
Official website | blastpremier |
BLAST Premier is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) professional esports league launched in 2020. It is primarily based in two regions: North America and Europe. The series is divided into two seasons, the Spring and Fall season. Each season lasts around four months with 12 regular season teams participating in the Group stage, ending with a season finals for the 6 top teams from the group stage.[1] The season finals are also open to two teams from each season's Showdown events, which are open to a much broader array of organizations, including those that did not advance in the regular season. The winner of each season's finals goes on to participate the Global Finals at the end of the year, as well as winners of other prestigious non-BLAST Premier events and those that rank highest in the BLAST Premier Global Leaderboard, a standings of the top events of the year from multiple leagues and tournaments.[2] The Danish esports organisation, , announced the series as a successor to the BLAST Pro Series in 2019.[3] The 2020 Blast Premier Series experienced disruptions due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, including the transition of all events except the Spring regular season online and reduced prize pools for many of the events. This disruption continued into the 2021 season, with both the Spring Groups and Spring Showdown occurring online, though all other events are currently planned to be held offline.[4] In March 2021, they announced cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase as its latest sponsor for the competition's ongoing Spring Season.[5] They also partnered with Danish gaming chair manufacturer .[6]
Editions[]
Edition | Date | Venue, Host city | Champions | Runners-up | Price pool | MVP | Ref. |
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Spring 2020: Regular Season | January 31–February 16, 2020 | 3 Mills Studio, London | FaZe Clan Natus Vincere G2 |
OG Complexity Gaming Team Liquid |
US$300,000 | Not awarded | [7] |
Spring 2020 Europe Showdown | June 1–15, 2020 | Europe / Online | Vitality ENCE |
Ninjas in Pyjamas | US$182,500 | [8] | |
Spring 2020 Americas Showdown | June 1–7, 2020 | North America / Online | MiBR Furia |
Evil Geniuses | US$142,500 | [9] | |
Spring 2020 Europe Finals | June 15–21, 2020 | Europe / Online | Complexity Gaming | Vitality | US$500,000 | Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut | [10] |
Spring 2020 Americas Finals | June 16–21, 2020 | North America / Online | Evil Geniuses | MiBR | US$250,000 | Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov | [11] |
Fall Series 2020 | October 15–31, 2020 | Europe / Online | OG Vitality G2 |
Natus Vincere BIG Astralis |
US$300,000 | Not awarded | [12] |
Fall Showdown 2020 | November 24–29, 2020 | FURIA mousesports |
Cloud9 Team Liquid |
US$150,000 | [13] | ||
Fall 2020 Finals | December 8–13, 2020 | Vitality | Astralis | US$425,000 | Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut | [14] | |
Global Final 2020 | January 19–24, 2021 | Natus Vincere | Astralis | US$1,000,000 | Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev | [15] | |
Spring Groups 2021 | February 4–14, 2021 | BIG Complexity Gaming Natus Vincere |
Ninjas in Pyjamas Evil Geniuses FaZe Clan |
US$150,000 | Not awarded | [16] | |
Spring Showdown 2021 | April 13–18, 2021 | G2 Gambit Esports |
Team Spirit Heroic |
US$162,500 | [17] | ||
Spring Finals 2021 | June 15–20, 2021 | Gambit Esports | Natus Vincere | US$425,000 | Abay "Hobbit" Khassenov | [18] | |
Fall Groups 2021 | September 16–26, 2021 | Natus Vincere Ninjas in Pyjamas Team Vitality |
FaZe Clan BIG Astralis |
US$150,000 | Not awarded | [19] | |
Fall Showdown 2021 | October 12–17, 2021 | Heroic Team Liquid |
OG MAD Lions |
US$162,500 | [20] | ||
Fall Finals 2021 | November 24–28, 2021 | Royal Arena, Copenhagen | Natus Vincere | Vitality | US$425,000 | Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev | [21] |
World Final 2021 | December 14–19, 2021 | BLAST Studio, Copenhagen | Natus Vincere | Gambit Esports | US$1,000,000 | Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev | [22] |
Spring Groups 2022 | January 28–February 6, 2022 | Europe / Online | US$117,500 | Not awarded | [23] |
World Team Of The Year[]
Year | Role | Nat. | ID | Name | Team |
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2021[24] | IGL | apex | Dan Madesclaire | Team Vitality | |
AWP | s1mple | Oleksandr Kostyliev | Natus Vincere | ||
Entry | NiKo | Nikola Kovač | G2 Esports | ||
Support | Perfecto | Ilya Zalutskiy | Natus Vincere | ||
Lurker | Hobbit | Abai Hasenov | Gambit Esports | ||
Coach | B1ad3 | Andrii Horodenskyi | Natus Vincere |
References[]
- ^ Pete, Alex (2020-01-30). "Formats, schedule and information on Blast Premier Series". EsportsJunkie.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ Fitch, Adam (2019-09-15). "BLAST Premier announced with $4.25M prize pool for 2020". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ "BLAST PREMIER announced with format changes and $4,250,000 prize pool for 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ Fitch, Adam (2020-09-16). "BLAST Premier revises prize pool distribution to greater benefit organisations". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ Poole, Joey (2021-04-01). "BLAST Premier cashes in on Coinbase partnership". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ Nicholson, Jonno (2021-04-08). "BLAST Premier gets comfortable with L33T Gaming". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring Series 2020". HLTV. January 16 – February 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring 2020 Europe Showdown". HLTV. June 1–15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring 2020 Americas Showdown". HLTV. June 1–7, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring 2020 Europe Finals". HLTV. June 15–21, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring 2020 Americas Finals". HLTV. June 16–21, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Fall Series 2020". HLTV. October 15–31, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Fall Showdown 2020". HLTV. November 24–29, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Fall 2020 Finals". HLTV. December 8–13, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Global Final 2020". HLTV. January 19–24, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring Groups 2021". HLTV. February 4–14, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring Showdown 2021". HLTV. April 13–18, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring Finals 2021". HLTV. June 15–20, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Fall Groups 2021". HLTV. September 16–26, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Fall Showdown 2021". HLTV. October 12–17, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Fall Final 2021". HLTV. November 24–28, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier World Final 2021". HLTV. December 15–19, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- ^ "Blast Premier Spring Groups 2022". HLTV. February 4–14, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ "World Team Of The Year". BLAST Premier. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
External links[]
- 2020 in esports
- Esports leagues
- Esports television series
- Counter-Strike competitions