BLAST Premier

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BLAST Premier
Blast Premier logo.png
Official logo
FormerlyBLAST Pro Series
GameCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
FoundedJanuary 2020
Owner(s)BLAST ApS
No. of teams12
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
ContinentsWorldwide
Most recent
champion(s)		Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere (World Final)
TV partner(s)
Official websiteblastpremier.com

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.
Spring 2020: Regular Season January 31–February 16, 2020 United Kingdom 3 Mills Studio, London European Union FaZe Clan
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere
France G2 		European Union OG
European Union Complexity Gaming
United States Team Liquid 		US$300,000 Not awarded [7]
Spring 2020 Europe Showdown June 1–15, 2020 European Union Europe / Online France Vitality
Finland ENCE 		Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas US$182,500 [8]
Spring 2020 Americas Showdown June 1–7, 2020 North America North America / Online Brazil MiBR
Brazil Furia 		United States Evil Geniuses US$142,500 [9]
Spring 2020 Europe Finals June 15–21, 2020 European Union Europe / Online European Union Complexity Gaming France Vitality US$500,000 France Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut [10]
Spring 2020 Americas Finals June 16–21, 2020 North America North America / Online United States Evil Geniuses Brazil MiBR US$250,000 Bulgaria Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov [11]
Fall Series 2020 October 15–31, 2020 European Union Europe / Online European Union OG
France Vitality
European Union G2 		Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere
Germany BIG
Denmark Astralis 		US$300,000 Not awarded [12]
Fall Showdown 2020 November 24–29, 2020 Brazil FURIA
European Union mousesports 		European Union Cloud9
United States Team Liquid 		US$150,000 [13]
Fall 2020 Finals December 8–13, 2020 France Vitality Denmark Astralis US$425,000 France Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut [14]
Global Final 2020 January 19–24, 2021 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere Denmark Astralis US$1,000,000 Ukraine Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev [15]
Spring Groups 2021 February 4–14, 2021 Germany BIG
European Union Complexity Gaming
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 		Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
United States Evil Geniuses
European Union FaZe Clan 		US$150,000 Not awarded [16]
Spring Showdown 2021 April 13–18, 2021 European Union G2
Russia Gambit Esports 		Russia Team Spirit
Denmark Heroic 		US$162,500 [17]
Spring Finals 2021 June 15–20, 2021 Russia Gambit Esports Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere US$425,000 Kazakhstan Abay "Hobbit" Khassenov [18]
Fall Groups 2021 September 16–26, 2021 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
France Team Vitality 		Europe FaZe Clan
Germany BIG
Denmark Astralis 		US$150,000 Not awarded [19]
Fall Showdown 2021 October 12–17, 2021 Denmark Heroic
United States Team Liquid 		European Union OG
European Union MAD Lions 		US$162,500 [20]
Fall Finals 2021 November 24–28, 2021 Denmark Royal Arena, Copenhagen Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere France Vitality US$425,000 Ukraine Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev [21]
World Final 2021 December 14–19, 2021 Denmark BLAST Studio, Copenhagen Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere Russia Gambit Esports US$1,000,000 Ukraine Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev [22]
Spring Groups 2022 January 28–February 6, 2022 European Union Europe / Online US$117,500 Not awarded [23]

World Team Of The Year[]

Year Role Nat. ID Name Team
2021[24] IGL France apex Dan Madesclaire Team Vitality
AWP Ukraine s1mple Oleksandr Kostyliev Natus Vincere
Entry Bosnia and Herzegovina NiKo Nikola Kovač G2 Esports
Support Russia Perfecto Ilya Zalutskiy Natus Vincere
Lurker Kazakhstan Hobbit Abai Hasenov Gambit Esports
Coach Ukraine B1ad3 Andrii Horodenskyi Natus Vincere

References[]

  1. ^ Pete, Alex (2020-01-30). "Formats, schedule and information on Blast Premier Series". EsportsJunkie.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. ^ Fitch, Adam (2019-09-15). "BLAST Premier announced with $4.25M prize pool for 2020". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  3. ^ "BLAST PREMIER announced with format changes and $4,250,000 prize pool for 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  4. ^ Fitch, Adam (2020-09-16). "BLAST Premier revises prize pool distribution to greater benefit organisations". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  5. ^ Poole, Joey (2021-04-01). "BLAST Premier cashes in on Coinbase partnership". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  6. ^ Nicholson, Jonno (2021-04-08). "BLAST Premier gets comfortable with L33T Gaming". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  7. ^ "Blast Premier Spring Series 2020". HLTV. January 16 – February 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Blast Premier Spring 2020 Europe Showdown". HLTV. June 1–15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "Blast Premier Spring 2020 Americas Showdown". HLTV. June 1–7, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "Blast Premier Spring 2020 Europe Finals". HLTV. June 15–21, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  11. ^ "Blast Premier Spring 2020 Americas Finals". HLTV. June 16–21, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "Blast Premier Fall Series 2020". HLTV. October 15–31, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  13. ^ "Blast Premier Fall Showdown 2020". HLTV. November 24–29, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  14. ^ "Blast Premier Fall 2020 Finals". HLTV. December 8–13, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  15. ^ "Blast Premier Global Final 2020". HLTV. January 19–24, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  16. ^ "Blast Premier Spring Groups 2021". HLTV. February 4–14, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  17. ^ "Blast Premier Spring Showdown 2021". HLTV. April 13–18, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  18. ^ "Blast Premier Spring Finals 2021". HLTV. June 15–20, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  19. ^ "Blast Premier Fall Groups 2021". HLTV. September 16–26, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  20. ^ "Blast Premier Fall Showdown 2021". HLTV. October 12–17, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  21. ^ "Blast Premier Fall Final 2021". HLTV. November 24–28, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  22. ^ "Blast Premier World Final 2021". HLTV. December 15–19, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  23. ^ "Blast Premier Spring Groups 2022". HLTV. February 4–14, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  24. ^ "World Team Of The Year". BLAST Premier. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

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