Accordingly, the BLAST Premier 2022 season has been incredible for competitive CS:GO. Offering multiple top tier events, the 2022 year is now concluding with the BLAST Premier World Final event in the coming days. Read on as, in this featured, we’ll be discussing our BLAST Premier World Final Predictions below!
BLAST Premier World Final 2022 – Painting the Picture
So, let’s start by painting the picture.
BLAST is one of many organizers for the highest level of CS:GO competition, such as ESL and PGL – BLAST Premier is their own tournament structure.
Each event in the BLAST Premier series this year has allowed teams to gather points and qualify for the BLAST Premier World Final 2022 through the Global Leaderboard.
Taking place offline once again, now in the Etihad Arena (United Arab Emirates), the BLAST Premier World Final will put $1,000,000 on the line for the best 8 teams in the world.
Running from 14th December to 18th December, this looks to end the year in epic fashion.
Let’s take a look at the 8 teams qualified below, five teams qualified through tournament placings and three teams through global leaderboard points:
- Natus Vincere – Spring Finals
- Heroic – Fall Finals
- FaZe Clan – EPL S15 and PGL Major
- Outsiders – IEM Rio Major 2022
- Team Vitality – ESL Pro League Season 16
Global Leaderboard
- OG
- G2 Esports
- Team Liquid
Also, before we dive into some predictions, we need to bear in mind the format. Accordingly, starting with the Group Stage (GSL) groups, random seeding is as follows:
- A: FaZe Clan, Outsiders, G2 Esports, Team Liquid
- B: Natus Vincere, Heroic, Team Vitality, OG
Following the Group Stage, we have our final Playoffs stage, with the 8 teams fighting through a single elimination bracket to try and earn the crown.
World Final 2022 Prediction – Global Leaderboard Context
So, for these types of events, there are two arguments when it comes to predictions – do we look at overall season performance or the most recent event?
Firstly, we’re going to take a look at the BLAST Premier World Leaderboard 2022 to garner an idea regarding the seasonal efforts of participating teams:
- #1 – FaZe Clan – 17600 points
- #2 – Natus Vincere – 12200 points
- #3 – Heroic – 10000 points
- #4 – Team Vitality – 8825 points
- #5 – G2 Esports – 6625 points
- #6 – OG – 6300 points
- #7 – Team Liquid – 6212.5 points
- #11 – Outsiders – 4562.5 points
On paper, it is very clear that the favourites, in order, are FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere and Heroic thanks to multiple event wins and top placements all year long.
Fall Finals and Rio Major – Heroic and Outsiders
However, esports is usually more focused on recency bias. Considering that the meta (trends in the competitive scene) is always changing, being on top is a matter of being in the present.
Bearing this in mind, the two most recent events paint a slightly different picture to the overall seasonal standings.
Accordingly, we’d like to take a look at both the last BLAST Premier event (Fall Finals) and the last CS:GO Major (IEM Rio Major):
BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022 – 23-27 November
- #1 – Heroic
- #2 – FaZe Clan
- #3-4 – Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team Liquid
IEM Rio Major 2022 – 31 October – 13 November
- #1 – Outsiders
- #2 – Heroic
- #3-4 – MOUZ, FURIA Esports
Most recently, the likes of Heroic and Outsiders have risen to the top.
BLAST Premier World Final Predictions – Our Favourite Four
From the 8 teams, there are four clear favourites:
- FaZe Clan
- Natus Vincere
- Heroic
- Outsiders
However, considering recent performances, we’d like to favour Heroic and Outsiders as the potential winners.
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