With the IEM Rio Major event being such a huge success, perhaps it’s time for a break for CS:GO? Indeed, there’s no such thing. Accordingly, fans will be treated to another international event in the coming week as the BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022 soon kicks off. Read on to learn how to watch this upcoming event below!
Event Background
Accordingly, for those unaware, BLAST Premier is an S-Tier franchise of tournaments organized by BLAST, offering its own unique framework from other organizers. Specifically, BLAST Partner Teams compete to be featured in international events while competing against a few open bracket teams.
Naturally, the Fall Finals 2022 are no different. Following the Fall Groups 2022, the top 6 teams from that event are now joined by two teams who’ve made it through the Showdown event – here they are:
Fall Groups
- OG
- Natus Vincere
- Team Liquid
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
Fall EU/AME Showdown
- Heroic
- Fluxo
Moreover, the event will take place in the Royal Arena, offline in Copenhagen. Running from 23rd to 27th November, the event offers $425,000 of prize pool to the 8 teams.
What’s more? The emerging winner will earn a highly coveted seed to the World Final – the premier season event taking place in December with $1,000,000 on the line!
Considering the stakes, this event is only an awesome chance for teams to prove themselves after the Major and set themselves up for success at the World Final by earning some BLAST Premier points.
Format
Considering that only 8 teams are involved, the format is respectively straightforward.
Initially, a Group Stage will involve two double elimination format groups (GSL). Within these 2 groups of 4 teams, all matches are BO3. Here are the randomly seeded groups:
- A: FaZe Clan, Heroic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, OG
- B: Fluxo, G2 Esports, Natus Vincere, Team Liquid
From within the Groups, seeding to the Playoffs is as follows:
- Winner from each group – advance to Semifinal
- Runner-Up from each group – Quarterfinal High Seeds
- 3rd from each group – Quarterfinal Low Seeds
- 4th from each group – Eliminated
Once we have our final 6 teams, they’ve compete through a single elimination bracket where all matches are BO3. At the end of the bracket, we’ll have our Fall Finals 2022 champion!
Schedule for the BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022
With regards to the schedule, while we direct you to the event page for the whole tournament, we’ve listed the schedule for the opening matches of both groups below (CET timezone):
23rd November – Group A
- FaZe Clan vs OG (10:00)
- Heroic vs Ninjas in Pyjamas (13:00)
23rd November – Group B
- Fluxo vs NAVI (16:00)
- G2 Esports vs Team Liquid (19:00)
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Predictions
Two weeks ago, the predictions heading into this event would have involved the likes of FaZe Clan and NAVI as favourites.
However, we cannot ignore the placements at the Rio Major – here’s how the competing teams did:
- Heroic – 2nd
- Natus Vincere – 5-8th
- Team Liquid – 9-11th
- FaZe Clan – 15-16th
- Ninjas in Pyjamas – 15-16th
- OG – 17-19th
- Fluxo, G2 Esports – Did not attend
Considering the above, Heroic are your favourites followed by NAVI!
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