Accordingly, after a few majors already, the competitive CS:GO community is only half way through the year. Indeed, the BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022 are right around the corner. Taking the competition offline, with 8 of the best teams in the world, read on to learn How to Watch below!
Event Background
Heading into this event, BLAST is offering a Tier 1 competitive circuit for CS:GO, with qualification stages and events afterwards.
Bearing this in mind, the Spring 2022 Finals comes after a Spring Regular Season, where certain teams fought to gain 6 available seeds at this event.
Accordingly, there is a prize pool of $425,000 on the line for the 8 teams, all competing offline in Lisbon, Portugal running from 15th June to 19th June.
Anyways, here are your competitors listed below together with their path of qualification:
Spring Groups
- Team Vitality
- OG
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
- Natus Vincere
- BIG
Spring EU Showdown
- ENCE
- paiN Gaming
Apart from prize, there is also a highly coveted seed on the line for the BLAST World Final later on this year – only the victor will claim it.
Format
With regards to format, this smaller event will follow the format BLAST has implement for previous events of this kind.
Firstly, we’ll have a Group Stage. Here, the 8 teams will be split into two groups of 4, following a double-elimination/GSL groups. At the end of this stage, with BO3 matches, only the top 3 will progress to the Playoffs. Here are the groups below:
Group A:
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
- paiN Gaming
- Team Vitality
Group B:
- BIG
- ENCE
- Natus Vincere
- OG
Qualification into the Playoffs will take place as follows from the groups:
- Group Winner – Semifinals seed
- Group Runners-Up – Quarterfinals High seeds
- 3rd place – Quarterfinals Low seeds
Regarding the Playoffs, here a single-elimination bracket with BO3 matches will determine the final standings of the competition.
Schedule for the BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022
Running over four days, there’s a lot of schedule to consider. With regards to the schedule, let’s take a look at the opening matches schedule:
- FaZe Clan vs paiN Gaming (11:00 CEST)
- G2 Esports vs Team Vitality (14:00 CEST)
- Natus Vincere vs OG (17:00 CEST)
- ENCE vs BIG (20:00 CEST)
Accordingly, we recommend visiting the official event page here for an updated schedule.
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Predictions
With regards to predictions, let’s take a look at the most recent Major event, PGL Major Antwerp 2022 below:
- #1 – FaZe Clan
- #2 – Natus Vincere
- #3-4 – Team Spirit, ENCE
- #5-8 – FURIA Esports, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Copenhagen Flames, Heroic
Indeed, we can’t wait to see a rematch between FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere, as two of the best teams in the world right now. Otherwise, the most recent winners for IEM, Cloud9, will not be attending the event.
Of course, the likes of G2 Esports are also strong competitors and could surprise the community.
Regardless, there’s a tonne to look forward to as the competition keeps coming.
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