This next week we’re going to witness some of the best Counter-Strike that Europe has to offer. This is because the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021 is playing out, starting next Tuesday. Here’s your full tournament guide of the event:
Tournament’s background
The Spring Showdown 2021 is a tournament which is part of BLAST’s Premier program. This tournament is connected to the prior event, which was the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2021. The bottom 6 teams of that tournament got invited to this event and are now playing alongside a couple of other teams that qualified, to reach the Spring Finals.
How to qualify for the main event
All of the teams that are participating in the Spring Showdown 2021 have either qualified through Spring Groups, or been invited or passed through some sort of qualification tournament. These qualifiers consist of the Fantasyexpo Cup, Nordi Masters, LVP Unity Cup, Winstrike CIS Cup, VENN Invitational, FiReLEAGUE Latin Power, and Calyx Dune Cup
Prize distribution
A total of $162,500 is up for grabs for all 16 teams participating. Alongside the prize money, the top 2 teams at the event get a spot in the Spring Finals tournament. The Spring Finals will play out between the 16th at 20th of June.This is how the prize money will be distributed:
- 1st-2nd – $30,000 + Seed at Spring Finals
- 3rd-4th – $16,250
- 5th-8th – $10,000
- 9th-16th – $3,750
Tournament Format
The Spring Showdown 2021 format is extremely simple. It will play out in a Playoffs single-elimination bracket, where all matches are in a best of 3. The tournament will progress through the Round of 16 and Round of 8 and the winner of Round of 4 wins a seed in the Spring Finals.
Teams Participating at BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021
A total of 16 teams are participating in this event, and as mentioned above, they have qualified through a variety of options. Here is the full team list for the event:
- Astralis
- G2 Esports
- Team Liquid
- OG
- Team Vitality
- MiBR
- FURIA
- Gambit Esports
- Heroic
- Endpoint
- Dignitas
- SAW
- Team Spirit
- Extra Salt
- 9z Team
- NASR Esports
Schedule list
The event is starting this Tuesday, on the 13th and will keep on going till the 18th of April. Here’s a quick run down of the first few matches:
Round of 16 – April 13, 2021
- 12:00 CEST – Astralis vs OG
- 15:30 CEST – Endpoint vs G2 Esports
- 18:30 CEST – Dignitas vs Team Liquid
Round of 16 – April 14, 2021
- 12:00 CEST – Team Spirit vs Extra Salt
- 15:30 CEST – NASR vs Gambit Esports
- 18:30 CEST – FURIA vs MiBR
Round of 16 – April 15, 2021
- 15:30 CEST – Saw vs Heroic
- 18:30 CEST – Vitality vs 9z
Streaming platform list
The BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021 will stream on the official BLAST Premier twitch channel here. As a bonus, highlight clips and extra features are going to available to all via BLAST’s Youtube channel.
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Predictions for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021
With so many talented teams involved in this tournament, predicting the outcome is always a difficult task. Ofcourse, there’s many teams that we did not expect to be brought down to the Spring Showdown, especially Astralis and Vitality. Nevertheless, we think that they have the highest odds of making it out as eventual winners and qualifiers for the Spring Finals!
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