Accordingly, heading forward, the CS:GO community has many events to look forward too from multiple organizers. Indeed, concerning BLAST, we have the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 taking place in the next week! Read on as we cover both regions in this episode of How to Watch!
Event Background
Accordingly, these two regional events are building up to one goal. Indeed, the single seed for the Spring Finals is what teams are fighting for!
Taking place across EU and NA, both events are identical. Accordingly, the following details are shared:
- Teams: 8 qualifying or invited teams
- Venue: Online
- Dates: 27th April to 1st May
- Prize Pool: $67,500
- Seed: 1st place earns a spot at the BLAST Premier Spring Finals
Considering this, two spots are left at the BLAST Premier Spring Finals, which will take place in Lisbon with $425,000 on the line. The following are the participants for the two separate regional events:
European Showdown 2022
- Ninjas in Pyjamas – Spring Groups
- Astralis – Spring Groups
- Heroic – Invited
- ENCE – EU Champions
- Copenhagen Flames – Nordic Masters
- Bad News Eagles – Eastern European Masters
- Movistar Riders – RTP Arena Cup
- Team NKT – MESA Nomadic Masters
American Showdown 2022
- MIBR – Spring Groups
- Complexity Gaming – Spring Groups
- Team Liquid – Spring Groups
- Evil Geniuses – Spring Groups
- FURIA Esports – Invited
- GODSENT – Invited
- paiN Gaming – North American Masters
- Sharks Esports – FiReLEAGUE Latin Power
While there are also a Spring Finals seed on the line, BLAST Premier points are also on the line.
Format
In terms of format, the events are once again identical. Indeed, a single-elimination bracket will take place where teams only have one lifeline in the event – losing once and they’re out. Each game will be BO3 across each tournament.
Here are the first round matches for each tournament:
European – Quarterfinals
- ENCE vs Copenhagen Flames
- Heroic vs Tean NKT
- Astralis vs Movistar Rider
- Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Bad News Eagles
American – Quarterfinals
- GODSENT vs Evil Geniuses
- FURIA Esports vs Sharks Esports
- Complexity Gaming vs MIBR
- Team Liquid vs paiN Gaming
Schedule for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022
In terms of schedule, we highly recommend visiting the event page here.
Watch the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 on esportsguide
You can also watch the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
In terms of predictions, we have the recent PGL Antwerp RMR events to help us discern who’s on top. Let’s take a look at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022: American RMR for the American region:
- #1 – FURIA Esports
- #2 – MIBR
- #3 – Imperial Esports
Bearing this in mind, the likes of FURIA Esports and MIBR are likely to go at it trying to fight for that single seed availabe to proceed to the Spring Finals at the Northern American event.
Heading over to Europe, the PGL Antwerp RMR events are yet to conclude. Accordingly, if we look at the ESL Pro League Season 15, it’s here that ENCE placed second at this international event.
In addition, Ninjas in Pyjamas placed 3-4th at the ESL Pro League Season 15 event.
Considering this, NiP and ENCE are likely your favourites for the European event of things.
Yet, there are some lower tier teams who could shake things up here. Otherwise, we’ll be here for the final chapter of the action with the Spring Finals taking place this June!
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