Before we talk about the upcoming BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023, let us start by knowing what is BLAST Premier. It is an inventive worldwide competition series of live Counter-Strike competitions, with the best groups on the planet contending in a quick and thrilling arrangement. Their vision is to convey top-notch esports diversion for everybody.
It is a proficient esports association dispatched in 2020 and is principally situated in two locales: North America and Europe. The series is separated into two seasons, the Spring and Fall season. Each season goes on for around four months, with 12 customary season teams partaking in the Group stage, finishing with a season final for the 6 top teams from the group stage.
The season finals are likewise open to two groups from each season’s Showdown events, which are available to a lot more extensive exhibit of teams, including those that didn’t progress in the regular season. The victor of each season’s finals proceeds to partake in the World Finals toward the year’s end, just as champs of other lofty non-BLAST Premier events and those that rank top in the BLAST Premier Global Leaderboard, remaining of the top occasions of the year from different associations and other competitions.
12 of the universe’s best esports groups pursue BLAST Premier 2023, which also applies to BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. The twelve groups are drawn from around the world and comprise inheritance associations, heritage programs, and energizing new faces to the scene. BLAST Premier is working with accomplices across the globe to make a Qualifying Series open a course for all groups into BLAST Premier. These qualifiers will be regionalized with 8 feedings into the Spring Showdown and 8 feedings into the Fall Showdown. Each Qualifying Series Finals will each have 8 groups coming from a blend of existing leagues, open qualifiers, and direct invites. Before BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 was the Spring Season which finished last June 20 with Gambit Esports as the victor and purchasing its way to the World Final 2023.
BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023
Twelve groups will be partaking in the title. Every one of them gets direct invitations as they are accomplices of BLAST. The teams will be partitioned into three groups, with four teams in each. Because of the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023’s stage, the groups will be cultivated into Fall Finals or Fall Showdown following the consequences of their exhibition. The groups with the first sixth spots will join Fall Finals, and different groups will continue to Fall Showdown.
Game Configuration
- Three double-elimination GSL system design groups
- Consists of 4 teams in every group
- All matches are done in best-of-three (Bo3)
- The two top-ranking teams from every group can proceed to the Fall Finals
- The two lowest teams from each group will proceed to the Fall Showdown
Prize Pool
BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 has a total of $150,000 prize pool which is divided between the teams with the corresponding amount below:
- 1st to 3rd – $25,000 each
- 4th to 6th – $12,500 each
- 7th to 9th – $7,500 each
- 10th to 12th – $5,000 each
BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 Game Schedule:
Group 1 – September 16-18, 2023
September 16
- Opening Round – Match 1 (16:30- Time in CET)
Astralis VS EG
- Opening Round – Match 2 (19:30-Time in CET)
Vitality VS Team Liquid
September 17
- Winners Match (16:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
- Elimination Match (19:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
September 18
- Consolidation Match (16:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
- Group Final (20:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
Group 2 – September 20-22, 2023
September 20
- Opening Round – Match 1 (16:30-Time in CET)
G2 VS MIBR
- Opening Round – Match 2 (19:30-Time in CET)
NIP VS BIG
September 21
- Winners Match (16:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
- Elimination Match (19:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
September 22
- Consolidation Match (16:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
- Group Final (20:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
Group 3 – September 24 – 26, 2023
September 24
- Opening Round – Match 1 (16:30-Time in CET)
NAVI VS OG Esports
- Opening Round – Match 2 (19:30-Time in CET)
FaZe Clan VS Complexity
September 25
- Winners Match (16:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
- Elimination Match (19:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
September 26
- Consolidation Match (16:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
- Group Final (20:30-Time in CET)
TBD VS TBD
BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 Participants
Astralis
A Danish esports association was established in January 2016. It is to some extent claimed by players of the previous Danish Team SoloMid/Team Questionmark setup.
BIG (truncation for Berlin International Gaming)
A German esports affiliation outlined in 2017 by the past NRG Esports players Nikola “LEGIJA” Ninić, Fatih “gob b” Dayik, and Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz.
Complexity Gaming
Is another team in BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 that was momentarily known as Los Angeles Complexity in Counter-Strike: Source during the Championship Gaming Series. It is one of the most seasoned esports associations still dynamic in the Counter-Strike scene since joining in 2004.
Evil Geniuses
Is an expert gaming association established in the United States in 1999, making them one of the most seasoned esports organization in the CSGO scene. The association at first entered Counter-Strike in the mid-2000s, facilitating different programs until 2011.
In 2012, Evil Geniuses shut down their Counter-Strike division, starting a seven-year rest from the game. In 2015, Evil Geniuses endeavored to sign the GX crew however the arrangement fell through after most of the group got a lifetime restriction from Valve occasions for their inclusion in the North American match fixing embarrassment.
FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan (some time ago FaZe Sniping) is established on May 30, 2010 as an expert esports and amusement association settled in Los Angeles, United States. The association has players from across the globe and across various games, including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Call of Duty, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and more. In 2020, the association ventured into the Asian market, gaining a Thai PUBG Mobile and FIFA Online list.
G2 Esports
Once known as Gamers2presently situated in Berlin, Germany is a Spanish expert esports association. It was established in November 2013 via Carlos “ocelote” Rodriguez. The association additionally has crews in League of Legends, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Rainbow Six, Valorant, and is now a participant in BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023.
MIBR
Otherwise called Made in Brazil is a Brazilian expert esports association possessed by Immortals Gaming Club.
Natus Vincere
Latin for “destined to win”, frequently abridged to NAVI, and already Na’Vi is a Ukrainian expert esports association. They were the principal group to win three Counter-Strike Majors in a single schedule year – ESWC 2010, IEM Season IV, and WCG 2010.
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Regularly truncated to NIP is a Swedish esports association established in 2000. The group contended in Counter-Strike until their disintegration in 2007. In 2012, the group got back with a now vigorously eminent Counter-Strike: Global Offensive crew.
On April 23, 2023, Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz was gained from Astralis in a noteworthy exchange as a swap for the previous and is now also contending in the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023.
OG
Is an expert esports association situated in Europe. Shaped in 2015, they are most popular for their Dota 2 program winning The International 2018 and 2019 competitions. They likewise have groups addressing different games, like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Valorant.
Team Liquid
Is another big team playing in BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023 is an expert esports association established in the Netherlands in 2000. Initially, a StarCraft: Brood War family, the group changed to StarCraft II during the beta in 2010 and became quite possibly the best unfamiliar team.
Team Vitality
Is another participating team in BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023, which is a French esports association established in August 2013 by Fabien Devide and Nicolas Maurer. It has a few expert groups and content makers from across Europe and India.
