Before we proceed on BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023, let us introduce first what is BLAST Premier and why is it so famous in the esports industry.
The most explosive, engaging, and entertaining event in the esports world. BLAST Premier is a worldwide series of events that convey top-level Counter-Strike and world-class amusement for everybody. Eye-catching visual effects and digital screens throughout the arena, ensure that you will not miss out on any of the heart-racing action.
BLAST Premier is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) proficient esports association sent off in 2020. It is principally situated in two districts: North America and Europe. The series is isolated into two seasons, the Spring and Fall season. Each season goes on for around four months with 12 customary season groups taking part in the Group stage, finishing with a season final for the 6 top groups from the gathering stage.
The season finals are additionally open to two groups from each season’s Showdown occasions, which are available to a lot more extensive cluster of associations, remembering those that didn’t progress for the ordinary season.
The victor of each season’s finals proceeds to partake in the Global Finals toward the year’s end, just as champs of other renowned non-BLAST Premier occasions and those that rank most elevated in the BLAST Premier Global Leaderboard, remaining of the top occasions of the year from various associations and competitions.
More About BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023
The BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 is fast approaching! It is one of the series organized by BLAST that plays Global Offensive. The event will take in Europe via an Online competition. It will start on January 28, 2023, and will end on February 6. 2023. The maps to be used in the game are Ancient, Vertigo, Dust II, Overpass, Inferno, Nuke, and Mirage.
Game Format
Group Stage
It will be played by three double-elimination (GSL) format groups where each group has 4 teams and all matches are played as best of one (Bo1). In this stage, all teams can advance to the seeded Play-In Stage.
Play-In Stage
In this stage, three Single-Elimination gauntlets will be implemented. All matches are played through a best of three (Bo3) and the winner from each gauntlet advances to the Spring Finals. However, the second and third-placed teams from each gauntlet advance to the Last Chance Stage. And the fourth team from each gauntlet advanced to the Spring Showdown.
Last Chance Stage
A Single-Elimination bracket is played all throughout this stage. Same with the Play-In, all matches will be in a best of three (Bo3) and the winners advance to the Spring Finals. But, the losers in this stage will get a place in the Spring Showdown.
Prize Pool
A total of $177,500 are spread among the teams. The 1st to 3rd placers can have 1600 BLAST Premier points. The 4th to 6th has 800 points, the 7th to 9th will have 600 points, and the 10th to 12th placers will have 400 BLAST Premier points.
Participants
12 of the world’s top esports teams are participating in this event. They are the best players among the rest and the biggest stars in the industry. These participants are also subdivided into three groups as Group A, Group B, and Group C. Below are the participating teams, the group they belong to, their corresponding seed numbers, and the name of players in each team.
Group A
BIG
The abbreviation for Berlin International Gaming is under seed 8 and represents Germany and the roster compose of:
- tabseN (In-Game Leader)
- tiziaN
- syrsoN
- k1to
- faveN
- enkay J (Coach)
Complexity Gaming
Abbreviated as COL and formerly stylized as compLexity Gaming is under seed 11 which is an American esports organization founded in 2003. The team is composed of:
- JT (In-Game Leader)
- FaNg
- floppy
- Grim
- junior
- T.c (Coach)
G2 Esports
Formerly known as Gamers2 is under seed 2 which is a Spanish professional esports organization, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and founded in November 2013 by Carlos “ocelote” Rodriguez. The team’s players are:
- JACKZ
- huNter
- NiKo
- m0NESY
- Aleksib (In-Game Leader)
- XTQZZZ (Coach)
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Often abbreviated to NIP and NiP is under seed 5 which is a Swedish esports organization founded in 2000. Its players are:
- REZ
- Plopski
- hampus (In-Game Leader)
- dev1ce
- es3tag
- djL (Coach)
GROUP B
Astralis
Astralis is under seed 6 which is a Danish esports organization founded in January 2016. The rights to the Astralis name were obtained from the founders of the Finnish Counter-Strike team. Its players are:
- Xyp9x
- gla1ve (In-Game Leader)
- Bubzkji
- Lucky
- k0nfig
- blameF
- ave (Coach)
MIBR
Also known as Made in Brazil is under seed 12 and is a Brazilian professional esports organization owned by Immortals Gaming Club. They are composed of:
- chelo
- exit
- WOOD7 (In-Game Leader)
- Tuurtle
- JOTA
Natus Vincere
Previously known Na`Vi and often abbreviated to NAVI or Latin for “born to win”) is under seed 1 and is a Ukrainian professional esports organization. The first team to win all Counter-Strike Majors in a year, and the first team to win a Global Offensive Major without dropping a map, doing so at PGL Major Stockholm 2021.
- s1mple
- electroNic
- Boombl4 (In-Game Leader)
- Perfecto
- b1t
- B1ad3 (Coach)
OG
OG is under seed 9 which is a professional Danish esports organization founded as the Dota 2 team (monkey) Business by Johan “N0tail” Sundstein in August 2015. They joined the Counter-Strike game in December 2019 with the signing of a newly assembled roster by the organization.
- valde
- mantuu
- niko
- flameZ
- nexa (In-Game Leader)
- ruggah (Coach)
GROUP C
Evil Geniuses
Often abbreviated as EG is under seed 10 which is a professional gaming organization founded in Victoria, Canada in 1999, making them one of the oldest esports brands still active in the scene. The organization initially entered Counter-Strike in the early 2000s, hosting various rosters until 2011.
- Brehze
- CeRq
- Stewie2K (In-Game Leader)
- autimatic
- RUSH
- maLeK (Coach)
FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan is under seed 4 and is an American professional esports and entertainment organization founded in May 2010.
- rain
- broky
- Twistzz
- karrigan (In-Game Leader)
- ropz
- RobbaN (Coach)
Team Liquid
Team Liquid is under seed 7 and is a professional esports organization founded in the Netherlands in 2000. And the team is composed of:
- EliGE
- NAF
- oSee
- shox
- nitr0 (In-Game Leader)
- adreN (Coach)
Team Vitality
Team Vitality is under seed 3 and is a French esports organization that entered Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in early October 2018.
- apEX (In-Game Leader)
- ZywOo
- misutaaa
- dupreeh
- Magisk
- zonic (Coach)
