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Blast Premier

Blast Premier (stylized as BLAST Premier) is a Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) (previously Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) professional esports league launched in 2020. It is primarily based in two regions: North America and Europe.

Blast Premier
Official logo
FormerlyBLAST Pro Series
GameCounter-Strike 2
FoundedJanuary 2020
Owner(s)Blast ApS
No. of teams16
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
ContinentsWorldwide
Most recent
champion(s)		Team Vitality (World Final)
TV partner(s)
Official websiteblastpremier.com

The Danish esports organisation, RFRSH Entertainment, announced the series as a successor to the BLAST Pro Series in 2019.[1] The 2020 Blast Premier Series experienced disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the transition of all events except the Spring regular season online and reduced prize pools for many of the events. This disruption continued into the 2021 season, with both the Spring Groups and Spring Showdown occurring online.[2]

Format

The Blast Premier series is divided into two seasons per year: Spring and Fall. Each season lasts around four months with 16 regular season partnered teams participating in the Group stage, ending with a season finals for the 6 top teams from the group stage.[3] The season finals are also open to two teams from each season's Showdown events, which are open to a much broader array of organizations, including those that did not advance in the regular season. Non-partnered teams usually qualify for the Showdown events via invites or via regional tournaments (One such example being the ACE North American Masters for teams from North America). The winner of each season's finals goes on to participate the Global Finals at the end of the year, as well as winners of other prestigious non-BLAST Premier events and those that rank highest in the BLAST Premier Global Leaderboard, a standings of the top events of the year from multiple leagues and tournaments.[4]

In August 2023, Counter-Strike developer Valve announced that the partnership system that Blast Premier used would be abolished in 2025, forcing all tournament organizers to pivot to an open circuit or an invitational system using Valve's rankings.[5] In order to prepare for the change to an open circuit, Blast announced that the 2024 Blast Premier season would feature 16 partnered teams: the previous 12 partnered teams that, with the exceptions of 100 Thieves, Mibr and Evil Geniuses (who had their spots sold to BIG, Heroic and Cloud9 in 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively),[6][7][8] had been partnered since Blast Premier's inception, and four one-year affiliate teams, those being GamerLegion, Team Falcons, Team Spirit and Virtus.pro.[9]

Partnered teams

Current partnered teams

TeamYear joined
Astralis2020
BIG2021
Cloud92023
Complexity2020
Team Falcons2024 (Affiliate)
FaZe Clan2020
GamerLegion2024 (Affiliate)
G2 Esports2020
Heroic2022
Team Liquid2020
Natus Vincere2020
Ninjas in Pyjamas2020
OG Esports2020
Team Spirit2024 (Affiliate)
Virtus.pro2024 (Affiliate)
Team Vitality2020

Former partnered teams

TeamYear joinedYear left
100 Thieves20202021
Evil Geniuses20202023
Mibr20202022

Editions

EditionDateVenue, Host cityChampionsRunners-upPrize poolMVPRef.
Spring 2020: Regular SeasonJanuary 31–February 16, 20203 Mills Studio, LondonFaZe Clan
Natus Vincere
G2 Esports		OG Esports
Complexity Gaming
Team Liquid		US$300,000Not awarded[10]
Spring 2020 Europe ShowdownJune 1–15, 2020Europe / OnlineVitality
ENCE		Ninjas in PyjamasUS$182,500[11]
Spring 2020 Americas ShowdownJune 1–7, 2020North America / OnlineMiBR
Furia Esports		Evil GeniusesUS$142,500[12]
Spring 2020 Europe FinalsJune 15–21, 2020Europe / OnlineComplexity GamingTeam VitalityUS$500,000Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut[13]
Spring 2020 Americas FinalsJune 16–21, 2020North America / OnlineEvil GeniusesMiBRUS$250,000Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov[14]
Fall Series 2020October 15–31, 2020Europe / OnlineOG Esports
Team Vitality
G2 Esports		Natus Vincere
BIG Clan
Astralis		US$300,000Not awarded[15]
Fall Showdown 2020November 24–29, 2020Furia Esports
mousesports		Cloud9
Team Liquid		US$150,000[16]
Fall 2020 FinalsDecember 8–13, 2020Team VitalityAstralisUS$425,000Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut[17]
Global Final 2020January 19–24, 2021Natus VincereAstralisUS$1,000,000Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev[18]
Spring Groups 2021February 4–14, 2021BIG Clan
Complexity Gaming
Natus Vincere		Ninjas in Pyjamas
Evil Geniuses
FaZe Clan		US$150,000Not awarded[19]
Spring Showdown 2021April 13–18, 2021G2 Esports
Gambit Esports		Team Spirit
Heroic		US$162,500[20]
Spring Finals 2021June 15–20, 2021Gambit EsportsNatus VincereUS$425,000Abay "Hobbit" Khassenov[21]
Fall Groups 2021September 16–26, 2021Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Team Vitality		FaZe Clan
BIG Clan
Astralis		US$150,000Not awarded[22]
Fall Showdown 2021October 12–17, 2021Heroic
Team Liquid		OG Esports
MAD Lions		US$162,500[23]
Fall Finals 2021November 24–28, 2021Royal Arena, CopenhagenNatus VincereTeam VitalityUS$425,000Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev[24]
World Final 2021December 14–19, 2021BLAST Studio, CopenhagenGambit EsportsUS$1,000,000[25]
Spring Groups 2022January 28–February 6, 2022Europe / OnlineTeam Vitality
OG Esports
Faze Clan		G2 Esports
Natus Vincere
BIG Clan		US$117,500Not awarded[26]
Spring Showdown Europe 2022April 27–May 1, 2022Europe / OnlineENCEAstralisUS$$67,500[27]
Spring Showdown North America 2022North America / OnlinePaiN GamingFuria EsportsUS$$67,500[28]
Spring Finals 2022June 15–19, 2022Altice Arena, LisbonNatus VincereTeam VitalityUS$425,000Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev[29]
Fall Groups 2022August 19–28, 2022BLAST Studio, CopenhagenOG Esports
Natus Vincere
Team Liquid		FaZe Clan
Ninjas in Pyjamas
G2 Esports		US$117,500Not awarded[30]
Fall Showdown Europe 2022October 19–23, 2022Europe / OnlineHeroicAstralisUS$$67,500[31]
Fall Showdown North America 2022North America / OnlineFluxoMiBRUS$$67,500[32]
Fall Finals 2022November 23–27, 2022Royal Arena, CopenhagenHeroicFaZe ClanUS$$425,000Helvijs "broky" Saukants[33]
World Final 2022December 14–18, 2022Etihad Arena, Abu DhabiG2 EsportsTeam LiquidUS$1,000,000Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov[34]
Spring Groups 2023January 19–29, 2023BLAST Studio, CopenhagenTeam Vitality
Faze Clan
G2 Esports		Natus Vincere
Heroic
Astralis		US$117,500Not awarded[35]
Spring Showdown Europe 2023March 29–April 2, 2023Europe/OnlineCloud9BIG ClanUS$67,500[36]
Spring Showdown North America 2023March 29–April 2, 2023North America/OnlineImperial EsportsPaiN GamingUS$67,500[37]
Spring Final 2023June 7–11, 2023Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C.HeroicTeam VitalityUS$425,000Casper "cadiaN" Møller[38]
Fall Groups 2023July 13–23, 2023CopenhagenFaZe Clan
Heroic
Ninjas in Pyjamas		Natus Vincere
Team Vitality
Astralis		US$177,500Not awarded[39]
Fall Showdown 2023 EuropeOctober 4–8, 2023Europe/OnlineCloud9BIG ClanUS$67,500[40]
Fall Showdown 2023 AmericasOctober 4–8, 2023North America/OnlineComplexity GamingTeam LiquidUS$67,500[41]
Fall Final 2023November 22–26, 2023Royal Arena, CopenhagenTeam VitalityFaZe ClanUS$425,000Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut[42]
World Final 2023December 13–17, 2023Etihad Arena, Abu DhabiUS$1,000,000[43]
Spring Groups 2024January 22–28, 2024CopenhagenVirtus.pro
FaZe Clan
Natus Vincere
Team Vitality		Astralis
G2 Esports		US$190,000Not awarded[44]
Spring Showdown 2024March 6–10, 2024OnlineSAW
Team Spirit		OG Esports
Metizport		US$135,000[45]

World Team Of The Year

YearRoleIDNameTeam
2021[46]IGLapEXDan MadesclaireTeam Vitality
AWPs1mpleOleksandr KostylievNatus Vincere
EntryNiKoNikola KovačG2 Esports
SupportPerfectoIlya ZalutskiyNatus Vincere
LurkerHobbitAbai HasenovGambit Esports
CoachB1ad3Andrii HorodenskyiNatus Vincere
YearRoleIDNameTeam
2022IGLkarriganFinn AndersenFaZe Clan
AWPs1mpleOleksandr KostylievNatus Vincere
EntryYEKINDARMareks GaļinskisTeam Liquid
SupportPerfectoIlya ZalutskiyNatus Vincere
LurkerropzRobin KoolFaze Clan
CoachB1ad3Andrii HorodenskyiNatus Vincere

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