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BLAST
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BLAST
Company Information
Industry:
Media Company
Events
Events
Founded:
2016-10-08 [1]
Key People:
Erik Balck Sørensen
Jimmy Fussing Nielsen
Johan Harald Gedda
René Efraim Rechtman
Robert Marc Douek
Simon Schmincke
Jimmy Fussing Nielsen
Johan Harald Gedda
René Efraim Rechtman
Robert Marc Douek
Simon Schmincke
Employees:
57 [2]
Events:
Links
Contents
Overview[edit]
BLAST is a Denmark-based esports media production company. The company was under the name RFRSH until summer 2019. [3] BLAST formerly represented and ran the strategic and commercial operations for Astralis and several other teams, but now solely focuses on BLAST events.
Events[edit]
BLAST Premier[edit]
Event | Date | Prize Pool | ![]() | ![]() |
---|---|---|---|---|
Global Final 2021 | 2021-12-14 to 2021-12-19 | $1,000,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Fall Finals | 2021-11-23 to 2021-11-28 | $425,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Fall Showdown | 2021-10-12 to 2021-10-17 | $162,500 | ![]() | ![]() |
Fall Groups | 2021-08-26 to 2021-09-05 | $150,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Spring Finals | 2021-06-15 to 2021-06-20 | $425,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Spring Showdown | 2021-04-13 to 2021-04-18 | $162,500 | ![]() | ![]() |
Spring Series | 2021-02-04 to 2021-02-14 | $150,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Global Final 2020 | 2021-01-19 to 2021-01-24 | $1,000,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Fall 2020 Finals | 2020-12-08 to 2020-12-13 | $425,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Fall 2020 Showdown | 2020-11-24 to 2020-11-29 | $150,000 | ![]() ![]() | |
Fall 2020 Regular Season | 2020-10-26 to 2020-11-04 | $150,000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Spring 2020 Finals | 2020-06-16 to 2020-06-21 | $750,000 | Cancelled | |
Spring 2020 American Finals | 2020-06-16 to 2020-06-21 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Spring 2020 European Finals | 2020-06-15 to 2020-06-21 | $500,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Spring 2020 European Showdown | 2020-06-01 to 2020-06-15 | $182,500 | ![]() ![]() | |
Spring 2020 Showdown | 2020-06-02 to 2020-06-07 | $325,000 | Cancelled | |
Spring 2020 American Showdown | 2020-06-01 to 2020-06-07 | $142,500 | ![]() ![]() | |
Spring 2020 Regular Season | 2020-01-31 to 2020-02-16 | $300,000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
BLAST Pro Series[edit]
Event | Date | Prize Pool | ![]() | ![]() |
---|---|---|---|---|
Global Final 2019 | 2019-12-12 to 2019-12-14 | $500,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Copenhagen 2019 | 2019-11-01 to 2019-11-02 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Moscow 2019 | 2019-09-13 to 2019-09-14 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Los Angeles 2019 | 2019-07-13 to 2019-07-14 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Madrid 2019 | 2019-05-10 to 2019-05-11 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Miami 2019 | 2019-04-12 to 2019-04-13 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
São Paulo 2019 | 2019-03-22 to 2019-03-23 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Lisbon 2018 | 2018-12-14 to 2018-12-15 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Copenhagen 2018 | 2018-11-02 to 2018-11-03 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Istanbul 2018 | 2018-09-28 to 2018-09-29 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Copenhagen 2017 | 2017-11-25 | $250,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
Former Teams[edit]
Team | Departure Date | Reference |
---|---|---|
Awards[edit]
- BLAST, then called RFRSH, won the "Initiative Award of the Year" at the Copenhagen Congress and Event Award 2018 for their BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2017 event. [4]