BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024

• Season Final
• Showdown
• Groups

[e][h]BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024

League Information

Series:

BLAST Premier

Organizer:

BLAST

Sponsor(s):

GG.BET
Tradeit.gg
Revolut
Maersk
Pot Noodle

Game:

Counter-Strike 2

Type:

Offline

Location:

 London

Venue:

Wembley Arena

Prize Pool:

$425,000 USD

Start Date:

2024-06-12

End Date:

2024-06-16

Teams:

8

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Maps

Ancient • Anubis • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Vertigo

About

Broadcast Talent

• Stage Host/Interviewer:
  •  James Banks (James Banks)

• Arena Host:
  •  Jacky (Jacky Powers)

• Desk Host:
  •  Freya (Freya Spiers)

• Analysts:
  •  Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)
  •  Bubzkji (Lucas Andersen)
  •  Hawka (Alex Hawkins)

• Commentators:
  •  launders (Mohan Govindasamy)
  •  Scrawny (Conner Girvan)
  •  JustHarry (Harry Russell)
  •  Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)

• Observers:
  •  jeyrazz (Sigurds Maikls)
  •  Klusia (Jonas Colkær Thomsen)
  •  shev (Marko Krajčeski)
  •  zarx (Jake Karakouzian)

• Producer:
  •  Pinqu (Markus Eliasen)

Format

• Group Stage:
  • Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
    • Each group has 4 teams
    • All matches are Bo3
  • Top three teams from each group advance to the Playoffs
    • Group stage winners advance to the Semifinals
    • Group stage runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds
    • Group stage 3^rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds

• Playoffs:
  • Single-Elimination bracket
  • The Quarterfinals & Semifinals are Bo3
  • The Grand Final is Bo5

Prize Pool

$425,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:

Place

$ USD

Qualifies To

 BLAST Premier

Participant

 1st

$200,000

 World Final

3,200

Team Spirit

 2nd

$85,000

-

2,200

Natus Vincere

 3rd-4th

$40,000

-

1,300

Virtus.pro

Team Vitality

place 5 to 8 

place 5 to 8 

 5th-6th

$20,000

-

600

Astralis

FaZe Clan

 7th-8th

$10,000

-

400

SAW

G2 Esports

Participants

Team Vitality

1	apEX
2	ZywOo
3	Spinx
4	flameZ
5	mezii
C	XTQZZZ

Spring Groups

FaZe Clan

1	rain
2	broky
3	karrigan
4	ropz
5	frozen
C	NEO

Spring Groups

Natus Vincere

1	b1t
2	Aleksib
3	jL
4	iM
5	w0nderful
C	B1ad3

Spring Groups

Virtus.pro

Notes

1	Jame
2	FL1T
3	fame
4	n0rb3r7
5	electroNic
C	PASHANOJ

Spring Groups

¹ April 15th - Virtus.pro acquire  electroNic from Cloud9 to replace  mir.

² May 30th - Virtus.pro part ways with  dastan, they will field  PASHANOJ as the team's coach for this event.

Astralis

Notes

1	dev1ce
2	Staehr
3	stavn
4	jabbi
5	br0
C	ruggah

Spring Groups

¹ February 28th - Astralis bench  blameF.

² March 1st - Astralis acquire  br0 and  ruggah from Monte and OG, respectively, the latter as coach.

G2 Esports

Notes

C	Raf

1	huNter-
2	NiKo
3	m0NESY
4	HooXi
5	nexa
C	TaZ

Spring Groups

¹ June 10th -  TaZ will stand in for  m0NESY who misses the first day of the event due to visa issues.

SAW

Notes

1	MUTiRiS
2	rmn
3	ewjerkz
4	story
5	arrozdoce
C	BERRY

Spring Showdown

¹ May 2nd - SAW part ways with  NABOWOW.

² May 22nd - SAW will field  BERRY as the team's coach for this event.

Team Spirit

1	chopper
2	magixx
3	zont1x
4	donk
5	sh1ro
C	hally

Spring Showdown

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	Natus VincereNAVI	2-0	61-48	+13
2.	FaZe ClanFaZe	1-1	60-56	+4
3.	AstralisAstralis	1-1	46-35	+11
4.	SAWSAW	0-2	30-58	-28

Group A Matches

Opening Matches

FaZe

2

0

SAW

FaZe

2

0

SAW

June 12, 2024 - 12:00 BST

19	2	1	3
	10	2	1

Ancient

16	10	2	0
	2	1	1

13	8
	5

Inferno

5	4
	1

Nuke

··

NAVI

2

0

Astralis

NAVI

2

0

Astralis

June 12, 2024 - 14:25 BST

13	4
	9

Nuke

11	8
	3

13	7
	6

Dust II

9	5
	4

Mirage

··

Elimination Match

SAW

0

2

Astralis

SAW

0

2

Astralis

June 13, 2024 - 12:00 BST

6	4
	2

Dust II

13	8
	5

3	3
	0

Inferno

13	9
	4

Nuke

··

Winners Match

FaZe

1

2

NAVI

FaZe

1

2

NAVI

June 13, 2024 - 13:50 BST

5	5
	0

Dust II

13	7
	6

13	9
	4

Nuke

9	3
	6

10	7
	3

Mirage

13	5
	8

··

Group B

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	Team SpiritSpirit	2-0	60-39	+21
2.	Virtus.proVP	1-1	46-60	-14
3.	Team VitalityVitality	1-1	69-53	+16
4.	G2 EsportsG2	0-2	46-69	-23

Group B Matches

Opening Matches

Vitality

1

2

VP

Vitality

1

2

VP

June 12, 2024 - 16:45 BST

13	8
	5

Inferno

5	4
	1

11	7
	4

Dust II

13	5
	8

10	3
	7

Anubis

13	9
	4

··

Spirit

2

1

G2

Spirit

2

1

G2

June 12, 2024 - 20:55 BST

8	4
	4

Ancient

13	8
	5

13	8
	5

Dust II

7	4
	3

13	8
	5

Anubis

4	4
	0

 TaZ stands in for  m0NESY on G2.

··

Elimination Match

Vitality

2

1

G2

Vitality

2

1

G2

June 13, 2024 - 17:00 BST

13	8
	5

Inferno

4	4
	0

9	3
	6

Anubis

13	9
	4

13	8
	5

Mirage

5	4
	1

··

Winners Match

VP

0

2

Spirit

VP

0

2

Spirit

June 13, 2024 - 20:15 BST

4	4
	0

Ancient

13	8
	5

11	5
	6

Dust II

13	7
	6

Mirage

··

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Grand Final

Final

GF

Virtus.proVP

2

AstralisAstralis

0

VP

2

0

Astralis

June 14, 2024 - 19:40 BST

13	8
	5

Inferno

8	4
	4

13	8
	5

Dust II

10	4
	6

Mirage

··

Natus VincereNAVI

2

Virtus.proVP

0

NAVI

2

0

VP

June 15, 2024 - 20:10 BST

13	11
	2

Anubis

5	1
	4

13	6
	7

Mirage

9	6
	3

Dust II

··

FaZe ClanFaZe

1

Team VitalityVitality

2

FaZe

1

2

Vitality

June 14, 2024 - 16:00 BST

13	8
	5

Inferno

4	4
	0

10	5
	5

Dust II

13	7
	6

6	3
	3

Mirage

13	9
	4

··

Team SpiritSpirit

2

Team VitalityVitality

1

Spirit

2

1

Vitality

June 15, 2024 - 16:00 BST

11	2
	9

Mirage

13	10
	3

13	6
	7

Dust II

9	6
	3

13	5
	8

Anubis

9	7
	2

··

Natus VincereNAVI

1

Team SpiritSpirit

3

NAVI

1

3

Spirit

June 16, 2024 - 15:00 BST

9	2
	7

Ancient

13	10
	3

9	5
	4

Dust II

13	7
	6

13	10
	3

Mirage

4	2
	2

6	5
	1

Nuke

13	7
	6

Anubis

··

Additional Content

Streams

Language
Streams

Previews

• 2024-06-10 | BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024 teams, format, schedule, talent, prizes, fantasy by Striker of HLTV
• 2024-06-11 | BLAST Preview: G2's plot twist, device's comfort zone and the four-horse race by Striker of HLTV

Conclusions

• 2024-06-16 | donk awarded BLAST Premier Spring Final MVP by Striker of HLTV
• 2024-06-19 | The EVPs and Best Five of BLAST Spring Final by NER0 of HLTV

Interviews

HLTV

• 2024-06-11 | Staehr on semi-final curse: "The MongolZ game was kind of a choke" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-11 | MUTiRiS on youngsters: "They want to stay in SAW because they believe in the project" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-11 | rain: "We feel countered, especially on Nuke" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-11 | iM: "I obviously cared that I won the Major, but it's just another trophy" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-11 | huNter: "It's not sure that m0NESY will come yet" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2024-06-11 | apEX on mezii: "I always believed in him" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2024-06-12 | chopper: "We're a super young roster that is only approaching its strongest form" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2024-06-12 | BERRY on what SAW can improve: "They need more pages in their book" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2024-06-13 | jL: "I got humbled at Dallas and EPL; I really want to win again" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-13 | m0NESY on G2's season: "We deserve a bit of hate, we could have done much better" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2024-06-14 | XTQZZZ: "It was mandatory for us [to get mezii to the arena]" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-14 | Staehr: "If we raise our lowest level, we can become contenders for almost every tournament" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2024-06-15 | Jame: "Every team should change its vision and destroy long-standing partnerships to improve" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-15 | mezii: "I feel like I've found my place within the team" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2024-06-16 | Aleksib on NAVI's post-Major slump: "It felt like we lost ourselves" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2024-06-16 | hally: "There are no questions about sh1ro's performance in arena matches" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-16 | donk: "I think m0NESY has the highest chance to become Player of the Year" by NER0 of HLTV
• 2024-06-17 | B1ad3: "A BO5 was a little bit too much for us" by King Dempz of HLTV

BLAST

• 2024-06-12 | rain: "Our entire year has been a little disappointing" of BLAST
• 2024-06-12 | MUTiRiS: "We can punish FaZe" of BLAST
• 2024-06-12 | iM: "I don't think people are being unfair [about our post-Major form]" of BLAST
• 2024-06-12 | apEX: "It took time for Magisk in Vitality so it will take time for mezii too" of BLAST
• 2024-06-12 | XTQZZZ says Vitality "Threw it away like in Dallas" after hard loss to Virtus.pro of BLAST
• 2024-06-13 | MUTiRiS: "We weren't on the level to play these teams" of BLAST
• 2024-06-14 | m0NESY after travel issues: "I'm exhausted" of BLAST
• 2024-06-14 | br0 on start to life with Astralis: "I'm happy but not satisfied" of BLAST
• 2024-06-14 | fame: "[NAVI] will be an important match for electroNic" of BLAST
• 2024-06-15 | magixx: "It doesn't help any team [to go straight to semis]" of BLAST
• 2024-06-19 | donk: "I'm not a top-3 player in the World. I can be a lot better" of BLAST
• 2024-06-21 | hally: "NAVI can compete despite not having the strongest individuals" of BLAST
• 2024-06-24 | launders: "The MongolZ are on trend to break into the top five" of BLAST
• 2024-06-25 | mezii: "I definitely could be more consistent" of BLAST
• 2024-06-26 | jL: "[The state of CS2] is unacceptable for pro CS" of BLAST

Rush B Media

• 2024-06-12 | AleksiB: “It is tough when you’ve been playing so poorly because you start to overthink” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-12 | device: “if you have a 9-4 lead on CT-side Nuke you should probably win” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-13 | TaZ: “Please, UK government, help” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-13 | ZywOo on Dust2: “I don’t know how the fuck we lost this” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-14 | NiKo: “It’s been an exhausting season” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-14 | mezii: “We know we can shut down Donk” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-15 | electroNic on Cloud9 exit: “I guess if the team needs some changes, probably it’s me” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-16 | zont1x: “It’s very important for us to prove to ourselves and everyone that Katowice wasn’t a fluke” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-16 | jL: “Why is our major considered a fluke, but their Katowice win was not a fluke?” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-17 | donk: “Maybe we are a choke team, maybe not” by Slevo of Rush B Media
• 2024-06-19 | apEX: “We had a day of practice” by Slevo of Rush B Media

Esports.gg

• 2024-06-12 | Astralis Br0: “I always have to mindset that whatever we have to do, I will do it no matter the circumstances” of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-12 | NiKo on Team Spirit matchup: “I don’t think we ever focused on star players ever since I came to G2” of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-12 | NAVI B1ade on the team’s first Dust 2 pick at Spring Finals of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-13 | Vitality mezii: “I think it’s time to win it now. There’s no better place to do it than here” of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-13 | NAVI iM on 0-7 comeback: “AleksiB said, it doesn’t matter. The situation doesnt look that bad as the score looks” of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-13 | Team Spirit donk shrugs off critics about his yelling: “I’m doing it for my team” of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-14 | Vitality flameZ: “William is English and the crowd should be cheering for us. […] I’m very excited to get on to the stage” of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-14 | G2 Nexa on Vitality loss: “A lot of our focus was not on the actual game, but on who we were going to play the game with” of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-16 | NAVI jL: “We’re playing for proving that the run was not a fluke even though it wasn’t” of Esports.gg
• 2024-06-17 | Vitality apEX: “Nowadays, if you want to win tournaments, you need more than two players performing well.” of Esports.gg

UKCSGO

• 2024-06-12 | jL on London: “It has really good food, not British food of course” by Dafydd of UKCSGO
• 2024-06-14 | mezii on his roles: "Fight more and think less" by Dafydd of UKCSGO
• 2024-06-15 | flameZ: “I really like the English culture, the English scene” by Dafydd of UKCSGO
• 2024-06-18 | chopper: "We need to win more and more people will chant for us" by Darragh Harbinson of UKCSGO
• 2024-06-20 | donk: “I hope next time the [London] crowd is going to cheer for us” by Darragh Harbinson of UKCSGO

Esports News UK

• 2024-06-11 | dev1ce on his IGL style, the Premier League football manager he’s most like and the ‘weird’ qualification changes for Shanghai Major by Reece Barrett of Esports News UK
• 2024-06-12 | G2 TaZ ‘ready’ to stand in at Blast Premier Spring Final: ‘I feel fresh, I feel good, I feel confident. Team Spirit are going down’ by Reece Barrett of Esports News UK
• 2024-06-14 | Interview: Saw MUTiRiS brands Blast Premier Spring Final format “unfair” by Reece Barrett of Esports News UK
• 2024-06-15 | Mezii on the ‘special’ home crowd at Wembley, reflecting on the semi-final loss, and looking forward to the break by Dominic Sacco of Esports News UK
• 2024-06-19 | Positivity in the face of adversity: Interview with Jacky at the Blast Premier Spring Final – ‘I think UK Counter-Strike is in the best spot it’s ever been in’ by Dominic Sacco of Esports News UK
• 2024-06-21 | ‘I’m not at my peak yet. Until I’m considered the best stage host and the best interviewer, I’m not interested in slowing down’ – James Banks interview at Blast Premier Spring Final 2024 by Dominic Sacco of Esports News UK

5EPLAY

• 2024-06-13 | 5EPlay现场专访Aleksib: 会尽全力打入上海Major [Interview with Aleksib: We will make our full efforts to get qualified to Shanghai Major] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-13 | 5EPlay现场专访arrozdoce: 希望到中国看看 [Interview with arrozdoce: Hope to visit China] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-13 | 5EPlay现场专访Spinx: choke导致图二被翻盘 [Interview with Spinx: Choke caused the comeback in map 2] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-13 | 5EPlay现场专访NiKo: 跟TaZ一起打比赛很快乐 [Interview with NiKo: It's enjoyable to play with TaZ] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-14 | 5EPlay现场专访B1ad3: 找到了翻盘的突破口 [Interview with B1ad3: We found the breakthrough point of the comeback] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-14 | 5EPlay现场专访iM: 希望以好成绩结束上半赛季 [Interview with iM: Hope to end the first half of the season with good results] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-15 | 5EPlay现场专访jabbi: 现在团队配合的很好 [Interview with jabbi: The team is cooperating very well now] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-16 | 5EPlay现场专访m0NESY: 会在下半年全力以赴 [Interview with m0NESY: I will go all out in the second half of the year] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-16 | 5EPlay现场专访nexa: 上半年表现略显遗憾 [Interview with nexa: Performance in the first half of the year was slightly disappointing] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-17 | 5EPlay现场专访w0nderful: BO3会更加自信 [Interview with w0nderful: I would be more confident playing BO3] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-17 | 5EPlay现场专访b1t: NaVi每场比赛都在进步 [Interview with b1t: NaVi are improving every game] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-17 | 5EPlay现场专访n0rb3r7: 队伍尚未磨合成功 [Interview with n0rb3r7: The team has not yet successfully integrated] of 5EPLAY
• 2024-06-17 | 5EPlay现场专访donk: 赢得冠军像是梦想成真 [Interview with donk: Winning the championship is like a dream come true] of 5EPLAY

Players

• 2024-06-14 | mezii: “The first map was a bit slow to start, we were a bit sleepy, we weren't fully there” by Alex Kharchenko of Players
• 2024-06-15 | XTQZZZ about Vitality mistakes: “I don’t think today it was possible to win” by Alex Kharchenko of Players
• 2024-06-16 |  b1t про гранд-фінал BLAST Premier Spring Final: “Це був успішний для нас сезон. І ми зробимо все, щоб він став ще краще“ [b1t on the BLAST Premier Spring Final: “It was a successful season for us. And we will do everything to make it even better."] by Alex Kharchenko of Players
• 2024-06-16 | B1ad3: "We made mistakes, we had very bad control over the situation on the map" by Alex Kharchenko of Players

INSITE

• 2024-06-15 | Aleksib: "We need other players to step up" by Redo1mpact of INSITE

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 2024-06-11 | BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 - Media Day of HLTV
• 2024-06-12 | BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 - Day 1 of HLTV
• 2024-06-13 | BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 - Day 2 of HLTV
• 2024-06-14 | BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 - Day 3 of HLTV
• 2024-06-15 | BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 - Day 4 of HLTV
• 2024-06-16 | BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 - Day 5 of HLTV