BLAST Pro Series: Madrid 2019

• Overview
• Iberian Play-In

[e][h]BLAST Pro Series: Madrid 2019

League Information

Series:

BLAST Pro Series

Organizer:

RFRSH

Sponsor:

Betway
OMEN by HP
Noblechairs
Movistar
Play Top Frag
Twitch
Mahou

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Madrid

Venue:

Madrid Arena

Teams:

6

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2019-05-10

End Date:

2019-05-11

Liquipedia Tier:

A-Tier

Links

Maps

Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train • Vertigo

About

Broadcast Talent

• Show Host:
  •  Adam Savage (Adam Savage)

• Desk Host:
  •  Machine (Alex Richardson)

• Interviewer:
  •  Frankie (Frankie Ward)

• Analysts:
  •  SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
  •  Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)
  •  potter (Christine Chi)
  •  Nifty (Noah Francis)

• Commentators:
  •  Anders (Anders Blume)
  •  moses (Jason O'Toole)
  •  James Bardolph (James Bardolph)
  •  ddk (Daniel Kapadia)
  •  launders (Mohan Govindasamy)
  •  Scrawny (Conner Girvan)

• Observers:
  •  prius (David Kuntz)
  •  sapphiRe (Heather Garozzo)
  •  encg (Efren Chuong)

Format

• Group Stage:
  • Single Round-Robin format group
  • All matches are Bo1 (No overtimes)
  • Top two teams advance to the Grand Final

• Grand Final:
  • Match is a Bo3 series

• BLAST Pro Standoff:
  • The BLAST Pro Standoff is a prize bonus showmatch, with five 1v1 aim duels.
  • The team finishing in 3rd place faces the team chosen by the crowd.
  • The winner of the BLAST Pro Standoffs takes home a $20,000 USD bonus prize.

Prize Pool

$250,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	BPS Points	Team
1st	$125,000	10 pts	ENCE
2nd	$50,000	8 pts	Astralis
3rd	$25,000	6 pts	Ninjas in Pyjamas
4th	$15,000	4 pts	Natus Vincere
5th	$10,000	2 pts	Cloud9
6th	$5,000	0 pts	Giants Gaming

Participants

Astralis 

1	device
2	dupreeh
3	Xyp9x
4	gla1ve
5	Magisk
C	zonic

Circuit Invite

Cloud9 

1	autimatic
2	RUSH
3	Golden
4	vice
5	cajunb
C	Rambo

Circuit Invite

Natus Vincere 

1	Edward
2	flamie
3	s1mple
4	Zeus
5	electronic
C	kane

Circuit Invite

Ninjas in Pyjamas 

1	f0rest
2	GeT_RiGhT
3	REZ
4	dennis
5	Lekr0
C	pita

Circuit Invite

ENCE 

1	allu
2	Aleksib
3	sergej
4	Aerial
5	xseveN
C	Twista

Wild Card Invite

Giants Gaming

1	rmn
2	KILLDREAM
3	fox
4	MUTiRiS
5	ZELIN
C	AIm

Iberian Play-In

Results

Group Stage

Standings Week 1 Week 1
1.	ENCE	4-1	69-58	+11	12p
2.	Astralis	4-1	77-55	+22	12p
3.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	3-2	60-60	0	9p
4.	Natus Vincere	2-3	58-59	-1	6p
5.	Cloud9	1-4	59-78	-19	3p
6.	Giants Gaming	1-4	55-68	-13	3p

Legend
Proceed to the Grand Final
Proceed to the Pro Standoff
Eliminated

		16-11 Inferno	13-16 Dust II	16-13 Dust II	16-8 Dust II	16-7 Nuke
	11-16 Inferno		11-16 Nuke	7-16 Mirage	14-16 Nuke	16-14 Dust II
	16-13 Dust II	16-11 Nuke		16-4 Mirage	5-16 Nuke	16-14 Overpass
	13-16 Dust II	16-7 Mirage	4-16 Mirage		9-16 Dust II	16-4 Dust II
	8-16 Dust II	16-14 Nuke	16-5 Nuke	16-9 Dust II		4-16 Nuke
	7-16 Nuke	14-16 Dust II	14-16 Overpass	4-16 Dust II	16-4 Nuke

Detailed Results

Round 1

Round 1 Matches
C9	C9 Giants May 10, 2019 - 20:45 CEST 16 7 9 8 14 6 Dust II ·  · 16	14	Giants
ENCE	ENCE Na`Vi May 10, 2019 - 20:45 CEST 16 12 4 3 4 1 Mirage ·  · 16	4	Na`Vi
Astralis	Astralis NiP May 10, 2019 - 20:45 CEST 16 9 7 6 8 2 Dust II ·  · 16	8	NiP

Round 2

Round 2 Matches
ENCE	ENCE NiP May 10, 2019 - 22:00 CEST 5 3 2 12 16 4 Nuke ·  · 5	16	NiP
C9	C9 Na`Vi May 10, 2019 - 22:00 CEST 7 4 3 11 16 5 Mirage ·  · 7	16	Na`Vi
Astralis	Astralis Giants May 10, 2019 - 22:00 CEST 16 9 7 6 7 1 Nuke ·  · 16	7	Giants

Round 3

Round 3 Matches
Astralis	Astralis Na`Vi May 11, 2019 - 15:00 CEST 16 5 11 10 13 3 Dust II ·  · 16	13	Na`Vi
C9	C9 ENCE May 11, 2019 - 15:00 CEST 11 8 3 7 16 9 Nuke ·  · 11	16	ENCE
NiP	NiP Giants May 11, 2019 - 15:00 CEST 4 4 0 11 16 5 Nuke ·  · 4	16	Giants

Round 4

Round 4 Matches
Astralis	Astralis ENCE May 11, 2019 - 16:20 CEST 13 8 5 7 16 9 Dust II ·  · 13	16	ENCE
C9	C9 NiP May 11, 2019 - 16:20 CEST 14 10 4 5 16 11 Nuke ·  · 14	16	NiP
Na`Vi	Na`Vi Giants May 11, 2019 - 16:20 CEST 16 12 4 3 4 1 Dust II ·  · 16	4	Giants

Round 5

Round 5 Matches
Astralis	Astralis C9 May 11, 2019 - 17:40 CEST 16 9 7 6 11 5 Inferno ·  · 16	11	C9
NiP	NiP Na`Vi May 11, 2019 - 17:40 CEST 16 12 4 3 9 6 Dust II ·  · 16	9	Na`Vi
ENCE	ENCE Giants May 11, 2019 - 17:40 CEST 16 10 6 5 14 9 Overpass ·  · 16	14	Giants

Pro Standoff

Ninjas in Pyjamas NiP	3	2	Giants Gaming Giants
May 11, 2019 - 19:00 CEST 6       7   f0rest vs ZELIN 7       4   Lekr0 vs KILLDREAM 7       3   REZ vs rmn 4       7   GeT_RiGhT vs MUTiRiS 7       5   dennis vs fox ·

Team	Total Kills
NiP	31
Giants	26

Place	$ USD	Team
W	$20,000	Ninjas in Pyjamas
L	-	Giants Gaming

Standoff Format

• Showmatch played on the new BLAST Standoff Aim Map.
• Five 1v1 aim duels, with different players for each match-up.
• Every match-up is played with a different weapon (in order):
  • M4A4/M4A1-S
  • Desert Eagle
  • AK47
  • CZ75
  • AWP
• First player to 7 kills wins their match-up.
• The team with the most kills wins (most match-up wins if a tie occurs).

Grand Final

ENCE ENCE	2	0	Astralis Astralis
May 11, 2019 - 20:15 CEST 16 11 5 4 9 5 Nuke 16 7 9 8 13 5 Train Dust II ·  ·

Additional Content

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Previews

• 2019-05-09 | BLAST Pro Series Madrid viewer's guide by Aleksei "Aleksei.L" Louchnikov of HLTV.org

Conclusions

• 2019-05-11 | Aerial claims career-first MVP award at BLAST Pro Series Madrid by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-05-17 | IEM Sydney & BLAST Pro Series Madrid: the EVPs by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org

Interviews

• 2019-05-09 | Movistar Riders Can't Wait To Play With A Home Crowd - BLAST Backstage by Adam Savage of BLAST Pro Series
• 2019-05-09 | ENCE Will Not Be Fazed By Penguins Falling Over - BLAST Backstage by Adam Savage of BLAST Pro Series
• 2019-05-09 | NiP Loves Playing The Close and Intense Games - BLAST Backstage by Adam Savage of BLAST Pro Series
• 2019-05-09 | Kam1kaze and uLISES Are Pumped To Cast The Games In The Arena - BLAST Backstage by Adam Savage of BLAST Pro Series
• 2019-05-09 | Astralis Is Ready To Play Vertigo If Neccesary - BLAST Backstage by Frankie of BLAST Pro Series
• 2019-05-09 | Cloud9 Have The Strongest Hair Game In The Business - BLAST Backstage by Frankie of BLAST Pro Series
• 2019-05-09 | Navi Gets Zeus' Face As A Tattoo - BLAST Backstage by Frankie of BLAST Pro Series
• 2019-05-09 | Vodafone Giants Are Very Appreciative Of Their Loud Fans - BLAST Backstage by Frankie of BLAST Pro Series
• 2019-05-09 | REZ: "We always have close matches, so I want to be able to really destroy a team" by Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles of HLTV.org
• 2019-05-09 | fox: "If we go through (the play-in) everyone will be surprised by us, I'm pretty sure" by Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles of HLTV.org
• 2019-05-10 | Aleksib: "We mix it up a lot, especially on LAN, and it does feel like some teams are trying to anti-strat us" by Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles of HLTV.org
• 2019-05-10 | gla1ve: "I think you shouldn't be punished (economically) for being in front, or for having a big lead" by Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles of HLTV.org
• 2019-05-11 | Golden: "What we achieve mostly depends on how we develop, how fast we develop, and how we can adapt to my idea of the game" by Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles of HLTV.org
• 2019-05-11 | Aerial: "I had like 160 hours in two weeks (...) I really wanted to win this tournament and get the MVP" by Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles of HLTV.org

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 2019-05-09 | BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019 - Media Day by HLTV.org
• 2019-05-10 | BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019 - Day 1 by HLTV.org
• 2019-05-12 | BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019 - Day 2 by HLTV.org

Highlights

• 2019-05-16 | Aerial - HLTV MVP by Betway of BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019 by Rama "djuhana" Djuhana of HLTV.org
• 2019-05-22 | Top 10 highlights of BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019 by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org

VODs

• 2019-05-09 | Picks & Bans with BLAST Talent by BLAST Pro Series