BLAST Premier 2020 Series: Schedule, teams, prize pool and how to watch

Again in September, BLAST declared their newest CS:GO (Counter-Strike Global Offensive) aggressive circuit — BLAST Premier — a worldwide event series with a whole prize pool of $4,250,000.

The series of tournaments is set to start off soon with its Spring Sequence in London. The best esports teams from all-around the globe will be competing in the series, which spans throughout the 2020 yr. There are Spring and Drop Sequence along with a Showdown and a Global Ultimate.

“BLAST came to all of the teams with a proposition that is set to change the marketplace. We believe that the BLAST solution of making ideal in course amusement will carry on to appeal to huge new audiences as a worldwide series in interesting spots, revolutionary format and distinctive encounters,” Nicolas Maurer, CEO of Workforce Vitality, mentioned on behalf of the 12 teams, through esports Observer. “It was a no brainer to take part for all teams and players. We are fired up to be competing versus every other.”


BLAST Premier rules

As the movie higher than describes, BLAST Premier will use best-of-three matches throughout the series. There is also a new play-in process that gives any workforce the likelihood to qualify for the two the Global Ultimate and the two seasonal finals.

For the Spring Sequence, there are 12 teams separated into three groups, making it four teams in every team. These groups will contend one particular at a time about a span of three months. The best 6 teams at the finish of individuals three months will advance to the Spring Ultimate.

The 6 teams that did not qualify get a next likelihood to contend in the Spring Showdown. BLAST Premier will include in an extra four teams to enable contend in this portion. The best two teams from the Spring Showdown will also contend in the Spring Ultimate for a whole of 8 teams in the Ultimate. The Drop Sequence will comply with the same format.

“We have invested months developing the appropriate format,” BLAST CEO Robbie Douek mentioned in a statement. “A format that will build the greatest amusement products for supporters at activities and viewers watching throughout the globe. We believe that we have perfected that format.”

According to the push launch, BLAST Premier is set to execute three matters:

  • 1. Greatly enhance the viewers experience, in arena and at dwelling.
  • two. Explain to the emotive tales driving esports’ greatest heroes and villains.
  • three. Permit the greatest array of teams to take part in the most entertaining event series in the globe.

How to view BLAST Premier Spring Sequence

In addition to Blast Premier’s YouTube channel, you will be ready to view BLAST Premier on DAZN. DAZN is a athletics streaming services that demands a subscription. New viewers can indicator up with a 1-month subscription for $19.ninety nine or a 1-yr subscription for $ninety nine.ninety nine. Along with DAZN dwell activities, subscribers are provided access to highlights, replays, driving-the-scenes characteristics, initial exhibits and dwell stories. In Canada, a every month subscription is $twenty CAD and an annual subscription is $one hundred fifty CAD there is also a free-demo interval in Canada.

BLAST Premier Spring Sequence teams

  • FaZe Clan
  • Workforce Liquid
  • 100 Robbers
  • Astralis
  • Complexity
  • Evil Geniuses
  • G2 Esports
  • MIBR
  • NaVi
  • NiP
  • OG
  • Workforce Vitality

Team A: FaZe Clan, NiP, Workforce Liquid, MIBR

Team B: NaVi, Team Vitality, Astralis, Complexity

Team C: 100 Robbers, G2 Esports, Evil Geniuses, OG

BLAST Premier program

Spring Sequence

The Spring Sequence begins Jan. 31, 2020 in London. The three groups will then contend about the study course of the next three months. The finish date for the Spring Sequence is Feb. sixteen, 2020.

Team A

Jan. 31 
FaZe def. NiP (two-)
Liquid def. MiBR (two-)

Feb. 1
NiP def. MiBR (two-1)
FaZe def. Liquid (two-)

Feb. two
Liquid def. NiP (two-)
FaZe def. Liquid (two-) 

Team B

Feb. seven
Vitality def. Natus Vincere (two-)
Complexity def. Astralis (two-)

Feb. 8
Complexity def. Vitality (two-)
Natus Vincere def. Astralis (two-1)

Feb. 9
Natus Vincere def. Vitality (two-)
Natus Vincere def. Complexity (two-)

Team C

Feb. fourteen
G2 def. 100 Robbers (two-)
OG def. Evil Geniuses (two-1)

Feb. fifteen
G2 def. OG (two-)
Evil Geniuses def. 100 Robbers (two-)

Feb. sixteen
G2 def. OG (two-1)
OG def. Evil Geniuses (two-1)

The Spring Ultimate is set for June 1, 2020 in Moscow and will previous three days.

Drop Sequence

BLAST has not still declared the start off date for the Drop Sequence.

Global Ultimate

BLAST has not still declared the start off date for the Global Ultimate.

BLAST Premier prize pool

Function Prize Pool
Spring Sequence $three hundred,000
Spring Showdown $325,000
Spring Ultimate $750,000
Drop Sequence $three hundred,000
Drop Showdown $325,000
Drop Ultimate $750,000
Global Ultimate $1,five hundred,000

In whole, there will be $4,250,000 in prizes for BLAST Premier.