BLAST Premier

BLAST Premier is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) professional esports league launched in 2020. It is primarily based in two regions: North America and Europe. The series is split up into two seasons, the Spring and Fall season. Each series lasts around four months with 12 regular season teams, ending with a season finals for the 6 top teams.[1] The season finals are also open to two teams from each series' Showdown events, which are open to a much broader array of organizations, including those that did not advance in the regular season. The winner of each season finals goes on to participate the Global Finals at the end of the year, as well as those that rank highest in the Blast Premier Circuit, a standings of the top events of the year from multiple leagues and tournaments.[2] The Danish esports organisation, RFRSH Entertainment, announced the series as a successor to the BLAST Pro Series in 2019.[3] 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.[4]

BLAST Premier
Official logo
FormerlyBLAST Pro Series
GameCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
FoundedJanuary 2020
Owner(s)BLAST ApS
No. of teams12
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
ContinentsWorldwide
TV partner(s)
Official websiteblastpremier.com

Editions
Table key
  Global Final
Edition Date Venue Champions Runner-ups Prize pool Most valuable player Ref
2020
Spring 2020: Regular Season January 31–February 16, 2020 3 Mills Studio, London FaZe Clan
Natus Vincere
G2 Esports		 OG
Complexity Gaming
Team Liquid		 US$300,000 N/A [5]
Spring 2020: EU Showdown June 1–June 15, 2020 Europe Vitality

ENCE

 Ninjas in Pyjamas US$182,500 N/A [6]
Spring 2020: NA Showdown June 1–June 7, 2020 North America MiBR
FURIA		 Evil Geniuses US$142,500 N/A [7]
Spring 2020: EU Finals June 15–21, 2020 Europe Complexity Gaming Team Vitality US$500,000 Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut [8]
Spring 2020: NA Finals June 16–21, 2020 North America Evil Geniuses MiBR US$250,000 Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov [9]
Fall 2020: Regular Season October 15–31, 2020 Europe OG
Vitality
G2 Esports		 Natus Vincere
BIG
Astralis		 US$300,000 N/A [10]
Fall 2020: EU Showdown November 24–29, 2020 Europe FURIA

mousesports

 Cloud9

Team Liquid

 US$150,000 N/A [11]
Fall 2020: EU Finals December 8–13, 2020 Europe Vitality Astralis US$425,000 Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut [12]
Global Final 2020 January 19–24, 2021 Europe Natus Vincere Astralis US$1,000,000 Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev [13]

References
  1. Pete, Alex (2020-01-30). "Formats, schedule and information on Blast Premier Series". EsportsJunkie.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. Fitch, Adam (2019-09-15). "BLAST Premier announced with $4.25M prize pool for 2020". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  3. "BLAST PREMIER announced with format changes and $4,250,000 prize pool for 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  4. Fitch, Adam (2020-09-16). "BLAST Premier revises prize pool distribution to greater benefit organisations". Esports Insider. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  5. "BLAST Premier Spring Series 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  6. "BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Showdown". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. "BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Americas Showdown". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  8. "BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Finals". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  9. "BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Americas Finals". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  10. "BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  11. "BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Showdown". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  12. "BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020 Finals". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  13. "BLAST Premier Global Finals 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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