Nordic Masters Spring groups and schedule revealed

The winner will take the $25,000 grand prize and a spot at BLAST Premier Spring Showdown.

The Nordic Masters Spring tournament is set to take place on March 26-28, with eight teams battling it out for $25,000 and a spot at BLAST Premier Spring Showdown.

The eight teams have been divided into two groups, which will be played in a best-of-one GSL format, before moving to the best-of-three playoffs where the top two teams of each group will compete to be crowned champions.

Group A will be headlined by the top-ranked team at the tournament, HAVU, who have been on a run of good form since bringing on the former ENCE duo of Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila and Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen, and will also include the Brazilian team GODSENT as well as 777 and Galaxy Racer, the latter one of the two teams to make it through the tournament's open qualifiers.

Group B will have two international lineups in contention, the ENCE frontrunners, who just secured a spot in the ESL Pro League Season 13 playoffs, and the newly minted MAD Lions roster. They are joined in the group by the Danes of Singularity, who made it to the tournament through through the second open qualifier, and the Swedish-majority Dignitas roster.

The tournament will be split into two days for the group stage, with Group A being played on Friday and Group B on Saturday, while Sunday will be reserved for the semi-finals and grand final.

The Nordic Masters Spring schedule is:

Friday, March 26

12:00 - GODSENT vs. Galaxy Racer (BO1)
13:30 - HAVU vs. 777 (BO1)
15:00 - Group A Winners' Match (BO1)
16:30 - Group A Elimination Match (BO1)
18:00 - Group A Decider Match (BO1)

Saturday, March 27

12:00 - Dignitas vs. Singularity (BO1)
13:30 - ENCE vs. MAD Lions (BO1)
15:00 - Group B Winners' Match (BO1)
16:30 - Group B Elimination Match (BO1)
18:00 - Group B Decider Match (BO1)

Sunday, March 28

13:00 - Semi-final #1 (BO3)
16:00 - Semi-final #2 (BO3)
20:00 - Grand Final (BO3)