Vitality qualify for BLAST Premier Spring Finals

G2 will have another shot at making it to the Spring Finals through the Last Chance Stage.

Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam was not able to get one over his former teammates at BLAST Premier Spring Groups, as Vitality — with Mathieu "⁠MaT⁠" Leber filling in for Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen behind the players — defeated G2 2-1 to punch their ticket to the BLAST Premier Spring Finals.

G2 got off to a slow start on Inferno, the series’ first map and Vitality’s pick, going down 1-6 on the CT side before Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov spearheaded G2 into turning the tides of the half, winning it 8-7. That wouldn’t prove to be enough, however, as Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire and his men gave up just two rounds while on the defense to secure their map 16-10.

Vitality have secured as spot in the Spring Finals

Mirage, G2’s pick, was a one-sided affair from the start, as the team led by Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen imposed their will on the attack from the get go, only allowing a smattering of rounds from their foes. NiKo shone in the 11-4 half before he and his team went on to play a clean CT side, winning five rounds in a row to close out the map in style, 16-4.

Dust2, the decider map, was unlike the previous as it had a wild start with back-and-forth rounds as G2 tried to break Vitality’s defenses and keep the CTs on their feet. They weren’t able to, though, as the French-Danish squad ended up taking control late in the half to get ahead 10-5 with Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut putting in a highlight ace at 6-5 off the back of a perfect flashbang by apEX on short.

G2 weren’t able to take control on the CT side after losing the pistol round, and were playing catch-up with Vitality, who inched closer and closer to winning the map as they hit match point, 15-8. NiKo and company were then tried to put together a comeback, but to no avail, as the French-Danish team closed things out 16-12 to seal their pass to the Spring Finals.

G2 will face MIBR on Sunday at 13:00 for one last chance at making it to the next round, the Spring Finals, while the loser will be sent down to the Showdown.

BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022Best of 3

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G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	62 - 49	+13	100.8	70.3%	1.36
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipovm0NESY	50 - 49	+1	65.1	70.3%	1.05
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	40 - 52	-12	64.4	70.3%	0.92
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	44 - 50	-6	65.4	60.8%	0.89
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	36 - 46	-10	51.6	70.3%	0.83

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	57 - 44	+13	78.4	73.0%	1.19
Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo	53 - 41	+12	73.1	71.6%	1.16
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	56 - 49	+7	87.9	64.9%	1.16
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	38 - 51	-13	68.1	67.6%	0.91
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabiermisutaaa	40 - 47	-7	59.0	71.6%	0.88