BLAST Premier Spring Final viewer's guide

HLTV.org presents a detailed viewer's guide for the upcoming $425,000 tournament in Portugal, set to begin on Wednesday.

This year's BLAST Premier Spring Final will be held at the Altice Arena in Lisbon from June 15-19. The tournament will feature eight teams that have qualified through BLAST Spring events, including the likes of FaZe, ENCE, and Natus Vincere.

The participating teams will be separated into two groups of four, where they will take part in a shortened GSL format. The groups' first-placed teams will earn a direct semi-final berth, while the second and third-seeded teams will battle it out in the quarter-finals.

Can FaZe add yet another trophy to this year's tally?

The teams include BLAST Spring Groups winners FaZe, OG, and Vitality, as well as runner-ups Natus Vincere, BIG, and G2. Rounding out the list are BLAST Spring Showdown EU winners ENCE, who have also shown their worth at various recent tournaments, climbing to the second spot in the world rankings, and BLAST Spring Showdown NA champions, paiN.

It's worth noting that Natus Vincere will be playing with Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev following former in-game leader Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov's departure from the Russian-Ukrainian squad. For German side BIG, there is still uncertainty as to whether or not Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa will be able to fly to Portugal with his squad, having recently tested positive for COVID-19, which also had him sit out a part of the Pinnacle Cup Championship.

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Listed are the two groups for the BLAST Spring Final:

Group A
FaZe
paiN
G2
Vitality

Group B
Natus Vincere
OG
ENCE
BIG

Following is the full schedule for the event:

Wednesday, June 15
11:00 - FaZe vs. paiN | Bo3
14:00 - G2 vs. Vitality | Bo3
17:00 - Natus Vincere vs. OG | Bo3
20:00 - ENCE vs. BIG | Bo3

Thursday, June 16
11:00 - Group A Elimination Match | Bo3
14:00 - Group A Winners' Match | Bo3
17:00 - Group B Elimination Match | Bo3
20:00 - Group B Winners' Match| Bo3

Friday, June 17
16:30 - Quarter-final #1 | Bo3
20:00 - Quarter-final #2 | Bo3

Saturday, June 18 (Altice Arena)
16:30 - Semi-final #1 | Bo3
20:00 - Semi-final #2 | Bo3

Sunday, June 19 (Altice Arena)
18:30 Grand final | Bo3

Below is the talent lineup for the BLAST Spring Final:

Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers - Desk host
James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks - Stage host
Pala "⁠Pala⁠" Gilroy Sen - Stage host
Alexandre "Archarom" Maia - Stage host

Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez - Analyst
Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche - Analyst
Danny "⁠mahone⁠" Hsieh - Analyst

Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume - Caster
Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan - Caster
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy - Caster
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole - Caster

A $425,000 prize pool will be split among the eight participating teams, with a large chunk going to the eventual winners, who will take home just slightly less than half of the total amount. The complete prize breakdown is as follows:

1. - $200,000 ( + BLAST World Final spot )
2. - $85,000
3-4. - $40,000
5-6. - $20,000
7-8. - $10,000