OG and Liquid complete BLAST Premier World Final team list

27-11-2022 01:04

The eight teams who will play for $1,000,000 in Abu Dhabi next month have been determined.

OG and Liquid became the final two teams to qualify for the BLAST Premier World Final after securing a high enough placement on the BLAST Leaderboard, the organizer's points-based ranking used to determine a portion of the teams competing at the end-of-year tournament.

The last two spots were determined after Ninjas in Pyjamas, the only other team still in the running for a place at the World Final following the end of the BLAST Premier Fall Final group stage, were eliminated from the Danish event in 3rd-4th place and missed out on a chance to compete in Abu Dhabi.

Liquid will play for a lion's share of $1,000,000 next month

HEROIC and G2 previously secured enough Leaderboard points to qualify after advancing to the quarter-finals in Copenhagen.

The other four teams clinched spots at the World Final thanks to title-winning runs at some of the year's biggest competitions. FaZe earned their spot as the champions of ESL Pro League Season 15 and PGL Major Antwerp, Natus Vincere after winning BLAST Premier Spring Final, Vitality due to their run to the title at ESL Pro League Season 16, and Outsiders after lifting the trophy at IEM Rio Major.

The four teams who qualified for the event based on the Leaderboard are all partnered with BLAST. Their affiliation with the tournament organizer gave them an advantage against non-partnered competition due to having significant additional opportunities to earn points in the partner-only BLAST Premier Spring and Fall Groups. Awarding 600 points automatically to every competitor and a whopping 2,400 points to teams placed 1st-3rd in each season's Groups — 400 more than what second place at a Major is worth — the Leaderboard was heavily weighted towards the BLAST competitions and, as a result, the BLAST partners.

Anubis and weapon changes to feature at BLAST Premier World Final

Among those who missed out are non-partnered ENCE, who finished just outside of qualifying spots in eighth place of the Leaderboard at 5,950 points, only 350 points behind OG. Astralis, one of the 12 BLAST partners, finished in ninth place with 4,700 points to their name.

The following eight teams will compete for $1,000,000 in prizemoney at the BLAST Premier World Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from December 14-18:

tier 2 tournament

2022-11-27 01:07

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NIP didn’t have enough points this year, they would have had to win this Fall Final edit: OP asked why Liquid were ‘invited’ over NIP

2022-11-27 01:10

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The real question is OG, but it is point based. Just can’t understand how the steaming pile of shait team can have enough :-P

2022-11-27 10:22

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Fall groups and spring groups..

2022-11-27 10:48

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So basically winning qualifiers is enough for an invite. Seems the point system needs a revamp.

2022-11-27 20:12

Dogshit partner sistem. I have no problem with it. But then they say mad stuff like this is "best teams of all year" tournament. At least people are realizing, og here is such joke even blind people can tell.

2022-11-27 12:03

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Maybe they will upset some of the top tier teams.

2022-11-27 13:16

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not if they show up with the same level they did in this blast

2022-11-27 14:03

2022-11-27 16:57

agree with you, why OG, better chance replace them by Ence.

2022-11-28 02:19

At least someone who got better results this year

2022-11-28 08:03

its so disappointing see og and g2 at this tournament and do not see furia and nip at there

2022-11-29 16:12

this is not invite

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all the points are from blast partner anyway

2022-11-27 01:08

what i mean is clear and true (#1 was ''why did they invite liquid'', he changed what did he write.)

2022-11-27 01:51

Literally false. If you look in the blast world ranking, teams like c9 who aren't blast partners are there. Obviously blast seasons give more points but those teams lose out on blast points in hltv anyway.

2022-11-27 02:15

Of course its an invite even when its based on ranking system. Most invites are based on hltv ranking system from which teams then accept or deny the invite if they get one. And some added local teams usually.

2022-11-27 02:00

Blast cant invite nip now even if they want to. Even if nip wants to accept it. Because this is not invitational. In invitational events they are inviting teams, then the teams accept if they want to play.

2022-11-27 12:00

Of course they could. There are very many reasons why its a bad idea, but its not like Valve will cancel their permits if the do not follow what they have promised. Just because their method of sending invites is public does not make it any more legally binding than other types of invites.

2022-11-27 14:31

Diversity quotas

hwml flairs with bad takes? its more likely than you think!

2022-11-27 01:11

nice

2022-11-27 01:05

Nice

OG 💀💀💀💀

2022-11-27 01:12

OG KEKW

Almost the same teams as fall finals

Considering that one mainly gets points from doing good in blast groups or doing good in showdown, its no surprise that teams are pretty much same as fall final. Only other choice would be same teams as spring final.

2022-11-27 02:01

You literally quality from winning the majors and epl.

2022-11-27 08:42

what are Faze and Heroic playing for then today , lmao

2022-11-27 01:06

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The players are gunning for an MVP. The teams are going for the trophy, money and prestige.

2022-11-27 01:18

Fair enough

2022-11-27 01:40

+ also winning in front of a home crowd ... heard a lot of karrigan chants yesterday

2022-11-27 06:17

What are teams playing for at tournaments like IEM Dallas ? Your logic is fucked up

2022-11-27 09:18

ummm grand slam and money?

2022-11-27 11:08

For the trophy

2022-11-27 09:20

LOL Logic... You dont just play events to qualify to another. This is not a qualifier event.

2022-11-27 09:57

og literally the least deserving of the spot but aight

Logically somebody has to be the least deserving

2022-11-27 03:56

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out of all the teams partnered with blast they are the least deserving this year no doubt fucking nip who lost 0-2 to sprout at elimination in the major legends deserved it more

2022-11-27 04:07

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2022-11-27 04:40

eg haven't won a match this year in blast events, og deserves more than them (although you probably forgot that eg was a partner team because they are so bad)

2022-11-27 08:33

At least they made legends, can’t say that for OG

2022-11-27 10:24

And also quarter finals in antwerp

2022-11-28 08:05

Cloud9 was a top 5 team this year and cant be there :( why so exclusive event

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It's all about points

blast points* partner points

2022-11-27 01:13

Cause OG is tied with the blast organization

should've won rio major

2022-11-27 02:48

If they beat liquid at epl and at least made to major final, they'd probably be there. But they are chokers

2022-11-27 05:06

Katowice gives a ton of points, c9 were at the bottom. Both majors give a lot of points and direct qualification, c9 failed in groups and in quarters. Cologne gives a lot of points, c9 bombed out yet again. 2 EPLs gave out points, and guess what, correct they bombed out of both with low placements.

2022-11-27 09:04

correct but I can say the same for og (even worse) and I cannot say they won IEM Dallas.

2022-11-27 11:28

Yeah, og are bad for sure, but they did win two groups and went to the semis in the spring finals, so they did get a lot of points for that.

2022-11-27 13:18

that is nothing compared to winning an S-tier event. They just got to play because of the partnership, C9 is the superior team by huge margin

2022-11-27 14:38

RiP NiP :(

Who invited OG 😭

2022-11-27 01:09

Nobody invited them, they simply qualified by getting enough points

2022-11-27 09:22

By playing tournaments they're only allowed to play cause they're partners 😂

2022-11-27 13:14

Meanwhile NIP didnt qualified while being a partner team 🥲

2022-11-27 15:08

And while having better results all year

2022-11-28 08:06

tier 2

nvm im stupid

2022-11-27 01:14

Thank you Twistzz, appreciate you continuing to carry my team.

I think NiP deserves World Final spot way more than OG since they played way better than OG

2022-11-27 01:15

OG - did better this year => more points than NIP

2022-11-27 09:23

Og redemption incoming! Flamez blast world final mvp making him top 17 by the end of the year!

og what a joke

Blast fall finals isnt the only event that count. Don't forget that OG did good at spring finals

2022-11-27 09:25

Who cares, og is a tier 2 team right now even you should know. Basically a free win for whoever incounters them.

2022-11-27 12:07

Can't wait to see "major winners" get rekt.

2022-11-27 01:22

Probably gonna be like it

2022-11-27 01:27

So, same as the last major winners? Or the ones before that?

2022-11-27 01:38

Endpoint clowned Navi, Outsiders can't top that for sure

Cry is free

2022-11-27 01:49

OG needs to -nexa, even he realizes it himself, at least to see if it does anything, but clearly feels like the team has good pieces that are not being managed properly.

2022-11-27 01:23

EZ4TL

2022-11-27 01:28

OG lmaoooo

OG is a joke and undeserved shit format

2022-11-27 01:44

lmao blast qualification system is a joke, OG earned 4800/6300 of their points from blast groups to qualify over teams like ENCE, FURIA, C9 who performed better than them no offense to og, its not their fault that blast is a shitty org

2022-11-27 01:46

It has always been, it's just an excuse to say it's not a tournament for partners only

2022-11-27 02:21

ENCE played terrible in blast events this year

2022-11-27 09:27

Yeah, accounting in only the BLAST events is what I'm criticizing in my comment ENCE were still better than OG overall this year, they had decent playoff runs

2022-11-27 09:36

OG, liquid, g2 ♿️♿️♿️

2022-11-27 01:52

OG xd

2022-11-27 01:53

Why are g2 still in t1 events?

2022-11-27 01:59

Blast = money

Because they got a decent amount of points when aleksib was the IGL. Like 4000 of their 6500 points came from Katowice, Spring Groups and Spring Finals with aleksi. In fact they would be out of the tournament had they placed 5th-6th instead of 3rd-4th in the Spring Finals.

2022-11-27 09:11

Who wouldve replaced them if that happened?

2022-11-28 08:07

ENCE iirc

2022-11-28 18:14

OG WWWWWWW

OG and G2 hahaa

2022-11-27 02:13

Very low hype event and for the BLAST circuit in general... production saves them.

2022-11-27 02:25

Nip and C9 robbed

2022-11-27 02:29

Mouz are the biggest to be robbed....

2022-11-27 02:56

MOUZ didn’t do anything impressive this year tho

2022-11-27 03:55

Seriously? Guess you missed Rio Major and how the new roster knocking teams out. They are #5 and knocked out vitality and liquid from Rio.

2022-11-27 04:54

He said this year and it is kinda true. Since xertion promotion, they are doing fine, evem great, but like yekindar, he will be nerfed someday. Torzi is competing with osee to the award of the most overated awper. Frozen is frozen and dexter somehow become more legit but im betting he will return to his normal form very soon.

2022-11-27 04:59

This year isn’t just one tournament

2022-11-27 16:33

Tbh all of these are pretty mediocre

No CLOUD9? L

2022-11-27 02:30

vitality, og, g2, we are talking about pro or 4-15 faceit 8 lvl ?

2022-11-27 02:33

Vitality literally won a tournament to qualify there. Dont add them into that list lmao

2022-11-28 08:08

tell me you camel lovers ^_^

2022-11-27 02:34

w liquid

2022-11-27 02:44

No mousesports but OG gets to go... Bullshit requirements, it's all about who brings viewers, not the better team.

2022-11-27 02:55

nobody wants to watch OG it literally has nothing to do with that lmfao

2022-11-27 11:16

Damn that sucks

2022-11-27 03:19

What did OG do to deserve this????

who invited my man blud ???

2022-11-27 04:03

basically fall finals + vitality & outsiders

2022-11-27 04:29

Unlucky for ence, i'd rather see them than dOGs

2022-11-27 04:45

everyone making fun of OG being the worst team in here but bro look at g2 who made the major and who didn't?

2022-11-27 04:53

Og has 0 points outside blast events i think the biggest problem is just having 8 teams in this events

2022-11-27 05:18

Both are equally as bad imo, but at least G2 had a decent showing on pro league, while OG only got points from blast, but if you ask me neither team should have been here, ence & nip deserved it more

2022-11-27 06:18

Also got alot of points when aleksib was the igl

2022-11-28 08:09

Not nice at all to see OG here

2022-11-27 05:29

oh well it's fair

2022-11-27 06:30

2022-11-27 06:45

OG AHAHAHAHAHA

2022-11-27 08:16

OG 🤣🤣🤣 nice ranking

2022-11-27 08:29

tier2 the same commands are not interesting to watch

2022-11-27 08:37

clown tournament same teams 2 tournies in a row

2022-11-27 08:39

Ropz denied Nip the spot with 3k .

2022-11-27 08:52

Blast = the least interesting tournament

2022-11-27 09:12

Each of their events feel the same, same teams no underdogs, boring bo3 from start to finish, same pimp and maniac saying same shit every time

Okay but -OG -G2 +MOUZ +FURIA please.

2022-11-27 09:39

mouz xdd

2022-11-27 10:54

Yeah, both major semifinalists.

2022-11-27 11:19

not getting anywhere after this

2022-11-28 13:05

G2 got competitor for last place

i hope one time we will see real year leaderboard and true World Final, taking into account the results of all top tournaments, with normal ranking coefficients

2022-11-27 10:25

dumb tournament system both major winners (Faze and outsiders) and EPL's are there (Faze and Vitality), nothing wrong with it and then it becomes a sh*tshow of partner teams navi got qualified through spring finals, why were they competing in fall groups? Faze and vitality got there with majors and epl, both partner teams that were given the chance to go to both spring and fall groups, their slots could have been open for grabs with open qualifiers in the group stage And then you have these global leaderboards that only benefit those teams that are blast and ESL partner teams Blast could do a lot more for the international scene than just bringing a B-tier event with S-tier production

2022-11-27 10:53

OG looks so out of place among the other teams there lmao

World final is abusive term. 7 out of 8 teams at this "world final" are partnered. Only vp here bcuz, they won the major. Cologne and Katowice are more of a world finals than this clown show.

2022-11-27 11:25

+1 its just a blast partnered teams competition, another event that cements the scene regardless of actual team results, hate this approach

2022-11-27 11:57

+1, what the hell OG is even doing here... Edited: replied to #121

2022-11-27 11:31

congrats og for being 8th

2022-11-27 11:35

OG 0 map wins 0 impactful playoffs, but Blast partner so deserved!!!

2022-11-27 11:49

Expected nothing less from irrelevant mickey mouse tournaments.

2022-11-27 12:32

7 partner teams. Nice.

2022-11-27 13:54

OG is wasted spot

2022-11-27 14:53

for what OG-trash got the spot?

2022-11-27 15:26

C9 or NiP over OG and it would be best tournament after major

2022-11-27 16:52

Jack (c9 ceo) and Jason (Complexity ceo) should meet somewhere in las vegas over a bottle of beer and discuss the possibility of selling the spot. Or maybe buy it from EG. Two teams that always end up last at blast groups.

2022-11-27 17:27

pog

2022-11-27 17:50

LETS GOOOGOGOGOGOGOGOOGOGOGOGOGOGOG

2022-11-27 17:54

A great match i want to see is... OG beat G2, redemption story for nexa haha

2022-11-27 18:18

OG spot is best joke 0 poins outside blast XDDD

2022-11-27 19:29

OG go 0-4 to qualify for world final 😂

2022-11-27 20:39

Blast trying to do tier-1 tournament with the most strong teams but they invite top 16 Og because of they are partner team xd. There are many teams which stronger and deserve this slot more but their organisation don’t pay money blast.

2022-11-27 22:16