FaZe secure first BLAST World Final spot

28-3-2023 12:27

The International squad earned the berth with a victory at ESL Pro League.

FaZe's victory at ESL Pro League Season 17 not only secured their first trophy in nine months and an Intel Grand Slam, but it also qualified the European Squad for BLAST Premier World Final 2023. BLAST's elite-level tournament will take place between December 13-17 and will host eight teams battling it out for a $1,000,000 prize pool.

The European squad's qualification marks the second time they will compete at a World Final event, previously qualifying for the 2022 edition thanks to their win at EPL S15. They will join four additional teams that will qualify through their victories at Big Events and three more through their placement in the BLAST World Final Leaderboard.

FaZe have never won a BLAST Premier event

Four spots will be filled out by the winners of the Paris Major, BLAST Spring Final, ESL Pro League Season 18, and BLAST Fall Final. The second Major of 2023 was initially intended to provide another qualifying spot for the end-of-year event, but Valve's decision to hold just one Major event this year prompted BLAST to add another spot from their leaderboard.

Valve: Paris Major last in CS:GO, first in CS2 to take place in March 2024

The last iteration of the World Final was hosted in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and concluded with G2 lifting their first big trophy in more than five years. Rasmus "⁠HooXi⁠" Nielsen's men did not have a particularly successful 2022, however, their performance in the BLAST leaderboard secured their attendance as the second-lowest ranked team.

FaZe finished the BLAST World Final 2022 in the semi-finals after failing to qualify for it the year before. They had previously attended the first iteration of the December tournament in 2019, when The Danish organizers directed BLAST Pro Series Global Final to bring their season circuit to a close.

This year's spots are handed out the following way:

FaZe

BLAST.tv Paris Major

BLAST Spring Final

ESL Pro League Season 18

BLAST Fall Final

BLAST Leaderboard

real

2023-03-28 12:28

nice

Gross. keep these people from esports. It's awful that they already have their hands so thoroughly enmeshed in it.

2023-03-28 12:34

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Huh????

2023-03-28 12:36

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I assume KaldonBones is talking about the Saudi Arabian government - it's too late in that case, they already own the entirety of ESL, and a large stake in Blast. I can recommend Richard Lewis' youtube, great channel for finding out about the esports industry from one of the most veteran journalists in the scene.

2023-03-28 12:45

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True story

2023-03-28 22:53

It's unsurprising that this is coming from an American.

2023-03-29 08:43

2023-03-28 12:29

WWWW

correct

Are you sure? Source?

2023-03-28 12:30

Check HLTV

2023-03-28 13:27

oh yeah. Couldn't they just link it? Jeez

2023-03-28 15:18

No katowice cologne to qualify???

2023-03-28 12:33

its easier to rig the outcome with these tournaments.

Least jaded better

2023-03-28 12:38

easy

you guys think this will be the final global offensive event?

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Not confirmed to be played on global offensive

2023-03-28 12:37

No I'd actually be very surprised if this was played on GO. My guess is the first CS2 event will be Cologne. It would be mad to still be playing GO in December when the first CS2 major was confirmed in march 2024

2023-03-28 13:03

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all the tournaments will be played on go version until 2024, that's what is supposed to happen

2023-03-28 15:17

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But CS2 will literally replace GO by summer 2022. Its supposed to, but CS2 will literally make GO unplayable when it releases.

2023-03-28 15:46

BETAs exists tho, that's what happened also with the AWP nerf and Anubis addition

2023-03-28 18:20

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You don't get it. Valve has already announced that CSGO will be replaced by CS2 by summer 2023.

2023-03-28 19:14

yeah bro and will pro players be used to cs2?No, you can't change cs2 in summer and then host IEM Cologne and other tournaments on cs2, players will play like shit, the production will not be that good.

2023-03-28 19:22

..they literally play for their jobs and changes to cs have never been communicated this early on with big updates so far They have so much time to get up to speed in the summer.

2023-03-28 19:47