BLAST Premier World Final returns to Abu Dhabi

The Etihad Arena will once again host the $1 million season-ending tournament.

BLAST has announced that the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will host the BLAST Premier World Final for the second consecutive year. Tickets for the event will go live in late August and people signed up on the website can get early pre-sale access.

The tournament will take place on December 13-17 and is expected to close out the second half of the season before tier-one competition goes on the winter break.

G2 won the World Final in 2022 after beating Liquid in the title decider

Eight teams will play for their share of the $1 million prize pot in Abu Dhabi. Three of them have been locked in so far: FaZe following their run to the title at ESL Pro League Season 17, Vitality as the BLAST.tv Paris Major winners, and HEROIC thanks to their victory at the BLAST Premier Spring Final.

At least three of the remaining five spots will be determined via the BLAST Leaderboard, the tournament organizer's special ranking. G2 are currently sitting at the top of it outside of the three teams already qualified, followed by Natus Vincere and ENCE, according to Liquipedia.

The other two spots will go to the winners of ESL Pro League Season 18 and BLAST Premier Fall Final. Should one of the three teams already qualified win either tournament, the extra spot will also be decided via the Leaderboard.

* The official BLAST Leaderboard on the BLAST.tv website is severely outdated as of the time of writing.

Wow this is amazing!
2023-07-05 15:57
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Abu dhabi should be banned from esports..will wait for ESL impact league to take place in abu dhabi..blast is lured by money
2023-07-05 16:07
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#29
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Kazakhstan yTuHbIe_ucTopuu
you do know that ESL is owned by arabs and blast isnt?
2023-07-05 16:19
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2 replies
#62
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Germany Bl00dyw0rk
Yea nah blast also fuck with Saudis
2023-07-05 18:30
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#88
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Kazakhstan yTuHbIe_ucTopuu
but blast is owned by Denmark iirc
2023-07-06 09:58
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WRONG. ESL is Saudi's territory while Blast is the other arabs in dubai? idk
2023-07-05 16:22
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No UAE is based as fuck as a country. Safe, rich, clean, beautiful, citizens are modest, polite and hospitable, everything is cheap and affordable, from housing to daily goods and luxury items. I spend 3 months working in Dubai and i had a blast. Living in UAE is better than any western country. I really think its funny to see people complaining about gulf countries from their shithole in chicago or birmingham. But i do agree that despite UAE being a amazing country, the crowd is dogwater
2023-07-05 20:33
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Bottom line for where an even should be held is if the venue will actually show up and make it lively. It’s gonna be dead compared to Brazil or Paris recently. Also the country is poorly built on borderline slave labor but we won’t talk about that.
2023-07-05 21:18
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#80
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Austria doMK0
"Living in UAE is better than any western country." Thats objectively not true if you have sane people criteria. A few major nogos: No Freedom of expression, association and assembly No Press Freedom Criminalizes consensual same-sex relations between adults. ...
2023-07-06 06:09
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#93
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Europe yommamas
He was already sold on UAE, you don't have to sell it to him more with based facts
2023-07-06 14:47
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#91
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woxic | 
Poland Avantu
UAE is shithole only made relevant by oil and USA. If not for this they would still eat sand with their unhuman laws and slavery. Dubai is a mess for rich people who don't care about anything and anyone, it doesn't even have proper infrastructure of any sort and everything is fake because it was made without any proper idea just to show off. Why do you think it is like you say? Becuase they want to lure people otherwise no one normal would want to live there.
2023-07-06 12:00
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yeah sellout..
2023-07-06 14:32
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abu dhabi crowd again OMEGALUL
2023-07-05 16:35
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#58
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Germany privatesx
rip fans
2023-07-05 17:17
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Ez for NAVI and another MVP for the GOAT S1mple
2023-07-05 15:58
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1 reply
+1 no doubts
2023-07-06 08:14
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Equatorial Guinea Karlheinz
L
2023-07-05 15:58
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#4
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Australia poppyxox
cool
2023-07-05 15:58
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#5
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Israel avivpro13
unexpected!
2023-07-05 15:58
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#6
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Malaysia Bolehland
Niceuuuu Alhamdulillah!
2023-07-05 15:58
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another grand final I can watch live :DDD
2023-07-05 16:01
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#15
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Australia boblao
Same here let's go!!!!!
2023-07-05 16:08
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It's not exactly news, is it? BLAST signed a three-year contract with ADGaming in 2022.
2023-07-05 16:01
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4 replies
*BLAST signed a three-year contract with Oil Money in 2022
2023-07-05 16:02
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3 replies
Ok?
2023-07-05 16:04
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And ESL is owned by Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group, what's your point?
2023-07-05 16:09
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1 reply
ik. you just said my point
2023-07-05 16:34
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Thank god the neom deal fell through
2023-07-05 16:04
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#13
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Israel BLPKOSHER
can i bring my husband?
2023-07-05 16:06
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3 replies
#18
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Denmark BATISTUTA9
No. Only if you are XY
2023-07-05 16:12
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yo BLP when you dropping a full mazel tron album
2023-07-05 16:28
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1 reply
#85
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Israel BLPKOSHER
when you stop being a w**b
2023-07-06 09:02
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#17
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Armenia VirtusNo
Frankie huge comeback incoming
2023-07-05 16:11
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frankie in abu dhabi?
2023-07-05 16:14
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#26
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England BobDude65
Why
2023-07-05 16:18
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1 reply
#43
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Armenia VirtusNo
didnt want to cast for saudi organizers, but then did
2023-07-05 16:32
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Frankie in jihab incoming? or is it allowed to wear western sty
2023-07-05 16:35
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2 replies
#49
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Armenia VirtusNo
i guess she' ll have to come in a jihad yes
2023-07-05 16:38
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#75
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Israel RickNRoll
XD
2023-07-05 23:49
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Big L the crowd is 10 people and g2 won there last time
2023-07-05 16:12
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#34
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Finland Khroni
As fluky as G2 winning was and as poor as the crowd was I would hold atrocious company ethics to be the bigger L Maybe this time people will actually turn up instead of the paid audience, and maybe an actually good team wins though
2023-07-05 16:26
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#21
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Jee | 
Czech Republic LoGaS01
L
2023-07-05 16:16
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Poor "guest workers".
2023-07-05 16:16
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just fucking sad, imagine 18000 people in crowd instead of 100... oil money tho... good money for them shit for viewers
2023-07-05 16:17
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#94
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Europe yommamas
You are welcome to sponsor them in your country oh, you a broke aah bish? Well then it's oil money
2023-07-06 14:56
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#24
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England BobDude65
Fuck that man totally ruins the event imo. One off was completely fine and the event banged but 2 in a row is a massive L and hugely off putting.
2023-07-05 16:17
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2 replies
They have contract with arabs lol and they have to honour it
2023-07-05 16:54
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#54
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England BobDude65
Still, that doesn't mean I can't be disappointed.
2023-07-05 17:09
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#25
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Brazil Kly(u)
Random rant: if it's supposed to be a end-of-the-year prestigious tournament with the teams that had the best performance said year, its kinda weird that we have 2 direct invites for the winners of the EPL's over Kato and Cologne (
2023-07-05 16:18
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#41
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Finland Khroni
It was like this last year At most I can imagine this is BLAST posturing to a. try and say they are more open-circuit because the EPL winner could technically be some random ass qualified team, b. because EPLs last longer and there are more matches giving you a better idea of team strength or c. discredit Kato/Cologne
2023-07-05 16:29
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#56
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Scotland TWGKofi
EPL format-wise is much tougher to win compared to Katowice and Cologne.
2023-07-05 17:13
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#27
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Portugal GODranar
Can't w8 to see Frankie hosting
2023-07-05 16:18
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Yay! (Joking ofc, ffs another show hosted from such a country...)
2023-07-05 16:18
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#95
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Europe yommamas
>says the fr*nch flag
2023-07-06 14:57
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L. Nobody wants to fly there just to enjoy 40°C+ and no alcohol while watching CS. Also have to be careful, not to be locked up for bullshit reasons. What a joke.
2023-07-05 16:21
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But at least you know the language
2023-07-05 16:23
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they will probably not even cast in arabic but in english.
2023-07-05 16:28
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#57
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Bulgaria K1r1to
XD y will never understand that many people wont have a chance to even visit EU due the visa issues
2023-07-05 17:13
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i mean i understand, that visa issues exist. But we all know, there will be a lot less people watching live, than in the americas or europe. Its just sad for the teams /sports. Not even talking about the human rights issues.
2023-07-06 09:09
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#87
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Bulgaria K1r1to
there is some truth in this. but does this tournament have to be big in terms of viewers? remember 2021 world finals. there was Denmark and a small studio. I think it's meant to be.
2023-07-06 09:17
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#66
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United Kingdom flaxlethal
ignorant westerner. uae>germany
2023-07-05 21:23
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2 replies
lol not even in your dreams xD
2023-07-05 23:15
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#96
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Europe yommamas
cope harder, you already imported the middle east to your country anyway
2023-07-06 14:58
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+1 so true
2023-07-05 23:15
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#33
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Europe richwilde
mickey mouse tournament with all the same teams as always
2023-07-05 16:26
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another lan w/o crowd lol
2023-07-05 16:27
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with 75 people in attendance, lmao clown event, BLAST rlly turning into a banter circuit
2023-07-05 16:28
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#37
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Belgium ESIC_CEO
BLAST 🤡🤑🤑🤑
2023-07-05 16:28
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1 reply
+1
2023-07-05 23:14
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Dubai poop truck
2023-07-05 16:30
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BLAST = the BEST !!
2023-07-05 16:34
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#50
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United States cybonics
No crowd again lmaooooo
2023-07-05 16:42
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big boy abu dhabi
2023-07-05 16:47
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Closest BLAST are able to do for Saudi Arabia lol
2023-07-05 16:53
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#59
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Latvia GetANick
who will cheer for teams in The Emptyhad Arena? Workers from Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, etc.?
2023-07-05 17:30
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#60
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England MikeLCHV
Emptyhad 2.0 incoming
2023-07-05 17:39
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oil $$$ talks baby
2023-07-05 17:51
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#64
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Sweden SigmaSwede
I love how high and mighty everyone is in this thread while typing it from a phone some random 14yo made for him in like India or some shit LULE
2023-07-05 20:55
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2 replies
#81
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Austria doMK0
What he's doing is called whataboutismn in case you're wondering.
2023-07-06 07:00
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#97
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Europe yommamas
It's still hypocrisy from your side.
2023-07-06 15:01
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Shanghai would be better
2023-07-05 22:13
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#68
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Europe VeryOldGuyOnHLTV
oil money gang
2023-07-05 22:14
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1 reply
+1
2023-07-05 23:13
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wtf is this? all hail the dictator? disgrace to the sport!
2023-07-05 23:13
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L from blast
2023-07-06 00:59
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#79
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Denmark Saithz
Banana cup
2023-07-06 04:19
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very nice
2023-07-06 08:14
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#84
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India Rau7n
Is it CS2?
2023-07-06 09:00
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#89
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Serbia Atom1c_o7
L
2023-07-06 11:21
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#90
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Switzerland ayygurl
I sleep
2023-07-06 11:22
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#98
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Azerbaijan S1mple2002
i found myself in the photo :) Hopefully can attend this year too
2023-07-06 22:52
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