BLAST Premier Fall Showdown teams, format, schedule, prizes, talent
Here's everything you need to know about BLAST's two Fall Showdown events.

The BLAST Premier Fall Showdown is set to take place online on October 4-8, with 16 teams ready to do battle for a place at the BLAST Premier Fall Final. The teams are split across two brackets, one European and one American.
The teams taking part are made up of those who failed to make it out of the BLAST Fall Groups, invited teams, and a raft that made their way through regional qualifiers.
Participating teams and format
Despite the recent release of Counter-Strike 2, BLAST Premier Fall Showdown will take place in CS:GO.
Each event grants a single spot at the Fall Final to the winner. Both events run the same format, a single-elimination best-of-three bracket.
Victory Zigzag and The MongolZ were originally supposed to attend the Europe and Americas events respectively, however the former were disqualified as a result of two of their members being suspended or banned, and the latter encountered visa issues. They have been replaced by Alliance and Party Astronauts.
The teams attending each Showdown event are as follows:
Europe
Americas
Schedule
Europe
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2023 Europe | ||
| 04/10/2023 |
15:00
|
Match |
| 04/10/2023 |
17:20
|
Match |
| 05/10/2023 |
15:00
|
Match |
| 05/10/2023 |
17:35
|
Match |
| 06/10/2023 |
15:00
|
Match |
| 07/10/2023 |
15:00
|
Match |
| 08/10/2023 |
18:00
|
Match |
Americas
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2023 Americas | ||
| 04/10/2023 |
19:45
|
Match |
| 05/10/2023 |
21:10
|
Match |
| 06/10/2023 |
17:50
|
Match |
| 06/10/2023 |
20:45
|
Match |
| 07/10/2023 |
18:45
|
Match |
| 07/10/2023 |
22:30
|
Match |
| 08/10/2023 |
20:50
|
Match |
Prize distribution
The $67,500 total prize purse will be distributed among all participating teams based on placement. Both tournaments feature the same distribution:
1. $20,000 (Fall Final berth)
2. $12,500
3-4. $7,500
5-8. $5,000
Important news




Two notable new faces will be appearing on the broadcast as talent, Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye and Lucas "Bubzkji" Andersen. Both have played professionally at tier one and have previously represented the likes of Astralis.
Talent lineup
Host
Analysts
Lucas "Bubzkji" Andersen
Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche
Casters
Jason "moses" O'Toole
Adam "Dinko" Hawthorne
Mohan "launders" Govindasamy
Conner "Scrawny" Girvan
Interviewer
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye
Lucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen
Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy
Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez
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Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov

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Dion 'FASHR' Derksen
Iulian 'regali' Harjău
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
Eetu 'sAw' Saha
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov


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Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Justin 'jks' Savage
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli

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