Cloud9 secure last spot at BLAST World Final

With Complexity eliminated in Copenhagen, the Russian team is automatically qualified for the season-ending event.

Cloud9 will attend the BLAST World Final next month

Cloud9 have qualified for the BLAST Premier World Final following Complexity’s elimination at the Fall Final. They are the eighth and final team confirmed for the $1 million event in Abu Dhabi.

The last spot was supposed to go to the winner of the Fall Final, where FaZe and Vitality will contest the title decider on Sunday. But both teams are already qualified, which meant that an extra spot had to be determined by the BLAST leaderboard.

Cloud9 leapfrogged Astralis to seventh in the BLAST leaderboard on Friday after beating HEROIC 2-0 in the quarter-final stage in Copenhagen. With the six teams ranked above Cloud9 all qualified, the only scenario where the Russian side would not secure a spot was if Complexity won the Fall Final.

The qualification adds to an already busy finish to the season for Cloud9, who will also attend BetBoom Dacha in Dubai. That tournament, featuring a $300,000 prize pool, will end just three days before the BLAST World Final is scheduled to start. Cloud9 and HEROIC are the only two teams that will attend both events.

The BLAST Premier World Final will take place between December 13 and 17 at the Etihad Arena, the same venue that staged last year's event. Below you can find all eight teams qualified for the tournament:

HEROIC
FaZe
G2
ENCE

Vitality
MOUZ
Natus Vincere
Cloud9