BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023
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Prize Pool | $177,500 |
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BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023 will be the first major championship of the new season and also the Long Event of the autumn season of the BLAST Premier series. The event will take place in studio format from 13 to 23 July in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Twelve partner teams from Europe and North America will take part in the championship. Here they will compete for a combined cash prize of $177,498, six trips to the Fall Finals as well as ranking points to the BLAST Premier table.
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More about the BLAST Premier series
BLAST Premier is the title series of the Danish organiser BLAST. The calendar year consists of two seasons: spring and autumn. Each season consists of several stages: group event, regional qualifications for Europe and North America, regional Showdown tournaments for Europe and North America, finals.
Furthermore, at the end of the year the organisers hold a massive World Final where the best teams from both seasons are invited. The total prize pool for the annual BLAST Premier Series is $2,475,000.
Format of BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023
The championship will begin with the group stage, which will be played in GSL format with a Double-Elimination grid. All matches will be played in BO3 format (up to two wins). The top two teams in their respective quartets will advance directly to the Fall Finals.
The remaining nine teams will move on to the Play-In phase, which will be played in a Single-Elimination format. The second-ranked teams in their respective groups will start in the second round, while the remaining participants will start in the first round.
The winners of their grids (three in total) will receive the last berths to the Fall Finals. The remaining teams will in turn qualify for the regional Fall Showdowns. The Play-Ins will also be played as BO3 matches.
Prize money allocation
- 1-3 place: $27,500 + trip to BLAST Premier Fall Final 2023 + 2,400 points
- 4-6 place: $17,500 + trip to BLAST Premier Fall Final 2023 + 1,800 points
- 7-9 place: $8,500 + trip to BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2023 + 800 points
- 10th-12th place: $5,666 + trip to BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2023 + 300 points
Recall that the organisers will be holding two Fall Showdown tournaments in the autumn - one for Europe and one for North America.
Where to watch BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023
All BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023 matches will be streamed on official BLAST channels on Twitch and YouTube. The original language of the broadcast is English. Also third-party partner companies of the tournament operator will arrange regional broadcasts.
You can also use our portal where we offer multi-language coverage of BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023. You will find many streaming and multi-language broadcasts of the tournament matches in different languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese, German and many more.