Day of the Stars: The second round of the Legends Stage on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
The first game day of the Legends stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 has come to an end, which means it's time to take stock. The second round of the championship turned out to be a series of sensations, with Team Liquid, Monte, Vitality and Heroic all coming close to reaching the play-offs.
In turn, teams FURIA, 9INE, G2 Esports and FaZe Clan suffered their second defeats, thereby hanging on by a thread to avoid relegation from the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
Second round of the Legends stage at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
In the second round's Long Stage, Team Liquid of North America sensationally demolished NAVI (16-8) at Inferno, while Monte unexpectedly took down fnatic (19-17) at Vertigo.
After that, Vitality got their second win as they defeated ENCE (16-13) in Vertigo. At the same time Danish team Heroic beat Apeks (16:10) on Mirage.
Shortly after, Brazil's FURIA got their second defeat at the hands of Ninjas in Pyjamas (8:16) on Nuke, and 9INE unexpectedly defeated Ledge and GamerLegion (13:16) on Mirage.
Towards the end of the second round were the main draws, as G2 Esports Ledge and Bad News Eagles (13:16) on the map Ancient, and FaZe Clan was unable to cope with Into The Breach (12:16) on Inferno.
The results of the second round of the Legends stage on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023:
- Team Liquid (16 - 8) NAVI
- Monte (19 - 17) fnatic
- Vitality (16 - 13) ENCE
- Heroic (16 - 10) Apeks
- Ninjas in Pyjamas (16 - 8) FURIA
- GamerLegion (16 - 13) 9INE
- Bad News Eagles (16 - 13) G2 Esports
- Into The Breach (16 - 12) FaZe Clan
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage Intermediate Standings
Location |
|---|
Team
Result
Round number
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
1
Heroic
2-0
32-17
16:7
16:10
-
-
-
2
Vitality
2-0
32-26
16:13
16:13
-
-
-
3
Monte
2-0
35-24
16:7
19:17
-
-
-
4
Team Liquid
2-0
32-17
16:9
16:8
-
-
-
5
Natus Vincere
1-1
24-26
16:10
8:16
-
-
-
6
fnatic
1-1
33-30
16:11
17:19
-
-
-
7
ENCE
1-1
29-25
16:9
13:16
-
-
-
8
Apeks
1-1
26-26
16:10
10:16
-
-
-
9
Into The Breach
1-1
26-28
10:16
16:12
-
-
-
10
Bad News Eagles
1-1
25-29
9:16
16:13
-
-
-
11
Ninjas in Pyjamas
1-1
27-24
11:16
16:8
-
-
-
12
GamerLegion
1-1
26-29
10:16
16:13
-
-
-
13
9INE
0-2
22-32
9:16
13:16
-
-
-
14
FURIA
0-2
15-32
7:16
8:16
-
-
-
15
G2 Esports
0-2
26-32
13:16
13:16
-
-
-
16
FaZe Clan
0-2
19-32
7:16
12:16
-
-
-
#18
GamerLegion21.05.23 11:00Bo30:2
#1
VitalityBLAST Paris Major 2023#1Vitality20.05.23 13:35Bo32:0
#171
ApeksBLAST Paris Major 2023
#15
Heroic20.05.23 09:00Bo31:2#18GamerLegionBLAST Paris Major 2023
#13
Liquid19.05.23 11:55Bo30:2#171ApeksBLAST Paris Major 2023
#29
Monte19.05.23 09:00Bo30:2#18GamerLegionBLAST Paris Major 2023#1Vitality18.05.23 13:15Bo32:0
#133
Into The BreachThe BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 takes place from 8-21 May at the Accor Arena in France. The championship sees 24 competitors from the CIS, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Oceania competing for a combined prize pool of $1,250,000 and berths to IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST Premier World Final 2023.
2619Poligon
During the grand finals of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, the number of viewers reached an impressive milestone of 1.5 million people5020Poligon ZywOo was awarded the title of the best player at the BLAST.tv Paris Major tournament — this is already his 15th MVP medal in his career5175perepelovskyVitality is the winner of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023In the championship final, roaster Dan "apEX" Madeskler was 2-0 stronger than GamerLegion, earning $500,000.3008perepelovskyVitality reaches the grand final of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023Already on Sunday, rosterer Dan "apEX" Madeskler will try to win the home majors by playing against GamerLegion.2645perepelovskyGamerLegion is the first BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 finalistIn the grand final of the championship, the European team will face the winner of the Vitality - Apeks pairing.2365PoligonThe schedule for the semifinal matches at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 202316stawraith
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