Vitality and Heroic already in the play-offs - a look back at the third round of the Legends Stage on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
The third round of the Legends Stage at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 has ended and the first lucky winners have been determined - Vitality and Heroic managed to get their third wins and qualify for the play-offs. At the same time, 9INE and FURIA suffered their third defeat, thereby ending their performance in the majors.
Third round of the Legends stage at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
The game day began with the 1-1 basket matches. In the first, NAVI had no problem defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas (16:9) on Overpass, but in the tiebreak, GamerLegion sensationally defeated fnatic (16:11) on the same map.
Into The Breach made another upset, edging out ENCE (16:7) on Vertigo, while Apeks didn't see much resistance from Bad News Eagles (16:6) on Ancient.
In the first leg of the play-offs Vitality handily defeated Monte (2-0). At the same time, the Danish team Heroic managed to cope with Team Liquid (2-1) and also finished the legends with a 3-0 win.
At the end of the match day, the Poles from 9INE failed to resist FaZe Clan (0:2) and the Brazilian team FURIA failed to cope with G2 Esports (0:2) and also crashed out of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
Results of the third round of the Legends stage at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023:
- NAVI (16 - 9) Ninjas in Pyjamas
- GamerLegion (16 - 11) fnatic
- Into The Breach (16 - 7) ENCE
- Apeks (16 - 6) Bad News Eagles
- Vitality (2 - 0) Monte
- Heroic (2 - 1) Team Liquid
- FaZe Clan (2 - 0) 9INE
- G2 Esports (2 - 0) FURIA
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage Intermediate Standings
Location |
|---|
Team
Score
Round number
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
1
Heroic
3-0
75-56
16:7
16:10
2:1
-
-
2
Vitality
3-0
64-49
16:13
16:13
2:0
-
-
3
Apeks
2-1
42-32
16:10
10:16
16:6
-
-
4
Natus Vincere
2-1
40-35
16:10
8:16
16:9
-
-
5
Team Liquid
2-1
71-60
16:9
16:8
1:2
-
-
6
Monte
2-1
58-56
16:7
19:17
0:2
-
-
7
Into The Breach
2-1
42-35
10:16
16:12
16:7
-
-
8
GamerLegion
2-1
42-40
10:16
16:13
16:11
-
-
9
ENCE
1-2
36-41
16:9
13:16
7:16
-
-
10
fnatic
1-2
44-46
16:11
17:19
11:16
-
-
11
FaZe Clan
1-2
51-50
7:16
12:16
2:0
-
-
12
Bad News Eagles
1-2
31-45
9:16
16:13
6:16
-
-
13
G2 Esports
1-2
58-47
13:16
13:16
2:0
-
-
14
Ninjas in Pyjamas
1-2
36-40
11:16
16:8
9:16
-
-
15
FURIA
0-3
30-64
7:16
8:16
0:2
-
-
16
9INE
0-3
40-64
9:16
13:16
0:2
-
-
#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 to 21 May at the Accor Arena in France. The 24 participants from CIS, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Oceania will compete for a combined prize pool of $1,250,000 as well as entry to IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST Premier World Final 2023.
2824Poligon
During the grand finals of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, the number of viewers reached an impressive milestone of 1.5 million people5955Poligon 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 career5972perepelovskyVitality is the winner of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023In the championship final, roaster Dan "apEX" Madeskler was 2-0 stronger than GamerLegion, earning $500,000.3401perepelovskyVitality 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.2831perepelovskyGamerLegion 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.2572PoligonThe schedule for the semifinal matches at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 202383fauesdeFURIA snatch victory over FUT and advance to the main stage of BLAST Bounty Winter 2026FURIA defeat FUT in a close best-of-three, with molodoy starring as they clinch the last qualification spot for BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 in Malta.109fauesdeTeam Vitality defeat EYEBALLERS and qualify for the LAN stage of BLAST Bounty Winter 2026Vitality edge past EYEBALLERS at BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 Closed Qualifier, surviving a dramatic Anubis overtime to qualify for the LAN finals in Malta.94fauesdeTeam Spirit defeated Inner Circle and advanced to the LAN stage of BLAST Bounty Winter 2026Team Spirit advanced to the LAN stage of BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 after a convincing 2–0 win over Inner Circle, with donk delivering a standout MVP performance.199fauesdeLiquid defeat Gentle Mates and advance to the main stage of BLAST Bounty Winter 2026Liquid advance to the main stage of BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 after a 2–1 win over Gentle Mates, dominating Mirage and Nuke to qualify for the LAN event.213fauesdeHEROIC defeat paiN and become the first team to qualify for the BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 LANHEROIC outplayed paiN to become the first team qualified for the BLAST Bounty Winter 2026 LAN in Malta, with nilo earning MVP honors in the series.305fauesdeFURIA defeat 9INE and secure the final spot in the next stage of BLAST Bounty Winter 2026FURIA defeat 9INE on Anubis and Inferno to qualify for the next stage of BLAST Bounty Winter 2026. molodoy leads the way as 9INE exit the event.
