BLAST Premier Global Final 2020: NAVI fell to the lower bracket, FURIA left the tournament

Team Liquid showed a successful debut alongside new player FalleN. Natus Vincere could not take a single map from Liquid, however, they were close to winning the second, taking 14 rounds there. Thus, NAVI are sent to the lower bracket, where they will fight Complexity Gaming for the right to further participate in the championship. Team Liquid advanced to the second semifinal match, where they will play against Team Vitality.

In addition, the first match of the lower bracket came to an end and we learned the name of the first participant to leave the tournament. FURIA Esports were unable to defeat Evil Geniuses, taking one map from them. EG advanced to the second round of the lower bracket, and FURIA, in turn, took the 5-8th line of the standings. Their cash reward was $ 15,000.

Today has prepared three interesting fights for us. In the first one, Astralis and G2 Esports will compete for the right to reach the final of the upper bracket, and in the second semi-final, Team Vitality and Team Liquid will play. In the lower bracket, NAVI will compete with Complexity Gaming for the right to continue to participate in the championship.

Earlier it became known that s1mple took second place in the rating from HLTV, while his rival ZywOo was placed at the top twenty of the best players of the year for the second time in a row. You can read about it here.

BLAST Premier Global Final 2020 will take place from 19 to 24 January. The total prize fund of the championship is $ 1,000,000, and eight rosters participate in its division, which made it to the tournament thanks to their merits during the BLAST Premier Circuit.