Lisbon to host BLAST Premier Spring Final

19/4/2022 - 13:24

The Portuguese capital city will play host to teams like FaZe, Natus Vincere, and G2 in June.

BLAST has announced that Lisbon, Portugal, will play host to the Spring Final tournament from June 15-19. The event venue will be the 15,000-seater Altice Arena, which hosted a BLAST Pro Series tournament at the end of 2018 and saw Astralis come out victorious at the peak of their era.

BLAST returns to Lisbon after three and a half years

Six out of eight teams participating in the event have been confirmed so far, coming from the Spring Groups stage which kicked off tier-one competition in 2022. Debuting with new squads, FaZe, Vitality, OG, and G2 earned their place at the Final along with BIG and Natus Vincere.

The remaining two teams will come from the Spring Showdowns in Europe and North America, set to be played from April 27-May 1. FURIA and Liquid will be the two biggest favorites to grab the NA spot, while in Europe there will be fierce competition featuring four current top 10 teams: Heroic, ENCE, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Astralis.

POG

2022-04-19 13:24

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Very based decision from blast. Portugal is a superb venue not just for soccer but for counterstrike as well Good job

2022-04-19 13:37

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If you aren't in portugal rn, you should come homie

2022-04-19 13:38

nice

pog

2022-04-19 13:25

Pog, portuguese crowd is sick

finally

Nice.

2022-04-19 13:26

cool

LET'S GO, POG

2022-04-19 13:33

nice, but i want to see BLAST host a Major, i want to see them get out of their "comfort zone" and see if they can still deliver a top notch quality production/event.

2022-04-19 13:27

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Wdym get out of their "comfort zone"? Have they not been delivering top notch quality consistently for the past 2 years?

2022-04-19 13:34

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i mean as not doing 8 team events. doing a 24 team event, over the course of 2 weeks, of 12hours production x day. This means getting out of their comfort zone. over the past 2 years first year was clown-fiesta events, 2nd they improved a lot, and now they are one of the most respected T.Os. so.. the culmination should be hosting a Major. That they are not bidding for it..

2022-04-19 13:48

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BLAST has their own closed circuit, so a 24-team event is out of the question. You're basically asking them to compete with ESL by running 2 week events. The current Spring/Fall Final and World Final system is fine as is, adding any more would quickly over-saturate the market, same thing happened with ESL. There is no reason to go for the major, as you said, BLAST is a highly respected T.O. why waste money running more events AND pitching for the major, which again, means they have to compete with ESL/PGL.

2022-04-19 13:55

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for me blast is the best event,so i want a major too with blast people..could more incredible than it is now

2022-04-19 21:38

I'm perfectly fine with their current events. If 8-teams events make their level of quality sustainable then by all means. BUT they should pitch for the major at least ONCE.

2022-04-20 03:02

I don't think he wants to change blasts format, but just have them host a major If you host a major, obviously you have to follow through with Valves guidelines which require a vastly more expansive format. Ultimately i don't see why Blast shouldn't. Honestly would make sence if Denmark got a major and blast would host it. Ik flag checks out, but come on. We have contributed so much to the game

2022-04-22 22:22

me too, but i think for some reason they aren't intested in this field :(

2022-04-19 13:39

They even didn't allowed Russian players play with neutral status so I really doubt they can hold

2022-04-19 14:10

x doubt

2022-04-21 06:35

LETSGO

LISBON CROWD IS BAAACK!!

NAICE

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH

This video alone > entire PGL production

2022-04-19 13:29

VAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

what?

Ill be there for sure

2022-04-19 13:30

If you're portuguese and you're going, send me private message!

2022-04-19 13:31

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2022-04-19 13:36

Nice

YESSSS

LETS FUCKING GOOOO

Nice, Ill be there!

Nice! I remembered the last tournament there. Crowd was insane :)

youtu.be/0LnRmPAn9dw Just in case, to revive how insane it was :)

the way BHT says flúsha HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

2022-04-22 22:17

Why not Moscow? Moscow got robbed

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2022-04-19 13:43

moscow is now under water? or not?

2022-04-19 15:10

bad bait, reported

perfect place to holiday. Watch some football, drink and watch CS. Might book a ticket all the way from AUS if the boys want to go!

2022-04-19 13:42

Come, get your ass in here :)

2022-04-19 13:52

Will if I can brutha!

2022-04-19 14:01

We are waiting for you!

2022-04-19 17:32

waiting for you bro <3

2022-04-19 17:50

Hopefully see you soon :)

2022-04-19 23:13

Awesome!

2022-04-19 13:45

Come to Portugal!

NICE PORTUGAL

2022-04-19 13:53

VAMOSSSSS

2022-04-19 13:54

NICE!

Nice Count me in

2022-04-19 13:57

Hope FURIA could qualify

2022-04-19 14:11

The crowd would be for Furia Would be so insane

2022-04-19 16:14

Amazing, bro!

2022-04-19 17:40

Good for the tugas

2022-04-19 13:59

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i love blast

Very cool mens)

Blast Kamchatka please!

2022-04-19 14:03

Beautiful place. Portugal I love you

2022-04-19 14:05

SIUUUUUUUUUUUU

2022-04-19 14:06

SIu

2022-04-19 14:13

Best crowd

2022-04-19 14:27

great, RESPECT PORTUGAL CARALHO

2022-04-19 14:55

LESGOOO

2022-04-19 15:08

fuck yess

2022-04-19 15:09

Wish they didn't ban CIS teams

2022-04-19 15:18

well, they didnt lol. Only russian orgs are out.

2022-04-19 19:00

They can't even compete under a neutral name though, ESL's implementation was much better

2022-04-19 19:04

CIS is not russia. wtf are u saying

2022-04-19 19:18

>CIS is not Russia ?????? It's fucking obvious that I'm talking about the only relevant CIS teams aka Gambit and VP. Players and Outsiders cannot compete in BLAST at all, how is ESL's decision not better?

2022-04-19 19:22

i dont think esl was better, just diferent. Maybe sponsorship pressure

2022-04-19 19:19

Holy shit!! Hope that BLAST can use more area of the arena this year to make this even bigger. We are so hungry for this. Lets go caralho !!

2022-04-19 15:22

LETS GOOOO

2022-04-19 15:41

Ohhh please let me work this, I want to work that amazing arena!!

2022-04-19 15:42

Of course they will. There are no better people for this job!

2022-04-20 14:02

hypeeee

2022-04-19 15:47

Pog the best blast event was Lisbon 2018

2022-04-19 16:19

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2022-04-19 16:50

lesss go

2022-04-19 17:33

lezzz gooo

2022-04-19 17:46

damn if the crowd is back in full this might be an amazing event like last time. well the crowd was fun the bo1 format dumpsterfire was garbage. now there is a proper format.

2022-04-19 17:51

YESSSSSS <3

2022-04-19 17:53