BLAST Premier Spring America Showdown 2023 is scheduled in North America from 29.03.2023 to 02.04.2023. The tournament features 9 Counter-Strike squads from the world competing for the cash pool of $67,500.
This event is going to be split into 1 stages:
- Playoffs (North America): 29.03.2023 – 02.04.2023. 8 Teams.
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BLAST Premier Spring America Showdown 2023 is a A-Tier online north american tournament, where we will be having 8 teams from north america competing not only for a prize pool of 67.000 dollars prize pool, but most importantly, they will fight for a spot at Blast Premier Spring Finals, that will take place in Washington D.C right next door, and will be happening later in June. Out of the 8 teams competing in this competition, Complexity Gaming, Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses came from the Spring groups, 3 teams will come from a tournament still to be announced, 1 team will be coming from ACE Masters, and Imperial Esports came from TG Masters.
In the Blast Premier Spring Groups, the big first tournament of the year, that happened on LAN in Copenhagen, and we had 12 of the best teams in the world, all partner teams from Blast to participate in this S-Tier, with a prize pool of 177.000 dollars. These 12 teams were placed in 3 groups with 4 teams each, each group was a double elimination group, so we had a lower bracket, meaning that 2 losses will get you eliminated from the competition, all matches were BO3. The winner from each group advanced directly into the spring finals, and winning 27.500 dollars, while the rest of the teams still had to face each other in a play in stage later on. The play in stage was composed by 3 single elimination gauntlets, meaning that third and fourth placed from each group faced each other in the first round, 3rd placed from group B faced 4th placed from group C, 3rd placed from group C faced 4th placed from group A and 3rd placed from group A faced 4th placed from group B. The losers from the first round, got automatically qualified from the showdown respectively, if they were a European team, for the European showdown, if an American team, for the American showdown like this, since Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses were the first teams qualified. The winners from round 1 play in stage faced then the second placed for each group, and the losers also got qualified for the showdown, like we had Complexity Gaming, while the winners from that match managed to pull through and got qualified for the spring finals.
When it comes to TG Masters Spring 2023, was a C-Tier south american tournament where we had 8 teams from south america competing for a spot at BLAST Premier Spring showdown 2023, on North america. Out of the 8 teams in this tournament, 4 were invited from the organization, while the other 4 teams came from the open qualifiers, 1 and 2, which were open qualifiers where in each one of them it was a single elimination bracket with all matches being BO1, but the qualification matches being BO3, and 2 teams from each open qualifier managed to go through the TG Masters stage, Sharks and Red Canids from open qualifier 2, Corinthians Esports and ODDIK from open qualifier 1. When it comes to the event itself, there were 2 stages in this tournament, the group stage and the playoffs stage. In the group stage, all matches were BO1 matches, and it was a double elimination group stage like the one we have seen before. The first 2 matches were the opening matches, and both opening matches were between an invited team and a closed qualified team. The winners from the opening matches faced each other in the winner´s match, and the winner from that match was the group stage winner and the first team advancing into the playoffs stage, and will have a slight advantage. However, on the other hand, the losers from opening matches, also faced each other in the elimination´s match, and the loser from the match, got fourth placed in the group and was the first team of the group getting eliminated. The winner from the elimination match and the loser from the winner´s match also faced each other on an all or nothing decider match, that will decide, which team will go through the playoffs, and be second placed in the group stage, and which team will get also eliminated and get third placed in the group. The top 2 teams from each group, meaning 4 teams at total, will go directly into playoffs stage. Into the playoffs stage, the winner from group A faced the second placed from group B and the winner from group B faced the second placed from group A on a single elimination bracket, this time with all matches being BO3, no second chances allowed, you lose you are out of the competition, and the winners faced each other in the grand finals, and Imperial managed to take down 9z team winning 2-1 and guaranteed a spot in the showdown.
In the Ace North America masters spring tournament, it will also be an event featuring 8 teams from north america, playing online in a March event, where 6 out of the 8 teams were invited for this tournament, and 2 teams came from the open qualifier, which was a single elimination bracket between 30 teams, all matches being BO1, but the qualification matches were all BO3, and 2 teams managed to come through the Ace Masters tournament. The format of the tournament is exactly the same we have seen previously in the TG Masters Spring 2023, we have 2 stages, the group stage and the playoffs stage. In the group stage, all matches were BO1 matches, and it was a double elimination group stage like the one we have seen before. The first 2 matches were the opening matches, and both opening matches were between an invited team and a closed qualified team. The winners from the opening matches faced each other in the winner´s match, and the winner from that match was the group stage winner and the first team advancing into the playoffs stage, and will have a slight advantage. However, on the other hand, the losers from opening matches, also faced each other in the elimination´s match, and the loser from the match, got fourth placed in the group and was the first team of the group getting eliminated. The winner from the elimination match and the loser from the winner´s match also faced each other on an all or nothing decider match, that will decide, which team will go through the playoffs, and be second placed in the group stage, and which team will get also eliminated and get third placed in the group. The top 2 teams from each group, meaning 4 teams at total, will go directly into playoffs stage. Into the playoffs stage, the winner from group A faced the second placed from group B and the winner from group B faced the second placed from group A on a single elimination bracket, this time with all matches being BO3, no second chances allowed, you lose you are out of the competition, and the winners from the semifinals will face each other in the grand finals, where they winner will be qualified for the showdown.
In the Showdown event itself, we will be having only a single stage, that will be a playoffs stage, that will be a single elimination bracket, where all matches will be BO3, and there will be no lower bracket and no second chances, so losing a match will get you eliminated from the competition, and the winners from the quarterfinals will face in the semifinals, and the winners from the semifinals will face each other in the grand finals. The winner from the grand finals will win the biggest prize of 20.000 dollars, but most importantly, will get a ticket to Washington D.C and be qualified for Blast Premier Spring Finals, that will take place later in July, and facing the best teams in the world, like Heroic, G2, Navi, Astralis, Vitality and Faze. Keep in mind that last year´s winner of the showdown were Pain Gaming after defeating Furia 2-0.
