CS:GO BLAST Premier Preview, Statistics & Picks

Who are the Previous CS:GO BLAST Premier Winners?

Natus Vincere (NAVI) dominated the 2020 season, they won their group in the Spring Groups phase and then finished runner-up in the Spring Finals. They also went on to top their group in the Fall Groups and then went one better than the Spring season by winning the Fall Finals.

In the World Final, they lost their opening game against Team Liquid (2-1) which meant they had to go via the losers brackets in which they only dropped one game, they beat Heroic (2-0), G2 Esports (2-1), Team Liquid (2-0) and Team Vitality (2-0) which set up a final against Gambit Esports. Things didn't start well after losing the first map (Mirage) 16-11 but they went on to win Map 2 (Ancient) 16-11 and then Map 3 (Inferno) 16-6 which clinched the title for NAVI and a $500k payday!

It wasn't to be for Natus Vincere in 2022 as they searched for a third consecutive title, they won the Spring Finals to get into the World Final, however, after finishing third in their group they then lost in the quarterfinals to Team Liquid. It was G2 who went on to win their first title, they only managed third in their group but then won 2-1 and 2-0 to make it through to the final where they defeated LIquid 2-0 beating them 16-5 on the Inferno map and then 16-12 on Mirage.

Team Vitality lost 2-1 to G2 at the 2022 BLAST World Final but 2023 was a much better year for them, after qualifying through both the Paris and Fall tournaments they went 2-0 in Group A with a 52-33 map score. They advanced straight to the semi-finals for winning their group where they faced the two-time winners Natus Vincere who they beat 2-0 (26-14) to advance to the final. In the final they came up against FaZe Clan who like Vitality had won all three games 2-0, however, it was Vitality who came out on top with another 2-0 win (26-12) to win the 2023 World Final without losing a single map!

Who won the 2023 CS: GO BLAST Premier World Final? Team Vitality beat FaZe Clan 2-0.

What is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)?

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive which is more often than not known simply by the abbreviation CS:GO is a multiplayer first-person shooter which was released in 2012 with a Linux version being released in 2014. The game is the fourth in the Counter-Strike series and the most popular by far, the original, known simply as Counter-Strike was released in 2003, the sequel, Condition Zero was released in 2004 and then the third in the series, Source, was also released in 2004.

The game consists of two teams, one team are will play as the terrorists, the other as the counter-terrorist, the main game modes include one team securing a location to plant a bomb whilst it's the other team's job to defuse the bomb, another game mode involves hostages, one team is in charge of guarding hostages whilst the other team is looking to rescue those hostages.

Depending on the player's own personal performance during the round, they are rewarded at the end of each round with currency to upgrade their equipment, buying more powerful weapons to use in future rounds, putting in a winning team performance results in being rewarded more currency than the losing team and killing the opposition brings in more money, but be careful, get reckless and you could receive penalties, especially by accidentally killing your own teammates!

Who are the 2024 CS:GO BLAST Premier Teams?

2024 Teams for BLAST Premier

Here are the teams competing in the 2024 BLAST Premier:

• Astralis (Denmark)
• BIG (Germany)
• Cloud9 (USA & Russia)
• Complexity Gaming (USA & Europe)
• FaZe Clan (USA & Europe)
• G2 Esports (Germany)
• Heroic (Norway & Denmark)
• Natus Vincere (Ukraine & Russia)
• Ninjas In Pyjamas (Sweden)
• OG (Denmark)
• Team Liquid (Netherlands & USA)
• Team Vitality (France)

There are also four affiliate teams who are:

• GamerLegion (Germany)
• Team Falcons (Saudi Arabia)
• Team Spirit (Serbia & Russia)
• Virtus.pro (Armenia & Russia)