BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 Preview
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Today, October 12, the next major tournament, BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021, will start. 16 teams from Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia will compete for a prize pool of $ 162,500, BLAST Premier points, as well as two main prizes - tickets to BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021. In this regard, we invite you to get acquainted with the preview of the upcoming BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021, which will surely bring a couple of surprises.
Tournament format and prize pool distribution
BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 will run online for six days - October 12-17. At the same time, the tournament format assumes a single playoff grid with matches in the BO3 format. Any losing team is eliminated from the tournament, depriving it of the chance to get to the autumn finals.
Below is the grid of BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021:
Prize fund distribution:
- 1-2 place: $ 30,000 + 1500 points + a slot on BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021.
- 1-2 place: $ 30,000 + 1500 points + a slot on BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021.
- 3-4th place: $ 16,250 + 625 points.
- 3-4th place: $ 16,250 + 625 points.
- 5th-8th place: $ 10,000 + 187.5 points.
- 5th-8th place: $ 10,000 + 187.5 points.
- 5th-8th place: $ 10,000 + 187.5 points.
- 5th-8th place: $ 10,000 + 187.5 points.
- 9th-16th place: $ 3,750
- 9th-16th place: $ 3,750
- 9th-16th place: $ 3,750
- 9th-16th place: $ 3,750
- 9th-16th place: $ 3,750
- 9th-16th place: $ 3,750
- 9th-16th place: $ 3,750
- 9th-16th place: $ 3,750
The main contenders for victory
Among the main favorites are several teams: G2, Heroic, Liquid, Virtus.pro and Complexity. At the same time, the G2 team stands out from this five, which in recent weeks has begun to gain shape. In turn, the Danes from Heroic have a difficult period, and only the tournament will show the ambitions of the team against the background of the investigation from ESIC. In any case, the grid favors both teams, which have the highest chances to go to the autumn finals in Copenhagen.
Let's not forget about Liquid, who, although they could not win the final RMR tournament in North America, still showed a consistency that they performed well at the EPL in September.
Complexity and Virtus.pro have approximately equal chances to surprise. If the first tournament is needed to rehabilitate after the failure at IEM Fall 2021 Europe, then the time for changes is coming for the Russian team. Moreover, Virtus.pro is in the phase when the team chooses the time of the official announcement of a new player, and if these five show themselves worthily at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021, then we can hardly expect FL1T to appear before the PGL Major.
Who is interesting to watch
Among the interesting representatives of the tournament are the following teams: 9z, MAD Lions, OG, paiN, Fiend and Movistar Riders. At the same time, several teams from the presented ones have good chances to catch on to the result. For example, Movistar Riders performed well at IEM Fall 2021 Europe, finishing in 5th place and showing their true potential. PaiN deserves similar epithets, which failed to jump into the "Legends" of the PGL Major, but still showed a cool game at a distance.
Six months later, 9z will also return to Europe, which flashed at BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2021, closing Vitality at that tournament. And the potential of the Latin American team is crazy, which should be enough to fight against the giants.
MAD Lions and Fiend are on roughly equal terms, as the teams will start their journey with far from the strongest opponents. And if they properly tune in to the tournament, they can cling to the result with better opponents.
BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 for OG should be a serious test of strength. As we remember, the team failed at the last IEM Fall 2021 Europe, failing to qualify for the PGL Major. And if this line-up fails again at a big tournament, then the organization will probably think about substitutions. In any case, OG is able to compete for the TOP-2, although the team tends to fail at a distance.
Outsiders
It's no surprise that Dignitas, Lynn Vision, POGGERZ, MIBR and Evil Geniuses stand out among the championship outsiders. And if the Swedish team can still compete somewhere, given the grid, then everything is very sad with the Chinese team.
With POGGERZ, everything is pretty concise. In order to sensibly evaluate the team, it is enough to ask one question: "Who is this at all?"
MIBR and Evil Geniuses deserve separate words. The Brazilian team still can't find themselves, forced to enter the transfer market and dismantle competitors. However, the problems have been dragging on the team for several months now, and MIBR is unlikely to be able to realize itself at the next major tournament in Europe. With Evil Geniuses, the story is much more interesting, since the team not only made it to the PGL Major, but also flew into Legends. Nevertheless, the latest results of the team in Europe make you cry, from which the chances of success in the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 are close to zero in advance.
MAD Lions17.10.21 12:20Bo30:2
#13
LiquidBLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021#15
Heroic17.10.21 09:30Bo32:0
#53
OGBLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021
#11
Virtus.pro16.10.21 13:45Bo31:2#13LiquidBLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021
#7
G2 Esports16.10.21 09:30Bo31:2MAD LionsBLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021
#17
Complexity Gaming15.10.21 12:15Bo30:2#53OGBLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021#15Heroic15.10.21 09:20Bo32:0
Dignitas
POGGERZ
MIBR
Heroic
Virtus.pro
Movistar Riders
Dignitas
Team Fiend
MAD Lions
9z
Liquid
Complexity Gaming
OG
paiN Gaming
G2 Esports
Lynn Vision
Evil Geniuses
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Heroic qualified for BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021In the semifinals of BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021, the Danish team beat OG with a score of 2: 0.7633perepelovskyLiquid beat Virtus.pro at BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021Now the team will meet with MAD Lions, having competed for the right to go to BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021.4187perepelovskyOG will argue with Heroic for the right to enter BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021In the quarterfinals of the tournament, the European team turned out to be stronger than Complexity with a score of 2: 0.3903perepelovskyHeroic beat Dignitas and reached the semifinals of BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021Now the Danish team will compete to get to BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 with the winner of the Complexity - OG pair.4178perepelovskyMAD Lions defeats Evil Geniuses and reaches BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 quarterfinalsNow the European team will have to meet with the G2 team.4706Lord MatusBLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021: Team Liquid beat 9z and advanced to the semifinalsThe favorite, as expected, prevailed in a duel with 9z Team.8fauesdeLes MongolZ s'imposent face aux EYEBALLERS et s'imposent 2-0 à la PGL Bucarest 2026Les Mongols se sont imposés 2-0 face aux EYEBALLERS lors de la PGL Bucarest 2026, se rapprochant ainsi des playoffs grâce à des performances maîtrisées sur les deux cartes.6fauesdeMIBR bat BC.Game dans une série tendue à la PGL Bucarest 2026MIBR s'est imposé 2-1 face à BC.Game à la PGL Bucarest 2026, tandis que l'équipe de s1mple a chuté à 0-2 en dépit d'une solide performance de MVP de la part d'electroNic.9fauesdeAstralis a battu B8 2:1 à la PGL Bucarest 2026Astralis passe à 2-0 après avoir battu B8 2:1 à la PGL Bucarest 2026, le match s'étant décidé à l'Ancient dans une série BO3 serrée.7fauesdeFUT s'impose face à NRG à la PGL Bucarest 2026NRG s'est incliné 2-0 face à FUT à la PGL Bucarest 2026. FUT prend le contrôle du match, tandis que dziugss se distingue par sa performance de MVP.9fauesdeAstralis bat MIBR en toute confiance au début de la PGL Bucarest 2026Astralis commence fort à la PGL Bucarest 2026 avec une victoire 2-0 sur MIBR, menée par la performance MVP de Jabbi et un jeu d'équipe solide.13fauesdeLes MongolZ battent BC.Game avec assurance au début de la PGL Bucarest 2026BC.Game tombe à 0-1 après une défaite 0-2 contre The MongolZ à la PGL Bucarest 2026, mzinho menant la série et assurant un bon départ à son équipe.
