BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2022

CS2 / News / 3 February 2022 — 11:41

The first tournament of the year for the NAVI CS:GO roster is BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2022. The tournament will take place from January 28 to February 6.

BLAST has changed the format of the group stage. Now it will consist of three stages.

First, 12 teams will be divided into three equal groups, which will compete in a Double Elimination bracket. All group matches will be best of 1 and take place on the same day. Next, the tournament participants will play in the Play-In stage. The best team in each group will go straight to the third round of the Play-In. The second-ranked teams in the groups will start the Play-In stage in the second round. The third and fourth place teams will start in the first round. Teams that win the third-round Play-In will go to the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022, while teams that lose in rounds two and three will advance to the Last Chance Matches. It will determine three more participants in the BLAST Premier Spring Finals. The remaining teams will advance to the Showdown. Play-In and Last Chance Matches will be played in bo3 format.

NAVI's match schedule
Matches	Format	Start time(CET)
NAVI1216 MIBR	bo1	OVER
NAVI1719 Astralis	bo1	OVER
NAVI20 Team Liquid	bo3	OVER
NAVI12 Ninjas in Pyjamas	bo3	OVER
NAVI20 Ninjas in Pyjamas	bo3	OVER

Tournament format

— 3 groups, 4 teams in each;
— Double Elimination bracket, all matches — best of 1.

Play-In stage:

— all matches — best of 3;
— teams placed third and fourth in the groups begin in the first round;
— teams placed second begin in the second round;
— teams placed first begin in the third round;
— teams that win in the third round of the Play-In stage will advance to the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022;
— teams that lost in the second and third round will go to the Last Chance Matches;
— teams that lost in the first round will go to the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2022.

Last Chance Matches:

— teams that win their Last Chance Matches will go to the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022;
— teams that lost their Last Chance Matches will go to the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2022.