G2 Esports, Team Spirit, Team Vitality and Team Liquid won their respective group finals on Saturday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.
G2 was the only team to pull off a sweep, defeating Ninjas in Pajamas 2-0 to take the Group C final. In the Group A grand final, Spirit defeated Complexity 2-1, while Vitality topped Astralis 2-1 in the Group B final and Team Liquid knocked off Natus Vincere 2-1 to secure the Group D final.
The winners advanced directly to the Fall Final. The four second-place teams will proceed to the play-in stage, a pair of single-elimination, best-of-three matches to determine the remaining two berths for the Fall Final. The losers of those matches will advance to the Fall Showdown.
In the Group C final, G2 won 13-7 on Ancient then sealed the triumph over the Ninjas 13-8 on Inferno. Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov of Russia led the way for G2 with 40 kills and a plus-21 kills-deaths differential.
Complexity pulled out a 19-16 win on Dust II to open the Group A final, but Spirit rebounded to take Anubis 13-6 and clinched the victory 13-10 on Nuke. Danil “donk” Kryshkovets of Russia had 72 kills and a plus-23 K-D ratio to lead Spirit.
Like Spirit, Vitality also dropped its first game in the Group B final, falling to Astralis 13-10 on Vertigo. But Vitality bounced back with a 13-10 win on Mirage before prevailing 13-7 on Nuke to seal the victory. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut of France sparked Vitality with 66 kills and a plus-29 K-D ratio.
In the Group D final, Liquid fell behind as Natus Vincere opened with a 13-9 win on Nuke, but turned the tables with victories on Anubis (16-14) and Inferno (13-10) to close out the match. Mareks ‘YEKINDAR’ Galinskis led Latvia with 61 kills and a plus-7 K-D ratio, while teammate Roland ‘ultimate’ Tomkowiak of Poland posted 55 kills and a plus-9 K-D ratio.
BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 prize pool (money, BLAST Premier points):
1-4. $22,500, 2,400 points, qualifies to Fall Final – Team Spirit, Team Vitality, G2 Esports, Team Liquid
5-6. $12,500, 1,800 points, qualifies to Fall Final — TBD
7-8. $10,500, 1,300 points, qualifies to Fall Showdown — TBD
9-12. $8,500, 800 points, qualifies to Fall Showdown — HEROIC, Team Falcons, FaZe Clan, BIG
13-16. $5,000, 300 points, qualifies to Fall Showdown — OG, Gamer Legion, Cloud9, Virtus.pro
–Field Level Media
