Team Spirit and Team Vitality each recorded a sweep on Friday and advanced to the semifinals of the $1 million BLAST Premier: World Final 2024 in Sentosa, Singapore.

Spirit eliminated FaZe Clan with a 13-10 win on Mirage and a 19-17 victory on Anubis.

Russian Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov recorded 53 kills and a plus-21 kills-to-death differential for Spirit, who advanced to Saturday’s semifinal showdown with Astralis.

Also on Friday, Team Vitality collected 13-6 wins in both Dust II and Mirage to knock out MOUZ.

Israel’s Lotan “Spinx” Giladi had 35 kills and a plus-21 kills-to-death differential to pace Vitality, who will face G2 Esports on Saturday.

The Counter-Strike 2 event began Wednesday with eight teams battling for a top prize of $500,000. The top three teams from each group made the playoffs. All matches are best-of-three until Sunday’s best-of-five grand final.

Saturday’s semifinals:
–Astralis vs. Team Spirit
–G2 Esports vs. Team Vitality

BLAST Premier World Final prize pool:
1. $500,000
2. $250,000
3-4. $85,000
5-6. $25,000 — FazeClan, MOUZ
7-8. $15,000 — Natus Vincere, Team Liquid

–Field Level Media