Blast Paris Major 2023
2023 | |
Copenhagen 2024 → |
The BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, also known as BLAST.tv Major 2023 or Paris 2023, was the nineteenth and final
Background
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a
The defending Major champions were
This event was the final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major tournament, with the game to be succeeded by
Format
Twenty-four teams qualified for the tournament. Sixteen teams qualified for the Challengers Stage, while eight teams received a bye to the Legends Stage. In the Challengers Stage, 16 teams participated in a Swiss bracket. The top eight teams advanced and joined the eight teams that received a bye in the Legends stage. The top eight teams from the Legends stage advanced to the Champions stage. The Champions stage was a single-elimination tournament, where each match was a best-of-3.[8]
- Map pool
Teams
- Legends
- Natus Vincere
- 9INE
- Furia Esports
- Fnatic
- Heroic
- Into The Breach
- Bad News Eagles
- Team Vitality
- Challengers
- paiN Gaming
- GamerLegion
- Apeks
- OG
- G2 Esports
- FORZE
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Monte
- Contenders
- MOUZ
- Team Liquid
- Grayhound Gaming
- Complexity Gaming
- The Mongolz
- Fluxo
- ENCE
- FaZe Clan
Qualification
Qualification took place through 3 Regional Major Ranking (RMR) events to determine qualifications for the geographic regions. The 3 regions were Europe, the Americas and Asia. Each region received a certain number of places at the Major in Paris based on the performance of teams from the same region at the IEM Rio Major 2022.
The RMR tournaments took place in the following cities:[9]
- European RMRs: Copenhagen, Denmark: April 6–9 (Group A) and April 11–15 (Group B)
- American RMR: Monterrey, Mexico: April 5–9
- Asian RMR: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: April 4–8
RMR Results
Region | Legends | Challengers | Contenders |
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Europe A |
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Europe B |
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America |
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Asia |
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Last Chance Qualifier |
Source:[10]
Challengers Stage
Pos | Team | W | L | RW | RL | RD | Qualification |
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1 | G2 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 34 | +30 | Qualification to Legends Stage |
2 | ENCE | 3 | 0 | 76 | 52 | +24 | |
3 | Apeks | 3 | 1 | 91 | 80 | +11 | |
4 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 3 | 1 | 76 | 65 | +11 | |
5 | FaZe Clan | 3 | 1 | 101 | 93 | +8 | |
6 | Monte | 3 | 2 | 110 | 92 | +18 | |
7 | GamerLegion | 3 | 2 | 126 | 110 | +16 | |
8 | Team Liquid | 3 | 2 | 133 | 107 | +26 | |
9 | Grayhound Gaming | 2 | 3 | 73 | 104 | -31 | Eliminated |
10 | paiN Gaming | 2 | 3 | 107 | 109 | -2 | |
11 | FORZE | 2 | 3 | 94 | 100 | -6 | |
12 | OG | 1 | 3 | 75 | 86 | -11 | |
13 | The MongolZ | 1 | 3 | 62 | 75 | -13 | |
14 | Complexity Gaming | 1 | 3 | 43 | 75 | -32 | |
15 | Fluxo | 0 | 3 | 53 | 75 | -22 | |
16 | MOUZ | 0 | 3 | 37 | 64 | -27 |
Legends Stage
Pos | Team | W | L | RW | RL | RD | Qualification |
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1 | Heroic | 3 | 0 | 75 | 56 | +19 | Qualification to Champions Stage |
2 | Vitality | 3 | 0 | 64 | 49 | +15 | |
3 | Team Liquid | 3 | 1 | 106 | 86 | +20 | |
4 | Monte | 3 | 1 | 90 | 70 | +20 | |
5 | GamerLegion | 3 | 1 | 74 | 55 | +19 | |
6 | Apeks | 3 | 2 | 95 | 97 | -2 | |
7 | Into The Breach | 3 | 2 | 112 | 98 | +14 | |
8 | Faze Clan | 3 | 2 | 140 | 137 | +3 | |
9 | Navi | 2 | 3 | 94 | 137 | -24 | Eliminated |
10 | Fnatic | 2 | 3 | 120 | 133 | -13 | |
11 | Ninjas In Pyjamas | 2 | 3 | 101 | 95 | +6 | |
12 | ENCE | 1 | 3 | 53 | 73 | -20 | |
13 | G2 Esports | 1 | 3 | 101 | 95 | +6 | |
14 | Bad News Eagles | 1 | 3 | 78 | 83 | -5 | |
15 | 9INE | 0 | 3 | 40 | 64 | -24 | |
16 | FURIA Esports | 0 | 3 | 30 | 64 | -34 |
Champions Stage
With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major was a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Heroic | 16 | 12 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | FaZe Clan | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Heroic | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
GamerLegion | 13 | 16 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Monte | 10 | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | GamerLegion | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
GamerLegion | 6 | 13 | – | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Vitality | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Team Liquid | 10 | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Apeks | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Apeks | 14 | 12 | – | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Vitality | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Vitality | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Into The Breach | 11 | 12 | – | 0 |
Final standings
The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.
Place | Prize Money | Team | Seed | Roster | Coach |
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1st | US$500,000 | Team Vitality | PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 RMR
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apEX, ZywOo, dupreeh, Magisk, Spinx | zonic |
2nd | US$170,000 | GamerLegion | siuhy, iM, acoR, isak, Keoz | ashhh | |
3rd – 4th | US$80,000 | Apeks | kyxsan, nawwk, jL, jkaem, STYKO | kuben | |
Heroic | cadiaN, TeSeS, stavn, jabbi, sjuush | Xizt | |||
5th – 8th | US$45,000 | Team Liquid | nitr0, EliGE, oSee, NAF, YEKINDAR | daps | |
FaZe Clan | karrigan, rain, Twistzz, broky, ropz | RobbaN | |||
Monte | sdy, Woro2k, DemQQ, BOROS, kRaSnaL | – | |||
Into the Breach | Thomas, CYPHER, volt, rallen, CRUC1AL | Juve | |||
9th – 11th | US$20,000 | Fnatic | mezii, FASHR, KRIMZ, roeJ, nicoodoz | keita | |
Natus Vincere | electroNic, Perfecto, s1mple, b1t, npl | B1ad3 | |||
Ninjas in Pyjamas | Aleksib, k0nfig, REZ, Brollan, headtr1ck | djL | |||
12th – 14th | US$20,000 | G2 Esports | HooXi, NiKo, huNter-, m0NESY, jks | Swani | |
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Snappi, dycha, NertZ, maden, SunPayus | sAw | |||
Bad News Eagles | SENER1, gxx-, sinnopsyy, rigoN, juanflatroo | Devilwalk | |||
15th – 16th | US$20,000 | FURIA Esports
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arT, KSCERATO, yuurih, saffee, drop | guerri | |
9INE | mynio, Goofy, hades, KEi, Kylar | nawrot | |||
17th – 19th | US$10,000 | paiN Gaming | – | biguzera, hardzao, NEKIZ, skullz, zevy | bruno |
FORZE Esports | Jerry, zorte, shalfey, r3salt, Krad | Fierce | |||
Grayhound Gaming | INS, Sico, aliStair, Liazz, Vexite | – | |||
20th – 22nd | US$10,000 | Complexity Gaming | JT, hallzerk, FaNg, floppy, Grim | T.c | |
The MongolZ | bLitz, Techno4K, Bart4k, hasteka, ANNIHILATION | maaRaa | |||
OG | niko, flameZ, degster, F1KU, NEOFRAG | ruggah | |||
23rd – 24th | US$10,000 | MOUZ
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dexter, JDC, torzsi, frozen, xertioN | sycrone | |
Fluxo | WOOD7, V$M, felps, Lucaozy, history | zews |
Source:[11]
Notes
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Virtus.pro competed under the neutral name Outsiders. On March 22, 2023, tournament organizers ESL and BLAST lifted the ban on Virtus.pro.[5]
References
- ^ a b Chalk, Andy. "CS:GO's next Paris Major will be its last". PC Gamer. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Stubbs, Mike. "Vitality Win The BLAST Paris Major To Become Last Ever CS:GO World Champions". Forbes. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ Chiu, Stephen. "Retrospective of the Majors: Lineups with 2 Major Wins and Players with 3". VPEsports. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ Kovanen, Tomi. "Why CS:GO needs major events". HLTV.org. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ "ESL and BLAST lift their bans on Virtus.pro". HLTV.org. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ "Outsiders Defeat Heroic 2–0 To Win IEM Rio Major". HLTV.org. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ^ "Virtus.pro eliminated from EU RMR after surprise swap backfires". HLTV.org. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ^ https://blast.tv/major/rulebook
- ^ "BLAST unveils Paris Major RMR locations". January 11, 2023.
- ^ "All CS:GO teams qualified for BLAST Paris Major". April 15, 2023.
- ^ "BLAST Paris Major Champions Stage". May 15, 2023.