BLAST Pro Series

BLAST Pro Series

Official logo
Founded	November 25, 2017
Ceased	December 2019
Replaced by	BLAST Premier
Owner(s)	BLAST ApS
No. of teams	6
Countries	Various
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Last champion(s)	FaZe Clan (2nd title)
Most titles	Astralis (4 titles)
TV partner(s)	Twitch Twitter YouTube
Official website	blastproseries.com

BLAST Pro Series was an international Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament.^[1][2] The tournament brought together six teams in a shortened two-day tournament format. The event rotated locations in cities around the world. The Danish esports organisation, RFRSH Entertainment, created the tournament in 2017.^[3]

The tournament series was discontinued in favor of the league-style BLAST Premier, which began in early 2020.^[4][5]

Editions

On December 1, 2019, the first BLAST Pro Series Global Finals took place in Bahrain, as the best four teams on their events along the year qualify for the US$500,000 prize pool event.^[6][7]

Table key

  Global Final

Edition	Date	Venue	Champions	Runner-ups	Prize pool	Most valuable player	Ref
2017
1	November 25, 2017	Royal Arena, Copenhagen	SK Gaming	Astralis	US$250,000	Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo	[8]
2018
2	September 28–29, 2018	Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul	Astralis (1)	MIBR	US$250,000	Nicolai "device" Reedtz	[9]
3	November 2–3, 2018	Royal Arena, Copenhagen	Natus Vincere	Ninjas in Pyjamas	US$250,000	Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev	[10]
4	December 14–15, 2018	Altice Arena, Lisbon	Astralis (2)	Natus Vincere	US$250,000	Emil "Magisk" Reif	[11]
2019 season
5	March 22–23, 2019	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo	Astralis (3)	<Team Liquid	US$250,000	Nicolai "device" Reedtz	[12]
6	April 12–13, 2019	Watsco Center, Miami	FaZe Clan	Team Liquid	US$250,000	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač	[13]
7	May 10–11, 2019	Madrid Arena, Madrid	ENCE	Astralis	US$250,000	Jani "Aerial" Jussila	[14]
8	July 12–13, 2019	HD Buttercup Building, Los Angeles[15]	Team Liquid	FaZe Clan	US$250,000	Keith "NAF" Markovic	[16]
9	September 13–14, 2019	VTB Arena, Moscow	AVANGAR	ForZe	US$250,000	Dzhami "Jame" Ali	[17]
10	November 1–2, 2019	Royal Arena, Copenhagen	FaZe Clan (2)	Ninjas in Pyjamas	US$250,000	Nikola "NiKo" Kovač	[18]
11	December 13–14, 2019	ISA Sports City, Riffa	Astralis (4)	Team Liquid	US$500,000	Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen	[19]

References

1. "BLAST Pro Series | The world's most entertaining esports tournament". blastproseries.com. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
2. "BLAST Pro Series". RFRSH. Retrieved 2019-05-12.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. RFRSH. "RFRSH - Capturing the biggest moments in esports". www.rfrsh.net. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
4. "BLAST PREMIER announced with format changes and $4,250,000 prize pool for 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
5. Pete, Alex (2020-01-30). "Formats, schedule and information on Blast Premier Series". EsportsJunkie.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
6. "BLAST Pro Series Global Final to feature $500,000 prize pool". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
7. "BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019 to Be Held in Bahrain". The Esports Observer. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
8. "BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2017". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
9. "BLAST Pro Series Istanbul 2018". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
10. "BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2018". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
11. "BLAST Pro Series Lisbon 2018". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
12. "BLAST Pro Series São Paulo 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
13. "BLAST Pro Series Miami 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
14. "BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
15. Amos, Andrew (9 July 2019). "BLAST defends sudden venue change for Los Angeles event, says it will be an "unexpected but appreciated change"".
16. "BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
17. "BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
18. "BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
19. "BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-09-14.

External links

• Official website