Blast.tv Paris Major - Everything you need to know

8 Apr

Andre Guaraldo

The BLAST.tv Paris Major, the global Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournament, is taking place from May 8th to May 21st in Paris, France.

Twenty-four teams are competing, with five from the Americas, two from Asia, and 17 from Europe in one of the most important CS:GO tournament to ever happen.

This article will cover the schedule, matches, dates, teams, and other informations of the BLAST.tv Paris Major.

The event in Paris will be the last world championship in CS:GO history.

As a result, in addition to taking home a high prize pool from the tournament, which distributes a total of $1.25 million, the champion will put their name in the record books by closing the game cycle that will be replaced by Counter-Strike 2 (CS2).

BLAST.tv Paris Major - Challengers Stage

Round 1

Monday, May 8th (CEST timezone)

11:30 - Monte vs. FaZe | BO1
11:30 - paiN vs. Fluxo | BO1
13:00 - G2 vs. The MongolZ | BO1
13:00 - GamerLegion vs. Complexity | BO1
14:30 - FORZE vs. Grayhound | BO1
14:30 - Apeks vs. Liquid | BO1
16:00 - NIP vs. MOUZ | BO1
16:00 - OG vs. ENCE | BO1

Round 2

Monday, May 8th (CEST timezone)

18:30 - Game 1 of 1-0 | BO1
18:30 - Game 2 of 1-0 | BO1
20:00 - Game 3 of 1-0 | BO1
20:00 - Game 4 of 1-0 | BO1
21:30 - Game 1 of 0-1 | BO1
21:30 - Game 2 of 0-1 | BO1
23:00 - Game 3 of 0-1 | BO1
23:00 - Game 4 of 0-1 | BO1

Round 3

Tuesday, May 9th (CEST timezone)

11:30 - Game 1 of 1-1 | BO1
11:30 - Game 2 of 1-1 | BO1
13:00 - Game 3 of 1-1 | BO1
13:00 - Game 4 of 1-1 | BO1
14:30 - Game 1 of 2-0 | BO3
14:30 - Game 2 of 2-0 | BO3
18:30 - Game 1 of 0-2 | BO3
18:30 - Game 2 of 0-2 | BO3

Round 4

Wednesday, May 10th (CEST timezone)

11:30 - Game 1 of 1-2 | BO3
11:30 - Game 2 of 1-2 | BO3
15:30 - Game 1 of 2-1 | BO3
15:30 - Game 3 of 1-2 | BO3
19:30 - Game 2 of 2-1 | BO3
19:30 - Game 3 of 2-1 | BO3

Round 5

Thursday, May 11th (CEST timezone)

11:30 - Game 1 of 2-2 | BO3
15:30 - Game 2 of 2-2 | BO3
19:30 - Game 3 of 2-2 | BO3

BLAST.tv Paris Major - Legends Stage

Round 1

Saturday, May 13th (CEST timezone)

11:30 - NAVI vs Seed 16 | BO1
11:30 - 9INE vs Seed 15 | BO1
13:00 - FURIA vs Seed 14 | BO1
13:00 - Fnatic vs Seed 13 | BO1
14:30 - Heroic vs Seed 12 | BO1
14:30 - Into The Breach vs Seed 11 | BO1
16:00 - Vitality vs Seed 10 | BO1
16:00 - Bad News Eagles vs Seed 9 | BO1

Round 2

Saturday, May 13th (CEST timezone)

18:30 - Match 1 of 1-0 | BO1
18:30 - Match 2 of 1-0 | BO1
20:00 - Match 3 of 1-0 | BO1
20:00 - Match 4 of 1-0 | BO1
21:30 - Match 1 of 0-1 | BO1
21:30 - Match 2 of 0-1 | BO1
23:00 - Match 3 of 0-1 | BO1
23:00 - Match 4 of 0-1 | BO1

Round 3

Sunday, May 14th (CEST timezone)

11:30 - Match 1 of 1-1 | BO1
11:30 - Match 2 of 1-1 | BO1
13:00 - Match 3 of 1-1 | BO1
13:00 - Match 4 of 1-1 | BO1
14:30 - Match 1 of 2-0 | BO3
14:30 - Match 2 of 2-0 | BO3
18:30 - Match 1 of 0-2 | BO3
18:30 - Match 2 of 0-2 | BO3

Round 4

Monday, May 15th (CEST timezone)

11:30 - Match 1 of 1-2 | BO3
11:30 - Match 2 of 1-2 | BO3
15:30 - Match 1 of 2-1 | BO3
15:30 - Match 3 of 1-2 | BO3
19:30 - Match 2 of 2-1 | BO3
19:30 - Match 3 of 2-1| BO3

Round 5

Tuesday, May 16th (CEST timezone)

11:30 AM - Match 1 of 2-2 | BO3
15:30 AM - Match 2 of 2-2 | BO3
19:30 PM - Match 3 of 2-2 | BO3

BLAST.tv Paris Major - Champions Stage

Thursday, May 18th

Time TBD - Quarterfinals 1 | BO3
Time TBD - Quarterfinals 2 | BO3

Friday, May 19th

Time TBD - Quarterfinals 3 | BO3
Time TBD - Quarterfinals 4 | BO3

Saturday, May 20th

Time TBD - Semifinal 1 | BO3
Time TBD - Semifinal 2 | BO3

Sunday, May 21st

Time TBD - Final | BO3

GAMES FORMAT

The two first phases of the BLAST Major Paris 2023, Challengers and Legends Stages, use the Swiss format, which pits teams with the same campaigns against each other in each round.

The Challengers Stage features the 16 teams with Contenders and Challengers status.

Eight of them qualify and join eight other Legends teams for the Legends Stage.

In both phases, three victories are necessary to advance to the next stage, as well as three losses to be eliminated.

The decisive matches, which result in qualification or elimination, are best-of-three games (BO3) while all others are in best-of-one (BO1).

At the end of the Legends Stage, eight teams advance to the Champions Stage, a single-elimination knockout starting from the quarterfinals, without upper and lower brackets. All matches are best-of-three games (BO3).

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Complexity: Johnny “JT”, Justin “FaNg”, Ricky “floppy”, Michael “Grim” e Hakon “hallzerk”;
FaZe Clan: Finn “karrigan”, Helvijs “broky”, Russel “Twistzz”, Robin “ropz” e Havard “rain”;
The MongolZ: Sodbayar “Techno4K”, Baatarkhuu “Bart4K”, Tuvshintugs “ANNIHILATION”, Chinguun “sk0R” e Garidmagnai “bLitz”;
Fluxo: João “felps”, Vinícius “vsm”, Lucas “lucaozy”, Allan “history” e Adriano “WOOD7”;
Grayhound: Simon “Sico”, Joshua “INS”, Alistair “aliStair”, Jay “Liazz” e Declan “Vexite”;
MOUZ: Dorian “xertioN”, Jon “JDC”, David “frozen”, Christopher “dexter” e Ádám “torzsi”
Team Liquid: Jonathan “EliGE”, Keith “NAF”, Joshua “oSee”, Nicholas “nitr0” e Mareks “YEKINDAR”;
ENCE: Pavle “maden”, Alvaro “SunPayuz”, Paweł “dycha”, Marco “Snappi” e Guy “NertZ”;
paiN Gaming: Rodrigo “biguzera”, Wesley “hardzao”, Gabriel “NEKIZ”, Romeu “zevy” e Felipe “skullz”;
Monte: Serghij “DemQQ”, Viktor “sdy”, Szymon “kRaSnaL”, Mohammad “BOROS” e Volodymyr “Woro2k”;
G2 Esports: Nemanja “huNter-”, Ilya “m0NESY”, Nikola “NiKo”, Justin “jks” e Rasmus “HooXi”;
GamerLegion: Ivan “iM”, Isak “isak”, Frederik “acoR”, Kamil “siuhy” e Nicolas “Keoz”;
forZe: Andrey “Jerry”, Aleksandr “shalfey”, Aleksandr “zorte”, Vladislav “Krad” e Evgeniy “r3salt”;
Apeks: Joakim “jkaem”, Tim “nawwk”, Martin “STYKO”, Justinas “jL” e Damjan “kyxsan”;
Ninjas in Pyjamas: Ludvig “Brollan”, Frederik “REZ”, Aleksi “Aleksib”, Kristian “k0nfig” e Danyyl “headtr1ck”;
OG: Shahar “flameZ”, Maciej “F1KU”, Adam “NEOFRAG”, Abdulkhalik “degster” e Nikolaj “niko”;
NAVI: Oleksandr “s1mple”, Valerij “b1t”, Denis “electronic”, Andrij “npl” e Ilya “Perfecto”;
Heroic: Casper “cadiaN”, René “TeSeS”, Jakob “jabbi”, Rasmus “sjuush” e Martin “stavn”;
FURIA: Andrei “arT”, André “drop”, Rafael “Saffee”, Yuri “yuurih” e Kaíque “KSCERATO”;
9INE: Krzysztof “Goofy”, Aleksander “hades”, Kamil “KEi”, Kacper “Kylar” e Wiktor “mynio”;
Fnatic: Freddy “KRIMZ”, William “mezii”, Nico “nicodoz”, Fredrik “roeJ” e Dion “FASHR”;
Into The Breach: Karol “rallen”, Cai “CHYPHER”, Thomas “Thomas”, Sebastian “volt” e Joey “CRUC1AL”;
Vitality: Dan “apEX”, Peter “dupreeh”, Emil “Magisk”, Mathieu “ZywOo” e Lotan “Spinx”;
Bad New Eagles: Flatron “juanflatroo”, Sener “SENER1”, Genc “gxx-”, Dionis “sinnopsyy” e Rigon “rigoN”.