BLAST presented the grid and the first pairs of BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023 and BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023, which will take place from October 4 to 8. At each of the tournaments, teams will compete for a slot in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023, a LAN tournament in Copenhagen with a prize pool of $425,000.

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The BLAST Premier: Fall European Showdown 2023, ENCE got a fairly comfortable grid. To reach the finals, the team will have to overcome the scandalous Victory Zigzag and the winner of the 9INE — BIG pair. Cloud9 and G2 are likely to play in the semifinals of the other part of the grid.

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In the first round of the American qualifiers, two partner teams BLAST Complexity and Evil Geniuses will meet at once. TheMongolz, the only Asian participant of BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023, has a good chance of success against Imperial. However, in the second round, Mongolz will most likely meet Liquid, who will play against Forsaken.

BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023 will take place from October 22 to 26. In addition to the two qualifiers, the tournament will feature Ninjas in Pyjamas, Heroic, FaZe, Vitality, Natus Vincere, and Astralis.