The Danish club Heroic secured victory in the first playoff match of the BLAST.tv Paris Major held at Accor Arena. FaZe finished 5th-8th and earned $45,000, losing with a score of 1:2 (Nuke 14:16, Overpass 16:12, Mirage 6:16).

FaZe almost staged a comeback from a score of 14:5 on the first map, but they fell short of a few rounds to win Nuke or at least force overtime. Overpass was a more confident map for karrigan and his team, and here the Danes attempted to come back from a 5:15 score, which they couldn't achieve. Mirage, on the other hand, was completely dominated by Heroic, who crushed their opponents 16:6, gaining 12 rounds on defense.

Both stavn and cadiaN performed equally well for Heroic today (61-51 and 61-52 K/D respectively), but the title of MVP in the past bo3 rightfully belongs to ropz - the Estonian player who achieved 72 frags and delivered an average damage per round of nearly 93.

Detailed statistics are available on the match page.

HIGHLIGHTS

Triple by broky on Nuke

Triple by broky on Overpass

Clutch by Twistzz 1v3

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Heroic has guaranteed themselves at least a 3rd-4th place finish in the tournament, and on May 20th at 16:00, the team will compete against the winner of the Monte - GamerLegion match, which will take place on May 19th.

The second quarterfinal of today's game day will start at 20:00 and will be held between Vitality and Into The Breach.

The BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 takes place from May 8th to 21st in France. The teams are competing for a prize pool of $1.25 million. The champion will also earn slots in the IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST Premier: World Final 2023. You can follow the schedule and results of the major using the link.