BLAST conducted the draw for the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 tournament and allocated the teams to groups.

Heroic, Vitality, Astralis, and Evil Geniuses are in group A. FaZe, Liquid, OG, and Complexity will meet in group B. G2, NAVI, NIP, and BIG will play in group C. The first matches have yet to be revealed.

Which Group Looks the Most Competitive?

At first glance, group C looks the most competitive. NAVI and G2 are the absolute favorites for first place, but this doesn't mean that BIG and NIP will not be able to compete with them.

Also, this group has one indisputable advantage: there is no obvious outsider. All teams are capable of competition and can fight for victory in the group. And in the new group stage format, the winner goes directly to the Spring Final, so the stakes will increase significantly.

You can read more about the new format and why players are unhappy with it in this article.

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Which Group Looks the Most Obvious?

Group B looks highly predictable at the moment. It has an evident outsider - Complexity, an average OG team, and two favorites who will fight for first place - FaZe and Liquid. Yes, it is challenging to predict the winner of the group, but the rest of the places are apparent.

Such forecasts follow the latest news. Unfortunately, complexity hasn't shown anything for a very long time. It has yet to make a replacement, so it is difficult to rely on the fact that the team will fight with the other teams from the group.

OG is about to change one of the riflers or has already done so. Both options will negatively affect the team's performance. Furthermore, even if the team arrives with the old roster, the atmosphere in the team will not be the best, which will affect the result.

FaZe, and Liquid showed themselves well in the second half of 2022 and did not make any changes in the offseason. So you can expect a good performance from them.

The only factor that can disrupt these predictions is that BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 is the year's first tournament. Therefore, the teams still need to be fully ready for the season.

When Will BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 start?

BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 will start on January 19. All information about the tournament is on its page and in our materials.