Team Spirit secured victory at the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024, winning the grand prize of $200,000 and 3,200 BLAST points. This victory grants them a spot at the BLAST Premier: World Final 2024, although they had already qualified after winning IEM Katowice 2024.
In an exciting grand final, Spirit faced NAVI, clinching the title with a score of 3-1. Ancient, Spirit’s pick, ended in their favor with a score of 13-9. Dust2, NAVI’s pick, started similarly to Ancient with a 5-0 lead for Spirit, who won the map with a similar score of 13-9. Mirage, again Spirit’s pick, went in favor of NAVI, who showed incredible play and closed out the opponent with a score of 13-4. The final map was Nuke, NAVI’s pick, which ended in favor of Spirit 13-6.
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Danil “donk” Kryshkovets was the standout player of the tournament, showing great performance throughout. His rating for the tournament was 7.0, earning him the MVP title. From NAVI, the best performer was Justinas “jl” Lekavicius, finishing the tournament with a rating of 6.7, but his efforts were not enough to secure NAVI’s victory.
Prize Distribution
Apart from the monetary reward, all teams received BLAST points based on their placement in the tournament. These points will help teams secure a spot at the BLAST Premier: World Final 2024, which will take place from November 11 to 17 with a prize pool of $1,000,000. The tournament will be held in a LAN format, but the location is yet to be announced.
For the teams, this tournament marked the end of the season, and they will now go on a break for about a month. The next major tournament will be the Esports World Cup 2024, held in Riyadh from July 17 to 21, with a prize pool of $1,000,000.
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