BLAST Pro Series

BLAST Pro Series was an international Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament.[1][2] The tournament brought together six teams in a shortened two-day tournament format. The event rotated locations in cities around the world. The Danish esports organisation, RFRSH Entertainment, created the tournament in 2017.[3]

BLAST Pro Series
Official logo
FoundedNovember 25, 2017
CeasedDecember 2019
Replaced byBLAST Premier
Owner(s)BLAST ApS
No. of teams6
CountriesVarious
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
Last
champion(s)		FaZe Clan (2nd title)
Most titlesAstralis (4 titles)
TV partner(s)
Official websiteblastproseries.com

The tournament series was discontinued in favor of the league-style BLAST Premier, which began in early 2020.[4][5]

Editions

On December 1, 2019, the first BLAST Pro Series Global Finals took place in Bahrain, as the best four teams on their events along the year qualify for the US$500,000 prize pool event.[6][7]

Table key
  Global Final
Edition Date Venue Champions Runner-ups Prize pool Most valuable player Ref
2017
1 November 25, 2017 Royal Arena, Copenhagen SK Gaming Astralis US$250,000 Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo [8]
2018
2 September 28–29, 2018 Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul Astralis (1) MIBR US$250,000 Nicolai "device" Reedtz [9]
3 November 2–3, 2018 Royal Arena, Copenhagen Natus Vincere Ninjas in Pyjamas US$250,000 Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev [10]
4 December 14–15, 2018 Altice Arena, Lisbon Astralis (2) Natus Vincere US$250,000 Emil "Magisk" Reif [11]
2019 season
5 March 22–23, 2019 Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Astralis (3) <Team Liquid US$250,000 Nicolai "device" Reedtz [12]
6 April 12–13, 2019 Watsco Center, Miami FaZe Clan Team Liquid US$250,000 Nikola "NiKo" Kovač [13]
7 May 10–11, 2019 Madrid Arena, Madrid ENCE Astralis US$250,000 Jani "Aerial" Jussila [14]
8 July 12–13, 2019 HD Buttercup Building, Los Angeles[15] Team Liquid FaZe Clan US$250,000 Keith "NAF" Markovic [16]
9 September 13–14, 2019 VTB Arena, Moscow AVANGAR ForZe US$250,000 Dzhami "Jame" Ali [17]
10 November 1–2, 2019 Royal Arena, Copenhagen FaZe Clan (2) Ninjas in Pyjamas US$250,000 Nikola "NiKo" Kovač [18]
11 December 13–14, 2019 ISA Sports City, Riffa Astralis (4) Team Liquid US$500,000 Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen [19]

References
  1. "BLAST Pro Series | The world's most entertaining esports tournament". blastproseries.com. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  2. "BLAST Pro Series". RFRSH. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  3. RFRSH. "RFRSH - Capturing the biggest moments in esports". www.rfrsh.net. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  4. "BLAST PREMIER announced with format changes and $4,250,000 prize pool for 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  5. Pete, Alex (2020-01-30). "Formats, schedule and information on Blast Premier Series". EsportsJunkie.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  6. "BLAST Pro Series Global Final to feature $500,000 prize pool". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  7. "BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019 to Be Held in Bahrain". The Esports Observer. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  8. "BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2017". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  9. "BLAST Pro Series Istanbul 2018". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  10. "BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2018". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  11. "BLAST Pro Series Lisbon 2018". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  12. "BLAST Pro Series São Paulo 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  13. "BLAST Pro Series Miami 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  14. "BLAST Pro Series Madrid 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  15. Amos, Andrew (9 July 2019). "BLAST defends sudden venue change for Los Angeles event, says it will be an "unexpected but appreciated change"".
  16. "BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  17. "BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  18. "BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  19. "BLAST Pro Series Global Final 2019". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
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