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All You Need to Know About BLAST Austin Major – Teams, Format, and Schedule


Schedule

Event Details

  • Date: June 3 – June 22

  • Location: Austin, Texas

  • Venue: Moody Center (Playoffs)

  • Prize Pool: $1,250,000

Tournament Format

The tournament is divided into three stages:

Stage 1: Swiss Stage

  • Format: Swiss Stage

  • All matches are best-of-one (Bo1), except elimination and advancement matches, which are best-of-three (Bo3)

  • Top 8 teams advance to Stage 2

Schedule: June 2 – June 5

Qualifier Rounds

Schedule:

  • Asia/OCE & South/North America: April 15 – April 17

  • Europe: April 14 – April 17

Asia & OCE Qualifier

  • Format: Double-elimination bracket

  • All matches are Bo3

  • Only one team qualifies for the main event

Participant Teams:

  • SemperFi Esports

  • FlyQuest

  • Ex-TALON

  • Rooster

Playoff Matches:

  • SemperFi Esports vs. Ex-TALON

  • FlyQuest vs. Rooster

China Qualifier

  • Format: Double-elimination bracket

  • All matches are Bo3

  • Top two teams (Upper & Lower Finals) advance to the main event

Participant Teams:

  • TYLOO

  • Rare Atom

  • Lynn Vision Esports

  • DogEvil

Playoff Matches:

  • Rare Atom vs. Lynn Vision Esports

  • TYLOO vs. DogEvil

Mongolian & West Asian Qualifier

  • Format: Double-elimination bracket

  • All matches are Bo3

  • Only one team qualifies for the main event

Participant Teams:

  • The Huns Esports

  • Eruption

  • Chinggis Warrior

  • Gods Reign

Playoff Matches:

  • The Huns Esports vs. Chinggis Warrior

  • Eruption vs. Gods Reign

South/North American Qualifier

Group Stage

  • Divided into Group A and Group B

  • Top team from each group advances to Stage 1

  • Second and third-placed teams proceed to the play-ins

Play-ins Stage

  • Single-elimination bracket

  • All matches are Bo3

  • Winner advances to Stage 1 of the Major

Participant Teams:

South America

  • Imperial Esports

  • Fluxo

  • Legacy

  • Sharks Esports

  • ODDIK

  • BESTIA

  • RED Canids

  • Team Solid

Group A:

  • Imperial Esports

  • Fluxo

  • Sharks Esports

  • Legacy

Group B:

  • ODDIK

  • RED Canids

  • Team Solid

  • BESTIA

North America

  • Complexity

  • Wildcard

  • NRG

  • BLUEJAYS

  • Marsborne

  • Nouns Esports

  • MIGHT

    (One additional team to be confirmed)

Group A:

  • Complexity

  • Wildcard

  • BLUEJAYS

  • NRG

Group B:

  • TBA

  • Marsborne

  • MIGHT

  • Nouns Esports

European Qualifier

  • Format: Swiss Stage

  • All matches are Bo1, except elimination and advancement matches, which are Bo3

  • Top five teams advance to Stage 1

  • The next three teams proceed to the play-ins

Play-ins

  • Single-elimination bracket

  • All matches are Bo3

  • Winner advances to Stage 1

Participant Teams:

  • Astralis

  • GamerLegion

  • SAW

  • BC.Game Esports

  • HEROIC

  • BIG

  • 500

  • B8

  • OG

  • Nemiga Gaming

  • BetBoom Team

  • Fnatic

  • PARIVISION

  • 9Pandas

  • ENCE

  • Metizport

Stage 2

  • Format: Swiss Stage

  • All matches are Bo1, except elimination and advancement matches, which are Bo3

  • Top eight teams advance to Stage 3

Participant Teams (Invited Teams):

  • Team Falcons

  • FAZE Clan

  • 3DMAX

  • Virtus.Pro

  • PaiN Gaming

  • FURIA

  • MIBR

  • M80

Stage 3

  • Format: Swiss Stage

  • All matches are Bo1, except elimination and advancement matches, which are Bo3

  • Top eight teams proceed to the playoffs

Participant Teams (Invited Teams):

  • Team Vitality

  • MOUZ

  • Team Spirit

  • Aurora Gaming

  • Natus Vincere (NAVI)

  • G2 Esports

  • Team Liquid

  • The MongolZ


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