BLAST Premier World Final 2023: Scores, schedule, live updates, and more

Silly season's over—who will step up and claim the title?

G2 Esports lift the trophy at the BLAST Premier World Final in 2022
Photo via BLAST

We’ve come to the end of the Counter-Strike 2 competitive calendar for the year, which can only mean one thing: the BLAST Premier World Final is upon us. This year, BLAST takes its pinnacle event to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, along with its illustrious million-dollar purse.

Many of the rosters in attendance have made late changes ahead of 2024’s bumper opening month, which will see teams battle the RMR qualifiers on their way to the PGL Copenhagen Major in Denmark. As a result, these squads must get some miles beneath their feet—beginning here at the World Final.

Here is the full schedule, format, results, and more for the BLAST Premier World Final 2023.

BLAST Premier World Final 2023: All Counter-Strike 2 schedule, scores, and standings

The BLAST Premier World Final is an invite-only tournament that sees the world’s best teams from 2023 converge for a grand $500,000 prize. All of the invites have proven themselves at some point throughout 2023; whether it be via one of BLAST or ESL’s major tournament trophies, or general consistency as the year has dragged on, they’re all in with a shot at taking the prize in Abu Dhabi.

PlacePrize ($USD)Team
First$500,000TBD
Second$250,000TBD
Third$85,000TBD, TBD
Fifth$25,000G2 Esports, Cloud9
Seventh$15,000Heroic, ENCE

BLAST Premier World Final 2023 teams and format

Eight teams qualified for the prestigious BLAST World Final after competing in the Counter-Strike circuit throughout 2023. The winners of the Spring Final, Fall Final, the BLAST Paris Major, and ESL Pro League Seasons 17 and 18 received automatic invites. The remaining squads were filled from the BLAST Premier World Leaderboard.

As Team Vitality won both the Fall Final and the BLAST Paris Major, an extra squad from the rankings received an invitation to the finals in Abu Dhabi.

Group AGroup B
Team VitalityFaZe Clan
Cloud9MOUZ
NAVIHeroic
ENCEG2 Esports

The eight teams have been split into two groups and will play out a double-elimination group stage of best-of-three matches. Teams that go undefeated will start their playoff run in the semifinals, while second and third in each group begin in the quarterfinals. The bottom two teams are eliminated.

The playoff stage sees the remaining teams reseeded based on their group stage finish before they play out a single-elimination bracket. The winner of Sunday’s grand final takes home the lion’s share of the million-dollar prize pool.

BLAST Premier World Final 2023 full schedule: Group Stage

BLAST World Final 2023 standings.
The group stage is wrapped. Screenshot by Dot Esports

All match times are listed in Central U.S. time (CT).

Wednesday, Dec. 13

  • 12am: C9 2-0 ENCE
    • Cloud9 win map one on Ancient, 13-4.
    • Cloud9 win map two on Overpass, 16-13.
    • Cloud9 progress to Group A winner’s match, ENCE fall to elimination.
  • 3am: Vitality 2-0 NAVI
    • Vitality win map one on Anubis, 13-8.
    • Vitality win map two on Overpass, 13-6.
    • Vitality progress to Group A winner’s match, NAVI fall to elimination.
  • 6am: FaZe 2-0 Heroic
    • FaZe win map one on Overpass, 13-3.
    • FaZe win map two on Ancient, 16-14.
    • FaZe progress to Group B winner’s match, Heroic fall to elimination.
  • 9am: MOUZ 0-2 G2
    • G2 win map one on Ancient, 13-10.
    • G2 win map two on Vertigo, 13-11.
    • G2 progress to Group B winner’s match, MOUZ fall to elimination.

Thursday, Dec. 14

  • 12am: ENCE 1-2 NAVI
    • NAVI win map one on Anubis, 13-4.
    • ENCE win map two on Ancient, 13-11.
    • NAVI win map three on Nuke, 13-11.
    • Group A Elimination match: NAVI progress to playoff quarterfinals, ENCE are eliminated.
  • 3am: C9 0-2 Vitality
    • Vitality win map one on Anubis, 13-11.
    • Vitality win map two on Inferno, 13-8.
    • Group A Winner’s match: Vitality progress to playoffs semifinals, C9 progress to quarterfinals.
  • 6am: Heroic 0-2 MOUZ
    • MOUZ win map one on Nuke, 13-7.
    • MOUZ win map two on Mirage, 13-5.
    • Group B Elimination match: MOUZ progress to playoff quarterfinals, Heroic are eliminated.
  • 9am: G2 1-2 FaZe
    • G2 win map one on Inferno, 13-7.
    • FaZe win map two on Nuke, 13-10.
    • FaZe win map three on Anubis, 16-13.
    • Group B Winner’s match: FaZe progress to playoff semifinals, G2 progress to quarterfinals.

BLAST Premier World Final 2023 full schedule: Playoffs

BLAST World Final 2023 playoffs bracket on Liquipedia.
The playoffs are setting to be fierce. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Friday, Dec. 15

  • 3am: Cloud9 0-2 MOUZ
    • MOUZ win map one on Mirage, 13-1.
    • MOUZ win map two on Ancient, 13-7.
    • Quarterfinal: MOUZ progress to semifinals, Cloud9 are eliminated.
  • 6am: NAVI 2-1 G2
    • G2 win map one on Anubis, 16-13.
    • NAVI win map two on Inferno, 13-11.
    • NAVI win map three on Nuke, 13-6.
    • Quarterfinal: NAVI progress to semifinals, G2 are eliminated.

Saturday, Dec. 16

  • 8:30am: FaZe vs. MOUZ
    • Semifinal: Winner progresses to grand final, loser is eliminated.
  • 12pm: Vitality vs. NAVI
    • Semifinal: Winner progresses to grand final, loser is eliminated.

Sunday, Dec. 17

  • 8am: TBD vs. TBD
    • Grand final.

BLAST Premier World Final 2023 streams

The BLAST Premier World Final for 2023 will be streamed live on BLAST’s Twitch and YouTube channels. BLAST will also be hosting the matches locally on the BLAST.tv main website. Main broadcasts will be available in English and Russian.

Author

Nicholas Taifalos
Aussie Editor for Dot Esports. Nick, better known as Taffy, began his esports career as a commentator, switching to journalism with a focus on Oceanic esports, particularly CS:GO and Dota. Email: nicholas@dotesports.com

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Mateusz Miter
Polish Staff Writer. Mateusz previously worked for numerous outlets and gaming-adjacent companies, including ESL. League of Legends or CS:GO? He loves them both. In fact, he wonders which game he loves more every day. He wanted to go pro years ago, but somewhere along the way decided journalism was the more sensible option—and he was right.