BLAST has announced that Heroic, GODSENT and FURIA have been given direct invitations to the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022.
Only two teams were meant to receive direct invitations at first, however owing to the postponement of the CIS qualifier, BLAST increased the number of seats to three. After BLAST banned Russian teams from participating in their tournaments due to the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, the regional qualifier was canceled.
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Aside from Heroic, GODSENT and FURIA, the tournament’s outsiders MIBR, NIP, Astralis, Complexity, Liquid, and Evil Geniuses have also qualified. The list of participants will be finalized following the outcomes of the Asian, North American, Iberian, Scandinavian, Western European, Eastern European, and South American qualifiers.
BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 will take place from April 27 to May 1. A total of 16 teams will compete for $135,000 and two tickets to the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022.
