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As the new season ramps up, BLAST have announced the start of their 2022 campaign. The events will kick off on January 28th, with BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2022.

The first event will be made up of 12 teams, all partnered with the BLAST project and ESL. Those teams are, in no particular order, Vitality, NIP, Complexity, FaZe, Astralis, Natus Vincere, G2, OG, Evil Geniuses, MIBR, Liquid & BIG. Interestingly, Evil Geniuses are yet to announce their full lineups for the new season, so they'll be debuting their teams there, with hopes it all comes together for the acquisitions. 

As for BLAST Spring Groups, the 12 teams have been separated into 3 groups, A-C. Those look like;

Group A;

  • Complexity
  • G2
  • BIG
  • NIP

Group B;

  • Astralis
  • MIB
  • Natus Vincere
  • OG

Group C;

  • FaZe
  • Liquid
  • Evil Geniuses
  • Vitality

The initial matches have already been decided, and look like this, all times are GMT/UTC. All of the initial group matches are Best of 1 (BO1), during the elimination stages, all matches switch to a Best of 3 (BO3) format.

28th Jan, Group A;

  • 1400 - Complexity vs G2
  • 1500 - BIG vs NIP
  • 1630 - Group Upper Final
  • 1730 - Group Lower Final
  • 1930 - Consolidation Final
  • 2030 - Group Final

29th Jan, Group B;

  • 1400 - MIBR vs Natus Vincere
  • 1500 - Astralis vs OG
  • 1630 - Group Upper Final
  • 1730 - Group Lower Final
  • 1900 - Consolidation Final
  • 2030 - Group Final

30th Jan, Group C;

  • 1400 - Evil Geniuses vs Vitality
  • 1530 - FaZe vs Liquid
  • 1630 - Upper Final
  • 1730 - Lower Final
  • 1900 - Consolidation Final
  • 2030 - Group Final

When all is said and done, battles won or lost, 6 teams will progress to the Spring Final directly, and the other 6 will go to another opportunity to qualify for the Final's, and go through to the Spring Showdown, where they'll be joined with other teams also fighting it out for placements. With all Group matches being BO1, there are plenty of opportunities for teams to make surprising victories, but equally, surprising or devastating losses.

After this event, the BLAST season continues, with the Spring Showdown penned down for April, and then the Spring Final taking place in June.